Hiya had my first graded inspection today so thought i would let u all know how it went. She arrived just after 10am and introduced herself to me and my family and mindees. she explained how the inspection would take place and that she would go through her findings at the end. she was really friendly and made me and mindees feel at ease. we just carried on playing as normal with her asking questions as we were playing. we then had snack and she observed the children choosing which fruit they would like-washing hands etc. We then did a painting activity some chose to use brushes some sponge shapes/numbers some their hands. She then asked for all my paperwork acc/emerg, medication, complaints, safeguarding etc. She then asked if i had completed the 'homebased childcare course' and evidence of it being signed off. she had already read my SEF online which i think cut the questioning down. The questions she asked were
a/ was i aware of the poss signs and symptoms of abuse and how would i go about reporting a concern.
b/ how do i communicate with parents and other settings and evidence of that.
c/ how am i preparing my mindees for the transition to reception class (they start in sept)
d/ how am i observing the children and how do i link to development matters (b4 she read lj's)
I think the best piece of advice i can give is to be able to evidence everything that you do. Its not enough to be able to say you do it you have to show u are doing it. Hope that helps a little.
Lasted nearly three hours but only seemed like an hour! Adrenaline got me through! lol