Staff at Sunbeams nursery, which has 62 children registered, said that they were responding to a request from one child's parents that the child should be distracted from having a late sleep in the afternoon. The parents said that napping in the afternoon meant that the child's sleep pattern was disturbed throughout the night.
Ofsted became involved after an anonymous complaint was made to it that staff at the nursery were not letting children sleep.
Sunbeams staff explained the child's particular circumstances and said that they were following parents' wishes. However, the nursery was given the action because Ofsted said that nursery staff should prioritise the rights of the child rather than requests from parents.
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