Manic Minors Pre-School And Day Nursery

Manic Minors Pre-School And Day Nursery Unit A, Vedonis Works, Leicester Road, LUTTERWORTH, Leicestershire, LE17 4HD

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 24 January 2018 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

 The provider has a poor knowledge of the safeguarding and welfare requirements. She does not ensure there is an appropriately trained lead person for safeguarding and a suitable deputy in place at all times. She does not recognise that the breaches of requirements have a significant impact on children's safety and well-being.  Induction and supervision procedures are not effective in ensuring that all staff have a secure understanding of their roles and responsibilities, including the safeguarding procedures, to promote the safety, welfare and learning of children effectively.  The provider does not take appropriate steps to ensure that children are not exposed to potential hazards. She is not able to demonstrate how they manage risks and the action taken to minimise them. This places children at further risk.  Staff are not sufficiently well deployed to support and supervise children. The ineffective key-person system means that links with parents are not strong enough to

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This provision is inadequate

ensure that children's care and learning needs are met. Staff do not ensure that planned outdoor activities are available on a daily basis to support children's good health and well-being.  Staff do not complete regular and precise assessments, or plan effectively for children's learning. They do not support children sufficiently to help them learn the important skills needed for their next stages in learning. Outcomes for children are poor.

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It has the following strengths

 Staff work with parents to ensure children's individual dietary requirements are met.

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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 there is a designated person in place to take lead responsibility for safeguarding children at all times 21/02/2018

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 ensure that all leaders and staff understand the safeguarding policy and procedures, and that they all have up-to-date knowledge of safeguarding issues 21/02/2018

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 ensure that there is a named deputy, who is capable and qualified to take charge of the nursery in the manager's absence, at all times 21/02/2018

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 ensure that all staff receive effective induction training to help them to understand their roles and responsibilities 21/02/2018

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 put appropriate arrangements in place for the supervision and support of staff to promote the interests of children 21/02/2018

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 take all reasonable steps to remove, minimise and manage risks to promote the safety and welfare of children, with particular regard to access to the soft-play area 21/02/2018

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 ensure that staff are deployed effectively to supervise children and to meet their needs at all times 21/02/2018

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 review the key-person system to provide a settled relationship with children and parents, and to ensure that children's emotional well- being and individual learning needs are supported effectively 21/02/2018

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 ensure that outdoor activities are planned and taken on a daily basis. 21/02/2018

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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 that staff make regular and precise assessments of children's learning and use the information gained to plan suitably challenging activities to help all children make good progress 26/03/2018

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 ensure the quality of teaching is monitored effectively and take action to raise the overall quality, promoting children's interests and ensuring children make at least good progress in their learning. 26/03/2018

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Inspection activities

 The inspection was carried out as part of a risk assessment process, following information received by Ofsted.  The inspector spoke with staff and children during the inspection.  The inspector invited the provider to carry out a joint observation. She observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors. The inspector discussed and evaluated the impact this has on children's learning with the provider and staff.  The inspector met with the provider. She looked at relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery.  The inspector spoke to a small number of parents during the inspection and took account of their views.  The inspector had a tour of the premises with the provider.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

Arrangements for safeguarding are ineffective. The provider does not monitor the quality of the nursery to identify weaknesses and take sufficient steps to address these. Action has not been taken to ensure that there is a person in place who is appropriately trained in child protection to take the safeguarding lead at all times. Consequently, there is no one able to take responsibility or provide support, advice or guidance to staff should an issue arise. Furthermore, the provider has not ensured that there is a named deputy in place who is competent and qualified to take charge in the manager's absence. Induction training is not effective in ensuring that staff have a good understanding of their roles and responsibilities which places children at significant risk. They do not have a clear knowledge of child protection procedures and wider safeguarding issues to ensure they know what to do in the event of a concern about a child's welfare. The provider is unable

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

to swiftly identify and tackle underperformance of staff because she does not offer an effective programme of support, training and coaching. As a result, staff are not able to consistently meet children's care and learning needs. The provider has not recognised or taken reasonable action to ensure that children are not exposed to risks. This is specifically related to children using facilities outside the nursery, including the soft-play area, which is also used by members of the public. This means that children are at risk of coming into contact with adults who have not been vetted. However, appropriate suitability checks are completed on staff. In addition, the provider has recently accepted support and guidance from the local authority to begin improving the quality of the provision and outcomes for children.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is inadequate

Staff's observation and assessments of children's learning and development is infrequent and inaccurate and not effectively monitored by the provider. Staff do not take into account children's individual skills and interests when planning or providing learning opportunities. Activities are not planned or matched to individual children's needs or their next steps in learning. Children are not suitably challenged, so become disengaged and demotivated in their learning. Although staff are qualified, the overall quality of teaching is poor. Interactions with children are short lived, although on occasion some are positive. Staff have a limited knowledge and understanding of what individual children know and can do. They are unsure how to reshape and extend activities to improve children's learning and to help them to make good progress. That said, children have access to a selection of appropriate toys, resources and equipment. Younger children enjoy collecting

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is inadequate

items that interest them to fill 'shopping trollies', which they push from one end of the room to the other. Older children briefly use their fingers to create shapes and the initial letters of their names in the sand.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

The provider does not promote children's safety and welfare adequately due to weaknesses in her knowledge and understanding of the safety and welfare requirements. The deployment of staff is poorly managed and the key-person system has not been effectively implemented. Staff are not clear of where they are based and who or what they are responsible for. Children are moved from one room to the next. They are not supported to become familiar with their surroundings. They are not able to build relationships with staff, so that they feel safe and secure. Although staff attend to children's care needs appropriately, such as nappy changing, they are not attuned to when children need additional reassurance or comfort. Young children rely heavily on comforters from home for the duration of their time at nursery. Children's emotional well-being is not effectively supported. Children do not have enough opportunities to play outdoors, be

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

physically active or exercise to support their good health. Although staff have recognised that the garden area is not suitable for use, they have made no attempt to plan and provide alternative outdoor activities for children. Staff encourage children to follow appropriate personal hygiene routines, such as washing their hands before eating and after using the toilet.

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Outcomes for children are inadequate

Assessments of children's development are weak and their next steps in learning are not accurately identified and planned for. Children are not sufficiently challenged and do not make enough progress to help prepare them for moving on to school. Although they enjoy using the resources on offer and playing alongside other children, they do not maintain their interest in activities for sustained periods of time. Children are not sufficiently motivated or engaged in their learning to make sufficient progress.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY547656 Local authority Leicestershire Inspection number 1122038 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 - 4 Total number of places 54 Number of children on roll 18 Name of registered person Manic Minors Ltd

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reference number

Date of previous inspection Not applicable Telephone number 01455 697868

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Manic Minors Pre-School And Day Nursery registered in 2017. The nursery operates all year round, from 7.30am to 6pm Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays. The nursery employs three members of staff, who hold an appropriate qualification at level 3.

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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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