Parents using Chard NNI may sometimes feel unhappy about an aspect of the service being provided. There is a fair way of dealing with issues as they arise in an informal way, but parents may wish to exercise their right to make a formal complaint. They are informed of the procedure to do this and complaints are responded to in a timely way.

Agencies working with the setting may also have a grievance or complaint to make. They are informed of the procedures and complaints are responded to in a timely way.

Clare house Nursery is committed to providing its customers with the highest levels of service. However, we are aware that from time to time you may be unhappy with the service provided. To deal with this, we have a Complaints Procedure. We believe that complaints can help us see where our services or procedures might be improved, even if the you feel that your concern does not amount to a ‘complaint’, we still want to know about it. Here we set out how you can make a complaint.

The aim of our complaints procedure

• To provide an effective means to receive complaints about the quality or nature of services.
• To ensure those complaints are acted upon and recorded.
• To seek to resolve complaints quickly and as close to the point of service as is acceptable and appropriate.
• To ensure that responses to complaints are informative and comprehensive.
• To give management an additional tool to monitor the overall performance of the organisation and the extent to which its service objectives are being met.

 

Our standards for handling complaints

• Our intention is to deal with all complaints fairly and with integrity. We will treat those making a complaint with courtesy, respect and fairness at all times. We expect that you will also treat our staff dealing with your complaint with the same courtesy, respect and fairness.
• Complaints will be dealt with in confidence and data kept in line with data protection legislation.
• Complainants will be treated in accordance with the Equal Opportunities Policy of Early Years.

Informal complaints

You should attempt to make your complaint to a member of Early Years staff closest to the issue that you want to complain about, but if you are not sure you can speak to any member of staff within the setting. The staff member will try to resolve your complaint immediately or will pass on the matter to a more appropriate colleague who will contact you to deal with the issue as soon as possible. If the matter is resolved at this stage, then no further action will be taken. However, we may keep a record of your complaint to assist in improvement of the service.

If your complaint is not resolved informally you may decide to make a formal complaint following the process below.

Formal Complaints

All formal complaint must be done in writing so that we can hold a record of this and act upon the complaint appropriately:

Please email chardnni-schoolsout@btconnect.com

The formal complaints process has the following stages:

Stage 1

The Manager of nursery –Jayne Windsor will log your complaint including the date, personal contact details of the complainant and the nature of the complaint.

If your complaint is received verbally or by telephone you will be advised to put your compliant in writing to ensure that we have all the information that you wish for us to investigate. When information is passed verbally, some of the smaller details can get lost in translation therefore inhibiting a good investigation process.  We take complaints very seriously and will want to make sure that we understand fully of your concerns and act on these immediately.

If the complaint is received in writing, for example, by email you will receive an acknowledgement of the receipt of the complaint.

Your complaint will be investigated by Jayne who may contact you to gather further information. At the completion of the investigation the member of staff deemed to be most able to help resolve the issue(s) raised, will contact you with the intention of reaching a resolution. Contact will be by phone although you can request written contact if you would prefer that.

The timescale from receipt of the complaint to making contact to attempt resolution will be carried out as quickly as possible. 

Stage 2

It is hoped that the complaint will be dealt with at Stage 1. However, if you are not satisfied you can move to Stage 2. At this stage Early Years will involve the Chairperson of the Management Committee.

The Chairperson will consider the original complaint, any investigation that took place and the attempt to resolve the complaint at Stage 1 and any other relevant information. They may contact you to gather further information. They will then contact you with the intention of reaching a resolution to the complaint.

The timescale from receipt of the complaint to making contact to attempt resolution will be carried out as quickly as possible and should normally be within 28 days. If the complaint is particularly complex and/or requires lengthy investigation it may take longer to review. In this case you will be kept informed of progress.

If the parent is still not satisfied

 

He/ she is entitled to make a complaint to OFSTED. The manager will assist in any complaint investigation as well as in producing documentation that records the steps that were taken in response to the original complaint.

 

The manager will ensure that parents know they can complain to Ofsted by telephone or by email:

Telephone: 0300 123 4666

enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk