mummyMia
19-11-2011, 08:46 PM
I have just found out that the FIS in my area has started adding Ofsted grades to the list of childminders that they give out to parents from the beginning of November.:( I just wondered if this is common practice in other areas?
I haven't bee graded yet and up until now have not been too concerned about what grade I get but now I am starting to worry about it. There are something like 160 childminders on the list and I wonder if parents are just going to skip over the satisfactory ones. A few days ago, a parent who came to see me said she was really shocked at the number of satisfactory childminders and would under no circumstance leave her baby with such a childminder. I did try to exlplain to her that a lot of it is down to paperwork but I don't think she quite took that on board.
I am interested to hear if other areas do this and how it has affected your business?
I haven't bee graded yet and up until now have not been too concerned about what grade I get but now I am starting to worry about it. There are something like 160 childminders on the list and I wonder if parents are just going to skip over the satisfactory ones. A few days ago, a parent who came to see me said she was really shocked at the number of satisfactory childminders and would under no circumstance leave her baby with such a childminder. I did try to exlplain to her that a lot of it is down to paperwork but I don't think she quite took that on board.
I am interested to hear if other areas do this and how it has affected your business?