Doubts on Ofsted role with nannies

The chief inspector of schools has said that if the Government were to decide to set up a register of nannies it would not happen for at least two years. Mike Tomlinson, who retires from his post in May to become head of education for the London borough of Hackney, said last week that he had no plans 'at the moment' to recommend to his successor at Ofsted that the Government should register nannies as it does other childcarers.