Reply from Elizabeth truss

[JCrakers]

Hi,
I took time to write to Ms Truss yesterday and today she replied. I understand she is a busy lady but this was her reply



Thank you for your e-mail. I have attached a copy of my paper for your consideration.
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Best wishes,
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Elizabeth Truss MP


And she had attached the document that I have already read through...lol
Thanks for that

[Bushpig]

She just cannot be bothered.

[karens knippers]

I would send it straight back to her with same reply until she actually comments on it properly....If she cant handle pressure she should have kept big mush shut from start!!!

[nipper]

Why don't you send it back with your thoughts scrawled all over it?

[BucksCM]

Hi,
I took time to write to Ms Truss yesterday and today she replied. I understand she is a busy lady but this was her reply



Thank you for your e-mail. I have attached a copy of my paper for your consideration.
*
Best wishes,
*
Elizabeth Truss MP


And she had attached the document that I have already read through...lol
Thanks for that

"Er...yes...I have read that paper, hence my email to you!"
DUH!!!
Just another MP mouthing off about something they really don't know much about!!"!

[marnieb]

yes, i had the same reply.....

lets just hope that lots of cms are e-mailing her and she might realise what she is suggesting.

Yet somehow I think she is not taking any interest of what we are saying.....

[sarahjane]

If she's sending out a standard reply I wonder if she's even reading them

[rickysmiths]

I have just had the same response! So I have replied as follows:


Hello Ms Truss,

I have just received your rep;y to my email. I was assured by a member of your staff that you personally would read and respond to my email. This clearly has not happened because if you had read my email you would have understood that it was in response to your paper and comments made on the radio.

A coherent framework in Britain could
be achieved by adopting the agency
structure –
used in the Netherlands
– for childminders. In the Netherlands
childminder or ‘host parent’ agencies
operate locally, training and monitoring
registered childminders, while parents
pay a monthly fee for childminding. An
equivalent system in the UK could be
based on existing networks, agencies
and local authority operations already
in existence.

The above model has been shown not to work and the Netherlands are currently deconstructing it so what makes you think it would work here?


In addition nurseries and children’s
centres could be allowed to attain
academy status, as schools are
currently able to. This would mean
money currently allocated to local
authorities would go direct to academy
nurseries.

Why should Privately owned, profit making Nurseries be possibly considered as a route to monitor, regulate or what ever when they are my competitors? How will they remain fair with regard to local childminders? My local Nursery struggles to achieve a Satifactory grading and as far as I can see provides a far inferior and less flexible service than I do. I as I said in my email, have always been graded good and for the last two inspections have gained areas of Outstanding as well. Not all Nurseries are a beacon of excellent care Ms Truss. You only have to look at a few Ofsted reports to see that. I also realise that not all Childminding settings are good. The trouble is that these nurseries are high profile on the High Street and when people like you infer they are better than childminding then parents use them and don’t actually consider fully what their child is actually getting out of being there.




You clearly have no idea what the role of a Childminder is and how they work and have not taken the trouble to find out. maybe it is your researchers who are at fault here? At any rate I would be delighted if you would take the time to actually read my email, do some research, you are welcome to telephone me, I have 18 years experience of Childminding, or indeed come and visit.

Perhaps in the light of some equally ill informed comments Michael Wilshaw, the Head of Ofsted has made regarding Childminding you might like to ask if he would like to visit me with you. It will be a revelation for both of you to see how professional, caring and hard working a childminder can be.

I look forward to hearing from you.

[desiderata]

Go Penny xx thats a brilliant reply. maybe we should all email her x i have written to my Mp and the Headmaster at the local school

[desiderata]

what is her email address? please

[Smiley]

I have received the same reply and at the moment too cross to respond!
Well done Rickysmiths excellent response

[Smiley]

This is her email

elizabeth.truss.mp@parliament.uk

[Penny1959]

I have had same reply - I think her admin has been busy sending to everyone who has emailed - don't think ET has read any of them

Good reply Rickysmiths - mine was not so good - in a hurry as LA person visitoing this morning.

Some intro comments then:-

My biggest concern is losing the right to a individual inspection where I am judged on the progress made by the children in my care and by my implementation of the EYFS.

The children centre nearest to me - gets support from me - not the other way round - I accept that I am not the 'average childminder' but there are many childminders that are outstanding like me, run very successful businesses and are passionate about childminding.

I think some do need support - but to be frank they do not access free support at the moment or under take training - they do as little as possible and don't care if they are graded satisfactory. I don't think they will pay to be told they have to do x,y and z - they will resign.

There is also a possibility that outstanding childminders such as myself will feel so strongly about losing our right to an individual inspection would also resign.

more comments about responding more later


Penny

[Mouse]

So she obviously put as much effort into reading the emails as she did into researching childminding in the first place

[uf353432]

I got the same reply!

[zippy]

Thank you for your e-mail. I have attached a copy of my paper for your consideration.
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Best wishes,
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Elizabeth Truss MP


And she had attached the document that I have already read through...lol
Thanks for that [/QUOTE]

Well that's certainly listening to the people then, I'm bowled over by her enthusiasm to listen to current childminders views, what a farse.

[Carol M]

Loving the replies, keep at her girls!
It says on her website she has two children, I wonder if she uses childcare? If she does,bet it isn't a childminder
I don't believe she will back down on this one, nor Mr Wilshaw ( mmmm wonder if there is anything going on there)
Carol xx

[zippy]

I would send it straight back to her with same reply until she actually comments on it properly....If she cant handle pressure she should have kept big mush shut from start!!!

Oh definitely please do, to be a fly on the wall when she reads that one lol

[loocyloo]

guess what my reply was??? !!!

[zippy]

Go rickysmiths, that is an ace response, polite, firm and with an undercurrent of seething added in lol.