How Ofsted inspect against the EYFS
All early years setting are regularly inspected by Ofsted (the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills) to ensure the standards of the EYFS are being met and to observe the quality of the childcare including teaching and learning. They examines 3 key areas – how the setting meets the needs of the diverse mix of children who attend the setting, how well the provision contributes to each child’s wellbeing and the quality of the setting’s leadership and management. The Ofsted inspector makes observations of care routines and activities, either jointly with managers or use evidence collected from practitioner’s observations. They use planning and observation notes, progress checks or …show more content…
Qualified people
The EYFS also ensures that there are effective recruiting procedures in place to prevent people unsuitable working with children, this will include a criminal record, reference and qualification check (DBS check).
People can be prevented from working with children, providers or practitioners can be barred from working in early year’s settings, or a manger may be prevented from leading a setting if they do anything that harm or endanger the safety of a child. Staff working with children has to have appropriate qualifications and access to professional learning opportunities. The EYFS gives guidance about supervision requirements and record- keeping skills and at least one person has to have a current paediatric first aid qualification.
Staff: child ratios and key person for each child.
• The EYFS states that a key person should be assigned to every child to ensure a smooth transition between home and the setting and to meet their individual …show more content…
The governing body must agree the policy and nominate a member to have a safeguarding focus. The policy must be reviewed and updated annually and must be available to any stakeholder on request. The setting must have designated staff member who is responsible for safeguarding issues. They should be the first line of communication where there is cause for concern about a child. They have to have special training so they can support any expression of concern and identify and know how to respond to any concerns about possible neglect. There should be a procedure to follow at the setting for reporting any safety or welfare concerns. Every adult should know the disclosure policy if and a child or adult makes a disclosure. The disclosure policy should have a clear procedure on how it will communicate with other agencies e.g. social services where there is cause for concern. The setting should have a whistle blowing policy to protect staff disclosing information about a colleague, the person experiencing the allegation and the child concerned. The setting should promote and encourage good safeguarding practices in every area of its work. This should be emphasised through staff meetings, individual meetings and parent
All early years setting are regularly inspected by Ofsted (the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills) to ensure the standards of the EYFS are being met and to observe the quality of the childcare including teaching and learning. They examines 3 key areas – how the setting meets the needs of the diverse mix of children who attend the setting, how well the provision contributes to each child’s wellbeing and the quality of the setting’s leadership and management. The Ofsted inspector makes observations of care routines and activities, either jointly with managers or use evidence collected from practitioner’s observations. They use planning and observation notes, progress checks or …show more content…
Qualified people
The EYFS also ensures that there are effective recruiting procedures in place to prevent people unsuitable working with children, this will include a criminal record, reference and qualification check (DBS check).
People can be prevented from working with children, providers or practitioners can be barred from working in early year’s settings, or a manger may be prevented from leading a setting if they do anything that harm or endanger the safety of a child. Staff working with children has to have appropriate qualifications and access to professional learning opportunities. The EYFS gives guidance about supervision requirements and record- keeping skills and at least one person has to have a current paediatric first aid qualification.
Staff: child ratios and key person for each child.
• The EYFS states that a key person should be assigned to every child to ensure a smooth transition between home and the setting and to meet their individual …show more content…
The governing body must agree the policy and nominate a member to have a safeguarding focus. The policy must be reviewed and updated annually and must be available to any stakeholder on request. The setting must have designated staff member who is responsible for safeguarding issues. They should be the first line of communication where there is cause for concern about a child. They have to have special training so they can support any expression of concern and identify and know how to respond to any concerns about possible neglect. There should be a procedure to follow at the setting for reporting any safety or welfare concerns. Every adult should know the disclosure policy if and a child or adult makes a disclosure. The disclosure policy should have a clear procedure on how it will communicate with other agencies e.g. social services where there is cause for concern. The setting should have a whistle blowing policy to protect staff disclosing information about a colleague, the person experiencing the allegation and the child concerned. The setting should promote and encourage good safeguarding practices in every area of its work. This should be emphasised through staff meetings, individual meetings and parent