Inspections are exhausting and draining!
Had my inspection this morning - no children on roll. It went well and I got 'met' but oh my goodness, I am drained now and fit for nothing!
It only lasted 2 and 1/2 hours - I don't know how you all cope with a full inspection with kids present. Obviously I have had a full inspection a few years ago, but I think I'm getting too old for this.
I got up this morning at 4.40am after being awake for what seemed like all night - I was totally paranoid about oversleeping. I don't feel like I slept at all - but I know I did because I had the most horrific nightmares about finding dead bodies in my house.
The inspector was lovely. She asked me about:
the signs and symptoms of sexual abuse
what I would do if a child made an allegation against me
what I would do if a child didn't turn up at my setting one day when they were booked in
if I recorded reasons for absence on the register
how I manage the settling in procedure
how I manage medication
how I keep children safe when out and about
what information I keep on the children
what kind of existing injuries would I record? (I listed a load and she then agreed and said, the answer is 'everything')
asked me what inclusion and diversity mean to me
how I do planning
if I evaluate my practice
how I keep up to date with safeguarding knowledge
how I would handle a parental complaint
how I measure the children's progress
how I do a 2 year check
what I do with my register and accident forms when the children leave
how I would handle an accident in my setting
what I know about prevent
what are the indicators that fgm might be an issue - what would I do
She probably asked more, but I can't remember. I took her around the premises and she suggested a couple of bits for risk assessment. They weren't a surprise, but some will be a bit tricky to remedy. It was ok to not have written risk assessments.
