This article is about how Ofsted inspects Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) provision for children aged 2 or older where a school's population includes children in early years as well as others.
Maintained nursery schools will not receive a separate early years grade. Early years provision that takes children younger than 2 (whether part of a school or not) is inspected under the Early Years Inspection Toolkit.
EYFS provision is evaluated on a 5-point scale
‘Early years’ is an evaluation area under Ofsted's inspection framework.
During the planning call, the lead inspector will ask you to evaluate your school's strengths and successes and priorities for improvement,