CMA Nursery

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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CMA Nursery 26 Lampard Grove London N16 6XB Our Reference EY314096

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Monitoring for provision judged as inadequate

An Ofsted inspector, Gillian Karen Joseph, monitored your provision on 01/07/2014 following your inspection where the provision was judged to be inadequate.

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Outcome of monitoring

As a result of our inspection on 16/01/2014, we sent you a welfare requirements notice. If you were set actions at the inspection, or as a result of our subsequent monitoring or investigations, these are included at the end of this letter unless we have already verified that they have been completed.

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Outcome of monitoring

The welfare requirements notice and notice to improve required you to comply with the Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage under the following requirements: Child Protection, Key Person, Learning and Development and Managing Behaviour. The steps you were required to take were detailed in full in the notice sent to you on 20 February 2014. A previous monitoring visit, completed on 02 April 2014, found that although you had started to make progress in addressing the weaknesses you had not taken prompt and effective action to address all the required areas of the welfare requirement notice and notice to improve.

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Outcome of monitoring

During the monitoring visit of 01 July 2014 the inspector discussed with you the steps you had taken to address the remaining actions raised in the welfare requirement notice and notice to improve. She spoke to staff and observed them working with the children and viewed the resources and activities available to children. The inspector looked at your medium and short term planning, and sampled children's learning journeys. She also had discussions with the two representatives from the local authority who have been supporting you and who were present during the monitoring visit.

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Outcome of monitoring

The inspector found that you have welcomed support from your local authority and continued to work closely with the early years team to develop a comprehensive action plan to support improvements in the identified areas. You have remained open to new ways of working and this has enabled you to plan for ongoing improvement. You have effectively led and encouraged the staff during this period of critical self- evaluation and change.

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Outcome of monitoring

The discussions with staff and observation of documentation showed that you have improved practice with regards to the key person system. This has been achieved through the introduction of systems and practices which enable the morning and afternoon staff to share information daily about the children in their key groups. The sharing of information means the key person system is now more effective and provides detailed information to improve partnerships with parents and support children's learning and development.

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Outcome of monitoring

You have continued to review your practice to ensure opportunities are provided to promote children's emerging confidence in speaking and understanding English. This is mostly being achieved through the use of songs, labelling of items and story-telling in both Yiddish and English and you plan to continue to extend practice. Alongside this there remains a strong commitment to promoting and valuing children's home language.

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Outcome of monitoring

Thoughtful planning of activities and trips off site has ensured that children have had opportunities to actively learn about other cultures and other people. Evidence seen by the inspector showed children had responded enthusiastically to these experiences and that parents had commented positively about their children's enjoyment and eagerness to share their newly acquired knowledge.

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Outcome of monitoring

You have invested in a wide variety of resources which are used effectively to support children's play and exploration. All the base rooms are now well organised into the seven areas of learning creating a more stimulating environment in which children engross themselves in both self-initiated and adult led activities. The practitioners respond positively to children by answering their questions and posing challenges to extend children's thinking. The observation and planning records show that practitioners are working together and with parents to plan next steps and meet children's individual needs.

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Outcome of monitoring

Having considered all the evidence, the inspector is of the opinion that the setting has taken prompt and effective action to address the points for improvement.

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Next steps

The next step will be a full inspection.

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Next steps

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. Yours sincerely

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Next steps

Nick Hudson National Director, Early Education

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Action Due date Closed date

ensure that children have sufficient opportunities to learn and reach a good standard in the English language during the Early Years Foundation Stage, and when assessing children's communication, language and literacy skills, staff must assess children's skills in English 20/04/2014 02/07/2014

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Action Due date Closed date

improve the key person system, particularly in relation to sharing information between the key persons, to ensure that every child's learning and care is tailored to meet their individual needs, including children with special educational needs and/or disabilities 14/03/2014 01/07/2014

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Action Due date Closed date

ensure children have regular access to carefully planned learning opportunities that provide suitable challenge and interest, both indoors and outside, and that meet their individual needs across the seven areas of learning 14/03/2014 01/07/2014

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Action Due date Closed date

plan and guide children's activities, through an appropriate range of resources across the areas of learning, reflecting on the different ways children learn, how they play and explore and become active learners, enabling them to create and thinking critically 14/03/2014 01/07/2014

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