Just Want To Air Off Frustration And To Engage Your Responses.

AnonyMouse_8965 · 2012-02-26T10:40:22+0000

In summary, l am having problems with Ofsted and the Fire Officer. The Fire Officer visited my nursery unannounced explaining that there had been concerns with regards to the Fire Safety at the nursery. The concern was that l have a large gate at the rear of the premises which is kept under lock and key. The back garden backs out to a side street. A member of the public is quite concern if there is a fire in the building then we will be unable to escape. I explained that a member of staff always have that key on a chain around her neck and also there are two duplicates which are easily accessible. In the first week of February l had a telephone call from the Fire Officer stating that he would be arriving with an Ofsted Inspector the next day. I was operating as a childminder until three years ago. I had applied for a variation to my registration to operate as a full daycare. There was no action set and registration was granted within a few weeks. I used a manual fire gong as my warning system and also inter-connecting smoke alarms. I enquired whether l would need to change this. My fire risk assessment was quite good and the Inspector felt that it was sufficient for the its purpose. Ofsted compliance officer and the Fire Inspector arrived at he nursery. You wouldnot believe the amount of work he was asking me to do. Anyway, l felt that if l have to do it then l will. He said he will write to me in a few weeks time. I received no communication from Ofsted or the Fire Officer. Instead, yesterday l received an email from a third party informing me that there is an Enforcement Action on my Inspections Reports Page. It stated that “ensure that all appropriate fire detection and control equipment required is on the premises and that fire exits are free from obstruction and easily opened from the inside”. I am so angry that this has been put on my registration as l was granted my registration with exactly the same fire equipments. Its not as if l was served with an action plan to replace what l have got. These have never been brought up before not even during my Ofsted Inspection. I was advised that it is a fire hazard to lock the doors with a key. Had all these requirements brought up before then l wouldnot have dreamt of not complying.

By AnonyMouse_8965
February 26, 2012 in All Early Years settings & Childminders: General Issues

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