I was interested to read the sorry tale of one provider's Ofsted inspection (Letters, 11 October).
I manage a PVI foundation unit attached to a preparatory school. I attended a pre-inspection meeting for the school inspection with the lead inspector and already knew that I would also have an early years inspection during the week.
The early years inspector arrived and verbally I gained an outstanding for education and care. The inspector thought it prudent to tell the school inspection team and reappeared visibly distressed and informed me the setting had gained satisfactory for education and unsatisfactory for care because the building needed repair. The school inspectors had not even set foot inside the foundation unit at this stage.
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