Bright Beginnings Burnley

Bright Beginnings Burnley The Neighbourhood Office, 15a Brunshaw Avenue, Burnley, Lancashire, BB10 4LT

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 24 November 2016 20 January 2016

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This inspection: Inadequate 4

Previous inspection: Requires Improvement

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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 nursery does not provide support to help children who are rapidly falling behind in their learning and development. Staff fail to work with external agencies and parents to support children's care and learning needs. Consequently, children are working significantly below the development levels that are typical for their age.  The quality of teaching is weak. Staff do not provide a welcoming or stimulating environment for children. This means that children quickly lose interest during activities and they are not motivated to learn new things.  Leaders and managers have a poor understanding of the statutory framework for the early years foundation stage. This has a significant impact on the safety and well-being of children.  Staff do not teach children about rules and boundaries. As a result, children's behaviour is poorly managed and children do not show mutual respect towards each other.  Opportunities that support children's physical development are limited and children do

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This provision is inadequate

not receive regular fresh air and exercise.  Children are not well prepared for the next steps in their learning and school because staff do not support children's independence skills well enough.

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It has the following strengths

 Mealtimes in the baby room are a sociable occasion. Babies enjoy sitting together with their key person and peers.

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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

 ensure that safeguarding concerns are reported to the designated officer promptly and without delay 07/12/2016

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Due Date

 minimise the risks to children by ensuring that the water temperature in the children’s bathroom is not too hot and by ensuring that hazardous items, such as weed killer, are not accessible to children 07/12/2016

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 ensure that risks assessments clearly identify hazards both indoors and outside of the nursery and how the risks to children will be reduced or eliminated 07/12/2016

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 ensure that staff provide children with clear guidance and boundaries to help to encourage children’s positive behaviour. 07/12/2016

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

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 improve the quality of teaching to ensure that staff interact well with the children and provide a wide range of challenging activities that help children to make the best possible progress 14/12/2016

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 develop resources, activities and the environment to ensure that the nursery is clean, welcoming and supports children to learn about the similarities and differences between themselves and others 14/12/2016

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 make better use of information taken from staff observations and assessments of the children to plan the next steps in children's learning 14/12/2016

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 ensure that children are encouraged to develop their independence skills to support their readiness for school 14/12/2016

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Due Date

 ensure that children have regular access to fresh air and exercise to support their physical development. 14/12/2016

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Inspection activities

 The inspectors toured the premises and spoke with parents.  The inspectors carried out a joint observation with the manager of a creative activity.  The inspectors observed the quality of teaching and reviewed children's planning and assessments.  The inspectors spoke with the manager about her understanding of the requirements of the early years foundation stage and reviewed a wide range of documentation including policies and procedures.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

Safeguarding is ineffective. This is because concerns about children's safety and well- being are not reported to the appropriate agencies. This places children at risk of harm and does not support their life chances. Leaders and managers do not have a good understanding of the early years foundation stage. As a result, there are a number of breaches to the statutory framework for the early years foundation stage. Children’s safety is significantly compromised because staff have failed to identify risks. For example, the water temperature in the children’s bathroom is too hot and hazardous items, such as weed killer, are accessible to the children. The managers monitoring of the educational programme and staffs’ practice is inaccurate. This results in little progress being made to improve the nursery. There is a system for the supervision and performance management of staff. However, this has failed to identify and address the weaknesses in the quality of

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

teaching. While staff are appropriately qualified, this has little impact on their practice with the children.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is inadequate

The quality of teaching is weak. Children's activities are not exciting and staff focus on routine tasks such as tidying away resources. As a result, some children wander around the nursery aimlessly, while others argue over resources. This does not help children to develop a positive attitude towards learning. Systems for the planning of children's activities are poor. Staff observations of the children are irregular and often incomplete. This does not help staff to plan activities based on what children enjoy and can do. Staff assess children's progress each term. However, they fail to recognise when children are falling behind in their learning and development and do not have a good knowledge of the early years foundation stage, to plan activities to support narrowing the gaps in children's development. This means that children are not making sufficient progress towards the early learning goals.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

The nursery is not a welcoming environment for children and resources are limited. Each child is allocated a key person and children visit the nursery before they start. This helps them to form positive relationships with staff. However, staff do not provide guidance and support to children about how they should behave. This does not support children's personal, social and emotional development well enough. Children receive healthy snacks and meals which helps them to learn about healthy lifestyles. However, children are not given choices about what food they would like to eat and staff serve food for the children. As a result, children's preferences are not considered and opportunities to support their independence skills are missed. Staff have developed some positive relationships with parents of children in their care. However, some parents are not familiar with who their child's key person is which does not ensure there are good systems for information

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

sharing. Children do not have regular access to fresh air and exercise which does not support their physical development. Occasionally, children go on walks to the local community which helps them to learn about the wider world. However, the nursery environment, resources and activities do not support children to learn about the similarities and differences between themselves and others. This does not help to prepare children for life in modern Britain.

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Outcomes for children are inadequate

Outcomes for children are poor. Children do not develop the key skills they need to support the next steps in their learning. For example, staff do not provide opportunities for children to develop their early reading skills nor do they provide opportunities that encourage children’s speaking and listening skills. Consequently, children make poor progress in developing their communication skills. Although young babies make typical progress in line with the development levels that are typical for their age, toddlers and pre-school children are significantly falling behind in their development. This means that when children leave the nursery to go to school, they do not have a secure foundation to support their future learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY464604 Local authority Lancashire Inspection number 1077814 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 - 11 Total number of places 41 Number of children on roll 101 Name of registered person Selina CJ Cardiff

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reference number

Date of previous inspection 20 January 2016 Telephone number 07772318515

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Bright Beginnings Burnley was registered in 2013. The nursery employs 19 members of childcare staff. Of these, 18 hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 2 and above. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, all year round. Sessions are from 6am until 9pm. Out-of-school care is provided before and after school and during school holidays.

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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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