tess Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Hi I'm having a major panic - while I was at uni yesterday my deputy took a phone call from OFSTED, to say they are visiting next week to discuss our change of registration. (Bless her she forgot to mention this in our debrief and sent me a text later.) The children centre in our community centre is having some building work done and I have requested that we increase our hours (currently sessional, but to go to 5hrs a day). Any ideas what I need to produce, show and consider. Bit of nightmare as we are actually having to empty our cupboard that week for the building work - so am very concerned I won't have the right bits to hand as a lot of the paper work is having to live in my kitchen at home for a month. Any advice would be great as trying to do an essay, but in a dither (or just blind panic) what is it about the word ofsted that gives us sleepless nights. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 They actually just want to help - strange as it may seem. When we had ours, he wanted to have a look at how we would plan for the additional hours, and whether we could offer opportunities for children who'd be there all day 9 - 3 to have a quiet resting area if they wanted one. He was much less formal than when doing his inspection, and ran about in the garden a bit with a child who asked him for a race! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tess Posted March 21, 2009 Author Share Posted March 21, 2009 Oh that sounds OK. the person visiting did my OFSTED 2 years ago and she was very nice - it's just that word OFSTED and VISIT. It's just not a great feeling that they are coming in! a whole week to panic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inge Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 we didn't have a visit, but had to send a detailed letter to show as Cait said how we would manage quiet times, a child who wants to sleep, food storage and hygiene, staffing allowing for beak is needed, daily routine, just general things which may be encountered over the longer opening hours. I would assume these are the sort of things they would be interested in.. Inge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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