Primary Colours Day Nursery

Primary Colours Day Nursery 57 Montpellier Terrace, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 1UX

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 9 June 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 Inadequate 4

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This inspection: Inadequate 4

Personal development, behaviour and welfare Inadequate 4

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This provision is inadequate

 The provider does not ensure the premises are secure at all times to prevent unauthorised persons from entering. This compromises children's safety.  Staff deployment is poor. The provider does not ensure sufficient numbers of staff are available at all times, compromising children's welfare.  The provider does not ensure that there are sufficient and appropriately deployed members of staff with paediatric first-aid qualifications. This puts children at risk.  The provider does not ensure staff follow safe hygiene practices at all times to promote children's good health.  Partnerships with parents are weak. Staff do not ensure that all parents know their child's key person. They do not keep all parents informed of their children's progress to help them support learning at home.  Assessment of children's learning is poor. Staff make inconsistent and infrequent observations of children's learning and do not have sufficient information to know what

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This provision is inadequate

children need to learn next. Children make inadequate progress.  Self-evaluation is ineffective. The provider has failed to identify a number of breaches in requirements, including those of the Childcare Register, or targeted improvements to keep children safe and help them make sufficient progress.

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It has the following strengths

 Children enjoy regular opportunities for physical play outside.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

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

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Due Date

 ensure the premises are secure at all times and that unauthorised persons are unable to enter the premises 10/06/2016

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 ensure staff ratios are met at all times and that staff are deployed effectively to meet the needs of all children 10/06/2016

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 ensure staff promote the good health and hygiene needs of all children attending the setting 10/06/2016

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 ensure at least one person with a paediatric first-aid qualification is available at all times and can respond to emergencies quickly 31/07/2016

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 ensure that staff complete observations and assessments regularly and consistently, and use the information they gather to plan inviting and challenging learning experiences to help all children make good progress 10/07/2016

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 improve partnerships with parents to keep them informed of their children's progress and enable them to extend their learning at home. 10/07/2016

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

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 make effective use of self-evaluation to identify breaches in requirements, target areas for improvement and involve parents and staff, to improve the quality of provision for children.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed teaching practices and children's learning.  The inspector held discussions with the manager, staff, children and some parents.  The inspector read some of the setting's documentation, including the safeguarding policy and procedures.  The inspector sampled children's development information and records.  The inspector carried out joint observations with the manager.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

Safeguarding is ineffective. The premises are not secure, enabling unauthorised persons to enter the building unchallenged. Staff have a suitable knowledge of child protection procedures. A high staff turnover affects children's continuity of learning and development. Staff do not regularly or consistently observe and assess children's development or use the information they gather to plan activities that help each child make the progress they should. The manager does not track children's progress and identify gaps in learning effectively. She does not ensure that staff have a good knowledge of the children they work with or that staff ratios are met. She does not ensure staff are deployed well enough to meet children's needs. For example, agency staff are sometimes left alone with three babies throughout the day.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is inadequate

Not all staff have an adequate understanding of the next steps in children's learning and are unable to plan activities that provide a good level of challenge to meet their needs. Some staff support children's mathematical understanding adequately as they play. For example, they encourage children to find 'one more' and use mathematical language as children fill containers with sand. Not all staff have positive interactions with children to enhance their learning. For example, as children play with water using jugs, staff simply tell them, 'It's full now,' but do not extend children's thinking or learning beyond this.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

Staff do not encourage children's independence well, doing things for children that they can do for themselves, such as pouring drinks and serving cereals. Staff do not promote children's good health adequately. For example, bins are not readily available for staff to dispose of soiled nappies or tissues. Staff place a potty in a room for children to use where others are eating. Children have some opportunities to lead their own play and make choices. For example, children choose materials to add details for insects they are making. Staff plan a range of activities for children to be physically active. For example, they visit the local park and children enjoy dance sessions.

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Outcomes for children are inadequate

Weaknesses and inconsistencies in teaching and assessment have a negative impact on the progress that children make. They are not well prepared for the next steps in their learning, including their move to school. Children are not motivated to learn. For example, their independent exploration is often interrupted when staff lead them away from their play to join in large group activities that do not interest them.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY490792 Local authority Gloucestershire Inspection number 1020965 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 4 Total number of places 34 Number of children on roll 34 Name of registered person Elizabeth Hunt

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reference number

Date of previous inspection Not applicable Telephone number 01242 250550

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Primary Colours Day Nursery registered in 2015 under new ownership. It operates in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. It opens from 7am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, all year round. The setting employs six staff and four hold appropriate early years qualifications. The nursery is in receipt of funding for children aged two, three and four years.

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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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