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Nottingham Post
Nottingham Post
National
Peter Hennessy

Ofsted labels hospital nursery inadequate as 'staff don't know enough about stopping terrorism'

A Nottinghamshire nursery which was previously rated as 'outstanding' has fallen to inadequate after a recent Ofsted inspection. Little Millers Day Nursery and Out of School Club is located on the site of King's Mill Hospital on Mansfield Road in Sutton-in-Ashfield and was visited by inspectors in March this year.

Having previously been rated as outstanding at its last inspection back in 2015, it was deemed to be inadequate with safeguarding concerns raised by Ofsted. The nursery, which is run by the Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and is not outsourced to an external provider, provides care for up to 96 children, including some with special educational needs or disabilities.

The nursery employs 22 members of staff and looks after children aged from six weeks to eight years old. The report, which was published by Ofsted earlier this month, states: "The provider is not meeting safeguarding and welfare requirements.

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