Being inspected as a childminder or childcare provider
How and when you바카라 사이트™ll be inspected by Ofsted depends on whether you바카라 사이트™re on the Childcare Register or the Early Years Register.
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- safeguarding and welfare
- learning and development
If you do not meet the requirements, you바카라 사이트™ll be told what you need to do to improve and when you need to improve by.
Childcare Register
You could be inspected at any time if you바카라 사이트™re only on the Childcare Register.
You바카라 사이트™ll get a letter to tell you whether you바카라 사이트™ve met the requirements.
The inspection letter will be for one year.
Read more about how inspections are done.
Early Years Register
You바카라 사이트™ll usually be inspected within the first 30 months of registering as a childminder or childcare provider, and at least once every 6 years after that.
You may also be inspected if someone reports concerns about the childcare you바카라 사이트™re providing.
Getting notice of an inspection
If you바카라 사이트™re an organisation (like a nursery or pre-school), you바카라 사이트™ll get a call on or after midday on the working day before the start of the inspection. You바카라 사이트™ll still be inspected even if the inspector has not been able to speak to anyone.
Childminders or providers that do not operate regularly will get a call up to 5 days before an inspection to check what days they work. You바카라 사이트™ll be told what time the inspection will start but not what day it will start.
You can be inspected without warning. This is normally if Ofsted are concerned about the childcare you provide.
Before the inspection
You must tell parents an inspection is going to take place.
During the inspection
The inspector will:
- observe the children at play
- talk to you and the children
- observe how you and the children interact
- check the children바카라 사이트™s levels of understanding and if they take part in learning
- talk to you about the children바카라 사이트™s knowledge, skills and abilities
- observe care routines and how they바카라 사이트™re used to support children바카라 사이트™s personal development
- evaluate your knowledge of the early years foundation stage
After the inspection
You바카라 사이트™ll be sent a report with your grade. You바카라 사이트™ll be told how to do better, if there바카라 사이트™s anything that can be improved.
You바카라 사이트™ll be graded as one of the following:
- Grade 1 - outstanding
- Grade 2 - good
- Grade 3 - requires improvement
- Grade 4 - inadequate
Read the early years inspection handbook to find out what these grades mean.
Your inspection report will be within 10 working days of you being sent it.
You must give a copy of the report to the parents of the children you look after and to anyone else who asks for one.
If you바카라 사이트™re graded 바카라 사이트˜outstanding바카라 사이트™
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If you바카라 사이트™re graded 바카라 사이트˜inadequate바카라 사이트™
You바카라 사이트™ll be inspected again within 6 months.
You바카라 사이트™ll be told what you must do to remain registered, and the date by which it must be done. Your local authority will also be told, which may affect your eligibility for funding.
In some cases, you바카라 사이트™ll also get a monitoring visit before the inspection. This will happen if Ofsted has decided extra steps need to be taken (바카라 사이트˜enforcement action바카라 사이트™).
Ofsted may take further action if there바카라 사이트™s no improvement. If you have 2 inspections in a row where you바카라 사이트™re judged as inadequate, Ofsted can cancel your registration.
Complain about an inspection
You can make a complaint during or after an inspection.