Clause 11 - Duty to assess childcare provision
Childcare Bill
12:45 pm
Nick Gibb (Shadow Minister, Education; Bognor Regis and Littlehampton, Conservative)
The registration will, presumably, take place at the beginning, before any inspections take place. Only in the course of events and time, when Ofsted examines what is happening and the quality of the child care, will it be able to come up with a judgment.
If the local authority assesses sufficiency in an area, and it finds that a child care provider does not provide what the local authority, assisted by the judgment of Ofsted, regard to be sufficient quality, the provision should not be regarded as part of the sufficiency that the local authority has a duty to assess. It makes common sense.