ncma file

[childminder54]

has any body brought the file/case lockable i know this is a silly question but how do u lock it...

veronica

[miffy]

Sorry Veronica I don't know but will bump this back up for you

miffy xx

[venus89]

I got given it free as part of my becoming a childminder process - I couldn't lock it. I bought one of those small file cabinets from whsmith (well, dh did) and I can fit the NCMA one in there, an A4 folder and hanging files for each child......

[Rubybubbles]

I got one free

Mine came with a little padlock on

[miffy]

I got the one from WHSmith's too - you can fit a lot in it and it was reduced in the sale

miffy xx

[brillminder]

email ncma if it dosent work

[breezy]

I got one free

Mine came with a little padlock on

me too!!!!!!!!!!

[Heaven Scent]

They are a farce what a waste of time issuing a rubbish light lock with a stupid tiny key together with a plastic box that has unsealed joins and the plastic bit you attach the lock to cud be cut with just 1 snip of a blunt scissors if someone wanted to get into it. The Morton Michel stuff come in a folder which has no hope as far as locking is concerned.

Oh, and yes the rubbish tiny lock and rubbish easy to lose key's are at the bottom of the box - I came across them by accident. I put it on for my inspection and had the daft key attached to a huge key ring.

I have two lockable metal file boxes but one of them is a bit old and the lock isn't that great and if you just close the lid and don't lock it and pick the box up by the handle it opens and the front falls down and half the contents fall out - but again I made a big issue of having everything locked and jangled all my keys on my various oversized keyrings which I kept in a top drawer in the play room up high out of childrens reach. If its your inspection you are worried about just write up a confidentiality policy and tell her where you keep the file and how you insure no parents can gain access to it.