95% of Early Years Providers in Warwickshire are ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’

Last week Ofsted released their latest set of data on Early Years inspections up to December 2018. This includes inspections of private, voluntary and independent nurseries, preschools, out of school provision and childminders.

Ofsted publish this data three times a year - inspections up to the end of March are published in June each year, inspections up to the end of August are published in November each year and inspections up to the end of December are published in March of the following year.

This summary has been compiled from Ofsted’s data release from 26 March 2019 and shows that Warwickshire Early Years figures are maintaining from the figures published for August 2018. 

As of 31 December 2018, in Warwickshire:

• 17% of Early Years settings are judged ‘Outstanding’ (a decrease of 1% from August 2018)
• 78% of settings judged ‘Good’ (an increase of 1% from August 2018),
• 3% of settings judged ‘Requires Improvement’ (a decrease of 1% from August 2018)
• 1% of settings judged ‘Inadequate’ (remaining the same as August 2018).

Although this is below the national figure for ‘Outstanding’ (20%), it is above the national figure for ‘Good’ (76%), below the national figure for ‘Requires Improvement’ (4%) and in line with the national figure for ‘Inadequate’ (1%).

Warwickshire also has six maintained nursery schools, with 67% of these judged as ‘Outstanding’ and 33% judged as ‘Good’.

Launch of new early years aspiration networks

The Warwickshire Teaching School Alliance (WTSA) is working in partnership with Warwickshire County Council to support quality improvement, workforce development and to grow early years networking opportunities. 

Overwhelming evidence from research indicates that high quality early learning is essential in giving children the concrete start they need to achieve better outcomes in school and beyond. Children who experience high quality provision will develop better social, emotional and cognitive abilities.

With this in mind, over the next 12 months WTSA is establishing 14 geographically based Early Years Aspiration Networks, linked to school consortia areas. 

They are open to all early years practitioners working with children aged birth to five in schools and settings and are free to attend.

The networks will meet five or six times each year with an agenda based on developing teaching, local needs, access to support and advice, free training and networking.

The summer term roll out includes:

Consortium 1: Nuneaton East & Stockingford: led by Sharon Kindred, Headteacher at Stockingford Early Years Centre

Consortium 2: Bedworth:  led by Jane Harris, Assistant Headteacher & EYFS Lead; Wheelwright Lane Primary School

Consortium 8A: Leamington North: led by Rachel Cooper, EYFS Lead, St Paul's Primary School

Consortium 9: Warwick & Southam: led by Cathy Bignold, Headteacher at Warwick Maintained Nursery School

Consortium 11: Rugby Town: led by Catherine Crisp, Headteacher at Hillmorton Primary School

If you are located in these areas please look out for an email from Amanda King, Strategic Lead for Early Years inviting you to a launch event.