Birch Farm Complex Day Care Nursery

Birch Farm Complex Day Care Nursery Birch Farm, Silver Hill, Hintlesham, IPSWICH, IP8 3NJ

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 25 January 2018 6 June 2017

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This inspection: Inadequate 4

Previous inspection: Requires Improvement

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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

 Children’s welfare is placed at risk of significant harm. Management and staff do not follow policies and procedures for reporting and sharing concerns about children’s safety and welfare.  Staff fail to implement correct procedures for administering medicines. As a result, children’s well-being is compromised.  The provider’s induction procedures are weak. Staff do not have a clear understanding of their roles and responsibilities, with particular regard to safeguarding children. This places children at risk of harm in the event of a child protection concern.  Supervision meetings are not effectively used to support staff to improve their knowledge and skills. Previous enforcement action has been raised in respect of this.  The quality of teaching, in the pre-school room, including the planning of challenging activities has not improved since the last inspection. Staff do not have high expectations of children. Group activities are mundane and teaching does not build on

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It has the following strengths

 Children have daily opportunities for fresh air and exercise. Younger children climb the steps of the slide and enjoy sliding down.  Staff in the baby room support children to improve their developing language skills. They share picture books with the children, and introduce new words as they play.

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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

 implement effective policies, in line with the guidance and procedures of the Local Safeguarding Children Board, to ensure prompt referrals are made 05/03/2018

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Due Date

 ensure procedures for administering medicines to children are effectively implemented 05/03/2018

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Due Date

 ensure all staff receive induction training to support them to understand their roles and responsibilities; with particular regard to their safeguarding and child protection knowledge 05/03/2018

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Due Date

 implement effective arrangements for the supervision of staff, identifying performance issues and providing appropriate training to address this. 05/03/2018

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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

 improve the quality of teaching, in the pre-school room. Ensure all children are consistently engaged in purposeful, challenging activities in all areas of their learning. 05/03/2018

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Inspection activities

 The inspectors observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  One inspector completed a joint observation with the provider.  The inspectors held a meeting with the provider. They looked at relevant documentation, including the provider's self-evaluation and evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery.  The inspectors considered the views of parents in discussions during the inspection.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

The arrangements for safeguarding are ineffective. The designated safeguarding lead has failed to inform the relevant agency of concerns regarding the safety and well-being of children. Staff identify possible signs and symptoms of abuse. However, they are not sharing child protection concerns with the designated child protection lead. This is because they do not know the correct procedures to follow. As a result, children are placed at potential risk of harm. On the day of the inspection staff did not follow nursery policy, or implement procedures for administrating medication correctly. Staff administered medication to a child without ensuring that written permission had been obtained. They did not know when the last dose of medicine was given. This places children at risk of harm, and compromises their health and well-being. The provider follows appropriate recruitment procedures and demonstrates that suitability checks are completed on adults

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

and staff connected with the provision. Most members of staff hold early years qualifications, however, this has limited impact on the quality of teaching. In particular, staff fail to sufficiently challenge children to progress in their learning and development in the pre-school room. Induction and supervision procedures not effective. The provider has failed to ensure that staff have effective safeguarding knowledge or offer enough support and coaching to improve the overall quality of their practice.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

The quality of teaching is variable. Staff in the pre-school room do not plan well for children’s learning. Activities are sometimes mundane and rarely build on the children's interests. Staff do not have high expectations of children. They do not effectively extend children’s learning or provide sufficient challenge. For example, during play activities staff only count up to the number four with the children. Therefore, children who can count beyond four are not offered opportunities to build on what they already know. Staff interrupt children’s play for routine activities, such as circle time but do not plan this time well. Staff fail to ensure all children have the necessary resources to participate. This affects children's self-esteem, engagement and learning. Staff complete observations and assessments of the children, which supports them to identify gaps in their learning. Babies and younger children explore paint and develop their hand-to-eye coordination as they

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

learn to stack bricks on top of each other. They use chalks with growing precision and enjoy making marks on the chalk board.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

The weaknesses in the leadership and management of the provision compromise children’s safety and welfare. However, staff spend time getting to know the children and their families before they start at the nursery. For example, staff obtain information about children’s routines and what they already understand and can do. This supports continuity in the children’s care and transitions into the nursery. Older children sit together at meal times and develop appropriate social skills. Younger children are developing their early self-care skills. Staff encourage children to feed themselves and drink from a cup.

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Outcomes for children require improvement

Overall, children make steady progress in their learning and development. However, as the quality of teaching is not consistent across the nursery, older children do not always make the best progress. Children are developing independence skills and appropriate manners. Older children lay the table for lunch and pour drinks for their peers. Babies develop good physical skills. They crawl, cruise and learn to walk aided by staff.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY458685 Local authority Suffolk Inspection number 1118877 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 - 12 Total number of places 100 Number of children on roll 139 Name of registered person Birch Farm Complex Ltd

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Date of previous inspection 6 June 2017 Telephone number 01473 652249

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Birch Farm Complex Day Care Nursery was registered in 2013. The nursery employs 12 members of childcare staff. Of these, 11 hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 and above, including the owner who holds early years professional status. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday for 51 weeks of the year. Opening times are from 7.30am to 6.30pm. The nursery also runs a holiday playscheme for children up to 12 years of age. 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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