Firth Park's Little Treasures Nursery

Firth Park's Little Treasures Nursery 8 Stubbin Lane, SHEFFIELD, S5 6QL

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 18 May 2017 18 November 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

 Systems for monitoring, evaluating and challenging staff performance are not effective in quickly improving, and reducing inconsistencies in the quality of practice.  The quality of teaching is too variable and sometimes poor. Staff are unable to demonstrate how they use information from assessments to plan and implement challenging and enjoyable experiences to help children make good progress.  Staff are not sufficiently focused on motivating and inspiring children's purposeful learning or extending their speech, language and listening skills.  Staff are not effectively deployed in order to support children’s learning and care.  The manager does not monitor the progress of different groups of children. As a result, swift action is not taken to help children at risk of falling behind to catch up.

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It has the following strengths

 Children behave well and follow appropriate hygiene routines. They eat healthy snacks and enjoy being active. This promotes children’s physical well-being.  Staff work with parents and other professionals to make sure children who have special educational needs and/or disabilities are supported appropriately.

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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 the professional development needs of staff are identified and met through coaching and training and that any underperformance is swiftly managed so that the quality of teaching and learning is improved 13/07/2017

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Due Date

 ensure that all staff have a clear understanding of their roles and responsibilities and can demonstrate how they use information from assessments to plan and implement challenging and enjoyable experiences to help children make good progress 13/07/2017

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Due Date

 improve the quality of learning and development experiences for children so that their learning is robustly supported and their speech, language and listening skills are extended further 13/07/2017

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 ensure that staff are effectively deployed to support and meet the needs of children at all times. 13/07/2017

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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

 put in place systems for tracking different groups of children, so that any gaps in learning can be identified and addressed at the earliest opportunity. 13/07/2017

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities inside and outdoors and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the manager.  The inspector looked at a sample of children's assessment records and discussed the systems for planning children's play experiences.  The inspector held a meeting with the manager and looked at a sample of policies, including risk assessments. She discussed the manager's procedure for self-evaluation and viewed evidence of the suitability, qualifications and recent training of staff working in the nursery.  The inspector spoke to a small selection of parents and children during the inspection and took account of their views.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

Systems for self-evaluation are weak and do not help the manager or staff to identify areas for improvement swiftly. As a result, insufficient action has been taken to tackle areas of weakness identified at the last inspection. The manager has utilised the support of the local authority to help her make some improvements. She has begun to monitor the quality of teaching, including the accuracy of checks staff make on children's progress. However, these systems are not embedded in practice and the manager is not moving swiftly enough to identify and address weaknesses. Teaching is not strong enough and there is little evidence of any impact on children’s progress. The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. Recruitment and ongoing vetting checks ensure staff are suitable to work with children. Staff have a clear understanding of the signs of possible child abuse and the action they must take to safeguard children.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is inadequate

Staff do not effectively support children to make rapid progress in their learning. Although staff assess children's development, they do not always make appropriate use of the information they gather. A range of activities and experiences are planned by the manager to support children’s identified next steps in learning. However, staff do not follow these plans and as a result, do not have high enough expectations for children or provide appropriate support. Staff do not consistently promote children's learning or extend their speaking, language or listening skills. Therefore, children are not suitably challenged as they play to help them to make the progress they are expected to make. At other times children enjoy the opportunity to hunt for spiders, slugs and worms in the garden. Children eagerly join in at story time. They confidently count how many strawberries and plumbs there are and name the different fruits and foods on each page.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

Staff are poorly deployed. They are often distracted by other duties and as a result, do not always interact well with children. Before children start, parents meet with staff to discuss their children's care and learning needs and staff use this information to help children settle. Children have access to an appropriate range of resources and particularly enjoy playing outside. They are developing a clear understanding about foods that are good for them and get excited at teeth brushing time. Staff are kind and caring and children are learning to share, take turns and consider others. However, due to weaknesses in teaching, not all children are motivated or inspired to join in and take part in activities.

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Outcomes for children are inadequate

Weaknesses in management, staff practice and the quality of teaching, mean not enough children make sufficient progress in their learning. The manager does not adequately monitor how well different children are doing. Consequently, staff do not use knowledge about the gaps in the skills and understanding of individual children to help them catch up. Children who speak English as an additional language and those identified as having a speech and language delay are not well supported, because this aspect of learning is not promoted by staff. Consequently, children are not well prepared for school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY484211 Local authority Sheffield Inspection number 1079562 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register Age range of children 2 - 4 Total number of places 20 Number of children on roll 10 Name of registered person Firth Park's Little Treasures Nursery Ltd

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reference number

Date of previous inspection 18 November 2016 Telephone number 0114 3270696

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Firth Park's Little Treasures Nursery was registered in 2015. The nursery employs four members of childcare staff. Of these, one holds appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 and one at level 6. The nursery opens Monday to Friday, term time only. Sessions are from 8am until 5pm. The nursery provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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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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