How long is your sef

[hannah1982]

Hello ladies,

I've just started my SEF and i just wondered how long yours is? I know its a personal thing so all will vary but just wanted an average.

Many thanks

Hannah

[muffins]

Hi I wrote mine out by hand before typing as was easier to get bits done here & there whilst babysitting at soft play etc!
The hand written bit was 56 pages long

[WibbleWobble]

at least 10,000 words....

will be more now.....got more to say!

[sarah707]

Pages and pages and pages...

A friend's SEF is 1 page per question and she has outstanding so it's not about quantity really

[jellybean cc]

Is the SEF on the Ofsted web site compulsory as i have not started it yet , i do keep a monthly diary just for childminding of my thoughts and feeling on how the month went and future idea.

[nipper]

Too long... had call earlier in the week from Mrs O, she's coming out either tues next week or wed the next (|ong story) who asked me whether I had started it yet...STARTED IT...it was finished last weekend! She said if I downloaded it now, she might not be able to get it in time, so would I mind printing it out for when she came?
Bizarre

[Velleity]

I got about halfway through mine before I was inspected and was at 7500 words.

[rickysmiths]

I have never done a Sef and don't intend to ever do one. I was inspected in Sept and got Good with some Outstandings.

I hadn't had the time or inclination to spend such a lot of time on it and having got the inspection outcome I did I am not going to waste the time now!

I was able to show how I reflect on my practice and all my other paperwork was all up to date and accessible, i told the inspector I hadn't done one and she didn't bat an eyelid.

The thought of producing 50 + pages all about my setting in addition to all the paperwork we HAVE to do seems a nonsense just to praise myself and basically list all that the inspector can see anyway. It isn't compulsory and after all they have stopped schools doing a SEF now.

[rickysmiths]

Is the SEF on the Ofsted web site compulsory as i have not started it yet , i do keep a monthly diary just for childminding of my thoughts and feeling on how the month went and future idea.

No doing the Sef is definitely not compulsory. It is up to you to decide to do it or not. All you need to do is demonstrate to the Inspector how you reflect on your business.

[Angela234]

i printed mine out 40 pages

[loocyloo]

mine is only about 9 or is it 11 pages printed out?

My DO and other bods who have seen it were happy with it, i spent quite a while typing 'see XXX, YYY & ZZZ', ' see XXX, GGG & KKK ' rather than repeating myself. i also say once or twice that i would like more hours in the day and time to complete the SEF !!! hope i have an inspector with a sense of humour!