THE MANAGING director of a Kembrey Park nursery has slammed an Ofsted report as untruthful and filed complaints against the inspector.

Deborah Baigent officially complained about the professionalism of Dominique Allotey within 48 hours after the representative from the education watchdog visited Oops-A-Daisy Childcare in Pine Court.

She has also appealed against every aspect of the subsequent report, published last week, which said the provision for children up to eight required improvement across all four areas.

"I have appealed against the whole inspection because it's not based on the truth," she said.

"It's just not true.

"The inspector was aware of my intention to complain about her during the inspection, and I think this has influenced the report and made it biased.

"During the inspection she refused to look at the evidence I prepared.

"She also spoke to only one parent, despite there being many parents who wanted to speak to her. She said she did not have time to speak to them. That parent later said she had not reported truthfully what he said."

Deborah said the report's verdict devastated parents and staff at the nursery, who had expected to be rated between good and outstanding.

"We have worked so hard and to have this report as a result just seems so wrong," she said.

"My staff are absolutely gutted because they work so hard. And the parents are really upset about the whole thing.

"I am so shocked. Especially since when the Early Yeas Consultant visited in June they said we were good.

"It's a really good nursery and we have a fantastic local reputation.

"I love my job, and I work about 70 hours each week, and to have something like this happen has just wiped me out."

In the report Ofsted criticised the provision, which is open weekdays between 7.30am and 6.30pm, for not sufficiently monitoring children's progress, inconsistency of communication and language teaching, and insufficient self-evaluation processes.

It also said staff do not do enough to improve experiences for children, prepare them for school or enhance youngsters' independence.

"The manager has a weak understanding of what needs to be improved," said the report. "As a result, the continual improvement of the nursery is not secure. The manager does not check the educational programmes sharply enough to identify gaps in children's learning and to assess the progress of all groups of children.

"Children do not make consistently good progress because teaching is variable and gaps are not identified accurately by leaders."

The report praised Oops-A-Daisy for the warm interactions with children, provision for disability and special educational needs and staff understanding of their safeguarding responsibilities.

To read the entire report online visit http://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/CARE/EY433238.