Following site visit inspections regulators, including Ofsted, will produce an inspection report recording their findings. This includes rating a service.
Negative findings, breaches of regulations and ratings of ‘Requires Improvement’ or ‘Inadequate’ can have a negative effect on a service.
Providers have a very short period of time to make factual accuracy comments. If you do not make representations, you will be deemed to accept the findings.
Inspections can lead to other enforcement action. This can happen immediately or following a succession of reports showing non-compliance.
Providers can suffer reputational, staffing and financial damage as a result of an inaccurate inspection report. As a result, children can be removed from services by commissioners and no further placements made.
Ridouts can help you to challenge the factual accuracy of the report. We will work with you to gather evidence and put together as robust response as possible.
Ridouts can help you by:
- Drafting factual accuracy comments submissions;
- Collating evidence in support of factual accuracy comments;
- Pre-action protocol letters and complaints where comments to inspection reports have not been thoroughly or properly considered.
