The call comes in the association’s response to Ofsted’s consultation on the regulation of providers on the Early Years Register.
The member organisation has also proposed that Ofsted should conduct more frequent inspections, especially for settings that are judged to be in need of improvement.
If nurseries are unhappy with the judgment they receive from the inspectorate, NDNA believes they should be able to pay for re-inspection within a few months.
Purnima Tanuku, NDNA chief executive, said: “With proposed changes to the inspection rating from ‘satisfactory’ to ‘requires improvement’ there is an issue that nurseries will be given this rating but may then face a long wait for re-inspection meaning that, after the required improvements have been made, the Ofsted rating is not a true reflection of their quality and can limit access to providing families with free nursery education places.
"To overcome this issue more frequent inspections should be made and nurseries should also have the option to pay for re-inspection.”
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