Our DS currently goes to a small Montessori nursery 2 1/2 day's a week, I'm currently on maternity leave & we had been planning for him & DS2 to go up to 4 days / week from Feb when I go back to work. Up until now we'd been very happy with the nursery, & have found them caring & attentive, with a really nice warm atmosphere - although their admin has been rubbish at points.
They've just had an Ofsted inspection & were rated Inadequate overall, largely due to issues with safeguarding (recruiting staff without gathering full references & not doing additional checks for staff members who've come from overseas) but also with some concerns about teaching standards for the younger children.
I'm really shocked, & don't know what to do. The nursery have complained to Ofsted & are saying that they believe the inspector was racist in her attitude to some staff members and seemed determined to fail them despite them having evidence that contradicts the inspectors findings.
I'm not sure whether to give them the benefit of the doubt & wait for the re-inspection, or if we should cut our losses & move the boys. It's a small family-owned place so if too many parents did that they could go bust, & we don't want to be rash & unfair on them, but if the Ofsted inspector was right, then there's no way I would be able to trust them to care for my boys 4 days per week.
WWYD? Thanks!