Carpenters & Docklands Centre

Carpenters & Docklands Centre 98 Gibbins Road, Stratford, London, E15 2HU

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 15 February 2018 4 December 2014

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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 provision is inadequate

 Safeguarding policies and procedures are not embedded into practice. Staff do not have a secure knowledge of wider safeguarding issues, such as the ‘Prevent' duty. Staff and children have access to, and use of, mobile phones and technical devices in the setting without being monitored. This significantly compromises children's safety.  The manager is unable to demonstrate that effective recruitment system are in place to ensure all staff are suitable to work with children. Required information to confirm robust staff vetting is not always available.  The manager does not have effective supervision arrangements for staff to help develop their knowledge and skills and improve the quality of children's experiences.  Staff deployment is not effective and staff do not support children well enough during their play. The manager does not ensure staff are available to meet the needs of all the children and this compromises children's welfare and hinders their experiences.

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This provision is inadequate

 The key-person system is not effective. Children do not all form secure emotional attachments with staff to support their care and well-being needs.  Self-evaluation is weak and there are no plans for improvement in place. The manager and staff do not have an accurate understanding of what they need to improve.

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It has the following strengths

 Staff have positive relationships with parents. They ensure that parents are kept informed about how children have spent their day and they provide them with information when they come to collect their children.

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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 safeguarding policies and procedures, including the ‘Prevent' duty are embedded into daily practice and that staff and children have clear information about the safe use of mobile phones and technical devices 30/03/2018

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 ensure that effective recruitment systems are consistently used to check the suitability of staff and that required information regarding vetting processes is always available 30/03/2018

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 implement robust arrangements for the supervision of staff and ensure they have the skills and knowledge to fulfil their roles and responsibilities 30/03/2018

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 ensure staff deployment effectively meets children's individual needs, and children are offered purposeful activities and develop positive relationships 30/03/2018

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 improve the key-person system to provide consistent support to all children and better promote their well-being. 30/03/2018

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

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 improve self-evaluation to ensure that all requirements of the early years foundation stage are fulfilled, and to help identify and target weaknesses more promptly.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector held several meetings with the manager and sampled a variety of safeguarding policies and staff employment records.  The inspector took into account the views of the parents and children.  The inspector conducted a tour of the setting and had discussions with members of staff.  The inspector interacted with the children throughout the day.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

Safeguarding is ineffective. The manager does not ensure that recruitment processes are effective and that vetting information for staff suitability is available. For example, the manager is unable to provide information regarding staff references and employment history. Staff have some awareness of what to look for if concerned about a child's welfare. However, they do not understand how to protect children from wider safeguarding issues, such as extremist views. They do not adhere to the safeguarding policies and procedures and this significantly compromises children's safety. The manager and staff do not adhere to the setting's mobile phone policy. They do not fully understand the risk posed by the use of the internet and mobile phones in the setting. Staff carry and use their mobile phones in areas where children are present, and children are allowed to play on their mobile phones and tablets throughout the day. Staff do not receive adequate

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

supervision and support. They do not receive appropriate opportunities to develop their professional development and help them improve the experiences they offer children. Self- evaluation is not robust enough to ensure that areas for improvement are accurately identified and promptly addressed.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

Staff do not consistently support children within the early years age range well enough. They do not have sufficient understanding of their specific development needs. A key- person system has not been fully established and staff do not plan well enough to meet children's different age ranges and individual needs. Staff, resources and activities do not give children the opportunity to engage in play-based experiences that fully promote their interests and skills. The manager does not monitor children's play experiences or staff performance effectively. At times it is very noisy and the younger children become distressed, affecting their emotional well-being. However, older children enjoy activities that are based on their interests, enjoy attending and are happy playing with their friends. Children do enjoy opportunities to join in with dressing-up resources, painting and using the well-resourced book area. In addition, children have taken part in a 'culture in a bag'

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

activity which helps them to develop their knowledge of the world around them further.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

Staff are not effectively deployed to support and meet all the needs of the children. Staff do not all develop strong relationships and bonds with children to support them to understand the routines or to help them feel fully secure at all times. The limited range of interesting and stimulating activities means that some children do not engage in purposeful activities and wander aimlessly around the setting. Older children spend considerable lengths of time unsupervised, playing on personal handheld computers, mobile phones and other electronic devices. This compromises all children's safety. Nonetheless, children do have the opportunity to select their own activities and were observed at inspection creating individual pieces of artwork. They enjoy the benefits of fresh air and exercise and staff organise for children to walk to the local cinema, bowling and the park. Children enjoy healthy, freshly cooked food each day that meets their

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Setting details

Unique reference number 132261 Local authority Newham Inspection number 1070241 Type of provision Out of school provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 4 - 8 Total number of places 95 Number of children on roll 12 Name of registered person Carpenters and Dockland Youth Centre

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Date of previous inspection 4 December 2014 Telephone number 020 8534 4121

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Carpenters and Docklands Centre registered in 1994 and is operated by Carpenters and Dockland Youth Centre, which is a charitable organisation. The setting operates from the Carpenters and Docklands Community Centre in Stratford, within the London Borough of Newham. The setting operates Monday to Friday from 7.15am to 9am and from 3pm to 6.15pm during term time, before and after school. During school holidays, the setting is open Monday to Friday from 7.15am to 6.15pm or 9am to 6.15pm. The setting employs nine members of staff, including the manager. Of these, seven staff members hold appropriate early years qualifications.

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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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