Piccolo Nursery

Piccolo Nursery 209 Bradford Road, Shipley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD18 3AA

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 20 February 2018 18 December 2012

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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

 Children's health and safety are compromised. Staff are not diligent enough in supervising children in the baby room, not all potential risks are identified and minimised, and hygiene practices are insufficient.  Children are not safeguarded. Systems for determining the suitability of volunteers are ineffective. Furthermore, there is insufficient child protection training and knowledge of child protection issues, and policies and procedures are not up to date.  The key-person system is not effective in supporting new children's emotional well- being during their move to the nursery.  There is insufficient monitoring of staff practice, resulting in the quality of teaching being poor, particularly in the baby room. Children are not continually stimulated to learn through appropriate activities and staff do not purposefully engage them in play.  Staff do not use information from assessments well enough to support or encourage

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This provision is inadequate

children's progress, especially where this is identified as being less than expected.  New staff are not informed about health and safety, including fire safety, and the provider does not consistently record information about staff's qualifications.

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It has the following strengths

 Access to the premises is stringently monitored.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

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

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Due Date

 use risk assessment effectively to remove or minimise potential risks to children's safety, with particular regard to accessible water, cabling and poorly maintained or broken outdoor play equipment, hot radiators, cleaning materials and trip hazards in the baby room 06/03/2018

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 ensure that staff adequately supervise children in the baby room to ensure their safety at all times 06/03/2018

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 put in place effective systems to ensure that volunteers are suitable 06/03/2018

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 ensure that staff designated to take lead responsibility for safeguarding children attend a child protection training course, taking account of any advice from the Local Safeguarding Children Board or local authority, and know how to manage any allegations 20/03/2018

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 ensure that staff are trained to develop their knowledge and understanding of all aspects of safeguarding, to be able to identify signs of all types of possible abuse and to be alert to any issues of concern in the child's life at home or elsewhere at the earliest opportunity 20/03/2018

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 develop and maintain the safeguarding policy and procedures to ensure they are in line with current guidance and procedures of the Local Safeguarding Children Board and cover the 'Prevent' duty guidance for England and Wales 2015 06/03/2018

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 implement effective hygiene practices to minimise cross-infection, with particular regard to the use of appropriate bedding at nap times in the baby room, implementing good hand washing routines and preventing toddlers from sharing water bottles 06/03/2018

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 ensure that each new child is allocated a key person to ensure that their care is tailored to meet their individual needs, to help a child become familiar with the setting, offer a settled relationship for the child and build a relationship with their parents 06/03/2018

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 implement effective and regular staff supervision arrangements to swiftly identify and tackle underperformance and inconsistencies in practice and improve staff's professional development opportunities, so that teaching and learning are significantly improved 20/03/2018

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 ensure that staff use information from assessments to precisely plan challenging and appropriate activities that are matched to each child's individual needs, identify and plan for future learning needs and identify gaps in children's learning and any areas where they require additional support 20/03/2018  ensure that new staff are provided with information about emergency evacuation procedures and health and safety issues 06/03/2018

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Due Date

 keep a record of staff qualifications. 20/03/2018

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Inspection activities

 This inspection was carried out following the risk assessment process.  The inspector observed the quality of teaching indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this has on children's learning. She also spoke with staff, parents and children during the inspection.  The inspector checked evidence of the suitability and qualifications of staff.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the manager.  The inspector held a meeting with the provider and manager. She looked at various documentation, including policies and procedures and children's records of learning.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

The leadership and management of the nursery are weak and there are poor systems for checking the quality of the provision. This results in breaches in statutory requirements. Safeguarding is not effective. Staff with key responsibilities for safeguarding children and supporting staff have not attended training for their roles and are unaware of how to manage allegations against staff. They, and other staff, are unable to identify some possible indicators of abuse or neglect, including when children may be at risk of harm from extreme behaviours and views. The written child protection policy does not include reference to wider safeguarding issues. Weaknesses in staff practice are not quickly and accurately identified by the provider or manager, to offer feedback and specific training and mentoring. This means that the quality of teaching and children's experiences are not improving swiftly enough. Appropriate recruitment procedures and required checks carried

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

out on staff help to ensure they are suitable to work with children. However, the provider does not undertake adequate checks on volunteers vetted by other organisations. The provider explains that all staff are qualified; however, they could not evidence this for some staff.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is inadequate

Despite staff's qualifications, this is not having a positive impact on the nursery practice. Staff set out the playrooms with a range of resources and activities for children to join in with. However, weaknesses in teaching, particularly in the baby room, mean staff do not demonstrate a secure enough knowledge of how children learn. Staff do not know how to teach younger children or build on their learning as they play to engage them. Planned activities are not always appropriate for the specific age group and the learning intentions are often ill matched to the children's needs. This results in toddlers and young children often wandering aimlessly and climbing on furniture. Staff often fail to notice and prevent this. Each child has their own learning journal, including observations and assessments which staff share with parents. However, staff are not consistently identifying the most relevant or targeted next steps in learning, including gaps in learning. Consequently,

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is inadequate

children are not making the progress they should. Children in the ground floor room, primarily aged over two years, engage suitably in activities they independently select.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

The weaknesses in leadership, teaching and learning impact on children's well-being and personal development. As a result of the very recent closure of the provider's other nursery, children and staff have moved to this nursery. However, this transition has not been managed well enough. Children have not been allocated a key person to help them settle in and enable staff to meet their individual needs through discussion with parents. Some children are extremely upset, sometimes resulting in them being taken home because they do not want to stay. Furthermore, the transferred staff have not received health and safety information, including that related to fire safety. Risk assessments are not carried out diligently by staff, resulting in hazards to children. Indoors, some cleaning materials are not kept out of reach, hot radiators are accessible and toys strewn on the baby room floor pose a trip hazard. Outdoors, children have access to poorly maintained

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

and broken outdoor play equipment and unravelled cabling, all due to be thrown away. Stagnant water gathered in play equipment and buckets poses a health risk to children. Furthermore, staff do not minimise cross-infection in other ways. In the baby room there is a lack of appropriate individual bedding and young children sometimes drink from each other's water bottles. Staff do not implement handwashing after wiping children's noses. Staff suitably promote other aspects of children's physical well-being. For example, nappies are disposed of suitably, staff have food hygiene training and a number of staff are trained in paediatric first aid. Children also have a varied and balanced diet across the week, incorporating fruit and vegetables. Children practise a range of large physical skills outdoors, for example, as they ride wheeled toys and use balancing and climbing equipment.

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Outcomes for children are inadequate

Weaknesses in teaching mean that children's ongoing learning needs are not being addressed effectively. Their progress and preparation for school are being hindered. Despite this, children are developing some skills for their future learning. The oldest, most able children behave well and are sociable, building early friendships as they take part in activities together. For instance, they wait patiently to take their turn at mixing ingredients to make chocolate crispy buns.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY307822 Local authority Bradford Inspection number 1125628 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register Age range of children 0 - 4 Total number of places 30 Number of children on roll 46 Name of registered person Piccolo Nurseries Partnership

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reference number

Date of previous inspection 18 December 2012 Telephone number 01274 582755

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Piccolo Nursery registered in 2005. The nursery employs 10 members of child care staff, including the provider, all of whom hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 2 and 3. The nursery opens Monday to Friday all year round, except for bank holidays and a week at Christmas. Sessions are from 7.30am until 6pm. 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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