'We're under ever-increasing pressure': Nursery boss hits back at Ofsted

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A nursery school boss told by inspectors the ‘quality of education it provides is not consistently good’ has hit back over ‘ever-increasing pressure’ on early years practitioners.

Ofsted official Joanne Buckley visited Jitterbugz Day Nursery in the Cadishead area of Salford in September, deeming it to be in the ‘requires improvement’ category.

Her report said steps had been taken to improve the facility following a previous inspection, the outcome of which was ‘inadequate’.

Responding to the publication of the report, deputy manager of Jitterbugz Georgia Wallace told the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS): “We have found that it is becoming increasingly difficult to achieve and maintain a high rating from Ofsted since the change in practitioner to child ratio and the most recent update of the early years' framework. “The pressure on practitioners is ever-increasing.