Nursery World - Keep it off the record

I am writing in response to Eleasha Bonsor's letter about keeping records on staff who make bogus complaints to Ofsted (Letters, 22 September). I am in total agreement with this, as my own setting has also been a victim. When Ofsted inspectors came they could find no justification for the complaint, but it will still be included on our record. Ofsted says it can do nothing about this and that it has to record such issues so that parents looking at reports are aware of complaints against a setting, justified or not.

I am in total agreement with this, as my own setting has also been a victim. When Ofsted inspectors came they could find no justification for the complaint, but it will still be included on our record. Ofsted says it can do nothing about this and that it has to record such issues so that parents looking at reports are aware of complaints against a setting, justified or not.

On speaking to a manager at Ofsted, it was also confirmed that it does not check a complainant's relationship with a setting. I was told that it would be possible for me to complain about any setting or childminder without ever having had any contact with them.

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