THREE early years providers have pledged to deal with issues raised in critical Ofsted reports.

Little Stars Nursery, based at the Eastwood Centre in Keighley, was judged inadequate in March, and during a follow up visit inspectors found that "no action" had been taken to identify the problems identified.

In its report the watchdog reveals it is considering taking steps to cancel the nursery's registration unless it improves.

A letter to the nursery after the follow up inspection said: "The setting is insecure as doors are left open, this allowed an inspector to walk into the setting unchallenged."

It also says that there were periods where no member of staff working with the children had a paediatric first aid certificate.

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In response, a statement by the nursery's management said: "We're disappointed, but we've now taken the necessary actions to deal to fulfil what Ofsted has asked for. We now have a robust system in place for people entering the nursery.

"Inspectors returned earlier this month and they said our management is now doing a good job."

The spokesman said the inspector had entered "unchallenged" at a period where parents were arriving to pick children up, and staff knew they were an inspector.

The Playcentre, based at Holme Christian Care Centre in Holme Wood, Bradford, fell from "requiring improvement" after an inspection last year to inadequate earlier this month.

Inspectors state: "Risks to children's health and safety are not sufficiently managed to promote their welfare and physical well being."

It also says the early years provider had failed to notify Ofsted of a "significant event" - a child leaving the premises unsupervised for a short period of time during lunchtime.

The report does say that new policies have since been introduced to prevent this happening again.

A letter from the governors to the parents sent since the report said: "We have immediately started rectifying all the issues in accordance with an improvement plan. Many actions have already been put into place."

St Walburga's Out of School Club, based at St Walburga's Roman Catholic School in Shipley, saw its Ofsted rating fall from good to inadequate.

It was inspected in April, and the Ofsted report said; "The provider and staff have a poor understanding of child protection issues, and clear safeguarding policies and procedures are not in place and implemented."

A spokesman for the school said: "The committee is very disappointed by the grade it was awarded in its recent Ofsted inspection, however this was due to a lack of appropriate paperwork and processes; which we have since remedied.

"We have had a monitoring visit this week and Ofsted has recognised that the required actions from the inspection have been completed."