Self-evaluation is important in helping us consider how best to create, maintain and improve our setting so that it meets the highest standards and offers the best experience for young children. We regularly reflect on our practice and evaluate it against the judgements Ofsted inspectors make. We refer to the following:

Statutory framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage (from 1September 2014) Department for Education, 2014: download here. 

Early years outcomes, DfE, 2013: a non-statutory guide for practitioners and inspectors to help inform understanding of child development through the early years:

Common inspection framework: education, skills and early years from September 2015, 150065, Ofsted 2015; www.gov.uk/government/publications/common-inspection-framework-education-skills-and-early-years-from-september-2015