Ofsted - Are you Ready for Inspection?

Although the Birth to Five Service endeavours to update the contents within this page, we would strongly recommend that Practitioners regularly visit the official Ofsted website on a regular basis for current information. http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/

Private, Voluntary and Independent (PVI)

'Are you Ready for your Inspection?'

A guide for Inspections of Provision on Ofsted's Childcare and Early Years Registers.

Schools

'Schools - Inspecting the Early Years Foundation Stage'

A useful guide which provides an overview of the Ofsted process. The section 'Getting Started - Before the Inspection' is recommended reading.

Some Questions to Consider Prior to an Ofsted Inspection:

Do you know, understand and implement the principles and statutory guidance of the EYFS, including how the learning and development and welfare requirements so that children receive a high standard of care and early education? Ask yourself – does my setting deliver the EYFS as well as it possibly can at all times?
Have you corrected any weaknesses identified in your last Ofsted inspection report? If your provision has been inspected before, check your last report and think carefully about the changes and improvements you have made since then. How have these had a positive effect on the outcomes for children?

Do you know, understand and implement the principles and statutory guidance of the EYFS, including how the learning and development and welfare requirements so that children receive a high standard of care and early education?

Ask yourself – does my setting deliver the EYFS as well as it possibly can at all times?

Have you corrected any weaknesses identified in your last Ofsted inspection report? If your provision has been inspected before, check your last report and think carefully about the changes and improvements you have made since then. How have these had a positive effect on the outcomes for children?

Have you completed the Ofsted self-evaluation form? Completing the self-evaluation form is an indication that you are continually seeking to improve your provision for children’s learning, development and welfare. For example, if your premises have been inspected before, your self evaluation will show the improvements you have carried out and what difference the improvements have made to children. If you complete other self- evaluation documents and/or are part of a quality assurance scheme, please be ready to point this out when the inspector comes to visit. How can you demonstrate to the inspector that the process of self-evaluation has led to improvements in children’s learning, development and welfare?
Have you collated any information about how parents / carers view your service and any improvements you have made as a result? This information will give a fuller picture of your provision and help the inspector to see how well you work with parents to ensure the best outcomes for their children. What can you show or tell the inspector to illustrate how you have acted on parent/ carer views to improve outcomes for children?

Have you completed the Ofsted self-evaluation form? Completing the self-evaluation form is an indication that you are continually seeking to improve your provision for children’s learning, development and welfare. For example, if your premises have been inspected before, your self evaluation will show the improvements you have carried out and what difference the improvements have made to children. If you complete other self- evaluation documents and/or are part of a quality assurance scheme, please be ready to point this out when the inspector comes to visit. How can you demonstrate to the inspector that the process of self-evaluation has led to improvements in children’s learning, development and welfare?

Have you collated any information about how parents / carers view your service and any improvements you have made as a result? This information will give a fuller picture of your provision and help the inspector to see how well you work with parents to ensure the best outcomes for their children. What can you show or tell the inspector to illustrate how you have acted on parent/ carer views to improve outcomes for children?

Have you demonstrated that you work with other providers who provide the EYFS for the children in your care? If the children who attend also receive the EYFS in other settings you should be able to show how you work with them to complement activities they provide and provide a good programme overall for the children. What can you show or tell the inspector to demonstrate this? You must be confident that your provision complies with the learning and development, and welfare requirements of the EYFS. By law, from September 2008, all registered early years provision must comply with all these requirements. So please make sure that you know, understand and implement them. If your provision fails to comply with the requirements, it may be judged as inadequate.

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