Speaking on the second day of Nursery World’s Business Summit, she said that the date to return to inspections under the Education Inspection Framework (EIF) was not yet confirmed, but that it would be the education secretary who would decide when they would start again.
Ofsted inspections have been paused since the first national lockdown last year.
The date for inspection return is under review and the sector would be informed ‘as soon as we know more,’ said Ms Jones.
Ofsted will be carrying out pilot work to test out some of the EIF and make any amendments, she said.
The inspection handbook will be re-published after Easter to take the Covid context into account.
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