A Session with Ofsted - Early Years Inspection Changes

A Session with Ofsted - Early Years Inspection Changes 

Join Wendy Ratcliff (Ofsted Principal Officer for Early Education and Early Years Inspector) for this free event for PATA Members.

On Monday 10 November, Ofsted began inspections under the renewed education inspection framework that will give parents better and more detailed information, is fairer on professionals, and – crucially – will help raise standards for all children.

Join Wendy Ratcliff HMI (Principal Officer, Early Education Policy) and Sam Sleeman-Boss (Quality and Practice Lead, Early Education Policy) for an Ofsted webinar, where they will be Ofsted updates. This will include a short summary of changes to early years inspection under the renewed education inspection framework and plenty of opportunity to ask any questions you have.

Suitable For: Any Early Years Practitioners

Delivered by: Wendy Ratcliff (Ofsted Principal Officer for Early Education and Early Years Inspector) & Sam Sleeman-Boss (Quality and Practice Lead, Early Education Policy)

Date: 15th January 2026 Time: 6:30pm - 8pm

Venue: Online

Cost: Members Free of charge / Non Members £30

(Member places are subsidised by the Group Support & Development Fund)

Important additional Information:

• Before booking a place, please read our information sheet which can be found here
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• The number of places from each setting are not currently restricted but we reserve the right to introduce restrictions if the course is reaching it's limit. We will not be able to re-run the course.