Ofsted is looking for legal avenues that would let it tell parents the results of any investigations into complaints made by them against daycare providers without the provider's consent.
At present parents are not told the result of any investigation carried out by Ofsted, unless the daycare provider investigated allows Ofsted to do so. Under Part XA of the Children Act 1989 it has only two specific powers to make information public without the provider's consent - its register of childminders and daycare providers, and its inspection reports every two years.
A spokesman said, 'Ofsted is constrained legally in terms of information it can and can't give out. If the provider gives consent we can give information to parents, but if the provider doesn't, we can't tell parents. But Ofsted can and will take appropriate actions to remedy a situation and it has used these powers.'
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