Roobyloos Limited

Roobyloos Limited 323 Manchester Road, Manchester, M28 3HH

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 16 May 2016 Not applicable

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This inspection: Inadequate 4

Effectiveness of the leadership and management Inadequate 4

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This inspection: Inadequate 4

Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Inadequate 4

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This inspection: Inadequate 4

Outcomes for children Requires improvement

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This provision is inadequate

 Staff lack the knowledge, experience and expertise to deal with children's challenging behaviour. They do not follow the behaviour management procedure consistently and do not give children clear behavioural expectations. Children's behaviour is extremely poor.  The quality of teaching is variable. Pre-school children are not provided with sufficient challenge during their play and learning. Monitoring systems are ineffective and do not include the progress different groups of children make.  Medication is administered to children without prior parental consent. The recording of the administration of medication is poor. This significantly compromises children's health and well-being.  Hygiene routines are poor. Staff do not follow the correct procedures when tending to children's physical needs. This poses a health risk to children and increases the risk of cross-infection across the nursery.  The key-person system is ineffective and does not support the emotional and physical

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This provision is inadequate

well-being of all children. Staff do not spend enough time getting to know children during the settling-in period. This results in many children being upset and unsettled during their time at the nursery.  Self-evaluation is weak and does not support the manager to correctly prioritise improvements and raise standards across the nursery.

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It has the following strengths

 Partnership working is a strength of the nursery. Links with parents, the local authority team and other childcare professionals are firmly in place.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

To meet the requirements of the early years foundation stage the provider must:

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Due Date

 ensure that the behaviour management procedures are clearly understood and consistently implemented by all staff, so that children are given clear and consistent boundaries to help them develop a good understanding of behavioural expectations 09/06/2016

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 improve and develop the quality of teaching in the pre-school room, so that children benefit from activities that engage and challenge them and help them to make good progress in all areas of learning 09/06/2016

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 ensure that parental consent is obtained before administrating medication to children and that the timings of the administration of medication are recorded accurately 09/06/2016

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 ensure that staff follow stringent hygiene practices and take the necessary steps to prevent the spread of infection 09/06/2016

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 ensure that the key-person system enables staff to establish an effective bond and relationship with children to further support their emotional and physical well-being. 09/06/2016

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To further improve the quality of the early years provision the provider should:

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Due Date

 develop the self-evaluation process and target priorities for improvement, in order to raise standards across the nursery  enhance the monitoring of children's learning and development so it includes precise information about the progress made by different groups of children.

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Inspection activities

 This inspection was carried out as a result of a risk assessment, following information received about this provider.  The inspector held discussions with the manager and provider. He looked at relevant documentation, such as, children's learning records, a sample of policies and procedures and evidence of the suitability and qualifications of staff working in the nursery.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the provider.  The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

The leadership and management team have a poor knowledge and understanding of how to meet the legal requirements of the early years foundation stage. Safeguarding is not effective. On more than one occasion, medication has been administrated to children, without the required prior parental consent and has not been recorded correctly. This compromises children's health and well-being. However, staff are aware of the possible signs, symptoms and indicators of abuse and neglect. Risk assessments are adequate and are regularly reviewed by the management team to help ensure that the nursery is safe and secure. Children are adequately supervised. Procedures to deal with accidents and injuries are fit for purpose and staff know these well. Staff are trained in first aid and have a sound understanding of how to deal and respond to a number of medical emergencies. Self-evaluation is weak. It lacks rigour and is not sufficiently challenging enough to bring

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

about improvement. Parents are kept suitably informed about events and activities taking place at the nursery and in the local community.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

Children are presented with some activities that are of interest to them. They enjoy building towers with large bricks and show some delight while enacting roles of teachers in the home corner. Overall, the quality of teaching is variable and is not good in the pre- school room. Babies are eager to explore musical instruments and become interested while mixing gloop and paint together. They explore books and demonstrate effective physical skills as they mount low-level play equipment. However, staff do not fully understand how to challenge and engage children in their next steps in learning. This results in activities presented to children being too easy for their age and stage of development. Children become quickly disengaged and show low levels of interest in their learning. Tracking systems are adequate and show the progress children make. However, the management team has not yet fully implemented effective systems to monitor the

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

progress different groups of children, such as those in receipt of government funding. This means that these identified groups of children do not make good enough progress towards the early learning goals. Children who speak English as an additional language and children who have special educational needs or a disability receive adequate support. They have intervention plans in place and regular meetings are held with parents and other professionals.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

Care practices are poor across the nursery. The key-person system is ineffective. Staff do not spend enough time getting to know children during the settling-in period. This has a significant impact on children's emotional and physical well-being. Children fail to make secure attachments with their key person and become unsettled and cry frequently. Older children display low levels of self-esteem and self-confidence. They become unsettled during their play, due to the disruptive behaviour of their peers. Behaviour is extremely poor. Pre-school children push, hit and kick each other on a regular basis. Staff do not implement the behaviour management policy and do not follow the correct procedures. They have low behavioural expectations and do not support children in understanding what is expected of them. Children spend an adequate amount of time outdoors. Hygiene practices are poor. Staff do not follow the correct procedures when tending to children's

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

physical needs. This compromises children's good health and increases the risk of cross- infection across the nursery.

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Outcomes for children require improvement

Children acquire some basic skills required for their next stage in learning. However, children do not make good enough progress across all areas of learning. They are presented with some interesting learning opportunities and show sound levels of concentration during their play. Babies develop effective physical control as they learn how to operate new cause and effect toys. As they get older, they feed themselves and interact well with each other. Pre-school children show interest while emptying and filling various containers with water. They show increasing skill and coordination as they run, walk and climb on play apparatus outdoors.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY489717 Local authority Salford Inspection number 1050675 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register Age range of children 0 - 5 Total number of places 46 Number of children on roll 41 Name of registered person Roobyloos Limited

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reference number

Date of previous inspection Not applicable Telephone number 0161 790 7454

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Roobyloos Limited was registered in 2015. The nursery employs 14 members of childcare staff. Of these, 13 hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 2 or 3. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday all year round, except for bank holidays and for one week at Christmas. Sessions are from 7.30am until 6pm. The nursery provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children. The nursery supports children who speak English as an additional language and children who have special educational needs/and or disabilities.

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This inspection was carried out by Ofsted under sections 49 and 50 of the Childcare Act 2006 on the quality and standards of provision that is registered on the Early Years Register. The registered person must ensure that this provision complies with the statutory framework for children’s learning, development and care, known as the early years foundation stage.

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