Hooton Child Care

Hooton Child Care Hooton Road, Hooton, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, CH66 1QU

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 7 June 2017 16 February 2015

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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

 Breaches to the requirements of the Early Years Register and the Childcare Register compromise children's safety and welfare. The provider does not ensure staff identify and take effective steps to minimise risks to children's safety indoors and outside. She does not complete robust recruitment procedures to employ new staff or check staff's ongoing suitability to work with children.  The provider does not ensure staff have up-to-date knowledge and understanding of safeguarding issues relating to the Prevent Duty, to protect children from harm.  The provider does not give the manager, deputy managers and staff the support and training they need to improve their professional skills, knowledge and effectiveness to improve outcomes for children.  Observation and assessment systems are weak. The manager does not effectively monitor or track individual and groups of children's learning and progress to ensure

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This provision is inadequate

that staff effectively and regularly observe and assess children's development, to help them make rapid progress. Children do not make adequate progress.  The manager does not ensure that staff plan activities that challenge children and that staff's teaching focuses precisely on what children need to learn next.

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It has the following strengths

 Staff are calm and attentive role models and children behave well.  Parents say they feel well informed about children's daily care and well-being.

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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 robust systems are implemented to assess and manage risks, so that the premises, equipment and resources are safe for children, with particular regard to the outside area and any activities which children take part in 06/07/2017

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 ensure staff understand their responsibility to disclose any convictions, cautions, court orders, reprimands and warnings that may affect their suitability to work with children 06/07/2017

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 follow safe recruitment procedures that include gaining information about staff identity checks and other checks that have been completed to ensure staff suitability 06/07/2017

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 ensure that staff receive training and support about safeguarding matters, so that they have an up-to-date knowledge of issues that include the Prevent Duty 06/07/2017

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 ensure that the named deputy managers are capable and qualified to take charge in the manager's absence 06/07/2017

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 implement effective supervision to improve support and training for the manager and staff, so that they have the knowledge and skills to effectively promote children's learning and development and make continuous improvements in their own professional development 06/07/2017

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

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 ensure staff effectively track individual and groups of children's learning, and regularly observe and assess children's development, to ensure they make rapid progress 05/07/2017

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 ensure staff plan activities that challenge children and that teaching focuses precisely on what children need to learn next. 06/07/2017

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and outdoors. She assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector spoke with practitioners and children during the inspection.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the nursery manager.  The inspector held a meeting with the nursery manager and a meeting with a deputy nursery manager and the administration officer. She looked at relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of practitioners working in the nursery.  The inspector spoke to parents during the inspection and took account of their views.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

Safeguarding is ineffective. The provider does not ensure that staff check that the premises, equipment and resources are safe for children. For example, managers and staff do not know that flowers growing in the outdoor play area are poisonous. They have not considered the risks to toddlers who eat substances provided for sensory play. There are many hazards in the outdoor area that present a danger to children. The provider does not follow rigorous recruitment procedures that include identity and vetting checks. The provider does not ensure that staff understand their responsibility to disclose any changes to their circumstances that may affect their suitability to work with children. Although the managers and staff know some of the signs that a child may be at risk of harm and the action they must take to protect children, staff do not know about wider safeguarding issues relating to the Prevent Duty. The provider does not ensure that managers, deputy

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

managers and staff receive regular and ongoing support and training, so that they have the knowledge and skills to effectively promote children's learning and development, recognise weaknesses in their skills and practice, and make continuous improvements in their own professional development. Consequently, they do not know what they must do to improve and why. Managers do not monitor children's development effectively and starting points for learning are not clear. Observation, assessment and planning procedures are not effective to ensure that children make rapid progress from their starting points in line with their capabilities. Managers and staff have not received adequate training to use the online assessment systems effectively. This means they are not clear on the progress children make or what they need to learn next, to provide challenging activities. Managers do not use self-evaluation effectively to recognise and

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is inadequate

Staff do not make regular observations of children's progress. Planning for activities does not focus on what children need to learn next. Children do not make the progress they are capable of. For example, pre-school children take part in a painting activity about food. However, staff are unclear of the learning intentions for the activity and the individual learning needs of the children taking part, meaning the teaching lacks purpose and challenge and does not extend children's learning. Nevertheless, some teaching helps to support children's learning. For example, two-year-old children learn to count up to four as part of a regular routine when they go to wash their hands.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

The weaknesses in staff's safeguarding knowledge and practice and the inadequate recruitment process have a significant impact on children's safety and welfare. Nevertheless, relationships in the nursery are good. Children are happy and staff devote their time and attention to them. Children learn to follow routines and receive some support to promote their emotional well-being. Although children have some opportunities to be outdoors, the outdoor area is not safe for them to explore and play.

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Outcomes for children are inadequate

Children do not acquire the key skills that prepare them for future learning or starting school. Activities lack challenge. Children occupy themselves in play, but any learning is incidental. Children do not receive the support and challenge they need from staff to make adequate progress.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 305112 Local authority Cheshire West and Chester Inspection number 1090598 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 150 Number of children on roll 87 Name of registered person Elizabeth Helen Walter

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Date of previous inspection 16 February 2015 Telephone number 0151 327 6620

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Hooton Child Care registered in 1989. The nursery employs 15 members of childcare staff. Of these, two hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 5, 10 at level 3 and three at level 2. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday all year round. Nursery and holiday club sessions are from 7.30am until 6pm. Out-of-school sessions are from 7.30am until 9am and from the end of the school day until 6pm. 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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