From April providers of residential children's homes are expected to pay significantly more towards the cost of inspection.
Janet Rich, children's services development officer at the association, has warned that under a new inspection regime Ofsted will be charging children's homes up to ten per cent more on their regulatory charges.
The cost comes amid reports of increasing financial pressures facing residential care providers, with local authorities refusing to raise their fees despite rises in bureaucratic, maintenance and other running costs.
Rich said: "This will disproportionately impact particularly on smaller homes as the system of paying per number of children is replaced by a system of paying for the actual calculated cost of inspection.
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