Kiddy Care Nursery

Kiddy Care Nursery Grace Church, The Acorn Centre 2b Ashgrove Road, Ilford, Essex, IG3 9XE

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 28 November 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 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 provider, who is also the manager and the designated safeguarding officer, does not have a thorough knowledge and understanding of safeguarding policy and procedures. She is unaware of the correct action to take when an allegation is made against a member of staff.  Some staff do not have sufficient knowledge of child protection matters. Some do not understand the indicators that a child may be at risk of harm and/or exposed to extreme views. Some staff do not know or understand the procedures relating to allegations against other staff members.  The recruitment procedures do not ensure all adults employed are suitable to work with children. Staff are not vigilant enough to keep children safe at all times.  The key person arrangements are not effective. They do not meet the children’s individual needs. Key persons do not maintain effective two-way communication with parents to maintain consistency of care and learning.

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This provision is inadequate

 Some staff do not ensure children receive clear messages about acceptable behaviour. The nursery’s behaviour management policy does not reflect the behaviour management methods used in practice. This means parents do not know the strategies the nursery is using.  The management is weak. The manager does not act promptly to offer effective coaching and support to staff to help them improve the quality of their teaching.  The quality of teaching is variable. Some staff do not know how to observe and assess children’s learning effectively. Children do not always receive timely support.

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It has the following strengths

 Children enjoy healthy food and opportunities to freely play indoors and outside.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

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

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Due Date

 ensure that the provider, who is also a lead practitioner for safeguarding, understands and effectively implements the safeguarding policy and procedures, with particular regard to what action to take when an allegation is made against a member of staff 28/12/2017

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 ensure that all staff are able to demonstrate a good knowledge and understanding of all safeguarding policy and procedures, including identifying and reporting any child protection concerns, risks to children from exposure to extreme views and allegations against staff 28/12/2017

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 ensure recruitment procedures are robust so that every person working directly with children has their suitability checked appropriately 28/12/2017

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 ensure staff are consistently vigilant in order to maintain children’s health and safety at all times 28/12/2017

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 implement effective key-person arrangements to ensure each child’s key person is able to meet their individual needs and provide effective two-way communication with parents 28/12/2017

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 ensure the nursery’s behaviour management policy reflects the behaviour management methods used and is shared with parents 28/12/2017

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 ensure all staff manage children’s behaviour consistently and appropriately to ensure children receive clear messages about what behaviours are not acceptable and why 28/12/2017

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 implement effective supervision, coaching and support for staff and monitor staff performance to ensure practice improves rapidly 28/12/2017

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 ensure that all staff have a good knowledge and understanding of how to observe and assess children and use this information to identify appropriate next steps and promptly involve other professionals, if needed, to help all children make good or better progress 28/12/2017

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Due Date

 improve the quality of teaching to ensure that all staff are able to skilfully engage children in meaningful conversations and purposeful play. 28/12/2017

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Inspection activities

 The inspection was carried out following the risk assessment process.  The inspector spoke with the provider/manager, some children, parents and staff throughout the inspection.  The inspector sampled a range of documents available, including those relating to the premises, staff suitability and safeguarding.  The inspector observed activities and daily routines, indoors and outside.  The inspector carried out a joint observation with the provider/manager.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

The provider, who is also the manager, does not meet all requirements for the early years foundation stage and the relevant Childcare Register. Safeguarding is ineffective. The manager does not ensure all staff have sufficient knowledge of the signs that a child might be at risk or what actions to take should a child be in need of protection. As the designated safeguarding officer, the manager does not know the correct procedures to follow if an allegation was made against a member of staff. These weaknesses compromise children’s welfare. Although all staff undertake the required Disclosure and Barring Service check, the manager does not follow other recruitment procedures thoroughly to ensure all adults employed are suitable to work with children. The management team does not monitor the quality of practice effectively to identify breaches in requirements and drive improvement. Although supervision arrangements are in place,

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

the manager does not identify the variations in staff’s teaching skills. She does not monitor their use of observations and assessments sufficiently to ensure all children make expected progress. Self-evaluation is weak. The management team has failed to identify and address all current weaknesses and breaches in the requirements. Parents provide positive feedback about the nursery.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

Overall, the manager and staff deliver a suitable range of interesting activities, indoors and outside, which children enjoy. However, the quality of teaching is not consistently good. Children learn to think for themselves and develop their memory. For example, they enjoy taking part in memory games and guess what object is missing. However, some staff miss opportunities to effectively engage with children to meet their different needs and abilities. For example, some staff do not encourage younger or quieter children to engage in conversations during activities and some staff do not know how to use effective questioning to extend children’s learning.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

Children’s welfare is compromised due to the weaknesses in safeguarding. Moreover, staff are not vigilant enough to keep children safe and healthy. For example, during the inspection, staff did not see when a child hit another child with a toy. They did not notice that some children were drinking water from each other’s bottles. This does not support children’s health and spreads cross-infection. However, staff and the manager took appropriate action as soon as they became aware of such incidents. Although a key person system is in place, it is not fully effective yet. For example, some staff do not pay attention to their key children’s individual needs, particularly those children that are new to the setting. Information is not shared routinely with parents to support children’s development. However, staff do gather information about babies’ care routines from the parents and share this with each other. Staff’s management of children’s behaviour is

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

variable. They do not always explain to the children why some behaviours are not acceptable and the consequences of such behaviours. Moreover, the strategies used are not reflected in the nursery’s policy that is shared with parents. This means that parents are not aware of behaviour management strategies used in the nursery.

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Outcomes for children require improvement

Overall, children gain skills needed for their next steps and eventual move to school. For example, older children learn how to recognise and write their names, letters and numbers. Children learn how to concentrate and become independent. However, outcomes for all children are not consistently good. For example, staff do not act promptly enough to gain help and support from other agencies when gaps in children’s learning and development are identified.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY537124 Local authority Redbridge Inspection number 1116003 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 4 Total number of places 35 Number of children on roll 20 Name of registered person Kiddy Care Nursery Ltd

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reference number

Date of previous inspection Not applicable Telephone number 07730040813

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Kiddy Care Nursery registered in 2016. It is located in Ilford, in the London Borough of Redbridge. The nursery operates each weekday, Monday to Friday, from 8am to 6pm for 51 weeks of the year. The provider employs four members of staff, two of whom hold relevant childcare qualifications at level 2 or above.

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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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