My Feedback from my Outstanding inspection

[BallyH]

Sorry...still thinking about this one(!), I was wondering if by doing ten minute activities it may go against us because an inspector could ckaim we don't give the children enough time to finish an activity (a criticism ive seen in other inspection reports)...what are your thoughts on this? X

My thoughts also but you follow the child's lead. If one wanders off then 'play' with the other one, encourage more interaction from them but also keeping an eye on the one that escaped as ofsted also want them to be individual and choose resources themselves. It's a juggling act, but we do it all day long, we just are't always aware of it.
I'm also trying to imagine my inspections day, but as I've got 5 lo's over 4 days, different combinations, it's hard to plan ahead.

[summer23]

Well done, I'm newly registered and have done just 2 days at my new job
You work hard and definatly deserve that OUTSTANDING. I must admit I want to achieve outstanding but I'm focusing on good for first inspection which will hopefully be about 2 years away!
I think your facebook idea is great!
Also how do we work with parents to do our starting points? Just ask them? Do I ask what they can do in relation to development matters?
Thank you

[AgentTink]

Well done, I'm newly registered and have done just 2 days at my new job
You work hard and definatly deserve that OUTSTANDING. I must admit I want to achieve outstanding but I'm focusing on good for first inspection which will hopefully be about 2 years away!
I think your facebook idea is great!
Also how do we work with parents to do our starting points? Just ask them? Do I ask what they can do in relation to development matters?
Thank you

Hi summer23 thanks for your post.

In regards to starting points I normally give parents a copy of the development matter grids for the age brackets of their child plus a higher one incase the child can do more advanced things. I ask parents to highlight any statements that they feel that their child constantly displays at home. I then do obs over 4 to 6 weeks of settling in to see if they match up to what the parents see's. At this point I then do a quick settling in report detailing in which age bracket for each of the 7 areas of developments i think the child is. I then sahre this report with the parent and get their comments /views and we come up with next steps. This clearly shows that I had detailed starting points for each child and then I can easily show progress through development matters through all my future obs, tracking and progress reports.