Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery Aylesbury

Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery Aylesbury Broughton House, 241 Tring Road, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP20 1PH

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 19 April 2017 Not applicable

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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 providers do not ensure that adult-to-child ratios and qualification requirements are met at all times. Staff deployment places children's safety and well-being at risk.  Key persons do not help new children settle. They fail to develop effective relationships with parents to meet children's care and learning needs.  The providers fail to take effective action to deal with weaknesses in staff performance. Staff receive insufficient supervision and support to monitor their practice and to help them improve their weak teaching skills.  Staff compromise the good health of the children. They fail to implement strict hygiene measures that prevent the risk of cross infection at mealtimes.  Children, including those who speak English as an additional language, do not receive adequate levels of support and make poor progress in their learning. Staff make inaccurate assessments and fail to plan challenging and enjoyable activities for children.

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This provision is inadequate

 Self-evaluation is weak. The owner's lack of precise monitoring results in several breaches to the requirements and weaknesses in staff practice.

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It has the following strengths

 Children play outdoors daily. They enjoy regular fresh air and exercise.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

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

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Due Date

 ensure relevant ratio and qualification requirements are maintained at all times to ensure that children are appropriately supervised 31/05/2017

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 improve the deployment of staff to meet children's individual needs, particularly during mealtimes and staff breaks 31/05/2017

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 ensure key persons build a close working relationship with parents to enable them to fully meet children's individual needs, including those who are learning to speak English as an additional language 31/05/2017

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 ensure there are effective arrangements for the supervision of staff to provide support, coaching and training in order to promote the interests and well-being of children, and provide good quality learning and development for children 31/05/2017

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 ensure staff who prepare and handle food are competent to do so 31/05/2017  take full account of the individual needs, interests and stage of development of each child and use this information to plan challenging and enjoyable experiences that cover all the areas of learning effectively 31/05/2017

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Due Date

 ensure staff use observation and assessment to accurately identify where children are in their learning and what they need to learn next, and keep parents and others involved in children's care and learning regularly informed about children's progress. 31/05/2017

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

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 use self-evaluation more effectively to clearly identify breaches in requirements and areas for development in practice, to improve outcomes for children.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children's play during indoor and outdoor activities.  The inspector looked at a sample of children's assessment folders and records, and a range of other documentation.  The inspector spoke with the staff, children and parents at appropriate times throughout the inspection.  The inspector held a meeting with the providers, the area manager and deputy manager.  The inspector conducted a joint observation of teaching with the deputy manager.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

Safeguarding is ineffective. The providers do not reflect adequately on the quality of provision. They compromise children's safety because staff do not meet their care and learning needs at all times. For example, staff leave children unsupervised while they tend to routine tasks, such as washing up or preparing activities, placing them at risk of harm. In addition, the providers fail to meet the statutory ratio requirements. They are unaware that some staff do not have recognised childcare qualifications, and therefore they do not have sufficient qualified staff to care for the children. On occasions, staff care for the youngest children on their own and rely on unqualified support staff to cover their breaks. The manager and staff have a suitable understanding of what to do if they are worried about a child and how to share their concerns. They conduct adequate risk assessments of areas of the premises. For example, they ensure that hot pipes are covered and that staff

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

are able to evacuate with the children from the premises in the event of an emergency. Staff fail to build effective relationships with parents to help support children's individual needs. For example, they give parents an inaccurate summary of children's progress. They fail to work effectively with families of children who are learning English as an additional language, to help them settle and catch up in their learning. Staff do not receive targeted support to improve their teaching.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is inadequate

Staff do not have a secure understanding of children's individual needs, interests or stages of development. They fail to complete accurate assessments or plan for the next steps in each child's learning. Teaching does not focus on what children need to learn next. Children frequently play without adult interaction and wander around without engaging in purposeful play and learning. Staff provide a very limited selection of toys for children to choose and play with. When staff do plan activities, for example, arts and crafts, children's choice is limited as staff over direct and spoil their enjoyment. Staff do not extend children's language appropriately or encourage them to present new ideas to challenge their thinking skills. They do not prepare children well enough for starting school.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

The providers are ineffective in ensuring the children's welfare. They often leave staff in sole charge of groups of children due to staff shortages and poor deployment. Key persons fail to gather important information from parents about their children to help them settle, such as the languages children speak at home. Staff leave young children distressed and crying, and they fail to support their emotional well-being. Staff do not assure children's good health. On the day of the inspection, staff were observed checking children's nappies at the lunch table and then serving food without washing their hands. Staff in the baby room follow parents' requests and home routines, and babies show that they feel secure when familiar staff care for them. However, due to the ongoing staffing issues and ineffective deployment of staff, babies are left with unfamiliar adults during some periods in the day. These adults are unaware of the children's needs, and babies

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

show distress when they are left in their care. Staff implement suitable procedures for the administration of medication. They share details of accidents with parents to keep them informed.

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Outcomes for children are inadequate

Children aged two years and over make insufficient progress, given their starting points, due to weak teaching and the poor range of activities. They are not motivated or sufficiently challenged in their learning. Children do not develop in confidence or acquire the skills they need for their future learning and school. Staff suitably support the interests of babies and younger toddlers. They explore new textures and develop independence as they begin to feed themselves.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY536449 Local authority Buckinghamshire Inspection number 1096301 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register Age range of children 0 - 4 Total number of places 72 Number of children on roll 32 Name of registered person Tigerlily Day Nursery Limited

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Date of previous inspection Not applicable Telephone number 01296 435435

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Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery Aylesbury registered in 2016. The nursery is in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. It is open each weekday from 7.30am to 6.30pm all year around and offers a variety of sessions. The setting receives funding for the provision of free early education for children aged two, three and four years. There are seven staff employed to work with the children; of these, four hold appropriate early years qualifications.

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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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