Winston's Place

Winston's Place New Ferry Road, New Ferry, Wirral, CH62 1BQ

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 26 July 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

 Managers do not rigorously evaluate the provision. Requirements are not all met and there are occasions when practitioners do not ensure children's safety.  Babies and younger toddlers do not have a named key person. Consequently, their individual needs are not met well enough.  The quality of teaching is not good enough and managers do not accurately measure the quality of the teaching taking place. As a result, practitioners do not know what they must do to improve.  Practitioners do not take enough account of what children know, understand and can do when they plan activities.  Practitioners do not communicate their expectations for pre-school children's behaviour well enough. Some children are unkind to others in the group.  The provider does not monitor the use of funding, such as the early years pupil premium, well enough to ensure it is used effectively to narrow gaps in children's achievements.

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It has the following strengths

 Partnerships with parents are strong. Parents feel well informed about children's progress and daily care.  Children play happily in the clean, well-equipped nursery.

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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 that practitioners rigorously implement safety rules, so that risks to children are minimised 10/08/2017

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 implement an effective key-person system to tailor each child's care to meet their individual needs 10/08/2017

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 improve the support and guidance that practitioners receive to improve the quality of teaching, and ensure that this is effectively monitored 24/08/2017

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 ensure that the planning of activities takes full account of what children need to learn next, so that children benefit from taking part and are challenged and supported to make good progress 24/08/2017

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 improve knowledge and understanding of strategies to promote children's positive behaviour and implement them consistently. 24/08/2017

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

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 improve systems for monitoring the impact of additional funding on children's outcomes.

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Inspection activities

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

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

Arrangements for safeguarding are not effective. For example, managers identify risks to children who descend the nursery stairs, but children do not follow rules and instructions and are not safe. Some children push in front of each other at the top and put themselves and others at risk of falling. However, managers and practitioners attend all mandatory training. Practitioners know who they must tell if they consider a child may be at risk of abuse or neglect. Managers recently introduced systems to observe and assess the quality of practitioners' teaching. However, these are not yet effective and teaching does not improve quickly enough. Managers do not check the impact of additional funding well enough on the progress and development of children who receive it.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is inadequate

Teaching does not target what children need to learn next and they do not make good progress. For example, practitioners identify two-year-old children whose progress in learning to communicate gives cause for concern. However, planning for learning is not precise enough to target their communication and language as a priority and gaps do not close quickly enough. In a further example, pre-school practitioners do not take account of their observations of individual children's physical development when they plan and teach the same early writing activity to every child. Consequently, children are not challenged and helped to take the next steps in their learning. Practitioners make accurate assessments of children's progress but do not use this information well enough.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

Weaknesses in leadership and management have a negative impact on children's welfare. When managers make changes to room teams they do not name a key person for children in the baby room. As a result, information about children is not shared effectively enough to ensure continuity in their care and learning. Overall, practitioners are positive role models who devote their time and attention to children. However, in the pre-school room, teaching does not consistently help children to develop self-control and to respect other people. Children eat a nutritious, balanced diet and learn to make healthy choices. Children with allergies to certain foods are kept safe because systems are clear and practitioners follow them carefully.

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Outcomes for children are inadequate

Children do not make good enough progress because of weaknesses to the quality of teaching. Consequently, they do not acquire all of the key skills that prepare them well to start school. Activities generally lack challenge. However, older children begin to recognise their names. Children use numbers and count as part of daily routines. They know that they must wash their hands before they eat.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY490910 Local authority Wirral Inspection number 1017902 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 64 Number of children on roll 52 Name of registered person Wirral Christian Centre Trust Limited

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Date of previous inspection Not applicable Telephone number 0151 641 9574

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Winston's Place registered in 2015. The nursery employs 11 members of childcare staff. Of these, two hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 2, five practitioners hold qualifications at level 3 and one practitioner holds a qualification at level 6. One practitioner holds qualified teacher status. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, all year round. Sessions are from 7.30am to 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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