It was pretty much as I expected - the same inspector also did my pre-reg visit and she seemed very reasonable. My unofficial rating was, in her words, "top end of good with outstanding features" so I am very pleased. She was mainly interested in my learning diaries and finding out what I had been doing with the children, as well as observing my interaction with them.
She checked my policies had been amended to take into account the new requirements. She was very interested in my partnership with parents and she liked my parent satisfaction questionnaires and daily diaries. She liked the way I linked the appropriate "development matters" learning points to each child's planning and saw that I had noted any gaps. She would have liked me to have gained more information from parents initially about their child's starting point and development, rather than just their likes and dislikes. I think there is more emphasis on showing progression, which is hard at a first inspection if you have no identified starting point.
The only suggestions she made were that she wanted me to gain more feedback from parents in the learning diaries, even though I have a section for them to complete if they wish, no-one had.... She also suggested sending story sacks home with the children for them to use with the parents at home and ask for feedback on that. I was a bit uncomfortable with that idea as none of the children I look after come from homes lacking in books and resources, and I thought the parents may not appreciate me telling them what to do with their own children at home... I didn't say that to the inspector though - just said "ok!"
She watched me give them their lunch - and I was very careful re food hygiene, hand washing etc but she made no comment on that.
She was here until the children went for their naps, so about 2.5 hours in total. She said I'd receive the report in about 3 weeks.