Much as I agree with you about covering our own backs when it comes to ensuring our position if ever there was an allegation made of abuse, I am really fed-up that someone even had to think up some of these rules!!! The thought of standing in my hallway doing a written-and-signed roll call as the children march in really irks me.
The minder who first told me about having to record the exact drop-off/pick-up times had the OFSTED inspector explain to her that if the child was seen being smacked, for example, at 8.05am on the minder's driveway, and it was reported by a passer-by, then the minder would be seen as being the "guilty" party if she had written down 8.00am (as the contracted time), even if it was a parent dropping off. Just how utterly ridiculous it that really!!
I did make enquiries about it at the time to see whether this could actually be the case, and was assured that it was. Assuming that the passer-by would be able to identify who had done the smacking, I would jolly well hope that somebody would see sense and not shove the "responsibility" onto the minder.
It reminds me that I'm sure there was discussion on another thread a while back about recording the times you collect children from school - my minded children come out in dribs and drabs up to 10 minutes after the bell has gone. There wouldn't be anyone to sign my register then to prove that they weren't in my care. Ooooh, I'm getting all hot about red tape!!