Get Inspection Ready - For Early Years Nurseries and Preschools to Finally Feel Confident for Ofsted!
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Get Inspection Ready - For Early Years Nurseries and Preschools to Finally Feel Confident for Ofsted!
Welcome to Get Inspection Ready, the podcast created for Early Years professionals, nursery managers, preschool leaders, childcare providers, and anyone who works in the Early Years sector. Whether you're hands-on in the room or managing the whole setting, this show is here to support you. We'll he...
Episodis Recents
240 episodis
241 - Safer Sleep Has Changed: Are You Ready Now?
Would your current sleep practices stand up to an inspection tomorrow, or are you assuming you've got until September to make changes?
With safe...
240 - The Safeguarding Question That Catches Leaders and Managers Off-Guard
Have you ever been asked about local safeguarding trends during inspection and found yourself unsure where to start?
Understanding local safegua...
239 - School Readiness Versus Life Readiness and Why We Have Got It Wrong
Are we spending so much time getting children "school ready" that we're forgetting to get them ready for life?
Many Early Years professionals fe...
238 - Empty Your Stress Bucket
Are you carrying everyone else's stress at work while your own "stress bucket" is overflowing?
If you're constantly switching between managing s...
237 - Rekindling Your Fire In Early Years
What if the key to reigniting your team's motivation isn't a new strategy, but a simple conversation about why they started?
If your team feels...
236 - The Leadership Questions You Don't Ask
Are you avoiding a difficult conversation with a team member, hoping it will just resolve itself?
In early years leadership, those "awkward" con...
235 - Safeguarding Changes 2026: Breaking It Down for Early Years
Are you confident your setting could spot, record, and act on a safeguarding concern under the new 2026 guidance—without hesitation?
With the up...
234 - The Conversation You're Avoiding: Addressing Poor Performance in Early Years!
Are you avoiding a difficult conversation in your setting and quietly hoping the problem will fix itself?
If you're leading an Early Years team,...
233 - The Difference Between A Mock Inspection And A Quality Improvement Audit
Are you preparing for an inspection but secretly wondering if a "mock" is actually helping, or holding your team back?
If you're feeling the pre...
232 - What Inspectors Notice in the First 30 Minutes And Why It Matters!
What story would your setting tell an inspector in the first 30 minutes, and would it work in your favour?
If you're feeling the pressure of an...
231 - The Power of Coaching: Strong Conversations. Strong Standards
Are your team conversations actually driving improvement, or just ticking boxes?
In today's early years landscape, where expectations around lea...
230 - Beyond the Tick Box: The Real Purpose of Supervisions
Are your supervisions truly improving practice… or just ticking a box?
If you're juggling time pressures, staff wellbeing, and safeguarding resp...
229 - Inspection Reports Have Changed… But The Next Steps Haven't
Are inspection reports in early years settings really changing, or are inspectors still looking for the same things they always have?
Many early...
228 - When The Chips Are Down: Supporting Wellbeing in Early Years
Are you constantly pouring into your team, but secretly running on empty yourself?
If you're leading in an early years setting, you'll recognise...
227 - Safer Recruitment: What Does It Really Mean?
Are your staff files quietly putting your entire setting at risk, without you even realising it?
You might have a strong curriculum, a beautiful...
226 - Low-Level Concerns: What Are They and Why Do They Matter?
Are you unintentionally ignoring the small safeguarding concerns that could signal a much bigger problem in your setting?
In busy Early Years en...
225 - Being Exceptional: What Does It Look Like In Practice?
Why is no one being graded "exceptional", and are you missing something inspectors aren't telling you?
If you're running a calm, well-led, compl...
224 - Reigniting Your CPD: The Power of Fire In Your Belly Training!
When was the last time CPD actually lit a fire in your belly instead of just ticking a box?
If training in your setting feels repetitive, compli...
223 - The Planning Call: What Inspectors Will Ask and Why It Matters
What if the inspection planning call could actually reduce your stress instead of sending you into a paperwork panic?
If you've ever put the pho...
222 - What Safeguarding Looks Like When It's Working Well (And How To Tell When It Isn't)
Does your safeguarding feel embedded into practice on a daily basis, or does it only spring into action when you get the call?
Many early years...
221 - In The New Inspection Toolkit: What Do Barriers To Learning Look Like
How confidently could you explain where barriers to learning sit across every area of the inspection toolkit?
Under the new inspection...
220 - What Do Barriers To Learning Mean?
Have you ever wondered why some children seem unable to engage in learning before it's even begun, even when your provision feels strong?
This e...
219 - The One Place Inspectors Look That Most Settings Forget!
When was the last time you looked at your website or Facebook page through the eyes of an inspector or a parent?
If inspections, first impressio...
218 - Belonging Begins with Courage
What if our word for 2026, Belong, was only possible because of the courage we built in 2025?
In this studio conversation, we reflect on why Bel...
217 - The Courage to Change: Behind the Scenes of Our Bravest Year Yet
What does a full year of choosing courage actually look like behind the scenes?
In this episode, we reflect honestly on the risks we to...
216 - Supporting Every Child's Voice, The Importance of The Environment
How confident are you that your early years environment is truly supporting children's speech and language development, especially for those who commu...
215 - The New Planning Call: What's Changing, What Matters, and How to Shine!
Are you fully prepared for what really happens during the new Ofsted planning call?
With the inspection framework shifting towards a more collab...
214 - Teamwork To Make The Dream Work
Do you ever feel like miscommunication or a lack of teamwork is holding your nursery team back from being at its best?
In busy Early Years setti...
213 - Belonging for All: How to Bring Inclusion to Life in Your Nursery
Are you sure every child in your setting truly feels like they belong, or could some be getting unintentionally overlooked?
With inclusion now f...
212 - 9 Years Strong & Inspection Ready!
Are you ready to celebrate Jigsaw's 9th birthday and discover the brand-new Get Inspection Ready book that's set to transform how you approach inspect...
211 - The Difference Between Safeguarding and Children's Welfare and Wellbeing
Are you confident your team truly understands the difference between safeguarding and children's welfare and wellbeing, or could confusion be putting...
210 - Save Time, Stay Compliant: The Power of Impact Early Years
Are you spending hours rifling through paperwork and still feeling unprepared for inspections in your early years setting?
In this episode, we d...
209 - How Your Environment Shapes Children's Voices
Have you ever wondered how the very layout, lighting, and feel of your nursery could directly influence children's speech and language development?
208 - In The New Framework: Safeguarding
With the new Early Years inspection framework changing how safeguarding is judged, shifting to a simple 'met' or 'not met' outcome, it's never been mo...
207 - In The New Framework: Parental and Community Engagement
Are you confident that your parental and community engagement would stand up to Ofsted's scrutiny?
Many settings believe they're doing "enough"...
206 - In The New Framework: Inclusion
Are you confident inspectors will see inclusion as a lived reality in your setting—or will it only exist in your policies?
In the November 2025...
205 - In The New Framework: Welfare and Wellbeing
Are you confident your setting is meeting Ofsted's expectations for children's welfare and wellbeing—or could hidden gaps be putting you at risk?
204 - In The New Framework: Behaviour, Attitudes & Routines
Are your children's daily routines helping them thrive, or quietly holding them back?
In early years settings, the way you shape behaviour, atti...
203 - In The New Proposed Framework: Achievement and Progress
How confident are you that you could clearly explain every child's progress without checking their file first?
When Ofsted visits, they're not j...
202 - In The New Proposed Framework: Curriculum and Teaching
Are you confident that every member of your team could explain your curriculum and teaching approach without sounding scripted?
In inspections,...