Welcome to the Bristol Standard web pages for childminders.
The Bristol Standard is a journey. Everyone has a starting point that will be different for every setting and as you go on the journey your practice will improve and become enriched by all the shared ideas and changes that you make. As long as you show that you are improving on your previous best that is what Bristol Standard is about.
As an experienced childminder, are you stuck in a rut? Do you do the same things with children year after year without thinking why? Doing the Bristol Standard can breathe new life into your practice as you celebrate the good things you do and think of new ways to improve your practice. The whole process is a sort of cleansing process, individual to you, that enables you to find a new direction and new purpose to your childminding. You benefit by feeling re energised and the children benefit from having the ‘new you’ and from all the new things you are introducing to your practice. Ofsted inspections are also easier because you have spent time thinking about your practice and have written statements relating to your setting and your desire to improve on your best.