Taunton childminder Sheila Griffith contacted Ofsted in August, after finding that she and other accredited local childminders had been excluded from the Ofsted website.
She said, 'I was told that integrated childminders doing the Foundation Stage should not be on there because there was no facility to remove personal details.'
When Ofsted decided to publish inspection reports, it was agreed that the personal details of childminders, such as name, telephone number and address, would be withheld.
Ofsted said, 'At present our system does not enable us to anonymise reports of childminders where we have carried out an integrated inspection.'
With no inspection report on the website, Ms Griffith said, prospective customers are unable to check the childminders' credentials.
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