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Pre-school Education: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has plans to strengthen the Ofsted inspection process for early years settings to improve child safety outcomes.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
8 Jan 2026
Target answer date
12 Jan 2026
Answer
29 Jan 2026 · 21 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 8 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has plans to strengthen the Ofsted inspection process for early years settings to improve child safety outcomes.

  2. 12 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 29 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    Through our Best Start in Life strategy, we are investing in raising the quality, frequency and consistency of early years inspections to improve child safety outcomes. We continually monitor and review requirements to make sure children are kept as safe ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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