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Appeal against deregistration as a childminder

36 replies

cmfather · 21/10/2014 21:02

My daughter is a CM, and has recently been told by Ofsted that they will be deregistering her unless she resigns beforehand. The offence was to leave 3 EY children in a locked car at a supermarket for 7 minutes. No harm came to the children, but someone rang the police, and it went from there. The children's parents have now taken them away, and my daughter has to decide whether or not to appeal or to resign. The job is very important to her, and she is obviously more than sorry about leaving the children.

If she appeals and fails, she will not be able to work with children again, but if she resigns, then she could do, but not as a CM. My question is has anyone out there any idea of the chances of such an appeal succeeding, or should she just resign?

Any advice will be gratefully received.

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starlight1234 · 21/10/2014 21:19

7 minutes 3 under 5's left alone..Appeal on what grounds?

PourquoiPas · 21/10/2014 21:17

She should resign.

No parent is going to ever want to leave their child with her if they know what she did (and this was the first time she got caught, not necessarily
Ly the first time she did it which I imagine they will take into account)

She should look for a career not in childcare TBH.

itiswhatitiswhatitis · 21/10/2014 21:15

Also agree being sorry is irrelevant it's the total lack of judgement that is the biggest issue.

itiswhatitiswhatitis · 21/10/2014 21:14

Of course she should just resign but I think this is a reverse, nobody would be dumb enough to think she should appeal?

Littlefish · 21/10/2014 21:10

I can't think of a single reason why an appeal would work. Her actions were negligent. Thank goodness Ofsted have intervened. She should resign immediately.

Sunnyshine · 21/10/2014 21:10

Wtf. Is this serious? What a terrible error of judgement. Sad

VivaLeBeaver · 21/10/2014 21:10

She can be as sorry as anything but it just shows such a lack of common sense that it makes you think about whether she's suitable or not to be a CM.

If Ofsted let her carry on working and she made a different error of judgement and something happened to a kid can you imagine the outcry? Which is why its very unlikely an appeal would win. Its no skin off Ofsteds nose if your dd never works again but they have a lot to lose if they let her continue and something happened.

fuctifino · 21/10/2014 21:08

Can she speak to OFSTED about the chances of an appeal being successful?
It might be a 'crime' that is unforgivable in their eyes and an appeal will be futile. On the other hand, there may be hope. I would say she needs to speak to them.

VivaLeBeaver · 21/10/2014 21:05

I can't imagine an appeal would win at all. Could she work in a nursery instead? If that's an option for her then not worth appealing. Be deregistered and look for nursery work.

To be honest even if she won an appeal I think local parents would talk so much that she'd struggle to find mindees.

LuckyLopez · 21/10/2014 21:05

Fucking hell. What would her defence in the appeal be??

SoonToBeSix · 21/10/2014 21:04

She should resign and be thankful she isn't being prosecuted for neglect!