Orchard House Day Nursery

Orchard House Day Nursery 7 High Street, IBSTOCK, Leicestershire, LE67 6LG

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 20 June 2017 31 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 Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Inadequate 4

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This inspection: Inadequate 4

Outcomes for children Requires improvement

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This provision is inadequate

 The manager and staff have not made sure that all rooms in the nursery are safe and suitable for children to use.  Some children at the nursery are left alone with staff who are not first aid trained and are not able to seek timely support from others in the event of a medical emergency.  Risk assessments for fire safety are not effectively implemented.  Registers of children’s hours of attendance are not always accurate.  The manager does not monitor the progress of groups of children in the nursery.  Assessment of children’s development is not consistently accurate.  Children do not always have access to fresh drinking water.  Children are not provided with individual sheets to cover the mattresses they sleep on at the nursery.

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It has the following strengths

 The provider has taken prompt action to address weaknesses recently identified at the nursery in respect of which a welfare requirement notice was served relating to safeguarding policy and procedures, safer recruitment procedures, and availability and accessibility of records.  Children are well prepared for their transition to school.  Children behave well at the nursery and they display warm relationships with adults.

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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 you identify and manage any risks to children’s safety at the premises - this is with particular regard to the temperature of rooms used to care for children. 04/07/2017

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 ensure that appropriately qualified staff are deployed effectively within the setting so they are able to respond quickly to a medical emergency. 04/07/2017

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 maintain an accurate register of the names of the children being cared for on the premises. 04/07/2017

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 ensure that individual bed sheets are available for children who use a mattress at sleep times. 04/07/2017

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 ensure that fresh drinking water is available and accessible to children at all times. 04/07/2017

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 ensure that all fire doors are free from obstruction in line with your fire risk assessment. 04/07/2017

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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

 ensure individual children’s progress and that of groups is accurately assessed and monitored. 05/09/2017

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Inspection activities

 The inspectors observed the quality of teaching across the nursery.  The inspectors spoke to members of staff during the inspection and held a meeting with managers and the provider.  The inspectors carried out joint observations with the manager.  The inspectors sampled a range of documentation including children's learning records, policies, attendance registers and recruitment documentation.  The inspectors took account of the views of the parents spoken to on the day of the inspection.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

The provider has not demonstrated a full understanding of the statutory requirements of the early years foundation stage. Consequently, there are a number of breaches of these requirements and the arrangements for safeguarding are not effective. On the day of the inspection, the manager and staff had failed to identify the risk to children from using a room upstairs where the temperature was too hot and posed a health risk to children. Sleeping children were only provided with ‘head sheets’ which meant their bodies lay directly on plastic mattresses. In addition, fire doors at the nursery had been propped open. This meant that fire doors were prevented from closing automatically in the event of a fire. This is in contradiction with the nursery’s fire risk assessment. Qualified staff were not effectively deployed across the nursery to ensure children’s safety. Furthermore, the manager had not ensured that attendance records accurately reflected those children

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

present. One register did not contain the details of a child present in the room while another register showed a child as present in the room when they were elsewhere in the building. This compromises children’s safety in the event of a fire or emergency evacuation. The provider has recently implemented robust recruitment systems to ensure that individuals employed by the nursery are suitable for their role. As a result of training, staff are now confident in their knowledge of the potential signs and symptoms of abuse and the action they should take if they are concerned about a child or another staff member. Effective systems for monitoring staff performance have been established. Consequently, staff are now given the opportunity to discuss any issues of concern and to identify any support they may need to improve the quality of their teaching.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

Staff work effectively with parents to learn about individual children’s interests. They use these ideas to plan exciting activities to encourage children’s development. In the baby room for example, staff provided sensory mark making resources to promote babies’ exploration of different textures on their skin. Parents are kept well informed about their children’s progress and are very positive of the care provided. Nevertheless, the quality of teaching across the nursery is inconsistent. Where teaching practice is strong, children are supported to demonstrate good listening and attention skills when carrying out a small group activity. At times, however, staff do not plan age appropriate activities which means that children can become disengaged or disinterested in what is provided for them. Staff make regular observations and assessments of children’s progress. However, the manager does not currently monitor these to ensure that any inaccuracies in assessment are

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

Children are well behaved at the nursery and staff demonstrate a range of strategies to engage children in the activities on offer. Staff model turn taking and sharing and encourage children to think about each other’s feelings. Care practices in place support children’s independence well. For example, even the youngest children are motivated to help dress themselves after carrying out a messy activity. Children are encouraged to think about how they can keep their bodies healthy and to consider what they can do to achieve this. On the day of the inspection however, the provider had failed to allow children access to fresh drinking water in all areas of the nursery. This is a breach of statutory requirements which directly impacts on children’s health and well-being.

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Outcomes for children require improvement

Despite some inaccuracies identified within assessments carried by staff most children make good progress throughout their time at the nursery. Staff consider carefully the skills children will need to practise for the next stage in their learning. For example, older children demonstrate good physical strength and technique as they experience dancing to different styles of music. The manager has not, however, taken steps to monitor the progress of individuals or groups of children. This means that outcomes for specific groups are unclear.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY346146 Local authority Leicestershire Inspection number 1098979 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 - 12 Total number of places 100 Number of children on roll 124 Name of registered person Orchard House Day Nursery Limited

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Date of previous inspection 31 January 2017 Telephone number 01530 263 777

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Orchard House Day Nursery was registered in 2007. The nursery employs 30 members of childcare staff. Of these, 15 hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 2 or 3. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, all year round. Sessions are from 7.30am until 6.30pm. The nursery provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children and a number of children who have special educational needs and/or disabilities.

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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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