Children spotted eating each other's poo,’ screams the newspaper headline reporting on an inadequate Ofsted report from a Manchester day nursery.
Although the majority of inadequate nursery Ofsted reports do not result in such shocking headlines, they do highlight where nursery practitioners are deemed to be going wrong with basic care routines, in this case poor practice around nappy changing, with faeces leaking unnoticed onto surfaces.
Along with criticisms around basic hygiene, inspectors often judge settings to be inadequate because children's welfare and safety have been compromised by issues around sleep practices, medication policies and general safety around the nursery, including children having a lack of supervision.
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