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The Oxford Nursery Summertown
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OX2 7EE
- URN verified
EY266376
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- The inspector found that the system in place to risk assess the premises both indoors and outdoors has now been embedded into practice and that staff take an active role in this process. p.1
- Through discussion with one member of staff who was risk assessing the outdoor area, they are clear that thorough risk assessments should be made prior to children entering the building and prior to children using the garden area. p.1
- There were no hazards or risks observed at the time of the recent monitoring visit, and staff were clear to keep potential hazards such as plastic aprons, out of reach of children. p.1
- The inspector found that appropriate steps have been taken to ensure that babies are supervised and children’s behaviour is managed at snack and mealtimes. p.1
- Babies who are sat in highchairs are now sat in an area that is easily accessible to staff and staff supervise the babies while they are eating. p.1
- Some staff sit directly with the children and use this as an opportunity to engage with children while they are eating. p.2
- The management are continuing to work at changing the structure of snack and mealtimes to encourage a calmer environment and a further monitoring visit will be undertaken to ensure that any changes are embedded into practice. p.2
- Sleeping babies are being checked regularly and management are monitoring this to make sure that regular checks are being signed off by staff to confirm they have been done, and monitoring to make sure that regular checks are being physically made. p.2
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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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The Oxford Nursery Summertown Marston Ferry Road Summertown Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 7EE Our Reference EY266376
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Monitoring for provision judged as inadequate
An Ofsted inspector, Carla Roberts, monitored your provision on 02/09/2015 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 11/06/2015, 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.
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Outcome of monitoring
The welfare requirements notice required you to comply with the Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage under the following requirements: ‘risk assessment’, ‘premises’, ‘staff: child ratios’ and 'child protection'. The notice to improve required you to comply with the Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage under the following requirements: ‘the areas of learning and development’, ’behaviour’, ‘supervision’, ‘key person’ We visited you on 18 June 2015, 1 July 2015 and 7 July 2015 and found that you had taken action to meet the welfare requirements notice. We visited you on 2 September 2015 to monitor your compliance with the notice to improve.
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Outcome of monitoring
Having considered all the evidence, the inspector is of the opinion that the setting has not taken prompt and effective action to address the points for improvement.
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Overall effectiveness of the improvement and outcomes for children
The inspector found that the system in place to risk assess the premises both indoors and outdoors has now been embedded into practice and that staff take an active role in this process. Through discussion with one member of staff who was risk assessing the outdoor area, they are clear that thorough risk assessments should be made prior to children entering the building and prior to children using the garden area. There were no hazards or risks observed at the time of the recent monitoring visit, and staff were clear to keep potential hazards such as plastic aprons, out of reach of children. The inspector found that appropriate steps have been taken to ensure that babies are supervised and children’s behaviour is managed at snack and mealtimes. Babies who are sat in highchairs are now sat in an area that is easily accessible to staff and staff supervise the babies while they are eating. Staff are starting to model
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Overall effectiveness of the improvement and outcomes for children
appropriate behaviour during mealtimes which means that children sit together and behave well while enjoying their snacks and meals. Some staff sit directly with the children and use this as an opportunity to engage with children while they are eating. The management are continuing to work at changing the structure of snack and mealtimes to encourage a calmer environment and a further monitoring visit will be undertaken to ensure that any changes are embedded into practice. Sleeping babies are being checked regularly and management are monitoring this to make sure that regular checks are being signed off by staff to confirm they have been done, and monitoring to make sure that regular checks are being physically made. Staff are also adhering to their own safeguarding processes by ensuring that when they are changing nappies, children are being appropriately safeguarded and that they are never left completely unsupervised. The inspector found that steps have been taken
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Overall effectiveness of the improvement and outcomes for children
to promote children’s mathematical development through the increase of related resources, displays on the walls in the rooms, through the planning system in place and through staff practice. The inspector observed children exploring shapes of different coloured pads at the sensory table and were able to confidently able to pick out and name shapes when asked. The key person system has been developed since the last inspection and there is now a very clear buddy process in place for staff when they are absent to ensure that the care and learning needs of their key children are still met. Through discussion with some staff they were able to talk about children whose key person was not present on the day. For example one member of staff was able to confirm the dietary needs of a child, and another member of staff could confirm what areas of learning and development were being focused on for another child. For both children concerned, their key person was not
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Overall effectiveness of the improvement and outcomes for children
present on the day, so this meant that the needs of those children were being met. It was confirmed that this system is being monitored by management to ensure that it is an ongoing process. Steps have been taken to improve staff practice to promote children’s language development. A focused training session had recently been held for all staff to enable them to adopt techniques to help children learn more about language, communication and vocabulary. The inspector found that some staff were using language to extend children’s learning through routines such as snack times, where children were able to talk about the shapes, taste and colours of the fruit and cheese. The inspector observed in some activities that while staff were asking some open ended questions to extend children’s learning, some opportunities were missed. This was particularly after the lunchtime period when some children were engaged in
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Overall effectiveness of the improvement and outcomes for children
free-play while others were sleeping. Overall it was found that practice is improving, and a further monitoring visit will take place to make sure that further improvements are made and that they are embedded into practice. The inspector found that regular observations were being completed for some children who attend the setting, but that this was not consistent across the staff team. This means that for some children who attend, there was no evidence that recent observations had been made. It was not evident whether their progress was being monitored, whether their individual learning needs were being met appropriately or that steps were being taken to extend their learning. The inspector found through discussion that management had already identified gaps in practice and were in the process of taking steps to address this and make sure that practice is consistent across the staff team. A further
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Overall effectiveness of the improvement and outcomes for children
monitoring visit will take place to make sure that gaps in practice are addressed and that regular observations and assessments of progress are being made for all children who attend.
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Next steps
The next step will be further monitoring.
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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
Nick Hudson National Director, Early Education
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ensure staff are constantly vigilant of risks to babies and toddlers to make sure that hazards, such as plastic bags, thumb tacks, rubbish and unsuitable furniture, are identified quickly and removed or minimised 03/07/2015 02/09/2015
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ensure that sleeping babies are monitored frequently 03/07/2015 02/09/2015
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deploy staff effectively so that babies are supervised closely when they are eating 03/07/2015 02/09/2015
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implement effective safeguarding procedures to protect children and staff, with particular regard to nappy changing arrangements 03/07/2015 02/09/2015
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ensure that children's behaviour is managed in a suitable manner, especially at mealtimes (compulsory part of the Childcare Register) 25/06/2015 02/09/2015
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ensure children are kept safe from harm (voluntary part of the Childcare Register) 12/06/2015 02/09/2015
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ensure the equipment used for childcare is safe and suitable (voluntary part of the Childcare Register) 12/06/2015 02/09/2015
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take all steps necessary to ensure the health and safety of the children on the premises (voluntary part of the Childcare Register) 12/06/2015 02/09/2015
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ensure that children's behaviour is managed in a suitable manner, especially at mealtimes (voluntary part of the Childcare Register). 25/06/2015 02/09/2015
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make regular observations to accurately assess where children are in their learning and use information gathered to plan activities that reflect children's interests and build on what they already 20/08/2015 02/09/2015 know and can do improve the supervision of children during mealtimes to ensure children do not share food or put their feet on the table, and ensure their behaviour is appropriate 12/06/2015 02/09/2015
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ensure staff promote children's mathematical development effectively by making good use of everyday learning experiences and routines to introduce children to counting, shape recognition, problem-solving and other mathematical ideas 20/08/2015 02/09/2015
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promote children's language development by using a variety of teaching techniques to help children acquire speaking and listening skills 20/08/2015 02/09/2015
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ensure the needs and interests of children are known by more than one member of staff, to make sure that children's individual care and learning needs are met in the event that their key person is absent. 20/08/2015 02/09/2015
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ensure children are kept safe from harm (compulsory part of the Childcare Register) 12/06/2015 02/09/2015
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ensure staff are constantly vigilant of risks to babies and toddlers to make sure that hazards, such as plastic bags, thumb tacks, rubbish and unsuitable furniture, are identified quickly and removed or minimised 03/07/2015 01/07/2015
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ensure that sleeping babies are monitored frequently 03/07/2015 01/07/2015
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deploy staff effectively so that babies are supervised closely when they are eating 03/07/2015 01/07/2015
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implement effective safeguarding procedures to protect children and staff, with particular regard to nappy changing arrangements 03/07/2015 01/07/2015
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ensure that children's behaviour is 25/06/2015 07/07/2015 managed in a suitable manner, especially at mealtimes (compulsory part of the Childcare Register) ensure the equipment used for childcare is safe and suitable (compulsory part of the Childcare Register) 12/06/2015 02/09/2015
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make regular observations to accurately assess where children are in their learning and use information gathered to plan activities that reflect children's interests and build on what they already know and can do 20/08/2015 02/09/2015
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ensure staff promote children's mathematical development effectively by making good use of everyday learning experiences and routines to introduce children to counting, shape recognition, problem-solving and other mathematical ideas 20/08/2015 02/09/2015
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promote children's language development by using a variety of teaching techniques to help children acquire speaking and listening skills 20/08/2015 02/09/2015
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ensure the needs and interests of children are known by more than one member of staff, to make sure that children's individual care and learning needs are met in the event that their key person is absent. 20/08/2015 02/09/2015
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take all steps necessary to ensure the health and safety of the children on the premises (compulsory part of the Childcare Register) 12/06/2015 02/09/2015
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ensure children are kept safe from harm (voluntary part of the Childcare Register) 12/06/2015 07/07/2015
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ensure the equipment used for childcare is safe and suitable (voluntary part of the Childcare Register) 12/06/2015 07/07/2015
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take all steps necessary to ensure the health and safety of the children on the premises (voluntary part of the Childcare Register) 12/06/2015 07/07/2015 ensure that children's behaviour is managed in a suitable manner, especially at mealtimes (voluntary part of the Childcare Register). 25/06/2015 07/07/2015
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make regular observations to accurately assess where children are in their learning and use information gathered to plan activities that reflect children's interests and build on what they already know and can do 20/08/2015 07/07/2015
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improve the supervision of children during mealtimes to ensure children do not share food or put their feet on the table, and ensure their behaviour is appropriate 12/06/2015 07/07/2015
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Action Due date Closed date
ensure staff promote children's mathematical development effectively by making good use of everyday learning experiences and routines to introduce children to counting, shape recognition, problem-solving and other mathematical ideas 20/08/2015 07/07/2015
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Action Due date Closed date
promote children's language development by using a variety of teaching techniques to help children acquire speaking and listening skills 20/08/2015 07/07/2015
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ensure the needs and interests of children are known by more than one member of staff, to make sure that children's individual care and learning needs are met in the event that their key person is absent. 20/08/2015 07/07/2015
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ensure children are kept safe from harm (compulsory part of the Childcare Register) 12/06/2015 07/07/2015
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ensure the equipment used for childcare is safe and suitable (compulsory part of the Childcare Register) 12/06/2015 07/07/2015
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take all steps necessary to ensure the health and safety of the children on the premises (compulsory part of the Childcare Register) 12/06/2015 07/07/2015 ensure staff are constantly vigilant of risks to babies and toddlers to make sure that hazards, such as plastic bags, thumb tacks, rubbish and unsuitable furniture, are identified quickly and removed or minimised 03/07/2015 07/07/2015
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ensure that sleeping babies are monitored frequently 03/07/2015 07/07/2015
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deploy staff effectively so that babies are supervised closely when they are eating 03/07/2015 07/07/2015
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implement effective safeguarding procedures to protect children and staff, with particular regard to nappy changing arrangements 03/07/2015 07/07/2015
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make regular observations to accurately assess where children are in their learning and use information gathered to plan activities that reflect children's interests and build on what they already know and can do 16/10/2015
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