In its report on the childminder agency inspection consultation, it said that it had received more than 600 responses, with most people largely in favour of how it plans to inspect agencies.
Around seven in ten respondents agreed with Ofsted’s plan for no-notice inspections for agencies.
The majority of respondents (63 per cent) agreed with proposals that agencies should be rated using a four-point scale.
Ofsted said that it will expect agencies to ask for the views of its individual childminders and parents as a way of assessing quality, and that this would be likely to contribute to judgements that it makes about the quality of the agency.
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