Sunny Daycare Nursery Limited

Sunny Daycare Nursery Limited 28 Sangley Road, London, Lewisham, SE6 2JH

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 23 February 2018 24 August 2017

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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 safety is compromised. The provider cannot demonstrate that all adults working with children have completed the required suitability checks.  The lead person for safeguarding and some staff do not have a clear understanding of all child protection policies and procedures or how to follow them in a timely manner. Some staff do not know how to recognise safeguarding concerns. They do not know the procedures to follow to prevent children from being exposed to extreme views.  The provider and staff do not understand the disqualification requirements, with particular regard to disqualification by association. This means that staff may not disclose relevant information about household members which may impact on their suitability to work with children.  Staff do not ensure they meet children’s individual needs. For example, staff do not always deal with children’s accidents in a timely manner. Some staff do not know how

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This provision is inadequate

to safely pick up children, which puts children at risk of harm.  Not all staff are able to use their observations of children effectively. This means staff do not identify each child’s learning needs and stage of development accurately or precisely to ensure children make as much progress as they should.

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It has the following strengths

 Staff have built positive relationships with parents, who report that they are happy with the service they receive.  Children enjoy a variety of appropriate activities both inside and outside. They are able to make choices and follow their own ideas.

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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

 ensure that any concerns about children’s safety or welfare are notified or referred to the appropriate agencies with statutory responsibility without delay to keep children safe 29/03/2018

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Due Date

 ensure that all staff understand the safeguarding policy and procedures and are able to demonstrate a secure knowledge of how to identify and report any child protection concerns, with particular regard to how to recognise and prevent children from being exposed to extreme views 29/03/2018

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Due Date

 demonstrate that safer recruitment procedures have been followed, in particular in relation to appropriate Disclosure and Barring Service checks for all members of staff 29/03/2018

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 ensure the provider and all staff understand the disqualification requirements, with particular regard to disqualification by association and put systems in place to ensure staff’s ongoing suitability to work with children is checked 29/03/2018

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 ensure that all staff understand their roles and responsibilities in meeting children’s health and welfare needs effectively, in particular how to pick up children safely and manage children’s accidents promptly 29/03/2018

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Due Date

 ensure that all staff understand how to make good quality observations to accurately assess each child’s individual needs and stage of development and plan for the next steps in their learning precisely. 29/03/2018

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Inspection activities

 The inspector spoke with the provider, the 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 joint observations with the manager.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

Safeguarding is ineffective. Some staff, including the lead person for safeguarding, do not have a clear understanding of all child protection policies and procedures. For example, the management team has failed to follow child protection procedures in the past as they have not promptly reported safeguarding concerns. Some staff do not understand their duty to protect children from extremism and radicalisation. They do not know how to recognise concerns or the procedures to follow if a child may have been exposed to extreme views. Moreover, the provider and staff do not understand all disqualification requirements. They are unaware that a member of staff may be disqualified from working with children through their association with others. The management team has failed to ensure there are systems in place to check the staff remain suitable to work with children. In addition, the provider has failed to demonstrate that appropriate recruitment

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

procedures have been followed for all staff. Staff supervision meetings are not fully effective in helping staff understand their roles and responsibilities. For example, sometimes staff pick up younger children in an unsafe manner that does not promote their welfare. Although, the provider carries out some self-evaluation, it is not effective enough to identify and address all the nursery’s weaknesses.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is inadequate

Staff do not know how to make quality observations of children or how to use their observations to precisely identify each child’s individual learning needs. This means that, planning is not clearly based on what children need to learn next. As a result children do not make as much progress as they could. Nevertheless, staff interact with children in a positive way and children enjoy the activities on offer. For example, older children enjoy cutting and sticking activities, while babies explore painting on the floor. All children have opportunities to play outside.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

Due to the weaknesses in safeguarding, children’s safety and welfare are not assured. Moreover, although, there are sufficient staff with a valid first-aid qualification they do not attend to children’s injuries promptly. For example, during the inspection an inspector observed a baby falling down and bumping their head. Although a member of staff gave the child a cuddle, they did not assess the injury and did not take prompt, appropriate action. Nevertheless, overall children are well supervised and staff to child ratio requirements are maintained at all times. Children settle quickly and build secure bonds with their allocated key person and other staff. Children behave well and learn to respect each other.

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Outcomes for children are inadequate

Overall, children make some progress. However, their achievement is hindered due to weaknesses in staff’s understanding of how to assess children’s learning and development. Staff are helping children to develop their communication and language skills. For example, they use questions to help children think for themselves. Older children gain some skills needed for their eventual move to school. For example, they learn how to cut using scissors and are able to identify numbers.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY438086 Local authority Lewisham Inspection number 1113908 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 38 Number of children on roll 30 Name of registered person Sunny Daycare Nursery Limited

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Date of previous inspection 24 August 2017 Telephone number 02086983431

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Sunny Daycare Nursery registered in 2012. It is situated in the Catford area of the London Borough of Lewisham. The nursery is open from 7.30am to 6.30pm, Monday to Friday, for 50 weeks of the year. The provider employs 14 members of staff, nine of whom hold a relevant childcare qualification at level 2 or above. The nursery is in receipt of funding for the provision of free education to children aged two, three and four years.

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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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