Guest Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 Can anyone advise? Does Ofsted expect to see student or volunteer helper's time planned for within the daily session? I have a daily staff timetable (three staff); this is colour-coded so that each day a member of staff is allocated to oversee: outdoor play indoor play and snack observe key children However, I do not 'include' my student on the timetable (nor is she included in the staff/child ratio) . My reasoning here is that I like to have someone who can 'float' - also, she is not in every day and there are times when she cannot get in for one reason or another. Any thoughts or advice would be much appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynned55 Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 I think as with so much else it will depend on your inspector. The inspector we had certainly wasn't bothered as I dont list where my staff are and wouldn't list my volunteers/students either. It all depends on what the day and children bring. really I suppose it's up to you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 They will expect to see anyone in your classroom deployed to best use, in my experience and will not necessarily be interested in their actual status ie student. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 They will expect to see anyone in your classroom deployed to best use, in my experience and will not necessarily be interested in their actual status ie student. So, provided the student is given a specific task Ofsted would be happy? And I would not be expected to have the 'task' written into the planning? Thanks for your reply Susan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynned55 Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Our last inspection we were using planning that no longer had staff tasks written into them. She was quite happy with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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