Buttons Nursery

Buttons Nursery Whitfield House - Ground Floor, Daw Bank, Viaduct Street, Stockport, SK3 0AD

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 11 November 2016 24 March 2014

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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

 Staff lack the knowledge and expertise to deal with children's challenging behaviour. They do not always follow the behaviour management procedure and do not give children clear messages about expected behaviour. Children's behaviour is poor.  The records of staff Disclosure and Barring Service checks do not include the date the check was obtained and by whom it was obtained.  The administration and the recording of medication are poor. Medication has been administered to children without parental consent and has not been recorded accurately.  A record of children's hours of attendance is not accurately maintained. At times, adult- to-child ratios are in breach of legal requirements and staff deployment is poor.  Teaching is inadequate. Staff have a poor understanding of child development and do not know how to plan interesting and challenging activities. Assessment arrangements are in their infancy and do not provide a clear overview of children's progress.

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This provision is inadequate

 Progress checks for children aged between two and three years have not been completed.  The key-person system is not effective. Not all children have been assigned a designated adult to take care of their learning, development and care needs.  Self-evaluation is weak. Improvement plans lack rigour and do not include the views of parents and children. The continuous professional development programme for staff is poor. Staff are not provided with enough training opportunities to develop their professional practice and teaching skills.

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It has the following strengths

 Children have access to a well-resourced indoor and outdoor play environment.

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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 that the behaviour management procedures are clearly understood and implemented by all staff, so that children are given clear and consistent boundaries to help them develop a good understanding of behavioural expectations 09/12/2016

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 ensure the Disclosure and Barring Service checks for staff include the date they were obtained and who obtained the check 09/12/2016

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 ensure that parental consent is obtained before administrating medication to children and that a record is maintained each time medicine is administered 09/12/2016

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 maintain an accurate record of children's attendance 09/12/2016  ensure that the adult-to-child ratios are met at all times particularly for children under the age of two years 09/12/2016

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 ensure that staff are suitably deployed to meet the needs of all children 09/12/2016

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 improve the quality of teaching, assessment and professional development opportunities for staff across the nursery, so that children benefit from activities that engage and challenge them and gaps in their learning are accurately targeted and narrow more quickly 27/01/2017

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 complete the progress check for children aged between two and three years and provide a short written summary for parents of their child's development in the prime areas of learning 27/01/2017

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 ensure each child is assigned a key person, in order to tailor each child's care to meet their individual needs, offer a settled relationship and build a relationship with their parents. 27/01/2017

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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

 develop the self-evaluation process to include the views of parents, staff and children to identify and address aspects of the provision that need improvement.

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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 deputy manager. 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 manager.  The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and outdoors and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector took account of the views of parents spoken to on the day of the inspection.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

The arrangements for safeguarding are not effective. Staff administer medication to children without parental consent and do not record each time medication is administered. This compromises children's good health. Staff have a suitable understanding of the possible signs, symptoms and indicators of abuse and neglect. Overall, the checking of the suitability of staff is effective. However, the manager has failed to record the dates of Disclosure and Barring Service checks and by whom the check was obtained. The monitoring of teaching and learning is poor. Staff are well qualified but lack the required knowledge and understanding of how children learn, develop and thrive. The programme for continuous professional development lacks rigour and the focus on improving teaching and learning is not strong enough. This means that the quality of teaching, learning and assessment is variable across the nursery. Staff supervision sessions and appraisals have

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

recently been introduced. The impact these meetings are having on outcomes for staff and children is not yet clear as they are within their infancy. Risk assessments are effective. Staff carry out daily safety checks and ensure the nursery premises are clean, safe and fit for purpose. Children are supervised adequately and staff are vigilant when children are playing outside. However, staff are not suitably deployed across the nursery, to meet children's individual needs. The manager fails to ensure staff-to-child ratios are complied with at all times. On several occasions, one member of staff is left with more babies than is allowed. This places children at risk of harm. The hours of children's attendance are not recorded accurately and in some instances not recorded at all. Parents receive updates about events taking place at the nursery and in the local community.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is inadequate

Children lack self-motivation and self-confidence during their play. They are provided with mundane and repetitive activities and quickly become disengaged in their learning. Staff sit older children down for story time and they quickly lose interest. Children shout, climb on low-level furniture and are unresponsive to what adults are asking them to do. Babies are not provided with sufficient interaction or challenge. They frequently become upset and unsettled. Toddlers wander around the room, cry for prolonged periods of time and snatch toys from one another. Assessment and tracking arrangements are poor and systems to monitor children's progress are weak. This means that staff do not have a clear understanding of how well children are developing across the areas of learning. The progress checks for children aged between two and three years have not been implemented. This means staff do not provide parents with a short written summary of

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is inadequate

their children's progress in the prime areas of learning.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

Care practices in the nursery are poor. The key-person system is not effective and does not support children's emotional and physical well-being. Children show high levels of distress when leaving their parents and are unsettled for long periods of time. Staff do not notice when children cry or become upset. Children wait for a long time to receive reassurance, comfort and affection from staff. Behaviour is poor. Pre-school children throw objects across the room, hit one another and show little or no respect for their peers. Toddlers snatch toys from one another and push each other over. Staff do not manage children's behaviour in an appropriate manner. They do not provide children with clear messages about their expectations for behaviour. Nappy changing procedures are effective. Staff follow sound hygiene practices and record each time a child is changed.

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Outcomes for children are inadequate

Children do not make enough progress in their learning. They show a lack of concentration and interest in the play and learning opportunities available to them. Poor teaching and assessment mean that children do not reach expected levels of development for their age. Children show some effective physical skills while climbing and jumping outdoors. Children do not develop the necessary skills and attitudes to be ready for their next stage in learning, such as their move on to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY465739 Local authority Stockport Inspection number 1077424 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 - 5 Total number of places 36 Number of children on roll 48 Name of registered person Buttons Nursery (Stockport) Ltd

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reference number

Date of previous inspection 24 March 2014 Telephone number 0161 4809978

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Buttons Nursery was registered in 2013. The nursery employs nine members of childcare staff. Of these, seven hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 2 or above. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, all year round, except for bank holidays. Sessions are from 8am until 6pm. The nursery provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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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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