For those of you Pre-Reg...

[KarenM]

Date decided to do CM: Jan 2010
Date of pre reg brief meeting: 22/02/10
Date course started: 04/03/10
Date sent off reg pack to Ofsted: 06/04/10
Date of pre reg Ofsted visit: 12/04/2010
Date certificate arrived: 08/05/10
Date first mindee started:

First mindee should be starting on Tuesday!!!!

[het]

Date decided to do CM: Jan 10
Date of pre reg brief meeting: 21st Jan
Date course started: 28th Jan
Date sent off reg pack to Ofsted:4th May
Date of pre reg Ofsted visit:WAITING
Date certificate arrived:
Date first mindee started:August I hope!

[hollymonster]

Date decided to do CM: Jan 09
Date of pre reg brief meeting: Sep 09
Date course started: 21st Jan 2010
Date sent off reg pack to Ofsted:3rd May
Date of pre reg Ofsted visit:Today!! 12th May
Date certificate arrived:
Date first mindee started:

Pre reg visit from Ofsted today went really well lovely lady very helpful

[tt1312]

Date decided to do CM: march 2010
Date of pre reg brief meeting: march 2010
Date course started: may 12th 2010
Date sent off reg pack to Ofsted:
Date of pre reg Ofsted visit:
Date certificate arrived:
Date first mindee started

[Jacko81]

Date decided to do CM: mar 2010
Date of pre reg brief meeting: apr 2010
Date course started:
Date sent off reg pack to Ofsted:may 2010
Date of pre reg Ofsted visit:just rang and sais about three weeks
Date certificate arrived:
Date first mindee started: got children lined up sept!! fingers crossed!!!!

Just cant wait to get started!!!!

[David]

Date decided to do CM: march 2010
Date of pre reg brief meeting: march 2010
Date course started: may 2010
Date sent off reg pack to Ofsted:May 2010
Date of pre reg Ofsted visit:24 May 2010
Date certificate arrived:
Date first mindee started

[marzi]

Date decided to do CM: It was end of 2007 - but i moved so went on hold
Date of pre reg brief meeting: Feb 2009
Date course started:May 2009 - then moved again so more delay
Date sent off reg pack to Ofsted: End April 2010
Date of pre reg Ofsted visit: 10 May 2010
Date certificate arrived:
Date first mindee started:

[Maureen75]

Date decided to do CM: September 2009
Date of pre reg brief meeting: 15/10/09
Date course started: 22/02/10
Date sent off reg pack to Ofsted: 9/02/10
Date of pre reg Ofsted visit: 4/03/10
Date certificate arrived: 18/05/10
Date first mindee started:

Hopefully I'll be minding by the summer. Just panicking now as I'm trying to prepare for pre-reg!

Have someone coming round this afternoon.

[MrsShell]

Date decided to CM: June 09
Date of pre-reg brief meeting: July 09
Date course started: September 09
Date sent reg pack to Ofsted: 25 May 10
Date of pre-reg Ofsted visit: 9 June 10
Date certificate arrived: Still waiting
Date first mindee started:

So looking forward to getting started!

[cherishcare]

Date decided to CM: Too many years ago to remember!
Date of pre-reg brief meeting: August 2008
Date course started: January 2009
Date sent reg pack to CSSIW: Finishing up part 2 at the moment but hopefully very soon!
Date of pre-reg Ofsted visit:
Date certificate arrived:
Date first mindee started:

My circumstances have changed a lot hence the massive gaps LOL

Azzie

[Memina]

Date decided to do CM: March 2009
Date of pre reg brief meeting: April 2009
Date course started: Nov 2009
Date sent off reg pack to Ofsted: April 2010
Date of pre reg Ofsted visit: May 2010
Date certificate arrived:
Date first mindee started:

[Kimmy050983]

Date decided to do CM: Sept 2009
Date of pre reg brief meeting: Sept 2009
Date course started: September 2009 -Dec 2009
Date sent off reg pack to Ofsted: March 2010 (due to health problems before)
Date of pre reg Ofsted visit: 06.04.10
Date certificate arrived:17.06.2010

it took long as I had to wait for 5 CRBs from 3 different countries , but finally it´s there

[Tribe_mummy]

Date decided to do CM: May 2010
Date of pre reg brief meeting: 16th June 2010
Date course started: Booked for 4th September 2010
Date sent off reg pack to Ofsted:
Date of pre reg Ofsted visit:
Date certificate arrived:
Date first mindee started:

Hoping everything goes as smoothly and as quickly as possible

[lauren1979]

Date decided to do CM: Dec 2009
Date of pre reg brief meeting: Um, 22 April
Date course started: 29 April
Date sent off reg pack to Ofsted: Last week
Date of pre reg Ofsted visit: Friday!!
Date certificate arrived:
Date first mindee started: Hopefully October

[Anjie30]

Date decided to do CM: 2009
Date of pre reg brief meeting: 08
Date course started: 08
Date sent off reg pack to Ofsted:In next few weeks
Date of pre reg Ofsted visit:
Date certificate arrived:
Date first mindee started: Hopefully Aug/Sept 10

Hi I am in the process of making my house a safezone and completing my policies etc before i send my pack off.
I live in Wilmslow area and am looking for new/ current childminders to chat to, cant believe how much paperwork and organising i need to do...will get there soon hpefully...
I also have a 12 month old baby -hence the delay in starting cminding after course!!!!!
I will Look forward to hearing from any current / new childminders..
Andrea

[Lu 2010]

Hi

Date decided to do CM:Jan 2010
Date of pre reg brief meeting:March 2010
Date course started: March 2010
Date sent off reg pack to Ofsted:April 2010
Date of pre reg Ofsted visit: May 2010
Date certificate arrived: Today
Date first mindee started: In 4 weeks

Felt like it took ages to get registered but after reading the other replies seems as though i was one of the lucky ones

Lu

[MrsShell]

Date decided to CM: June 09
Date of pre-reg brief meeting: July 09
Date course started: September 09
Date sent reg pack to Ofsted: 25 May 10
Date of pre-reg Ofsted visit: 9 June 10
Date certificate arrived: Still waiting
Date first mindee started:

So looking forward to getting started!

Got my Certificate today and hopefully first mindee starting in September.