5/29/2008 7:05:00 AM
Daily Telegraph 29 May
Thousands of children are being left in independent nurseries that have been deemed inadequate by inspectors. Almost 700 establishments failed to meet the standards required by Ofsted, the education watchdog, last year, prompting fears that children could be at risk of injury or neglect. Christine Gilbert, Ofsted's chief inspector, said that 693 out of 11,630 independent nurseries were classed as inadequate in 2007-08 compared with 583 out of 10,724 during the previous year. Those nurseries can be given notice to improve or be put on special measures. If children are in danger they can be closed automatically. The number of children attending independent nurseries has risen by 5,493 since 1997 to more than 41,000, according to the Independent Schools Council, while there has been a fall in the number of children in the state system. DT
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