I usually share inspection issues that trend from my analysis of Ofsted reports. In this article, I’d like to share an area of practice that is creeping up the rankings each term. The issue is the effectiveness of our working relationships with another provider when we share children.
Here’s what Ofsted says providers need to do:
Partnership working can be difficult; some providers may be competing against each other for the same children, or settings in a local area may have never really seen eye to eye (schools included). The bottom line is this: if a child within our care also accesses another setting, there is an expectation that the two settings will work together to ensure that the child’s learning experiences are complementary.
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