Saphia Mohamed v Ofsted

Facts

Miss Saphia Mohamed had been registered with Ofsted since 19 December 2019 as a home child-carer, or nanny, on the voluntary part of the Childcare Register. In her application, dated 16 October 2019, she gave her own home as the setting address and said there were no other setting addresses. After registering, she never told Ofsted where she was caring for children. Evidence from the Student Loans Company showed that she had been claiming childcare grant payments since September 2019. Some of those claims were backdated to before her registration. In all, the records showed 689 claims, totalling about £70,000, made between September 2019 and March 2024. An inspection planned for October 2024 was postponed when she gave birth. When it took place on 7 February 2025, the inspector found that what she said about the families she had cared for, and about her Student Loans Company account, conflicted with what she had said in October 2024 and with the Student Loans Company's records. Ofsted issued a notice of intention to cancel on 9 June 2025. On 27 October 2025 it served a notice of decision cancelling her registration under section 68 of the Childcare Act 2006. She appealed to the First-tier Tribunal under section 74(1) of the Childcare Act 2006. At a case management hearing she said she would not attend the final hearing and was content for it to go ahead without her.