Rainbow Village Nursery

EYL413 V1_20091029 Ofsted National Business Unit St Ann’s Square Manchester M2 7LA Telephone: 08456 404040 Fax: 08456 40 40 49 Minicom: 0161 6188524 Email: enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk Web: www.ofsted.gov.uk

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Rainbow Village Nursery The Old Court House, Church Street Bloxham Banbury Oxfordshire OX15 4ET Our Reference 403371

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Outcome of monitoring visit for provision judged as inadequate

An Ofsted inspector, Ruth Tharme, carried out a monitoring visit of your provision on 20/05/2009. This visit follows on from your inspection where the provision was judged to be inadequate.

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Outcome of the visit

As a result of our inspection on 18/03/2009, we sent you a welfare requirements notice.

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Outcome of the visit

The notice required you to ensure that adults looking after children, or having unsupervised access to them, are suitable to do so, to ensure that people whose suitability has not been checked do not have unsupervised access to children and to take reasonable steps to ensure the safety of children, staff and others on the premises in case of fire.

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Outcome of the visit

In addition, a notice to improve was issued. This required you to develop staff knowledge and understanding of the Early Years Foundation Stage, to plan and organise systems and activities to ensure that every child is fully included and receives an enjoyable and challenging learning and development experience; to promote equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice and to ensure that observational assessments are undertaken and used effectively. You were also required to develop understanding of the role of a key person; provide fresh water at all times; develop an understanding of the requirements regarding the recording of complaints; to notify Ofsted of any significant events; provide sufficient, suitable and clean furniture, toys and equipment and to undertake a detailed risk assessment that identifies potential hazards to children, making sure that risks are kept to a minimum.

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Outcome of the visit

Having considered all the evidence, the inspector is of the opinion that at this time the setting is making inadequate improvement overall.

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Overall effectiveness of the improvement and outcomes for children

Some improvement has been made in the quality of the provision, but this is insufficient to consistently ensure children's safety and well being.

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Overall effectiveness of the improvement and outcomes for children

Procedures for suitability checking and ensuring that those who have not been checked do not have unsupervised access to children have been reviewed so adults working with children have appropriate clearance. Records of these checks are suitably maintained so a clear record is now in place. Children now have access to drinking water at all times and arrangements mean that Ofsted is notified of significant events. Standards of cleanliness are satisfactory and the availability of furniture and equipment has been reviewed so children are able to sit together at meal times.

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Overall effectiveness of the improvement and outcomes for children

Following a visit from the Fire Officer, improvements have been made to fire safety arrangements. Smoke alarms are now fitted and doors are no longer locked in a way which would hinder escape. However, the risk assessment and fire policy have not been updated and do not reflect current practice. This means, for example, that adults do not have access to clear information about what procedures to follow.

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Overall effectiveness of the improvement and outcomes for children

Staff knowledge and understanding is still insufficient. No additional training has yet been attended. This means that planning, observation, assessment and organisation are still very weak and children do not all consistently benefit from an enjoyable and challenging learning and development experience that is tailored to meet their individual needs. This means that children's progress is poor. The availability of resources and experiences that challenge children's thinking and help them to embrace differences in gender, ethnicity, language, religion, culture, learning difficulties or disabilities is still very limited so children have few opportunities to develop their knowledge and understanding. The key person system is not well implemented and, therefore, does not promote the development of strong bonds or opportunities for young children to interact with a consistent adult throughout the day.

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Overall effectiveness of the improvement and outcomes for children

Arrangements for dealing with and recording complaints are not in line with current requirements. The risk assessment programme is ineffective which means that hazards to children are not always identified or addressed. This leaves children at risk.

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Next steps

Having considered all the evidence the inspector is of the opinion that at this time:

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Next steps

 The setting has made inadequate progress in addressing the points for improvement. This visit has raised serious concerns about the standard of welfare, learning and development. The next visit will be a further monitoring visit at which we expect to see improvement or we will be taking steps to cancel your registration or move to prosecution.

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Next steps

If you have any further queries please contact us on the number at the top of this letter.

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Next steps

Sheila Brown HMI National Director, Inspection Delivery

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