West Ham Church Primary School

INSPECTION DETAILS

Inspection Date 08/07/2003 Inspector Name Mary Dingley

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SETTING DETAILS

Day Care Type Full Day Care Setting Name Bumbles Day Nursery Setting Address Doromaba House Clemo Road Liskeard Cornwall PL14 3NH

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REGISTERED PROVIDER DETAILS

This inspection was carried out under the provisions of Part XA of the Children Act 1989, as inserted by the Care Standards Act 2000; and Section 122 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998

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ABOUT THE INSPECTION

The purpose of this inspection is to assure government, parents and the public of the quality and standard of day care in accordance with the National Standards for Under Eights Day Care and Childminding; and that the nursery education for funded three and four year old children is of an acceptable quality. Inspection of nursery education also identifies strengths and weaknesses so that providers can improve the quality of educational provision and help children to achieve the early learning goals (elgs) by the end of the Foundation Stage. This inspection report must be made available to all parents. If the setting has been inspected previously, an action plan will have been drawn up to tackle issues identified. This inspection, therefore, must also assess what progress has been made in the implementation of this plan.

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Information about the setting

Bumbles Day Nursery and Out of School provision operates from a factory unit within walking distance of Liskeard town. There is a large fully enclosed garden for the children to use. The provision is registered for 40 children aged 0 to under 5 years in the day nursery and 40 children aged 4 to under 8 years in the out of school club. Both provisions operate all year round with the exception of bank holidays. The nursery is open between 07:30 and 18:00 five days a week. The out of school is open between 07:30 and 09:00, and 15:30 and 18:00 during term time and 07:30 to 18:00 during holiday time, five days a week. The provision is in receipt of funding for 16 three year old and 14 four year old children. The nursery supports children with special educational needs. There are 18 staff who work between the nursery and out of school club. All are appropriately qualified or working towards an appropriate qualification. Overnight care is not

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How good is the Day Care?

Bumbles Day Nursery and out of school club provides satisfactory care for children. The nursery enjoys a good relationship with the parents who provide very positive feedback. The children are provided with a range of resources. They enjoy their play but concentration is low due to lack of staff input with the activities. Although staff interact well with the children they do not always question them about the activities and stretch their learning. The children enjoy a well balanced diet, but the organisation of meal times is restrictive to developing the children's independence and language. The layout of the toilets used by the out of school club children does not afford them the privacy they need while using the toilet. Some attention is paid to safety . There are security coded locks on the rooms to the children's areas. However, some furniture does not meet fire safety standards, there

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How good is the Day Care?

This inspection was carried out under the provisions of Part XA of the Children Act 1989, as inserted by the Care Standards Act 2000; and Section 122 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 are inadequate hand washing facilities for staff when changing babies. Risk assessments are undertaken but more attention needs to be given to these. Staff are either working towards an appropriate child care qualification or are already qualified. All staff have undergone child protection training and many have paediatric first aid and food hygiene. Most policies and procedures are in place. On occasions the numbers of children in attendance within a particular age group has exceeded the registered numbers for that age.

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What has improved since the last inspection?

At the last inspection the provision agreed to ensure the child protection statement includes procedures to be followed in the event of an allegation being made against a member of staff or volunteer; ensure drinking water is available to all children at all times; provide an action plan to ensure the nursery has sufficient qualified staff to meet the minimum requirements for children under 2 years; ensure the complaints procedure includes the address and telephone number of the regulator; provide an action plan to ensure the nursery has sufficient qualified staff to operate; ensure written parental permission is requested, at the time of placement, to the seeking of any necessary emergency medical advice or treatment; ensure a written procedure is kept in the event of a child being lost or uncollected; ensure there are operational procedures for the safe conduct of any outings provided and provide copies of

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What has improved since the last inspection?

driving licences for some staff.The child protection procedures are now as requested. Training issues are currently being addressed. Staff are now working towards their NVQ level 3 in child care and education and expect to complete in September 2003. The complaints procedures does not include the address and telephone number of the regulator, which restricts parents ability to easily make a complaint should it be necessary. The policy for lost or uncollected children only refers to uncollected children. There is no operational procedures for the safe conduct of any outings. Copies of driving licences that were requested have been produced and current staff driving licences are kept on file.

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What is being done well?

• The nursery has a good relationship with parents and seeks their views and wishes when caring for the children. (Standard 12). • The nursery recognises the need for appropriate staff training. All staff have undergone child protection training and many of them have paediatric first aid and food hygiene training.(Standard 2)

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What needs to be improved?

• the staff:child ratio to ensure sufficient staff are working with the children (Standard 2) • the risk assessments to ensure all furniture used by the children is suitable,

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What needs to be improved?

This inspection was carried out under the provisions of Part XA of the Children Act 1989, as inserted by the Care Standards Act 2000; and Section 122 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 clean, safe and meets fire safety requirements, and children are cared for in a safe environment (Standard 6) • the arrangements for staff hand washing facilities in the baby room (Standard 7) • the planning to ensure that children have access to resources that reflect the full diversity of the wider community (Standard 9) • the policies and procedures for complaints, behaviour, lost or uncollected child and accident recording. (Standard 14)

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CONDITIONS OF REGISTRATION

All registered persons must comply with all conditions of registration included on his/her certificate of registration. As a result of this inspection conditions of registration have been imposed / varied / removed and a new certificate of registration will be issued.

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The Registered Person must take the following actions by the date shown

Std Action Date 2 ensure a comprehensive procedure is devised in the event of lost or uncollected children. 10/08/2003

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The Registered Person must take the following actions by the date shown

4 provide an action plan showing how individual children will be afforded privacy when using the toilet in the out of school provision. 10/08/2003

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The Registered Person must take the following actions by the date shown

6 ensure all furniture used by the children is clean, in good repair and meets fire safety requirements 10/08/2003

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The Registered Person must take the following actions by the date shown

12 devise a complaints procedure that includes the address and telephone number of the regulator. 10/08/2003

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by the time of the next inspection

Std Recommendation 2 ensure sufficient staff are working with the children at all times and the numbers of children in attendance for each age group do not exceed that stated on the registration certificate. 7 ensure all accidents are signed by parents and staff have appropriate

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by the time of the next inspection

This inspection was carried out under the provisions of Part XA of the Children Act 1989, as inserted by the Care Standards Act 2000; and Section 122 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 hand washing facilities in the baby changing area. 9 ensure children have free access to resources that reflect the diversity of the wider community, 11 ensure a comprehensive behaviour management policy is in place, is understood and implemented by all staff consistently. 13 ensure staff are fully aware of their responsibilities around child protection and have the confidence to deal with it appropriately

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by the time of the next inspection

This inspection was carried out under the provisions of Part XA of the Children Act 1989, as inserted by the Care Standards Act 2000; and Section 122 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998

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How effective is the nursery education?

There are significant weaknesses in the nursery education provision at Bumbles Day Nursery. Children are making limited progress towards the early learning goals. There are significant weaknesses in teaching. Staff are calm and relate well to the children but the lack of supervision in some areas of play, such as the home area, restricts the effective learning of the children. Staff are unfamiliar with the Curriculum for the Foundation Stage and are not aware if activities provided have met the early learning goals. Records of the children's progress have only been kept since Easter and these do not include examples of the children's work. There is no evidence that assessments are used to influence planning or that plans are adapted for varying needs. Staff organisation of activities, room layout and grouping of children does not maximise the learning environment. Staff do not have consistently high expectations

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How effective is the nursery education?

for children's behaviour, appropriate boundaries are not always set and there are too few chances provided for children to become independent through the nursery routine. The leadership and management of the setting has significant weaknesses. The current manager has been in place since December and recognises staff supervision needs to be increased and changes made to physical play. The nursery is not effective in monitoring and evaluating nursery education. Key issues from the last inspection have not been addressed. The partnership with parents is generally good. They are regularly kept up to date with information about the nursery. Parent's evenings give them a chance to discuss with staff the progress their child is making although not all parents are aware that records are kept of their children's development.

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What is being done well?

• Staff are relaxed and relate well to the children • Parents and carers are welcomed and well informed, they are invited to twice yearly parents evenings to discuss their children's progress. • Staff through good quality interactions with children support the children's listening and counting skills

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What needs to be improved?

• organisation of space and resources and how children are grouped to ensure an effective learning environment for all children • development of the assessment of children's learning and progress to ensure individual children's needs are identified and maximum benefit is gained from

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What needs to be improved?

This inspection was carried out under the provisions of Part XA of the Children Act 1989, as inserted by the Care Standards Act 2000; and Section 122 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 activities • staff to become familiar with the foundation stage and how it should be used in planning activities to challenge children sufficiently • staff to extend written planning to focus on what children of varying abilities will learn from the activities provided • The nursery routines, such as snack time, to develop children's skills in independence

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What has improved since the last inspection?

The nursery has made poor progress since the last inspection and serious weaknesses in teaching and learning remain. The nursery has moved to new premises since the previous inspection and now has improved space for physical play Children's assessment records were started Easter 2003 but there are no examples of their work in these records. Staff do not have a sound knowledge of the areas of learning and are unsure if the children are working towards these. There is no clear focus in the planning showing how any assessment of children's needs will be included in future plans, to progress their learning. There are limited resources for drawing and writing available and few opportunities for children to handle, observe closely and question why things happen, how things work, and to solve problems. There is no evidence of improvement in written planning, resources for language and literacy, mathematics, music, movement and dance and written information for

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What has improved since the last inspection?

parents. The nursery has no knowledge of their action plan from the last inspection and the quality of the educational provision for the children has not improved. The children's learning is not stimulating and interesting.

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What has improved since the last inspection?

This inspection was carried out under the provisions of Part XA of the Children Act 1989, as inserted by the Care Standards Act 2000; and Section 122 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998

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PERSONAL, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Judgement: Significant Weaknesses Children's progress in personal, social and emotional development is limited by some significant weaknesses. Children are able to listen quietly and take turns with the rainmaker but sometimes find it difficult to concentrate in large group situations and are restless and disruptive. They do not have chances to be independent in daily routine such as snack time. Some children dominate activities for long periods of time restricting the learning for others.

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COMMUNICATION, LANGUAGE AND LITERACY

Judgement: Significant Weaknesses Children's progress in communication, language and literacy has significant weaknesses. There are good opportunities to listen in large group situations, books are used correctly and stories enjoyed. Children are able to recognise their names and are beginning to form letters. There are limited resources for mark making in play with little staff encouragement to write their own names onto work. Children are not encouraged by staff to extend their language during small group activities.

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MATHEMATICAL DEVELOPMENT

Judgement: Significant Weaknesses Children's progress in mathematical development has significant weaknesses. They are encouraged to count and use size language when together in circle time but this is not reinforced or developed by staff in small group situations such as in the sand or water trays. There are missed opportunities for learning as children are provided with limited chances to read and write numbers and solve problems.

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KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD

Judgement: Significant Weaknesses Children 's progress in knowledge and understanding of the world has significant weaknesses. Children are aware of their routines and can use the computer with confidence. There is little extension of activities to engage children in questioning how things work or why things happen and there are limited opportunities for children to explore and investigate the world around them.

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PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT

Judgement: Significant Weaknesses Children's progress in physical development has significant weaknesses. Good indoor resources are provided but the toddlers joining the session restricted staff input and made the activity hazardous. Staff missed opportunities to talk with children about the affect of activity on their bodies. Plans do not include extending learning for the more able children. There is limited free choice of small physical equipment as staff select this for activities.

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PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT

This inspection was carried out under the provisions of Part XA of the Children Act 1989, as inserted by the Care Standards Act 2000; and Section 122 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998

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CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT

Judgement: Significant Weaknesses Children's progress in creative development has significant weaknesses. They have too few chances to use materials, such as glue or collage to express their own choices and ideas as activities are staff directed. The children enjoyed clapping rhythms and request favorite songs to sing. Good role play areas were provided but lack of supervision limited their use as some children dominated the play. Restricted access to resources limits the choice for the children to create freely.

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Children's spiritual, moral, social, and cultural development is fostered

This inspection was carried out under the provisions of Part XA of the Children Act 1989, as inserted by the Care Standards Act 2000; and Section 122 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998

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OUTCOME OF THE INSPECTION

The provision is acceptable but has some significant areas for improvement. Children progress towards the early learning goals is limited by some significant weaknesses. The next inspection will take place in one to two years time.

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WHAT THE SETTING NEEDS TO DO NEXT: THE KEY ISSUES

• Review the room layout, grouping and supervision of children to improve the learning environment and ensure all children have equal access to resources • Increase staff's knowledge and understanding of the early learning goals, use planning to ensure children are sufficiently challenged, and use assessment of the children's learning and progress to ensure individual children's needs are identified and maximum benefit is gained from activities. • Use nursery routines, such as snack time, to develop children's skills in independence

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WHAT THE SETTING NEEDS TO DO NEXT: THE KEY ISSUES

The provider must draw up an action plan within 40 working days of receipt of this report showing how the key issues detailed above will be addressed. The action plan must be made available to all parents and to the Local Authority if required. An evaluation of the action taken will form part of the next inspection of funded nursery education.

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WHAT THE SETTING NEEDS TO DO NEXT: THE KEY ISSUES

This inspection was carried out under the provisions of Part XA of the Children Act 1989, as inserted by the Care Standards Act 2000; and Section 122 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998

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STANDARD 1 - SUITABLE PERSON

Adults providing day care, looking after children or having unsupervised access to them are suitable to do so.

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STANDARD 2 - ORGANISATION

The registered person meets required adult: child ratios, ensures that training and qualifications requirements are met and organises space and resources to meet the children's needs effectively.

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STANDARD 3 - CARE, LEARNING AND PLAY

The registered person meets children's individual needs and promotes their welfare. They plan and provide activities and play opportunities to develop children's emotional, physical, social and intellectual capabilities.

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STANDARD 4 - PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT

The premises are safe, secure and suitable for their purpose. They provide adequate space in an appropriate location, are welcoming to children and offer access to the necessary facilities for a range of activities which promote their development.

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STANDARD 5 - EQUIPMENT

Furniture, equipment and toys are provided which are appropriate for their purpose and help to create an accessible and stimulating environment. They are of suitable design and condition, well maintained and conform to safety standards.

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STANDARD 6 - SAFETY

The registered person takes positive steps to promote safety within the setting and on outings and ensures proper precautions are taken to prevent accidents.

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STANDARD 7 - HEALTH

The registered person promotes the good health of children and takes positive steps to prevent the spread of infection and appropriate measures when they are ill.

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STANDARD 8 - FOOD AND DRINK

Children are provided with regular drinks and food in adequate quantities for their needs. Food and drink is properly prepared, nutritious and complies with dietary and religious requirements.

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STANDARD 9 - EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES

The registered person and staff actively promote equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice for all children.

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NEEDS AND DISABILITIES)

The registered person is aware that some children may have special needs and is

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NEEDS AND DISABILITIES)

This inspection was carried out under the provisions of Part XA of the Children Act 1989, as inserted by the Care Standards Act 2000; and Section 122 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 proactive in ensuring that appropriate action can be taken when such a child is identified or admitted to the provision. Steps are taken to promote the welfare and development of the child within the setting in partnership with the parents and other relevant parties.

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STANDARD 11 - BEHAVIOUR

Adults caring for children in the provision are able to manage a wide range of children's behaviour in a way which promotes their welfare and development.

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STANDARD 12 - WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PARENTS AND CARERS

The registered person and staff work in partnership with parents and to meet the needs of the children, both individually and as a group. Information is shared.

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STANDARD 13 - CHILD PROTECTION

The registered person complies with local child protection procedures approved by the Area Child Protection Committee and ensures that all adults working and looking after children in the provision are able to put the procedures into practice.

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STANDARD 14 - DOCUMENTATION

Records, policies and procedures which are required for the efficient and safe management of the provision, or to promote the welfare, care and learning of children are maintained. Records about individual children are shared with the child's parent.

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STANDARD 14 - DOCUMENTATION

This inspection was carried out under the provisions of Part XA of the Children Act 1989, as inserted by the Care Standards Act 2000; and Section 122 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998

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