Nursery World - Letters: Letter of the week

I was interested to read your feature about Ofsted inspection complaints (Special Report, 27 September). It sounds as if this is becoming a significant problem.

My nursery was inspected over two days in June. The inspector was intimidating and critical, staff were left in tears and I was called a liar. Parents were badgered to criticise the nursery, staff taken to one side and invited to criticise colleagues. I immediately made a formal complaint to Ofsted about the inspector's conduct.

The Ofsted report was unfair and inaccurate. The inspector did not go into the three- and four-year-olds' room but gave an inadequate rating for our educational provision.

I appealed and Ofsted conducted an investigation, involving a representative coming to the nursery for two days. It was extremely upsetting and stressful. I also had a huge battle to get the damaging report taken from Ofsted's website.

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