Colleagues
Following Jody Bhoot's message in December I wrote to OFSTED to ask about the statutory basis for their requesting data.
For information, their reply is as follows:
"Thank you for your letter of 15 December.
We share your understanding that the transfer of responsibility for the regulation of Early Years Services implies that Local Authorities will be expected to supply OFSTED with data on childminders and child care providers.
As we made it clear at the recent seminars for Transitiuon Officers, OFSTED is prepared to take any data from local authorities that they are prepared to supply us with. In your case, if you decide to merely supply the information that is currently available in the public record, then we will use that as we build our national database. You may be interested to know that other local authorities are prepared to supply more as OFSTED does not intend to use the information for any purposes other than that for which you gathered it initially.
It would be helpful if you could let us know of any plans you have to supply us with the other data on or before 3 September when OFSTED assumes responsibility for the work.
Yours sincerely
Dorian Bradley
Early Years Programme Director
Leif Wilks
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