Ofsted early years research

Ofsted research for early years.

Ofsted carries out research alongside its main inspection work.

This serves a range of purposes. Depending on the subject chosen, this provides an opportunity to focus on specific issues in greater detail than is possible during an institutional inspection. Alternatively, it may explore an aspect that falls outside the current inspection framework, or look at provision in areas of our remit that we do not currently inspect.

Curriculum

• Reception curriculum in good and outstanding primary schools: bold beginnings
  • 5 January 2018
  • Research and analysis
• Teaching and play in the early years: a balancing act?
  • 13 July 2015
  • Research and analysis
• The impact of the Early Years Foundation Stage
  • 10 February 2011
  • Research and analysis

Disadvantaged children

• Helping disadvantaged young children: how good are local authorities and early years providers?
  • 18 July 2016
  • Research and analysis
• Children in need and child protection: quality of early help and social work assessments
  • 4 August 2015
  • Research and analysis
• Helping disadvantaged children start school
  • 3 April 2014
  • Research and analysis

Inspections

• Retaining Ofsted’s current grading system in education
  • 30 April 2019
  • Research and analysis

Providers and quality of provision

• How early years multiple providers work
  • 28 October 2021
  • Research and analysis
• Achieving and maintaining high quality early years provision: getting it right first time
  • 3 July 2013
  • Research and analysis

Published 15 May 2015
Last updated 28 October 2021 + show all updates

1. 28 October 2021

   Added new research ‘How early years multiple providers work’.

2. 12 February 2016

   Added a link to survey inviting feedback on publications.

3. 15 May 2015

   First published.

Contents