Oglon Day Nursery

Oglon Day Nursery 177 Kensal Road, LONDON, W10 5BJ

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 14 December 2016 27 June 2016

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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 has persistently failed to rectify breaches of the requirements of the early years foundation stage and the Childcare Register to ensure children's safety, well- being and progress. As a result, the quality of the provision remains inadequate.  Children repeatedly behave in disruptive and unsafe ways because staff do not successfully tackle poor behaviour.  The key person system remains ineffective. Children's individual needs are unmet as some staff do not know the children well enough. Staff are not effectively deployed to ensure children’s safety and support their learning.  Children are not safeguarded. Some staff continue to lack knowledge of child protection procedures. Risks in the environment are not identified and the designated fire exists are obstructed, preventing swift evacuation.  Monitoring of practice is weak. Staff do not receive adequate support to help them develop the skills they need to help children learn.

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This provision is inadequate

 The quality of teaching is inadequate. Children are not challenged and frequently disengage in the activities on offer. The planning of activities and play experiences does not support children to make the progress they are capable of.

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It has the following strengths

 Children enjoy freshly prepared meals to maintain their health.

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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 intend to take steps to cancel registration and will issue a Welfare Requirements Notice requiring the provider to:

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Due Date

 take steps to minimise disruptive and challenging behaviours improve the learning opportunities for all children by ensuring that strategies to positively manage children’s behaviour are identified and implemented by all staff 27/01/2017

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 ensure staff know their key children's individual needs and preferences so care and learning is tailored to meet the individual routines and learning needs of each child 27/01/2017

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 train all staff to understand and fully implement the safeguarding policy and procedures, make sure staff know how to identify signs of possible abuse or neglect, and ensure that all staff have up to date knowledge of safeguarding issues 27/01/2017

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 make sure that staff are deployed effectively at all times so that children are adequately supervised to ensure their safety and learning 27/01/2017

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 take all reasonable steps to ensure children are not exposed to risk, including any hazards in the environment and make sure risk assessments are used to identify and minimise any potential hazards 27/01/2017

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 make sure fire exits are clearly identifiable and free from obstruction at all times to ensure swift evacuation in an emergency. 27/01/2017

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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

 ensure that staff receive support and appropriate training so they can plan, organise and provide challenging experiences to enable all children to make good progress in their learning and development. 27/01/2017

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching in all age groups and assessed the impact this has on children's learning. She looked at a sample of children's assessment records and discussed the systems for planning children's play experiences with staff.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the provider.  The inspector held a meeting with the provider who is also the manager. She discussed safeguarding policies and procedures, the recruitment of staff and the quality of teaching.  The inspector discussed with the provider the procedure for self-evaluation, effectiveness of the key person system and the arrangements for monitoring staff performance.  The inspector spoke to staff, parents and children during the inspection and took account of their views.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

The provider has made insufficient progress in addressing the actions set at the previous inspection and there are now further breaches of requirements. Safeguarding is ineffective. The provider has not ensured that all those working with children have a sufficient and up-to-date knowledge of the setting’s safeguarding procedures. Despite receiving training, some staff continue to lack basic knowledge of the possible signs of abuse. This means staff cannot recognise when they might need to report concerns. Staff do not effectively use risk assessments to identify hazards to children. The designated fire exits are obstructed, which compromises children’s safety in the event of an emergency. The provider continually fails to ensure that staff are aware of their roles and responsibilities in keeping children safe. Staff are not vigilant about ensuring children's safety. For example, staff fail to notice the tripping hazard they cause to children when

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

they remove their shoes in the children's play area. The provider has made some improvements. For example, all children are now assigned two members of staff who are their key people. However, staff do not have a secure knowledge about children’s individual needs, which hinders children’s care, learning and development. Since the previous inspection, the provider has worked with the local authority to make some improvements, such as managing children's behaviour. However, the provider has failed to sustain these improvements. Parents report they are very happy with the nursery. The quality of teaching is monitored by the provider through staff appraisals. However, some staff have not received an appraisal and this gap has gone unnoticed.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is inadequate

Staff's expectations of what children can achieve are too low. As a result, children are not provided with activities that interest or challenge them to make good progress. Planning and assessment have been affected by staff changes since the previous inspection. Although, staff have recently undertaken observations of children’s learning and abilities, planning and assessment procedures remain ineffective. Staff do not review children’s next steps in learning often enough to take account of the pace at which children learn and how this is different for all children. As a result, children are not sufficiently interested in the activities on offer and they do not learn to sustain their concentration and develop perseverance skills to complete tasks. Children are easily distracted and spend much of their time disengaged, which leads to disruptive behaviour. Children’s learning is hindered because staff fail to recognise when children are engaged in learning, and often interrupt

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is inadequate

them by asking them to take part in other activities. Children’s learning is further interrupted due to ineffective planning. Young children eagerly await their turn to paint but become distracted because staff fail to provide sufficient resources, such as aprons.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

Children persistently test and challenge boundaries because they do not learn clear guidelines for acceptable behaviour. Older children frequently display unsafe and unwanted behaviour; they jump on one another at group times; they are unable to wait for their turn, and do not share resources with other children. Consequently, they do not learn how to manage their feelings and develop a positive sense of themselves and others. During outings, when the children are given clear instructions they respond positively. Although babies are comforted when they are upset, staff continue to be ineffectively deployed to support the children’s learning and safety. Staff help children to manage their toileting needs, which supports their developing independence skills. Children enjoy freshly prepared meals. However, babies receive little attention at mealtimes. This significantly limits babies’ communication development and does not ensure their emotional well-being.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

Children are given confusing messages about what is expected of them. Children lie down when staff tell them it is time to rest but are then told they can play as it is too early to rest. The individual needs and routines of babies and young children are not fully considered or adequately met.

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Outcomes for children are inadequate

The provider’s persistent failure to meet the requirements means that children’s health and safety is compromised. Children are not provided activities that stimulate their interests and sustain their learning. The quality of teaching remains inadequate and children do not make the progress they should. As a result, children are insufficiently prepared for their next stages in learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY444264 Local authority Kensington & Chelsea Inspection number 1078030 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 8 Total number of places 26 Number of children on roll 12 Name of registered person Ololade Rebecca Amusan-Odunsi

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reference number

Date of previous inspection 27 June 2016 Telephone number 02034414609

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Oglon Day Nursery registered in 2012. The nursery is open from 8am to 6pm all year round except for bank holidays. Children are able to attend for a variety of sessions. The nursery also runs an afterschool club during term time and school holidays. There is no outdoor facility so the children visit a local playground daily. The nursery employs six staff; of these five hold relevant child care qualifications.

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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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