OFSTED - The Office For Standards in Education
OFSTED is the office for standard in Education, and are responsible for inspecting a wide rang of educational settings including childminders.
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Most childminders are inspected every two to three years however this is currently longer due to the suspension of inspections during covid-19.
The OFSTED Inspectors us a 4 point grading system
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Outstanding
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Good
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Requires Improvement
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Inadequate
We have currently has OFSTED visit for our pre-registration visit and for one inspection where they rated us GOOD. We are extremely proud of our rating as a lot of hard work goes into being a Childminder and it is a great achievement to know we are doing well.
On the day of Inspection
During the day that OFSTED inspection takes place we will stay at setting, so if the inspection is on a day we usually attend playgroups or go on outings we will probably not attend.
The inspector may want to talk to you about Happy Days, please don't worry about this and just speak honestly. I would love some written feedback from you to show to OFSTED but i can discuss this with you closer to the time of an inspection.
During the inspection your child will still attend as normal and will still have a usual day at setting, following the normal routine.
Any school and nursery pickups and drop offs will still go ahed as usual.
Any Questions
Happy to further discuss any questions you may have relating to OFSTED.