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Family centre is told to end early excellence childminding scheme
By James Tweed,
Nursery World,
27 June 2002
A family centre in central London whose unique daycare scheme using childminders has earned it early excellence centre status has been instructed by Ofsted to end the practice. The Soho Family Centre, based in the basement and ground floor area of a block of Housing Association flats just off Piccadilly Circus, was inspected by Ofsted last November and later was told that what it has been doing for the past 16 years was illegal and that if it wanted to continue providing daycare in the area it would have to register as a day nursery.
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