Nursery World - Ofsted U-turn on controversial early years employee health guidance

In a swift turnaround, Ofsted has withdrawn its document requiring early years providers to report 'significant events and changes to health’ in employees and volunteers, less than 24 hours after publishing it, and says it will ‘review’ the guidance.

Ofsted has withdrawn the guidance on reporting changes to health in response to concerns from the sector

The move comes after the early years sector expressed outrage at the document, published yesterday evening, that stated providers must report any changes to an employees’ health including depression, ‘stress-related’ or emotional issues.

It follows a meeting between the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) and Ofsted in which the NDNA shared the concerns of the sector.

Writing on Twitter, Ofsted said, ‘We've removed our document 'Childcare: reporting signficant events and changes to health' and will review it.’

In response, David Wight, owner of Paintpots Pre-school & Nursery, tweeted, ‘Thank you for listening and acting.’

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