Blimey think ofsted are doing a postcode lottery at the moment in our area, because i am on to my third hand counting the childminders that have had the call for an inspection next week.

I am getting mine done next week, probably tuesday, and everyone else they rang bar one is being done at some point during the week. One i know said she was on holiday.

which area?

Hope your inspection goes well x

I'm being 'DONE' in Herts too.
They are dropping like flies around here.
Mrs O phoned me at 7pm on Friday eve grrrrrrrrrr! Slightly unreasonable.
Bring it on Ofsted!

This is the hemel area, but it makes no odds to me, cos I am ready as i will ever be whenever and the few spare minutes i have free this weekend I am spending on here and with the dogs, which is where i am going now!

I am a little worried as first inspection with dogs (both pups one 8months and one 11months), but i manage every other day without a catastrophe, unhappy kids or parents, so should be fine!!!!:panic:

Are you all due the ones getting inspected?

good luck!

Big hugs to everyone being ofsteded!!

There's a purge on Notts too!!!

I had a nottm inspector but another minder done on the same day was from out of area!!

B team ..I have 5 cats and was terrified as they are normally having a look at
everyone who visits......but last wed when inspected for 3 hours they didnt appear once and the inspector commented on it as Id mentioned the cats in my SEF!!:)

Big hugs to everyone being ofsteded!!

There's a purge on Notts too!!!

I had a nottm inspector but another minder done on the same day was from out of area!!

B team ..I have 5 cats and was terrified as they are normally having a look at
everyone who visits......but last wed when inspected for 3 hours they didnt appear once and the inspector commented on it as Id mentioned the cats in my SEF!!:)

where in Notts are you ali


eeeek better get on even though i ma not due for another yr

Im in herts and am getting "done" next week

Good luck everyone. :thumbsup:

xxxxx

Miffy and I were inspected a couple of weeks ago within a day of each other and I know of another 3 who have had the call so think maybe they are having a purge here too!

Cx

Good luck to you all! Hx

Miffy and I were inspected a couple of weeks ago within a day of each other and I know of another 3 who have had the call so think maybe they are having a purge here too!

Cx

And I know of another 2 cm's who have both had the call - one had her inspection last week and the other is waiting for the inspector to call - both were told that inspectors would be in the area last week.

Maybe they've moved elsewhere now!

Miffy xx

Sorry, forgot to say - good luck to all of you having inspections next week

Miffy xx

Miffy and I were inspected a couple of weeks ago within a day of each other and I know of another 3 who have had the call so think maybe they are having a purge here too!

Cx

i assume congratulations are in order again

i hope they do not call me i am soooo not ready, I am not due for a year so if I do somehting every week i should just about be ready for them

They're obvioulsy having a massive purge to get caught up before the end of the 3yr cycle as it seems as if all areas area having a mass invasion of inspectors!
All our mindees who haven't yet been inspected under EYFS were contacted the week before last, with inspections happening the week after next. For some of them it's been almost 4yrs since their last inspection :panic:

Mrs O phoned me at 7pm on Friday eve grrrrrrrrrr! Slightly unreasonable.
Bring it on Ofsted!

They phoned my friend on Saturday morning! :rolleyes:

They phoned my friend on Saturday morning! :rolleyes:

Oh that is cheeky! You think you'd be safe at weekends :rolleyes:

Miffy xx

I was July 2007, so it is due, the only thing I wished was that they had done it last July before I had the dogs, just one extra pressure with two puppies, we have had one 6 months and one 2 months and our daily lives work well for us and the minded children, but just not sure about the inspector and two puppy springers!

I will have an 18month and two 3 1/2 year old, and hubby is going to take the dogs for their morning walk, which i would normally do with him and the kids, but as i said to him he will have to come back with the dogs whilst she is there otherwise they will think that we are trying to hide them, which is not the case but two springers with no walk will be a recipe for disaster!

Lucky the kids numbers are small enough for me to have on my own!

Good luck to everyone :)

Hi good luck to everyone having their inspections. I wish they would do a purge here in Oxfordshire I have been waiting since Oct 2010 for my inspection I just want to get it over and done with.

Denise

hello BTeam,

That's right. O phoned me as well ( Hemel Hempstead) and they come this Thursday.
Oops!
good luck to you
v1461

v1461, hope all goes well, if you have the same lady as me, she was lovely!

I got better than expected and to be honest better than i really wanted, as i kind of find it a bit awkward now, cos i am not one for blowing my own trumpet.

She was so relaxed and really let me get on with it, previously every inspector i have had hasnt shut up with questions whereas this lady had read my sef, looked through my stuff (bizarrely my portfolio with policies etc nearly last) and watched and watched and a few questions here or there and followed me a small bit and spoke with the children, who i have to say were exceptionallly vibrant today and real stars.

The whole dog thing which was my only worry was good and they too were real stars (they always are but you just cant be sure can you!)

So this was a really positive inspection, which i quite enjoyed, regardless of the outcome and i have learnt that if this is what an ofsted inspector from the west country is like, then i am definitely right to want to move there, cos they are just a lot more human!!!

They are on the catch up in this area of Devon as well, at least 5 of us have been done since February! xx

i had mine today and got OUTSTANDING!

[QUOTE=PRINCESSDAISYFLOWER;894625]i had mine today and got OUTSTANDING![/QUOTE

Well done :clapping:

I think I'm the only one in Herts not being inspected! All my CM friends are waiting in this week :laughing: Its exactly a year ago since we had ours and having had FECCERs this week I'm glad I haven't got to endure them aswell :D

Good luck to all those still waiting!

where in Notts are you ali


eeeek better get on even though i ma not due for another yr



ajs .........Wollaton very close to Nottingham city centre !! Are you a nottm minder too? :)

CONGRATULATIONS Princessdaisy flower!:clapping:

Congratulations!!!!!:) :clapping:

oh my, i've had the call to say the inspector is going to call, that was nearly a fortnight ago, so any time!

Fancy them ringing on a Saturday!!!!! will have to stop answering the phone all the time now! :laughing: (not really)

Hope the purge in notts has moved on, they might of forgot about me :) lol

yey glad they have been and all is well:D hope you gave the puppies a nice big treat for being so good:thumbsup:

[QUOTE=TheBTeam;893195]but as i said to him he will have to come back with the dogs whilst she is there otherwise they will think that we are trying to hide them, which is not the case but two springers with no walk will be a recipe for disaster!

when i had my rpe reg Mrs O read all about my dog and cat and neither was here for the 3 hours she was here but my hubby takes dog to work so she is rarely here during the day but i did think the same; does she think i'm hiding her because she's bad with the kids or something...

congratulations those who have just had there inspections and good luck to those who are having theres soon:)

I didnt want her to avoid my dogs, because she actually rang me when i was out walking with the dogs and kids (and hubby), so she knew we let the dogs around the children, there are also pictures in their lj's of the dogs in the background or being stroked etc to record events etc, I have nothing to hide and figured that it was best to just get on with it, but did say they would need to be walked as not fair on them!

I'm in the West Country and i am now nearly 8 months over due with my inspection !!!!!

I had a call from Ofsted about 10 days ago asking me if i was activily minding , how many children and days i worked. Not a word since

I nearly wet myself everytime the phone rings !! :eek: :laughing: