Ofsted have downgraded me to requires improvement, they say I have failed to tell them about Adults living in the house which puts children in danger. This means I can’t claim funded hours any more. The nearly 2 year old disabled child I look after (my main earner) was supposed to start funded hours in January and now the parents have given notice and moved him to a nursery, and the other 2 year old might also be looking elsewhere for a funded place.
The inspector claimed Ofsted had no knowledge that I’ve lived with my partner and his 3 daughters (all under 13) for over 4 years although I did tell them. I have an Email from July 2012, where I asked them what they need to know about my house move and the email back where they said to phone them, which I did. I have no recording of the phone call to prove what I told them. My inspection report from 2009 says I live with my husband (I did at the time) and my report in 2013 which was carried out in my new home says I live with my partner, he was present during that inspection. But now Ofsted have it down in their record that I live here with my ex-husband and my partner is just down as my assistant. I also have other emails between myself and Ofsted regarding malicious complaints my partners ex-wife keeps making about me. In these I talk about my partner and his children who live with us under a shared residency order .
I’ve tried reasoning with them and I’ve I tried an official complaint but they just won’t budge. I’ve sent off a SAR to see what else I can find out but I’m now pretty much stumped and banging my head against a brick wall. They said their decision is finial and according to my research they only uphold 0.58% of complaints against inspections, so taking them to court for loss of earrings is pretty much futile. Their clerical error has ruined my business that I have built up over the last 14 years, I’m just so flipping angry and upset about it all.
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