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Banana Moon Day Nursery - Solihull 3 Stratford Court Shirley Solihull B90 4QT Our Reference EY437526

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Outcome of monitoring visit for provision judged as inadequate

An Ofsted inspector, Mark Evans, carried out a monitoring visit of your provision on 28/11/2013. 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 29/07/2013, we sent you a welfare requirements notice.

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Outcome of the visit

The actions raised in the welfare requirement notice under the Early Years Foundation Stage Welfare Requirements asked you to: ensure that the premises are safe for children to use. This is in reference to unsecured cupboards that are unsafe in respect of no base exposing floor level of the premises below and another containing electrical hazards and a standalone protruding radiator pipe (Safety) and ensure there is a well understood policy and procedure for assessing any risk to children’s safety and review risk assessment regularly to ensure that the premises remain safe and suitable for children to use (Risk assessment)

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Outcome of the visit

The actions raised in the notice to improve under the Early Years Foundation Stage Welfare Requirements asked you to: ensure that parents are provided with a telephone number so that they can contact the nursery in an emergency; ensure that parents and carers are informed of any accident or injury sustained by their child on the same day, or as soon as reasonably practicable; ensure that the meals provided are healthy and adhere to the recommended daily intake of salt for infants and young children; ensure that all furniture and equipment are safe and suitable for children's use, including tables and chairs for the younger children and bouncing cradles for babies and monitor the educational programmes effectively to ensure that children have a broad range of experiences that help them successfully progress to the early learning goals. Having considered all the evidence, the inspector is of the opinion that at this time

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Outcome of the visit

the setting is making satisfactory improvement overall.

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Outcome of the visit

To further improve the early years provision the registered person should:

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Outcome of the visit

 ensure that systems for administering medicines include recorded information that is up-to-date, with particular regard to relevant details being recorded for long term medication, including the name of medicine (Medicines) 12/12/2013

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Overall effectiveness of the improvement and outcomes for children

At the second monitoring visit on 28 November 2013 the regulatory inspector found, through observation, discussion and documentation, that those actions to be completed by 09 September 2013 had been met and were sustained.

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Overall effectiveness of the improvement and outcomes for children

Cupboards that house hazardous items or have hazardous elements continue to be secured so that children do not have access to these. These cupboards are locked the keys are stored in the office so that their use is monitored effectively. A Red, Amber, Green (RAG) risk assessment notification system is in place. Staff use this for remedial work when they identify something that is hazardous to children; they complete the relevant RAG form, which identifies the significance of the hazard and informs managers of the need to review and update control measures. This identifies the action to be taken and a timescale for completion. Records noted at the time of visit indicated that any identified hazards have been addressed. The standalone protruding radiator pipe that was potentially hazardous to children was previously removed and is no longer a risk to children. Continued use of systems that identify and address risk help to maintain a safe environment for children's wellbeing.

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Overall effectiveness of the improvement and outcomes for children

The setting has a working landline telephone and an alternative number is also provided so that contact can always be made with the provider where the setting telephone line for some reason is unavailable. Contact telephone numbers are included within the parent welcome pack and there is also some displayed information on this within the setting. This helps to support children's wellbeing in respect of parents being able to make contact at all times.

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Overall effectiveness of the improvement and outcomes for children

Since inspection, a memo was issued to staff in respect of their responsibilities to correctly complete accident and injury records and to inform parents of any injuries on the same day. Staff are required to inform the manager of any accidents or injuries; accident and injury forms are completed and signed by relevant staff and then countersigned by the manager. The manager then records this in an accident log which lists all accidents for each month so that they have an overview of accidents and any repeated issues or patterns. This record is to include a section to show how the parent has been informed of the injury where they have not been able to sign the form, for example, where someone else collects the child on their behalf. As a consequence, children's welfare is supported by information about any injuries being clearly passed on to parents. There has been a review of meals provided for children, which has included levels of

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Overall effectiveness of the improvement and outcomes for children

salt used in the preparation of foods. Some reference has been made to the National Health Service (NHS) guidelines for salt intake for infants and young children. Emphasis is made on producing meals from freshly prepared ingredients, rather than use of products, such as pre-made sauces. This promotes healthy eating and lifestyle for children.

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Overall effectiveness of the improvement and outcomes for children

Following inspection, the local authority provided an 'Enabling Environments' training session for staff at the setting. This helped staff to review the layout and use of rooms and equipment so that they are more conducive to the needs of children. Some additional equipment that has been provided, such as tables and chairs of relevant smaller size for the younger mobile children, so that they have use of safer and more developmentally suitable equipment and helping to develop independence.

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Overall effectiveness of the improvement and outcomes for children

Long term medication records are held for children who may require the administration of medicines, such as asthma inhalers. Some of these records were not complete in respect of the name of the medication and the expiry date. As a consequence children welfare could be compromised. An action was raised in a notice to improve under the Early Years Foundation Stage Welfare Requirements that asked the provider to ensure that systems for administering medicines include recorded information that is up-to-date, with particular regard to relevant details being recorded for long term medication, including the name of medicine.

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Overall effectiveness of the improvement and outcomes for children

There are some systems in place to monitor the effectiveness of the educational programmes. The peer on peer record includes staff interaction with individual children, whether staff relate to children at their level; how staff use language with children, use of open ended questions and the activities offered. An audit record for learning journeys is being implemented, which includes assessment of key person planning being in place, the quality of observations, photo observation and whether next steps begin to show through observation. Further development of the audit record is being considered to check the balance of areas of learning and range of experiences provided. There are tracking sheets in learning journeys; observations link to the tracking so that staff can monitor how children are progressing towards the early leaning goals. These systems help and practice help to promotes staff practice and children's learning and development.

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Overall effectiveness of the improvement and outcomes for children

The next visit will be a monitoring visit to check that improvements are sustained and actions fully met.

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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 satisfactory progress in addressing the points for improvement. The next visit will be a further monitoring visit. I hope that you have found the visit helpful in promoting improvement in your setting. 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 EY437526

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Next steps

EYL413 EY437526 For the attention of: Compliance, Investigation and Enforcement Team.

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Reply slip

Banana Moon Day Nursery - Solihull 3 Stratford Court Shirley Solihull B90 4QT

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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

ensure that systems for administering medicines include recorded information that is up-to- date, with particular regard to relevant details being recorded for long term medication, including the name of medicine (Medicines)

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