are you ready for your inspection booklet

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page 19.............it says childminders dont need policies. wtf is all that about?

Yet another contradiction from our friends at ofsted

I can't spot it on the on-line version - it's prob on a different page - which section is it in?

duno, saw it at a friends. what a joke

Have a look here & see if it is still in the current version?

I think it says says something along the lines of all setting must have written policies on the following except childminders.

OK found it page 27

"ALL providers are expected to implement the following policies and procedures. All except childminders, are expected to have written copies of these policies and procedures:
 a safeguarding children policy and procedure
 a policy for ensuring equality of opportunities and for supporting children with learning difficulties and disabilities
 a policy for administering medicines, including effective management systems to support individual children with medical needs.
 a behaviour management policy
 a procedure for dealing with concerns and complaints from parents
 a procedure to be followed in the event of a parent failing to collect a child at the appointed time
 a procedure to be followed in the event of a child going missing
 a procedure for the emergency evacuation of the premises.""

So we have to have the policies - just not write them down......but to prove we have them without writing them down would be bloody tricky imo - so it is a non-sentence

well when/if they come i shall say i have no written ones just all in my head lol

I think it is not compulsory but is good practice to have written policies.

No ways that OFSTED would give more than Satisfactory without written policies, I would guess

Well now I don't feel so bad about not having a written skipping rope policy or terrorism policy. Ought to do a missing child policy though don't think I have done that one yet