Guest Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 Hi everyone, I have devised an assessment form including all performance criteria / aspects, of the areas we are required to self assess for inspection. Being Healthy Staying Safe Enjoying and Achieving Making a positive contribution Achieving economic well-being Some you may not feel are relevant to your setting, but I hope you find it useful. I shall be asking all my staff to complete it because; 1. their knowledge is valuable towards self- assessment. and 2. It will help prepare them for inspection ( alongside having to know and impliment the 14 Standards, Foundation Stage Curriculum and Birth to Three Matters documentation) Peggy. OFSTED_SELF_ASSESSMENT.xls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 Wow Peggy !!!!!!!!!! Thanks for that - looks like it will be really useful - especially as you say for discussing with the other staff. I have to admit to not having read this booklet yet - am not trying to avoid it - just that this holiday I have tried to have a break from paperwork. (Mind you, going back to work tomorrow so guess who's panicking now!!!!!!!!!) Thanks again and here's a little pic. just for you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 Thanks Janice, Nice to hear from you. Have fun back at work. Peggy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Beryl Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 Thanks Peggy, these are excellent! I will show them to our supervisor, I think they would be useful for us. Even looking through them is very thought-provoking! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 Peggy What can I say Thanks Carolyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 Just looking at it in more detail. Your Section 5 is called "Acheiving economic well-being" On my self-assessment form section 5 is "How effective is your organisation of childcare?". Do you have the same self-evaluation form as me? Carolyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucy P Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 Thanks so much Peggy, the attachment is great I photocopied the actual questionnaire and asked staff to complete to get a rough idea of where they thought the nursery was. The majority of staff ticked 'outstanding' for most questions which i found quite disheartening, i felt that either they simply couldn't be bothered or they thought they were providing a top class standard, when we all know there is room for improvement. I will now use your examples to explain to them exactly what i was hoping to achieve through the exercise and hopefully get some constructive feedback in which i can build on. Thanks again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 Hi Peggy, I have'nt recieved mine yet. I would be interested to look at your attachement but am unable to open it, not sure why. angie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rea Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 I cant open it either Peggy, I get a message saying that microsoft needs to discover the rules it was made by (or some such technical speak) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 First of all, thanks very much Peggy for posting this for us all - what an excellent document! Hmm. I was able to open the document perfectly well - I'm not sure why Rea and angie can't open it (well maybe I've a suspicion why Rea can't open it... ) but I think it must be to do with your local setup. Are you both using Excel on your local pcs? I'm using Excel 2000 so it's not a new copy - how about you two? Lastly, just to let you know - we'll be publishing an article on Risk Assessment in the next couple of days with a couple of risk assessment forms. Hopefully it will complement this document pretty well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 Carolyn C, I've taken the information from the attachments Poshprincess put on the Are you ready for inspection topic. I have all my other paperwork at work, but what you say rings a bell from my quick glance at what I received through the post from Ofsted, and I did feel that the section 5 was more relevant to over 5 yrs into adulthood, so maybe Ofsted adjusted it to be more relevant to under 5's providers. Thanks for pointing it out to me I really want to be fully prepared for Inspection. Angie88 & Rea, It is an excel document, I don't understand technical stuff either, maybe steve can help. I shall try and transfer it to word as we still have unlimited attachment space ( yipee). They might be 5 seperate attachments though. Peggy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 Totally off topic, note to self - I must learn how to write a SHORT sentence. Instead of using lots of comma's Peggy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 Steve, you posted whilst I was writing!!!!. Look forward to the risk assessment form, Mind you all this paperwork is great, but when will I have time to put my pen down and put it all into practice Peggy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 Rea & Angie, Here are the self- assessment sheets in word, unfortunately they go over one page. BEING_HEALTHY.doc STAYING_SAFE.doc ENJOYING_AND_ACHIEVING.doc MAKING_A_POSITIVE_CONTRIBUTION.doc ACHIEVING_ECONOMIC_WELL.doc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rea Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 Excellent Peggy, thank you I have no comment to make at this time regarding Steve's posting except to say, whats excel?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 Rea, I'll let Steve answer that if you realy want to know Peggy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 Rea: its what you do each and every day, especially at pre-school! Maz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue R Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 Nice one!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 Dear Rea I also had problems late yesterday but I managed to go straight in today so maybe it was a glitch in the system and not a glitch with your computer ability!! Many thanks to Peggy for putting this up - as you say when I get time I will manage to get all my paperwork which is lurking around my printer, sideboard, shelves, boxes etc into some sort of order, I may even look to filling some of it in - but there again probably not. Look forward to seeing the risk assessment Steve - annual review of my policies and procedures so it may just come in useful. Nikki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 Hi - Just to let you know the article on risk assessment I mentioned a few posts above this one is now available. You can find it here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 Thank you Helen for that. I have had a quick glance and it looks pretty comprehensive. Good timing too as our annual review is due next month!! Linda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 Thanks Peggy and Steve, Peggy I can now see the info. It's excellent. Thank you Steve, you're right It's excel. Need a new computer!!! Angie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 1, 2005 Share Posted May 1, 2005 Hi all, New to the site, so bee gentle Have just downloaded the Ofsted stuff, many thanks, fairly new to pre-school so this will help loads Thanks Aunty Ruby Hi everyone,I have devised an assessment form including all performance criteria / aspects, of the areas we are required to self assess for inspection. Being Healthy Staying Safe Enjoying and Achieving Making a positive contribution Achieving economic well-being Some you may not feel are relevant to your setting, but I hope you find it useful. I shall be asking all my staff to complete it because; 1. their knowledge is valuable towards self- assessment. and 2. It will help prepare them for inspection ( alongside having to know and impliment the 14 Standards, Foundation Stage Curriculum and Birth to Three Matters documentation) Peggy. 29124[/snapback] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 9, 2005 Share Posted May 9, 2005 Thanks alot.. definitely useful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 9, 2005 Share Posted May 9, 2005 Peggy - did you get a chance to check up on section 5 yet? Or have I got a different form than everyone else Carolyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue R Posted May 9, 2005 Share Posted May 9, 2005 Hi! Section five, as we here understand it is not a requirement, per se, more a consideration for the setting. Please correct!! Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 9, 2005 Share Posted May 9, 2005 Dear Peggy Thank you so much for sharing this and for transferring it into word - needn't go into how I passed the NOF training without understanding a thing about excel!!! Can't even figure out how to give you a pretty picture - I did try! Ruthanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 14, 2005 Share Posted May 14, 2005 I think I need to include a section ( and possibly call it section 5) on leadership and management, but haven't got round to it yet. This is more relevant to us than the section 5 discussed although as Sue R says it is useful to consider. Peggy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 26, 2005 Share Posted May 26, 2005 Hi Peggy - am printing off all your stuff for my attention during the 1/2 term hols!!!!! As I said before - it's brilliant and thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I won't ask about section 5 as you've already been so helpful, but just need to ask you - did you get your info. from Ofsted publication 2447b (Are you ready for your inspection - a guide to inspection of childcare and nursery eduction conducted by ofsted - long version) or were you looking at something else Ofsted has published ???? Many thanks janice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 29, 2005 Share Posted May 29, 2005 Hi Janice, I'd like to take credit and say I thought it all up myself but then I would be stretching the truth somewhat. I did get it from the Ofsted site and it could possibly be the number 2447b although not sure. What criteria do you think I should use for Leadership and management? I know this is an area of the inspection that Inspectors will have quite some emphasis on. ( don't ask me how I know, it's just something my mind keeps telling me ) With your experience you can make up some pointers for me to evaluate, monitor and develop in my setting. Peggy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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