When a BBC documentary revealed verbal abuse of toddlers, breaches of basic hygiene and under-staffing at some nurseries, the role of the inspection service was bound to dragged under the spotlight. After 'Nurseries Undercover: The Real Story' was broadcast last month, Ofsted immediately launched an inquiry into the flagrant violations of its guidelines.
The controversy was the last thing the inspection service needed in what has been a summer of upheaval. In July Ofsted announced a three-year programme to restructure the service, which involved a 20 per cent cut in jobs and the reorganisation of resources around three major centres in Bristol, Nottingham and Manchester.
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