Heres my story
in July i had cause for a Ofsted inspector to come and visit me.
She basically told me I had to have the children within sight at all times!
(I did question her on how I could do this, especialy as Ofsted had registered me to use all of the down stairs of my house, and what happened when I need to go to the toilet, make snacks etc? she basically told me that it was up to me to implement said action!!)
She told me I would receive a letter from her, which I had to reply to, as to how I was going to do this, within 14 days of receiving said letter.
Two weeks (of being upset and worried about what had happened in the first place for me to make the call to Ofsted with re to the 'incident' and how I was going to implement the action) later,
I rang Ofsted and told them I still had'nt received said letter!! when would it arrive as I was worried.
I also asked them, where in the Statutory Frame work, it says That I had to keep the children within sight at all times, at that point, the question couldnt be answered and was told someone would call me back.
Same inspector who visted me and gave said action, called Me back and said in rectrospect she wouldnt be giving me the action because of some the things we had spoken about that day, me showing how, what had happened bettween 2 of the children, wouldnt happen again.
That there was a letter in the pipe line due to come out to me explaining this.
Im afraidI told her in no uncertain terms what I thought of my treatment, and to give her her due, she was very apologetic after that.
so no, I dont belive that you have to keep them within sight at all times, dont think its totally possible.
Sorry for the essay, this is just my experience.
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