Oak Nursery School

Oak Nursery School 11 Long Lane, Southampton, SO45 2LF

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 31 October 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

 The new provider's weak leadership and management have led to a number of breaches in the statutory requirements and the associated requirements of the Childcare Register. This has a negative effect on children's care and learning.  Staff deployment is weak. At times, children are not adequately supervised, particularly in the garden. This puts them at risk.  Partnerships with parents are poor. The provider gives parents insufficient information, particularly about staff changes and children's progress.  Staff fail to carry out their key-person role effectively to ensure children's individual needs are completely met. There is poor communication with parents, such as at the beginning and end of the day, to help support continuity in children's care and learning.  The provider does not take appropriate action to resolve parental complaints.  The provider does not monitor the quality of teaching across the nursery to ensure it is

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This provision is inadequate

consistent. Not all children receive good teaching and effective play challenges to help them make the best possible progress.  Self-evaluation is weak and does not identify breaches in requirements.

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It has the following strengths

 Staff receive regular child protection training and are knowledgeable about the procedures to take if they are concerned about a child's welfare.  Staff are positive role models and children behave well.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

The provision is inadequate and Ofsted intends to take enforcement action

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

We will issue a Welfare Requirements Notice requiring the provider to:

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Due Date

 improve the deployment of staff to meet children's needs and ensure their safety, with particular regard to child supervision in the garden 25/11/2016

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Due Date

 ensure parents receive clear information about staffing, the daily care and activities, and how parents and carers can share learning at home 25/11/2016

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Due Date

 ensure every child is assigned a key person who is clear about their role in meeting children's individual needs and building a relationship with their parents 25/11/2016

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 keep a written record of complaints and their outcome, ensuring that all the issues raised are recorded and investigated. 25/11/2016

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Due Date

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

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Due Date

 monitor and improve the quality of teaching to a consistently good level, to help children move on in their learning and make good progress. 08/01/2017

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Due Date

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

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Due Date

 make effective use of self-evaluation to accurately identify strengths and breaches in requirements to improve the quality of provision.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching in all the rooms and assessed the effect this had on children's learning.  The inspector checked evidence of supervision and training of staff working with the children.  The inspector spoke to parents on the day and took their views into account.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the provider, and spoke to staff and children at appropriate times throughout the inspection.  The inspector spoke to management and staff regarding self-evaluation, and safeguarding policies and procedures.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

Safeguarding is ineffective. The provider does not ensure that staffing arrangements meet the needs of all children to ensure their safety. For example, although ratios are maintained, the deployment of staff is sometimes poor and children are not adequately supervised. The provider has been unsuccessful in her efforts to keep a stable staff team and manager to maintain required standards. However, she follows secure recruitment and vetting procedures, ensuring that staff are suitable and qualified to carry out their role. The provider supports staff to develop some aspects of their professional practice. For example, staff attend child protection training and meetings to discuss practice ideas. Overall, parents are dissatisfied with the communication links they have with the provider and their child's key person. Self-evaluation is not effective in identifying and addressing key weakness in the quality of the provision.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

Staff do not keep parents fully up to date with their children's progress, and do not effectively engage them in sharing their children's learning at home. This does not provide continuity in supporting children's development between the nursery and home. Nonetheless, staff monitor children's development appropriately in the nursery. Some staff interact and challenge older children to help them make steady progress. For example, they talk to them and offer support to complete puzzles. Staff supporting the youngest children provide some interesting activities for them to explore and investigate. They relate to children well, imitate babies' early vocalisations and model vocabulary to support their speaking and listening skills. Not all staff have good teaching skills or are aware of children's specific learning aims to help aid their progress. Some adult-led activities lack challenge and extension and do not capture and hold children's interest.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

Managers and staff do not adequately support children's welfare due to weaknesses in the supervision of children. The constant staff turnover and changing of staff roles has an adverse effect on children's care. Staff do not always notice or engage with their key children, for example, when they arrive and are unsettled. These weaknesses in the key- person system mean that not all children develop a close relationship with staff that meets their emotional needs. Children play outdoors and develop their physical skills. The premises are safe and staff carry out appropriate risk assessments. They record any accidents children have and meet their dietary needs, as required.

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Outcomes for children require improvement

Children do not make the best possible progress. At times, staff fail to notice children's interests and to build on their knowledge and skills. Nonetheless, children enjoy their freely chosen play and concentrate on activities of their choosing. On occasions, older children focus, are motivated and gain listening skills during whole-group teaching times. They develop some useful skills in readiness for school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY491773 Local authority Hampshire Inspection number 1035178 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 5 Total number of places 30 Number of children on roll 46 Name of registered person Jaysee Lohur

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reference number

Date of previous inspection Not applicable Telephone number 02380892976

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Oak Nursery School registered in 2016. The provision operates from a property in Holbury, Southampton. The provision opens five days a week for 50 weeks of the year from 8am to 6pm. There are seven staff working with the children, all of whom have early years qualifications. The nursery receives education 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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