Bright Steps Nursery & Daycare

Bright Steps Nursery & Daycare 33A Bexley Road, Erith, Kent, DA8 1SH

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 3 May 2017 10 January 2017

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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 is in breach of requirements for the early years foundation stage and the Childcare Register. Staffing arrangements are not well organised and do not support children's well-being or ensure children are adequately supervised at all times.  Managers and staff do not manage children’s behaviour consistently or effectively. As a result, the learning environment becomes disorderly, which hinders children’s learning and safety.  The organisation of the setting on the day of the inspection was not well managed and did not support children’s learning and development effectively. Children were too often not engaged in purposeful play.  Staff do not make effective use of assessment to plan purposeful activities that enable children to make the progress they should. Systems to monitor children’s progress are in their infancy and are not yet used to target support where it is needed most.  Children's communication and language skills are not promoted effectively.

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This provision is inadequate

 Self-evaluation is not yet effective in identifying all areas for development in order to successfully improve the outcomes for children. Leaders and managers do not provide effective support, mentoring and coaching for staff.

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It has the following strengths

 Children learn about the world in which they live during outings in the local community and visitors to the nursery. For example, they gain hands-on experience of real animals during a visit from the zoologist.

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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

 ensure that staffing is organised to provide effective supervision and support for children at all times to ensure their well-being and meet their individual needs, particularly for the younger children 02/06/2017

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 improve children’s behaviour by ensuring that strategies are consistently implemented and children are provided with clear explanations of what is acceptable and what is not 02/06/2017

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 monitor staff practice and provide effective support, coaching and mentoring. Ensure that all staff have sufficient knowledge of the early years foundation stage to implement teaching strategies and positive behaviour management practice to meet each child's individual learning needs successfully. 02/06/2017

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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

 improve the quality of teaching including the routine of the day to ensure that children are engaged in purposeful play. Develop the provision for the younger children so that activities meet their needs effectively 05/07/2017

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 further develop planning for individual children's needs to ensure that activities are based on what children need to learn next 05/07/2017

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 improve systems to monitor the progress of all groups of children to effectively target staff support and resources where they are needed most 05/07/2017

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 develop the educational programme to ensure children’s communication and language skills are effectively promoted. 05/07/2017

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To further improve the quality of the early years provision the provider should:

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Due Date

 further develop the use of self-evaluation to identify any breaches of requirements or weaknesses and improve outcomes for children.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching and the impact this has on children’s learning.  The inspector looked at a variety of relevant documentation, including children and staff records, self-evaluation and records of observation, assessment and planning.  The inspector held discussions with the manager about concerns that have been raised to Ofsted since the last inspection.  The inspector held discussions with the manager about how the setting is led and run.  The inspector spoke to parents, children and staff and took account of their views.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

Safeguarding is ineffective because staff do not supervise children appropriately to ensure their safety and well-being at all times. Managers do not organise the provision effectively to ensure all children’s needs are met. Methods of staff supervision are in place to provide staff with opportunities to talk about their role and training needs. However, managers do not actively observe and monitor staff practice to accurately identify areas for development. As a result staff skills have not improved enough since the last inspection to ensure they can manage children’s behaviour effectively and meet children’s individual needs. Managers do not monitor the educational programme effectively to ensure children’s learning needs are met. Methods of self-evaluation are in place but do not accurately identify areas that still need great improvement. Staff have made some progress since the last inspection. For example, parents have attended meetings with their

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

child’s key person to discuss their child's progress. Risk assessments are updated and some appropriate steps taken to minimise hazards. Staff show an understanding of safeguarding procedures and know what to do if they have concerns about children’s welfare.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is inadequate

The quality of teaching is poor. Children are not engaged in purposeful learning experiences. This is because teaching does not effectively match children’s needs, particularly for the younger children. Staff have been supported by the local authority early years team in developing systems of observation and assessment. Staff observations of children’s progress now show links to the areas of learning and children’s stage of development. However, staff do not accurately identify what all children need to learn next or use this information to inform the planning of activities. This means that the educational programme is not clearly based on children’s individual needs across all areas of learning. Furthermore, teaching is not effective because staff spend too little time sitting with children to model play and support and extend their learning. Children’s play is frequently interrupted. For example, on the day of the inspection too much time was

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is inadequate

spent tidying away activities, followed by children sitting with nothing to do while they wait for activities or meal times to begin. This resulted in many children becoming restless and behaving inappropriately, which significantly impacted on their learning and development.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

Staff do not provide effective and consistent support when managing children’s behaviour. This means that children receive mixed messages about what is expected of them or why their behaviour is not acceptable. At times staff fail to notice when children behave inappropriately towards each other or play in unsafe ways. This impacts on children’s well- being and safety. Staff do not take prompt action when children’s behaviour starts to deteriorate. As a result, children become disengaged in activities and staff spend more time dealing with incidents. Staff do not supervise younger children effectively to promote their safety and provide enough support, especially during mealtimes. For example, staff do not sit with younger children to encourage their social skills and personal independence. Some children stand in their highchairs because they are not strapped in and other children leave the table while eating. Funding for disadvantaged children has

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

been used to obtain two six-seater walking buses. This enables staff to safely take children on regular outings, providing disadvantaged children with more opportunities for them to engage in outdoor play.

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Outcomes for children are inadequate

The weaknesses in teaching mean that children do not make enough progress in their learning and development. Staff do not spend enough time talking to children to develop their communication and language skills. The managers’ tracking of funded two-year-olds shows that too few are working at expected levels in this area of learning. Staff’s questioning tends to centre on recognising colours, numbers and letters. Some children hardly engage in conversations and younger children do not engage in enough activities which extend their learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY454817 Local authority Bexley Inspection number 1096022 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 - 7 Total number of places 55 Number of children on roll 39 Name of registered person Saula Ogunkoya

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reference number

Date of previous inspection 10 January 2017 Telephone number 01322837143

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Bright Steps Nursery & Daycare registered in 2012 and is in Erith in the London Borough of Bexley. It is open from 7.30am to 6pm for 51 weeks of the year. There are seven members of staff, six of whom have appropriate early years qualifications. The provider receives funding to provide free early years 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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