Our OFSTED Inspections November 2003
The Mews was last inspected in Novemeber 2003 and a copy of the report is available from the nursery upon request, or may be seen officially at the Office For Standards in Education website by following this link:
OFSTED Inspection Nov 2003
Of the 14 areas or 'standards' a day care facility is encouraged to pass, the Mews was successful in passing all of them!

{You might, however, still be interested in looking at the June 1999 inspection for old times sake!: OFSTED Inspection June 1999}

What is OFSTED anyway?
The Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED), officially the Office of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools in England, was set up on 1 September 1992.

It is a non-ministerial government department, independent from the Department for Education & Employment. OFSTED's remit is to improve standards of achievement and quality of education through regular independent inspection, public reporting and informed independent advice. OFSTED's principal task is the management of the independent system of school inspection defined originally by the Education (Schools) Act 1992. This provides for the regular inspection of all 24,000 schools in England which are wholly or mainly state-funded. A similar system of inspection applies to all institutions in receipt of public funding providing education for under 4-year-olds. Inspections are conducted according to a standard Framework for Inspection. The Framework sets out the principles and procedures for inspections and, among other issues, embraces four key elements which the legislation requires to be reported on:

  • the quality of education provided by schools
  • the educational standards achieved in schools
  • the way in which financial resources are managed
  • the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of pupils.

The Framework is publicly available, as are OFSTED's three Handbooks of Inspection which give detailed guidance on the conduct of an inspection in secondary, primary and special schools. The inspection process also includes a pre-inspection meeting for parents to express their views to the inspectors. For more information check out OFSTED's Web Site or send them an email Email OFSTED.