While the inspectorate for education and children's services has so far refused to name any of the companies involved in negotiations over the outsourcing, one educational consultancy has published a statement confirming that it is to take over up to 45 per cent of childcare inspections in England.
The Tribal Group, which offers consultancy services to a wide range of public sector organisations, including local authority children's services departments, the Department of Health and the DCSF, has announced that it has signed a £64m, five-year contract with Ofsted, scheduled to begin on 1 September, which will see it inspect nurseries and childminders based in the south of the country.
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