Curriculum for Wales & CIW records
For childminders registered with Care Inspectorate Wales. Tag observations to the Developmental Pathways, keep your SASS up to date and invoice Childcare Offer and Flying Start hours, all from your phone.
Set up for Wales, not adapted from Ofsted
Choose Wales when you set up and KinderStart switches to the Welsh curriculum, CIW terminology and Welsh funding types:
- Holistic progress, not grades
Pathways are tagged at area level, in line with the curriculum for funded non-maintained settings, rather than ticking off individual statements.
- CIW registration details
Your CIW registration number sits on your business profile, ready for inspections and parent paperwork.
- Welsh policies
Start from policy templates written for Wales and edit them to fit your setting.
- Term-time funding
Childcare Offer for Wales and Flying Start hours are treated as term-time funding on contracts and invoices.
The Five Developmental Pathways
Observations for under-threes are tagged against the five Developmental Pathways, shown in English and Welsh.
Belonging
Perthyn
Communication
Cyfathrebu
Exploration
Archwilio
Physical Development
Datblygiad corfforol
Well-being
Lles
Interactive Preview: AI Observation Editor (Wales)
See how an observation becomes a polished journal entry tagged to the Developmental Pathways. Click below to try it.
New Observation
Care Inspectorate Wales Mode
Learning Journal (Live)
Feed Empty
Add note details, polish, tag, and click save to see the live feed card update.
💡 Self Assessment of Service
Care Inspectorate Wales asks registered childminders to complete a Self Assessment of Service. KinderStart keeps your answers in the app so you can update them through the year instead of starting from scratch.
KinderAssist AI is included with the Standard plan and comes with a monthly usage allowance, which resets on the 1st of each month.
What Welsh childminders get
Switched on automatically when you choose Wales as your nation.
Developmental Pathways
Tag observations against the five pathways from the curriculum for funded non-maintained nursery settings: Belonging, Communication, Exploration, Physical Development and Well-being.
Curriculum for Wales
For older children, link observations to the six Areas of Learning and Experience, the Four Purposes and the cross-curricular skills of literacy, numeracy and digital competence.
CIW Self Assessment of Service
Work through your Self Assessment of Service (SASS) in the app, section by section, so it is ready when Care Inspectorate Wales asks for it.
Welsh Policy Templates
Sixteen policies written for Wales, from your Statement of Purpose and safeguarding policy to safer sleep and your Welsh language policy.
Childcare Offer & Flying Start
Record Childcare Offer for Wales and Flying Start hours on contracts and invoices, with term-time funding handled for you.
ALN Support Records
Additional learning needs are recorded using ALN terminology, so your records use the language Welsh local authorities and schools expect.
Keep Parents Close to Their Child's Day
Parents see diary updates and observations on their phone as you publish them, and can read their child's learning journal at any time.
Start Your Free TrialTry it on your own paperwork
Seven days free. Choose Wales when you set up, add a child and log your first observation.