Preparing for an inspection is never a bad idea. One key thing is to make sure you read the Early years inspection handbook. This is written for inspectors, telling them how inspections should be conducted, and contains what is called the ‘evaluation schedule’. This describes how and where inspectors gain evidence to support their judgements and it has a descriptors section helping inspectors to judge what they see.
It is a really good exercise for any management team to look through this and see where your judgement of your own setting is. It will help you to identify areas for improvement prior to an inspection taking place.
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