The introduction of a ‘Quality of education’ judgement in the new Education Inspection Framework (EIF) marks an encouraging move away from data-driven judgements towards a more professional dialogue on inspection day and a focus on a setting's curriculum and quality of teaching.
Subdivided into three parts, the new judgement comprises ‘Intent’ (principally curriculum), ‘Implementation’ (curriculum delivery and pedagogy) and ‘Impact’ (evaluation of outcomes).
For high-quality settings with strong reflective leadership, the new framework changes nothing. ‘Best practice’, underpinned by the principles of the EYFS, remains intact, while the new EIF provides reassurances that all elements of early years good practice will continue to be recognised.
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