Thumper Posted October 28, 2013 Posted October 28, 2013 (edited) Early years online self-evaluation form (SEF) and guidance for providers delivering the Early Years Foundation Stagewww.ofsted.gov.uk/resources/early-years-online-self-evaluation-form-sef-and-guidance-for-providers-delivering-early-years-founda Edited October 28, 2013 by Sue Added the hyperlink
sunnyday Posted October 28, 2013 Posted October 28, 2013 Flippin' heck - so there is - i am not going to even think about it during half-term break :blink: Early years self-evaluation form from November 2013.doc Early years self-evaluation form guidance from November 2013.pdf 1
sunnyday Posted October 28, 2013 Posted October 28, 2013 oops sorry - forgetting my manners (it was the shock!) thank you Thumper! :1b 1
louby loo Posted October 28, 2013 Posted October 28, 2013 Thank-you for that :1b For once I am pleased that Ofsted didn't return my call a few weeks ago I was trying to update my current SEF, but it wouldn't let me do it. (maybe this was why?) It's on my list for this week though. x
Mouseketeer Posted October 28, 2013 Posted October 28, 2013 thank you, didn't look too closely but what's changed and more the point ofsted WHY ????? (haven't looked at old one in ages, forgot what that looked like )
sunnyday Posted October 28, 2013 Posted October 28, 2013 thank you, didn't look too closely but what's changed and more the point ofsted WHY ????? (haven't looked at old one in ages, forgot what that looked like ) Don't ask me mouse! I have printed off copies of both - but I am not, not, not, going to look at them this week! 1
Panders Posted October 28, 2013 Posted October 28, 2013 Well mine was ready to go onto the site and through general laziness I didn't do it. Now I have another out of date SEF on my hands! Please Ofsted go and play with someone else fora while and let us get used to your changes and begin to "work" them 2
sunnyday Posted October 28, 2013 Posted October 28, 2013 Well mine was ready to go onto the site and through general laziness I didn't do it. Now I have another out of date SEF on my hands! Please Ofsted go and play with someone else fora while and let us get used to your changes and begin to "work" them have you 'studied' it - is it very different???
sunnyday Posted October 28, 2013 Posted October 28, 2013 No not yet! Let me know when you have :1b - have told myself not to look but it's 'killing me' 1
Mouseketeer Posted October 28, 2013 Posted October 28, 2013 Doesn't seem like 5 minutes ago we had do the last ' new' one ......oh hang on it wasn't ! Maybe they move the info over again, didn't they last time if you'd already submitted older version ? 1
finleysmaid Posted October 28, 2013 Posted October 28, 2013 well i must be psychic! i have been putting off doing it (for ages!) i had planned to do it this week.... :blink:
sunnyday Posted October 28, 2013 Posted October 28, 2013 well i must be psychic! i have been putting off doing it (for ages!) i had planned to do it this week.... :blink: Same as that! :1b Has been a nagging thought in the dark recesses of my brain.......somehow or other always seemed to find something more fun important urgent to do! Could you use your physic abilities on the old lottery numbers for this week - we could forget all about SEFs then!
finleysmaid Posted October 28, 2013 Posted October 28, 2013 Same as that! :1b Has been a nagging thought in the dark recesses of my brain.......somehow or other always seemed to find something more fun important urgent to do! Could you use your physic abilities on the old lottery numbers for this week - we could forget all about SEFs then! who says i'm sharing ! 1
Greenfinch Posted October 28, 2013 Posted October 28, 2013 (edited) I for one am getting really fed up with all this and am not going to even look this week! Ooh,but thank you anyway for pointing it out - not meaning to shoot the messenger! Edited October 28, 2013 by Greenfinch
Guest Posted October 29, 2013 Posted October 29, 2013 Ah, that may explain why I couldn't upload! That'll teach me to be organised...albeit a few yrs late hehehe! Anyone else getting an 'error' code when trying to upload? Blinking changes! Can't keep up with it all
SueJ Posted October 29, 2013 Posted October 29, 2013 well i must be psychic! i have been putting off doing it (for ages!) i had planned to do it this week.... :blink: Me too - Following recent Tribal training I have printed off the Ofsted grade descriptors (for good and outstanding as hoping that this is where we are) and the plan was to bullet point against these - a quick glance at the guidance (thanks for the uploads) would suggest that this is probably the way forward. (Now I'm really worried that I'm beginning to think like an inspector )
sunnyday Posted October 29, 2013 Posted October 29, 2013 (Now I'm really worried that I'm beginning to think like an inspector ) I'm ordering garlic and wooden stake :blink: 2
SueJ Posted October 29, 2013 Posted October 29, 2013 I'm ordering garlic and wooden stake :blink: Having just read about Polly you could always GYO 1
sunnyday Posted October 29, 2013 Posted October 29, 2013 Having just read about Polly you could always GYO I fear that I need it with some urgency 2
finleysmaid Posted October 29, 2013 Posted October 29, 2013 ok having just spent few minutes looking in to this i think there maybe some misinterperetation here....please prove me wrong though! i think what ofsted have done is just add the capability to download the information in an easier format. The ONLINE version does not appear to have changed but the 'offline' information has been produced in a word and PDF format ....can anyone else confirm this before i launch into my sef?????
louby loo Posted October 29, 2013 Posted October 29, 2013 ok having just spent few minutes looking in to this i think there maybe some misinterperetation here....please prove me wrong though! i think what ofsted have done is just add the capability to download the information in an easier format. The ONLINE version does not appear to have changed but the 'offline' information has been produced in a word and PDF format ....can anyone else confirm this before i launch into my sef????? I pretty sure (99.9%) that I've downloaded both back in May (if not August) in both formats.
finleysmaid Posted October 29, 2013 Posted October 29, 2013 the 'new' one posted here states october 2013 as the publication date but the online version is dated november last year (i think...from memory) but looking through them they seem to be the same....confused.com! 1
mollypiper Posted October 29, 2013 Posted October 29, 2013 I have just looked at it as I was due to redo mine during the holidays. Comparing it to the October 2012 version the changes seem to be to the page numbers you refer to in the evaluation schedule for inspections of registered early years provision (which makes sense as that has just been updated) The only wording change I could see was that in Section 2 the "RAG rating the local authority may give you to indicate the level of intervention they offer" has been deleted.
Wildflowers Posted October 29, 2013 Posted October 29, 2013 I'm noticing some new things they suggest that we include and started writing a post listing them, but then thought that it may be easier for everyone to go though the guidance to ensure that they have covered what's there - that's what I will do. The main thing is the reference to the 'evaluation schedule' throughout. My overall impression is that the SEF is getting increasingly clearer with each update, which is a good thing. (Trying to be positive...) 2
sunnyday Posted October 29, 2013 Posted October 29, 2013 Loving the research ladies - thank you :1b 1
finleysmaid Posted October 29, 2013 Posted October 29, 2013 Loving the research ladies - thank you :1b ha ....lazy toad!
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