Nursery World - Work Matters: Leadership

The SEF may sometimes feel like a 'herculean task' but it is well worth the effort involved, says manager Kathryn Peckham.

Enjoying a rare opportunity for a leisurely breakfast with my children before taking them to school this morning, I received the phone call I had been anxiously anticipating for weeks: 'Kathryn ... Ofsted are here!'

Newly recruited to the nursery six months ago, I was aware they were due for their routine inspection before long. But in a nursery with so much potential, opportunity for development and untapped ambition, it was never going to feel like quite long enough.

As a manager of a constantly evolving and improving nursery there will always be areas as yet untackled and that overwhelming feeling of 'If only I'd had one more month'. I began to think about these things as I drove in but then remembered everything that had been put in place to demonstrate and orchestrate these continual developments.

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