hopeytg Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Had a phone call this afternoon advising me that Ofsted 'are in the area' - we are 3 months overdue our visit and I think we are ready as we can be - but if anyone can advice what to expect from recent inspections I would be very grateful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louby loo Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Not sure what kind of setting you are, but we had an inspection last Sept. I felt it was very rushed - and more of a 'tick list' visit - ie: all paperwork in place etc. She did mention our SEF needed updating (off record)....... but it was obvious she hadn't read it anyway!!!! Main things she was interested for us was - working with parents. xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopeytg Posted February 8, 2012 Author Share Posted February 8, 2012 Thanks Louby Loo - we are a preschool - did the SEF in Nov but will have another look at it - thanks for the tips Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louby loo Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Thanks Louby Loo - we are a preschool - did the SEF in Nov but will have another look at it - thanks for the tips Meant to add we are a pre-school too. xxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laura Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 How you show self improvement and how you continue to do this is a biggy as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Ours was May last year.... I was really pleased that my SEF was pretty much 'up to date' - she had read it online but hadn't printed it off - I made sure she took a hard copy away with her - really glad that I did that - quite a bit of the report read as though it was pretty much 'lifted' from my SEF Other big things were showing how we recorded 'next steps' and how we shared these with parents....safeguarding.....partnerships all round including info sharing with other settings....... Wish you well with it all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thumperrabbit Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 I was really pleased that my SEF was pretty much 'up to date' - she had read it online but hadn't printed it off - I made sure she took a hard copy away with her - really glad that I did that - quite a bit of the report read as though it was pretty much 'lifted' from my SEF I'll 2nd that our inspector took our hard copy too and it report read similar to it. Our inspector wanted to know what areas we knew weren't working well and what we were going to do about it, have to confess wasn't particularly good at answering that one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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