Star Day Nursery

Star Day Nursery St Marks, Old Mill Road, Plumstead, London, SE18 1QE

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 24 January 2017 2 February 2015

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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 Good 2

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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 fails to eliminate all risks in the environment, compromising children's safety and well-being. Poor risk assessments identified at a recent Ofsted visit have not been sufficiently addressed. The provider fails to ensure that staff's daily checks include reducing hazards to children's safety from internal gates, mats in the toddler area and storage of cleaning sprays.  The provider does not ensure staff implement the setting's medicine policy regarding the safe storage of prescribed products, antiseptic creams and nappy ointments. She fails to ensure that staff protect children's privacy and dignity during nappy changes.  The provider does not ensure that she and her staff have a secure understanding of the Data Protection Act and their responsibility to meet these legal requirements. She also fails to meet all the Early Years Register and Childcare Register requirements.  The provider does not identify areas of weakness effectively or recognise the negative

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This provision is inadequate

effects of these on children's well-being.

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It has the following strengths

 Children make good progress in their learning. They have many opportunities to expand their skills. For example, there are varied activities in all areas of their environment to enable children to practise their early writing and literacy skills.

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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

 implement effective risk assessments to identify and eliminate all potential safety hazards to children, including those associated with the internal gates, mats in the toddler area and cleaning sprays, to keep each child safe at all times 20/02/2017

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Due Date

 ensure all staff implement the medicine policy effectively, with particular reference to the safe storage of any prescribed products, antiseptic creams and nappy ointments, so that these are inaccessible to children at all times 20/02/2017

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Due Date

 ensure arrangements for changing children's nappies are suitable to maintain their privacy 20/02/2017

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Due Date

 ensure all staff develop a secure knowledge and awareness of their responsibilities under the Data Protection Act. 20/02/2017

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Inspection activities

 This inspection took place following the risk assessment process.  The inspector held a meeting with the provider and the area managers.  The inspector observed the quality of staff's teaching and the impact this has on children's learning and development.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the provider.  The inspector spoke to parents and children during the inspection.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

Safeguarding is ineffective. The provider does not ensure she addresses all actions set by Ofsted adequately. This demonstrates her capacity to improve overall is poor. She does not ensure that staff implement the risk assessment process effectively to reduce all hazards to children's safety and well-being. For example, she does not ensure children cannot open internal gates where they play or that antibacterial sprays are kept out of their reach. In addition, staff leave mats folded over in the toddler area, creating trip hazards. The provider does not ensure staff follow the medicine policy in relation to the safe storage of medication. She fails to ensure that staff keep all prescribed products, antiseptic lotions and nappy creams out of children's reach, despite this aspect of risk assessment being previously identified as a weakness. The provider and her staff do not understand their responsibility to comply with Data Protection requirements. Self-

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

evaluation is poor in relation to care practices and not used effectively to identify areas of weakness and where there are breaches of requirements. The provider organises staff effectively to meet adult-to-child ratios and supervise children consistently. She ensures that children are not left alone with any adults whose suitability has not been cleared. The provider holds regular supervision meetings with staff to discuss their teaching and its impact on children's progress, and identify further training needs. For example, staff have attended training to improve their knowledge of how to assess children's learning effectively.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff use the information from their assessments well to plan for the next stages in children's individual learning. They successfully monitor each child's progress to help identify any gaps in development and provide the appropriate support. Staff offer children positive praise and encouragement, which builds their confidence and self-esteem effectively. Staff support children's communication and language development well. For example, they introduce colours and talk about them to encourage younger children's vocabulary. Staff sing songs with children, which aids their listening and attention skills. Staff share a range of information with parents to support children's learning, including their development records.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

The weaknesses in safeguarding children's welfare have a significant impact on their safety and well-being. The provider does not ensure that staff use a suitable nappy- changing area to protect children's dignity. For example, staff change children in the middle of the hall in front of adult visitors, parents and children. This does not support children's growing knowledge of keeping themselves safe. Children develop some understanding of adopting a healthy lifestyle through the nutritious meals and snacks staff provide. Staff share records of children's accidents and injuries.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children learn the skills they need to be ready for their move to school. They gain independence to manage small tasks for themselves, such as pouring their drinks and serving snacks. All children develop their physical skills well. For example, younger children use shape sorters and older children use tongs to select their fruit. Children explore their creative skills and investigate using a range of different textures. For example, they use bubble wrap and paint to design pictures.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY452435 Local authority Greenwich Inspection number 1082699 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 1 - 4 Total number of places 72 Number of children on roll 59 Name of registered person Stand Out Theatre Limited

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reference number

Date of previous inspection 2 February 2015 Telephone number 02034177797

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Star Day Nursery registered in 2012 and is in the London Borough of Greenwich. It is one of multiple settings owned by the company Stand Out Theatre Limited. The nursery offers care on Monday to Friday from 7.30am to 6pm, for 51 weeks of the year. It receives funding to provide free early education 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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