Jesters Childcare Ltd

Store Street Manchester M1 2WD Telephone: 0300 123 1231 Fax: 0300 123 3159 Minicom: 0161 618 8524 Email: enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk Web: www.ofsted.gov.uk

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Jesters Childcare Ltd Stanhope Primary School, Keyworth Road Gedling NOTTINGHAM NG4 4JD Our Reference EY407637

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Outcome of monitoring visit for provision judged as inadequate

An Ofsted inspector, Diane Stone, carried out a monitoring visit of your provision on 23/09/2013. 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 25/07/2013, we sent you a welfare requirements notice.

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Outcome of the visit

The notices required you to: ensure a daily record of the names of the children being cared for on the premises and their hours of attendance is maintained.

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Outcome of the visit

You were also issued with a notice of actions to improve that required you to: observe and assess each child's starting points across all areas of learning and development in relation to their age and stage of development and use this information to accurately identify their needs and plan for the next steps in their learning; ensure that at least half of the staff team hold at least a full and relevant level 2 qualification; ensure there is a named Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator in the setting; keep a daily record of the names of the children looked after on the premises and their hours of attendance (compulsory part of the Childcare Register); keep a daily record of the names of the children looked after on the premises and their hours of attendance (voluntary part of the Childcare Register); ensure there is a named deputy who, is capable and qualified to take charge in the manager's absence.

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Outcome of the visit

From evidence gathered at the visit on the 23 September 2013 the inspector concluded that the welfare requirement notice had been met. Although some progress had been made in meeting the notice of actions to improve, insufficient progress had been made in all areas, particular with regard to learning and development requirements. 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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Outcome of the visit

To comply with the requirements of the EYFS the registered person must take the following action by the specified date:

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Outcome of the visit

 keep a daily record of the names of the children looked after on the premises and their hours of attendance (compulsory part of the Childcare Register). 26/07/2013  keep a daily record of the names of the children looked after on the premises and their hours of attendance (voluntary part of the Childcare Register). 26/07/2013  observe and assess each child's starting points across all areas of learning and development in relation to their age and stage of development and use this information to accurately identify their needs and plan for the next steps in their learning 02/09/2013

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Overall effectiveness of the improvement and outcomes for children

Through documentation used at the setting and through discussion and observation at the monitoring visit the inspector concludes that the provider has made insufficient progress in meeting the issues raised at inspection.

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Overall effectiveness of the improvement and outcomes for children

A named deputy and Special Educational Needs Coordinator are now in place. Some training has already been completed and further training is planned which will help to develop the staffs knowledge and understanding around supporting children with special educational needs or disabilities.

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Overall effectiveness of the improvement and outcomes for children

Although registers are in place these do not consistently record children who attend the out of school provision. Staff need to ensure they monitor records to ensure children’s times of attendance are accurately recorded.

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Overall effectiveness of the improvement and outcomes for children

Staffs knowledge and understanding of planning, observation and assessment is poor. Planning is completed at the beginning of each day and does not take into account children’s choices or promote any areas of development for individual children. Limited observation are undertaken on children, instead staff are over reliant on their knowledge of the child to assess the progress they are making. Only one or two observations of children’s development is recorded in each area of learning despite children attending for several months and overall numbers of children being low. This means staff have insufficient observations for them to accurately determined children’s progress, next steps or if they are achieving at expected levels. The manager and staff admit they are unclear on how to observe children and if they are appropriately assessing children progress within the Early Years Foundation Stage. In order to ensure good outcomes for children staff need to

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Overall effectiveness of the improvement and outcomes for children

undertake more observations of children, consider each child's stage of development so any assessment is based on knowledge of what individual child can do. In addition, planning needs to include any next steps that staff have identified from their assessment of children progress.

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Overall effectiveness of the improvement and outcomes for children

Although progress has been made in meeting some of the requirement raised at inspection, there is still work to be done to ensure that all the notices of action to improve are met. The next visit will be a further monitoring visit at which we expect to see improvement. The provider needs to demonstrate that improvement can be made to ensure effective planning, observation and assessment of children’s learning which takes into account children individual learning styles is in place and to ensure records of attendance are consistently maintained.

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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. The next visit will be a further monitoring visit.

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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

Susan Gregory HMI National Director, Inspection Delivery Our Reference EY407637

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Next steps

EYL413 EY407637 For the attention of: Compliance, Investigation and Enforcement Team.

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Reply slip

Jesters Childcare Ltd Stanhope Primary School, Keyworth Road Gedling NOTTINGHAM NG4 4JD

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ACTIONS

Please complete the box below to show what you have done in order to meet the action required:

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Action Required Action Taken Date Completed

keep a daily record of the names of the children looked after on the premises and their hours of attendance (compulsory part of the Childcare Register). keep a daily record of the names of the children looked after on the premises and their hours of attendance (voluntary part of the Childcare Register). observe and assess each child's starting points across all areas of learning and development in relation to their age and stage of development and Our Reference EY407637

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Action Required Action Taken Date Completed

EYL413 EY407637 use this information to accurately identify their needs and plan for the next steps in their learning

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