Amazing Footprints Nursery

Amazing Footprints Nursery 2 Malmesbury Road, South Woodford, London, E18 2NN

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 19 December 2017 1 October 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

 The provider has failed to ensure that staff who work directly with young children have the required qualifications to perform their role effectively.  Staff supervision is ineffective. The manager fails to identify all areas in which individual staff need more support, guidance and training to continually improve their personal effectiveness. Teaching practice is inadequate. Young children are not prepared well for the next stages in their learning.  Some staff lack the skills to observe, assess and plan precisely for individual children and ensure their individual learning needs are met effectively.  Staff do not provide clear messages to children about what is expected of them.  The manager does not make effective use of monitoring to address gaps identified in children's learning.  Staff do not make effective use of information from parents and other early years providers to accurately assess children's starting points.

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This provision is inadequate

 The manager does not review the practice and provision effectively to identify breaches to legal requirements. Improvement action is not sustained and the quality of the provision has dropped since the previous inspection.

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It has the following strengths

 Overall, staff support children's independence effectively. Children form positive relationships with staff and others. Staff ensure their emotional well-being. Older children are confident and develop a positive sense of themselves.

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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 all staff, including those working with young children, have the qualifications and skills to carry out their roles effectively 10/01/2018

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Due Date

 ensure that staff supervision is effective to identify and address weaknesses in teaching practice and ensure that children continually enjoy quality learning experiences that help to support their progress towards next stages in their learning 10/01/2018

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Due Date

 ensure that assessment and planning is accurate to meet the individual needs of children effectively and to effectively support their overall progress. 10/01/2018

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Due Date

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

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Due Date

 ensure staff provide consistent messages to children about what is expected of them  improve the effectiveness of monitoring of children's progress to successfully reduce any gaps in their learning  make effective use of information sharing with parents and other providers to help plan effectively for individual children  ensure that self-evaluation is effective to identify all breaches of requirements and weaknesses to practice and provision.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children and how staff interacted with them.  The inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager and assessed arrangements for monitoring staff practice.  The inspector took account of the views of parents, staff and children.  The inspector held discussions with the manager and deputy manager at appropriate times, and viewed a sample of documents, including children's learning records.  The inspection was carried out following the risk assessment process.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

Self-evaluation is ineffective. The management team has failed to take effective action to address previously identified weaknesses, for instance, with relation to staff deployment and qualifications. Improvement action is weak. Although the manager has reviewed children's progress and identified that some children are falling behind in their physical development, she does not plan effectively to address these issues. Young children do not have sufficient opportunities to regularly explore a range of physical skills. Although the manager shares some information with other providers, she does not consistently pass this on to staff to help them plan accurately for individual children. This does not help to support continuity in their learning. Safeguarding is effective. Staff understand how to refer concerns for children's welfare. The management team updates staff of changes to guidelines, for instance, through regular training. It ensures that there are adequate staff

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

to supervise children at all times and help ensure their safety.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is inadequate

Staff deployment is ineffective. Staff who work directly with children in the baby room do not have the required qualifications to carry out their role. This has a significant impact on children's learning and development, particularly in the baby room. Key persons do not seek adequate information from parents about what children achieve at home, for instance, they do not know how well children use their home language. Planning is poor. It is not well informed and does not fully meet the needs of individual children, such as those who speak English as an additional language. Staff who work with young children do not plan the environment and resources effectively to help stimulate and support children's learning and progress sufficiently. Staff provide older children opportunities to care for pets, such as a rabbit. This helps children to build on their understanding of the world. They share information effectively with professionals to help identify ways to plan

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is inadequate

for children who are falling behind. Staff help toddlers to build on their imagination, for instance, they enjoy art and craft activities.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

Children do not have adequate opportunities to access activities and resources that reflect their home backgrounds. Plans for improvement in this relation are still in their initial stages. Staff who work with young children are inconsistent in what they expect of children. For instance, some staff stop children from eating cornflakes from the sensory play area and some staff do not. Children get mixed messages about how to keep themselves healthy and safe. Nevertheless, staff carry out regular risk assessments of the premises and equipment to help ensure children's safety. The manager maintains appropriate information about individual children. Staff share information regularly with parents with relation to children's care routines, such as toileting and mealtimes. They encourage them to learn to take appropriate risks, such as learning to walk on stilts.

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Outcomes for children are inadequate

Young children are not prepared well for the next stages in their learning. They do not have adequate opportunities to build consistently on their communication, language and physical skills. They are not stimulated adequately and have limited resources to choose from freely. Older children learn to identify letters and numbers, which helps to prepare them for their move to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY244039 Local authority Redbridge Inspection number 1119344 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 1 - 4 Total number of places 40 Number of children on roll 48 Name of registered person Rainbow Kids Nursery Ltd

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reference number

Date of previous inspection 1 October 2015 Telephone number 0208 5041036

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Amazing Footprints Nursery registered in 2002. It is situated in the London Borough of Redbridge. The nursery receives funding for the provision of free education for children aged two, three and four years. Eight members of staff work directly with the children and, of these, seven staff hold qualifications at level 2 or above. In addition, the nursery employs a cook.

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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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