Devondaisy Posted April 15, 2015 Posted April 15, 2015 After a very long wait Ofsted finally arrived yesterday! I was starting to think they had forgotten about us! We had a really lovely inspector who was very complimentary about everything we do, it was a really enjoyable experience with none of the nerves I expected. The staff were all amazing and the children were too! Not allowed to divulge the result but suffice to say our smiles could not possibly be any bigger!!! It still seems a little unreal 9 Quote
louby loo Posted April 15, 2015 Posted April 15, 2015 well done, now you can really enjoy the summer term . :) Quote
Littlesparklesnursery Posted April 15, 2015 Posted April 15, 2015 Sounds very exciting! Congrats to you and your team. Well done. Any useful tips will be very much apreciated. We're due any time soon. Quote
Stargrower Posted April 15, 2015 Posted April 15, 2015 Oh wow, congratulations! :1b We're waiting too, so any tips please! I do hope we get someone lovely and approachable...definitely didn't last time! Quote
Fredbear Posted April 15, 2015 Posted April 15, 2015 Congratulations to you and all the team:). Quote
Melba Posted April 15, 2015 Posted April 15, 2015 (edited) We had them yesterday as well but were told there is no need to be secret about the result Edited April 15, 2015 by Melba Quote
Mouseketeer Posted April 15, 2015 Posted April 15, 2015 Well done Devondaisy, hope yours went well to Melba Quote
Greenfinch Posted April 15, 2015 Posted April 15, 2015 So happy for you both ☺ I also hope we have an inspector like you . We are expecting a visit any day too. Quote
Amina_Hussain Posted April 15, 2015 Posted April 15, 2015 :1b Congratulations and well done to you and your team :1b Quote
Melba Posted April 15, 2015 Posted April 15, 2015 We got a "very secure Good" which is what we were hoping for. She only stayed about 5 hours and one of them was the feedback so much less stressful than they used to be. I just kept making people go and talk to her! 6 Quote
Guest Posted April 15, 2015 Posted April 15, 2015 Well done both - take time to enjoy the sunshine now! Quote
Melba Posted April 15, 2015 Posted April 15, 2015 Interesting thing though She gave us a recommendation about one of our children who she felt was not engaged enough. I checked up on a local setting who had also had her as an inspector and they had almost exactly the same recommendation about a child she thought was not engaged enough! However, she loved Tapestry! Quote
HappyMaz Posted April 15, 2015 Posted April 15, 2015 Brilliant news, devondaisy! Well done to you and your team! Quote
sunnyday Posted April 16, 2015 Posted April 16, 2015 Interesting thing though She gave us a recommendation about one of our children who she felt was not engaged enough. I checked up on a local setting who had also had her as an inspector and they had almost exactly the same recommendation about a child she thought was not engaged enough! However, she loved Tapestry! That is obviously her 'thing' then :blink: Many congrats on your 'very secure good' though - you can enjoy the summer terms now without wondering when the knock on the door will come :1b Quote
thumperrabbit Posted April 16, 2015 Posted April 16, 2015 - you can enjoy the summer terms now without wondering when the knock on the door will come :1b And that's been the best thing about the Easter hols for me - having had ours last month I really feel as if a tonne of bricks have been lifted :1b 1 Quote
sunnyday Posted April 16, 2015 Posted April 16, 2015 And that's been the best thing about the Easter hols for me - having had ours last month I really feel as if a tonne of bricks have been lifted :1b Me too thumper - and no thinking about (note it would have only been 'thinking about'!) updating the blessed SEF 1 Quote
Devondaisy Posted April 16, 2015 Author Posted April 16, 2015 Thank you for all the congratulations, and well done to you too Melba It's such a relief and is just starting to sink in... Morning off today and I'm not doing any paperwork!!! B) I sympathise with those of you still waiting, but it really wasn't as bad as I had been expecting. Our last visit was 2008 so I had had plenty of time to stress! She had done her research before the visit, and stressed how useful the SEF was for giving her lots of information, and also the website. That meant she could spend almost all of her time in the setting watching staff interactions with the children and talking to me. The rest of the staff were so pleased she didn't ask them any questions! We were definitely lucky with the inspector though, she's an ex reception teacher, clearly very experienced in early years, and just seemed to 'get' us. She really wanted to see us at our best. 1 Quote
tish501 Posted April 16, 2015 Posted April 16, 2015 Congratulations...definitely helps to have an Inspector with early years experience xxs Quote
sunnyday Posted April 16, 2015 Posted April 16, 2015 Congratulations...definitely helps to have an Inspector with early years experience xxs It certainly does! 'My' Inspector had taught reception and had run her own pre-school - she said and I quote "I gave that up because I couldn't take the pressure, I take my hat off to those that can" - how amazingly honest of her :1b 4 Quote
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