A number of childminders and those using childminding services have expressed concerns about increases in the number of written documents that they believe they are required to keep to deliver the EYFS.
I thought it would be helpful to dispel the myths and rumours that seem to abound in this area. The most important thing inspectors want to see is that children are at the heart of all that happens. That is what they will focus on during the inspection. The EYFS itself identifies the policies and procedures that childminders need to have; it also states clearly that most of these do not need to be written.
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