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Opinion: To the point - What the TV show missed
Nursery World,
20 March 2008
Ofsted finds its hands are tied in some circumstances, says Alan Bentley.
Several aspects of the 'Whistleblower' TV programme caused me concern. Most disturbingly, the BBC believed they had clear evidence that children were at serious risk and yet, for over three months, did nothing to inform the relevant authorities of the risks. Of course, to do so may have jeopardised much of the secret planning given to the programme. But which should have come first - the programme, or child safety? What would have happened if a child had been seriously injured between the secret filming and the broadcast?...
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