Catherine Gaunt

Sam Sleeman-Boss spent more than a decade specialising in early years at the inspectorate. Sam Sleeman-Boss Nursery group Partou has appointed Ofsted’s former early education quality and practice lead as its new head of early years. Sam Sleeman-Boss worked for the inspectorate for more than a decade, initially as an early years inspector before taking on the leadership role in 2022.

Suppliers tell Karen Hart how they are meeting growing demand for inclusive resources, while one setting shares how it has created an environment that caters to everyone Bugle School Nursery With ambitious SEND reforms planned for this year (see box), change is very much at the forefront of how early years teams organise and deliver best practice in inclusion.

How purposeful writing is strengthening language and literacy and creating confident, happy learners in Reception at a Great Yarmouth primary school. By Nicole Weinstein Children in the Reception class write their names on 'train tickets' PHOTO Ormiston Herman Academy ‘All aboard. Train departing from platform 3 at 10.25am. Please have your tickets ready.’ There is a rush at the ticket office as children at Ormiston Herman Academy eagerly collect their tickets from the station master.