Young Ones Day Nursery

Young Ones Day Nursery Derby Road, Lenton, Nottingham, NG7 2EB

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 22 February 2017 12 May 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 manager has a poor understanding of the statutory requirements in relation to staff qualifications. She has failed to ensure that children are safe and adequately supervised by required numbers of suitably qualified staff.  The manager has failed to deploy staff appropriately across the nursery to ensure that they are able to meet children's needs at all times.  Risk assessments do not identify all aspects of the outdoor environment that need to be checked.  Systems to monitor the completion of the two year progress check are not robust, staff have not received relevant training and are unaware of their responsibilities.  Staff do not effectively use the information they gather through their observations and ongoing assessments of children. They do not plan activities that address gaps in children's learning or challenge them to make good enough progress overall.  Staff performance is not monitored to support their professional development or tackle

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This provision is inadequate

weaknesses in practice. The manager and staff do not help children to build on their emerging independence and self-care skills.

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It has the following strengths

 Staff are kind and caring, which helps the children to feel settled and secure.

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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

 review staffing arrangements to ensure that children are adequately supervised at all times by appropriately qualified staff 05/04/2017

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 ensure that staff are deployed appropriately throughout the nursery, to meet children's individual needs effectively 05/04/2017

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 take all reasonable steps to ensure staff and children are not exposed to risks, with particular regard to the outdoor surfaces 05/04/2017

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 ensure effective monitoring of the completion of the two year progress check and ensure staff have received appropriate training in order to understand their role and responsibilities in relation to the completion of the progress check. 05/04/2017

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Due Date

 ensure staff understand how to use observations and assessments of individual children's achievements to accurately identify their next steps and plan effectively for their individual learning needs 22/05/2017

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 ensure effective arrangements are implemented for the supervision of staff, in order to identify any performance issues and provide appropriate training to address them. 05/04/2017

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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

 provide more opportunities for children to build on their developing independence and self-care skills.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector viewed the premises and the toys and equipment provided.  The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector held discussions with the manager. She spoke with children and staff at appropriate times throughout the inspection.  The inspector sampled documentation, including suitability checks for staff, children's assessment records and the nursery's self-evaluation.  The inspector conducted a joint observation with the manager.  The inspector took into account the views of parents spoken to on the day of the inspection.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

Safeguarding is ineffective. The manager does not accurately identify significant areas of weakness and is unaware that some statutory requirements are not being met. She does not fully understand her responsibilities to meet the statutory requirements relating to staff qualifications. As a result, she has failed to ensure that there are sufficient numbers of appropriately qualified staff present during the day. However, staff demonstrate an understanding of how to report and respond to child protection concerns. The manager does not monitor the deployment of staff throughout the nursery closely enough. This has not improved significantly since the last inspection. Therefore, staff are not always deployed appropriately to enable them to attend to children's needs. This puts children's safety at risk. During the inspection, the inspector had to intervene when a younger child was at risk of falling off a high slide. Staff complete compulsory training, such as first aid

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

and basic safeguarding. The manager observes staff's teaching. However, information gained at supervision meetings with staff and through observations of their practice, does not identify specific training needs and weaknesses in practice. Therefore, these are not addressed to raise the quality of teaching to a good enough standard. Although self- evaluation is now in place, it is not effective in identifying and prioritising weaknesses. Where children are identified as requiring additional support, the manager has established links with other professionals. She gains additional support for children who require it.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is inadequate

Staff carry out regular observations of children playing. However, they do not know how to use assessments to accurately plan challenging experiences for individual children's learning needs and interests. Most staff do not know about the required progress check at two years and have not received any training on this. Staff provide some suitable activities to promote children's learning and development. However, they do not always adapt activities to capture children's attention or to respond to their changing interests. There are times when children are prevented from exploring and becoming absorbed in their learning, as staff move them on to something else too quickly. This leads to inconsistent teaching that is not always matched to all children's needs. Children enjoy playing instruments loudly and softly, fast and slow and singing songs. They have fun playing with the parachute and balls. Children explore in the mud kitchen making strawberry cakes. All

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is inadequate

staff promote mathematics and children are beginning to count and recognise sizes and shapes.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

Breaches of the statutory requirements mean that children's safety and welfare is compromised. Staff help children to understand acceptable behaviour. For example, during group activities, staff encourage children to take turns. Children are happy and enjoy the time they spend at nursery. They learn to make friendships with others. Children's healthy lifestyles are supported well. They are offered nutritious and well-balanced meals and snacks. However, staff complete simple tasks that children could do for themselves. They do not encourage the older children to have a go and develop their independence skills in readiness for school. Good hygiene routines are followed. Children learn about festivals and celebrations in their own and other's cultures. Staff provide children with daily experiences outside for fresh air and exercise. Risk assessments are ineffective as staff do not understand what constitutes a potential hazard to children. They do not consistently

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

implement important health and safety procedures. There are areas of the outdoor play surface that pose a tripping risk to children. In addition, staff sign risk assessment forms to confirm that they have checked play areas for possible hazards. Parents are complimentary about the care provided for their children and value the warm relationships between their children and staff.

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Outcomes for children are inadequate

Children do not make sufficient progress given their starting points. Although children are confident and inquisitive, weaknesses in teaching mean that children are not always supported to make enough progress in their learning and development. This means that overall, children do not acquire all of the key skills that prepare them well to start school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 254654 Local authority Nottingham City Inspection number 1053574 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 50 Number of children on roll 28 Name of registered person Pamelajit Kaur Sangha

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reference number

Date of previous inspection 12 May 2016 Telephone number 0115 9790988

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Young Ones Day Nursery was registered in 1991. It employs five members of childcare staff. Of these, one holds an appropriate early years qualification at level 3. The manager holds qualified teacher status. The nursery operates from 7am to 7pm, all year round, closing for bank holidays and over the Christmas period. They provide funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children. The nursery supports children who have special educational needs and/or disabilities and children who speak English as an additional language.

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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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