Sunshine Day Nursery

Sunshine Day Nursery Church Hall, Potton Road, Hilton, Cambridgeshire, PE28 9NG

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 21 November 2017 10 August 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

 The provider fails to maintain the required staff-to-child ratios. She does not take planned staff absences into account when deploying staff and fails to ensure that there are always enough qualified staff in the setting to meet qualification requirements.  The provider does not ensure that there is a member of staff with a current paediatric first-aid certificate on the premises at all times when children are present. On the day of the inspection, children were in the sole care of the provider, who does not hold a first-aid qualification, for at least half an hour at the start of the day.  The key-person system is ineffective in meeting the individual care needs of babies. In addition, staff working directly with babies have not received training that is specifically designed to address their care, as required.  The environment in which staff care for babies does not suitably meet their needs and

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This provision is inadequate

there is no safe outdoor play space for them to use. On the day of the inspection, non- mobile babies were restrained in either pushchairs or highchairs for a significant amount of the day, inside and outdoors.  Teaching is poor. Staff do not engage children in purposeful play or plan interesting and challenging learning experiences that help them to make good progress.

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It has the following strengths

 Older children form close bonds with the staff.

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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 required staff-to-child ratios are met at all times 08/12/2017  ensure at least half of all staff working directly with the children at any time hold the required qualifications 08/12/2017

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Due Date

 make sure that at least one person who has a current paediatric first-aid certificate is on the premises at all times when children are present, including outings 08/12/2017

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Due Date

 make sure that the premises and outdoor spaces are suitable for the age of children attending, with particular regard to non-mobile babies 08/12/2017

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 ensure that the key-person system is effective in meeting the individual needs of babies 08/12/2017

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Due Date

 make sure that at least half of all staff working directly with babies have received appropriate training that specifically addresses the care of babies. 08/12/2017

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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

 improve the use of observation and assessment to plan suitably challenging and enjoyable learning experiences that help all children to make good progress 31/01/2018

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Due Date

 improve the quality of teaching so that staff fully engage children in purposeful play and guide their learning and development. 31/01/2018

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector spoke to staff and children during the inspection.  The inspector held discussions with the nursery provider, who is also the manager. She looked at relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of staff working in the setting.  The inspector spoke to a small number of parents during the inspection and took account of their views.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

The provider demonstrates a poor capacity to improve. Arrangements for safeguarding are not effective. The provider, who is also the manager, has repeatedly failed to maintain the required staff-to-child ratios and to ensure that qualification requirements are always met. She does not arrange suitable staff cover, taking account of their qualifications, despite knowing about staff absences in advance. The provider has regularly been caring for children at the start of each day without having a current paediatric first-aid qualification. Her certificate expired some time ago. This compromises the safety and welfare of the children. However, staff are knowledgeable about signs and symptoms of abuse and understand how to report their concerns. Staff are offered some training opportunities. They attend safeguarding training to update their knowledge. However, specific training in caring for babies has not been completed for those staff who work directly with these

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

children. The manager is beginning to monitor staff practice and the assessment arrangements in place.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is inadequate

Staff do not use what they know from their observations of children to plan effectively for the next steps in their learning. They do not give sufficient thought to what they want children to learn and rarely set out any specific activities or equipment to stimulate children's interests. Children are encouraged to ask staff for what they would like to play with and some do so with confidence. For example, some children ask for the play dough box which results in a large group of children gathered around the table. There is insufficient dough to go around and staff do not demonstrate effective teaching skills. They do not engage with children in purposeful play or demonstrate the use of the equipment. They do not encourage children to use their imagination to create objects with the dough. All children enjoy listening to stories, especially during a one-to-one with a member of staff. Children confidently move their bodies to music. Staff speak to parents

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is inadequate

daily at handover times about their children's day and any specific achievements.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

The individual needs of babies are not met effectively. Although there is a designated play space inside for babies, this is not used for most of the day and there is no suitable outdoor space for them to play and explore safely. Babies spend most of their time in the older children's play space which, at times, is loud and chaotic and they have limited access to age-appropriate toys. At the inspection, non-mobile babies were restricted for a significant amount of the day. During outdoor play in the morning, these children remained in pushchairs for the whole duration. They were then placed in high chairs for group singing and story time and then immediately put into a high chair for lunch. The majority of children behave appropriately for their age and staff are consistent in their handling of any small conflicts. They encourage children to share and take turns. Children are gaining some independence. For example, they pour their own drinks and spread

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Outcomes for children are inadequate

Outcomes for children are not good enough. Children do not always receive the targeted support they need from staff or key persons to engage them in learning and help them to make good progress in all areas of development. Older children are beginning to demonstrate some basic skills that will help them when they begin school. For example, they are growing in confidence and independence, and developing their listening skills.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY481834 Local authority Cambridgeshire Inspection number 1117796 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 - 5 Total number of places 21 Number of children on roll 35 Name of registered person Debbie Anne Poulton

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Date of previous inspection 10 August 2016 Telephone number 01480830351

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Sunshine Day Nursery registered in 2014. The nursery employs six members of childcare staff. Of these, four hold appropriate early years qualifications at levels from 2 to 6, including the manager who has early years teacher status. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday all year round, except for a week at Christmas. Sessions are from 7am until 7pm. 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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