just recieved a letter from prospects and i am told that they take the word of the inspector rather than mine! in a recent complaint i made about my ofsted inspection.
i am so upset.
makes me think why do i bother :(

Oh hun I am sorry, I am fully expecting this letter too!

Have you looked at Ofsted's complaints procedure? You can appeal it.

Thats rather bad.

Not sure what the procedure is but to me that is wrong.

Bumping as I am sure someone else will be able to advise you

That's awful! I thought they would have to investigate it! :angry:

so they are saying that their inspectors are completely flawless and would never do anything wrong? How utterly ridiculous. What have Ofsted said? They must have a complaint procedure and just not believing anything anyone else says isnt an effective one!

my sister also co childminder put in a compliant about her inspection and we got same response. not impressed although they are changing wording on certificate and appoligised for us not receiving a copy.

we said even though there was 2 of us and only one of her your still take her word. its disgusting.

what gets me is why would i lie?
i have got nothing to lose.

well i been to the cinema to see tangled so feel a lot better now
when ofsted want to inspect again i am thinking of recording it all !
Debra x

If you really feel they are wrong then follow through the Complaints Procedure.

It does work, I complained about a decision to refuse me a Variation 2yrs ago. I decided not to do it by letter or telephone call but to make them come to a face to face meeting. Called a Panel meeting. It is a bit nerve racking. They arrange a meeting somewhere near to where yoou live, usually in a hotel meeting room so it is 'neutral' ground. You can take someone in with you as well though they are not supposed to take part my dh who is my Reg Assistant came and they actually did talk to him.

It was so worth it to see the Inspector who had refused the Variation dig herself an even bigger hole!!

She had not phoned to check the details, turned out she thought I was a youngster new minder (oh yeh with 16yrs experience and 54yrs old!! shows how well she read my folder:rolleyes: ) out to make money by contracting as many mindees as I could :eek: She really made herself look very silly in front of her two collegues!

I was granted the Variation I wanted within half an hour of the end of the meeting. I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall when we left the room :laughing:

Some of these people think they are beyond critisisim and that is so not true. It does them good to be put on the spot and have to explain themselves from time to time, they are not Gods. You are a professional and should be listened to.