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Nurseries turn to legal help for complaints about inspections

Nurseries are increasingly seeking legal advice to support them in their challenge against Ofsted inspections.

As Nursery World reported in May, there has been a rise in the number of early years providers complaining about the conduct of inspectors and inconsistencies with the inspections process.New comments on our Linkedin discussion group on the topic continue to appear.

Solicitor Andrew Manners, (pictured), a director at Morgan LaRoche, is acting for a number of nursery owners who are pursuing complaints against their inspection grades in cases where both Tribal and Prospects inspectors are involved, as well as Ofsted.

He said there had been 'a spike' recently in the number of cases related to Ofsted inspections, in particular involving concerns-driven inspections.

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