Boo Boo's Private Day Nursery

Boo Boo's Private Day Nursery Unit 20, Selby Ironworks Business Centre, Ousegate, SELBY, North Yorkshire, YO8 4NN

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 19 April 2018 15 August 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 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 manager and staff have a weak understanding of the safeguarding requirements. They do not have a secure enough knowledge of when to report concerns about children's welfare. Staff do not know about more recent safeguarding legislation.  The manager and staff do not ensure that areas where children play are safe and suitable for use.  Children's learning and development are not supported. The quality of teaching is weak throughout the nursery. Activities and experiences provided for the children offer little challenge and do not promote their next steps in learning.  Staff have not been consistent in carrying out the required progress check for children aged between two and three years.  The tracking of children's progress lacks rigor and precision. The manager does not consistently monitor the progress individual children make, therefore gaps in children's learning are not identified and addressed at the earliest opportunity.

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This provision is inadequate

 The manager does not monitor staff practice effectively or provide effective support for staff to ensure they have opportunities to improve their skills and knowledge.  Partnerships with parents are not effective. Staff do not exchange enough information to help all parents' understanding of the learning that takes place in the nursery and how they can further support their children's development at home.

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It has the following strengths

 Children are happy, very sociable and content in their relationships with staff.

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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 all staff understand their responsibilities to report any concerns about a child's welfare to the correct local agency without delay 02/05/2018

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 ensure that all staff have a good awareness of the prevent duty guidance 02/05/2018

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 ensure that risk assessments identify aspects of the environment that need to be checked on a regular basis to remove or minimise risks and hazards to children 02/05/2018

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 ensure that staff use information from assessments to precisely plan challenging and appropriate activities that are matched to children's individual learning needs 02/05/2018

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 ensure that staff complete the progress check for children aged between two and three years and provide parents with a written summary 02/05/2018

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 implement a robust monitoring system to ensure that children's progress and any gaps in their learning are swiftly identified and addressed 02/05/2018

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 monitor staff practice and ensure all staff receive regular supervision that provides effective support, coaching and training 02/05/2018

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 ensure parents are provided with regular and accurate information about their child's care, learning and development and are actively involved in their children's learning. 02/05/2018

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching indoors and outdoors and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector checked evidence of the suitability and qualifications of staff.  The inspector spoke with staff, parents and children during the inspection and took account of their views.  The inspector conducted a joint observation with the manager.  The inspector held a meeting with the leadership and management team.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

Safeguarding is not effective. The manager and staff do not have a secure knowledge and understanding of the procedures they should follow if they have concerns about the welfare of children. Some staff are not aware of wider safeguarding issues. In particular, government guidance about protecting children from extremist views. Systems to monitor and evaluate the provision are not sufficiently robust. For example, managers do not carry out effective supervision of staff to identify areas of weakness in their knowledge and understanding and address these through suitable professional development opportunities. The manager does not monitor the accuracy of assessments made on children's learning and development. Furthermore, she does not ensure that the required progress check for children aged between two and three years is completed appropriately. This does not ensure that gaps in children's learning are swiftly identified and addressed. Staff do not

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

consistently share information about children's learning with parents and parents are not actively involved in their children's learning.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is inadequate

Teaching is weak throughout the nursery. Staff do not understand the link between teaching, learning and assessment. They have a poor understanding of how to observe children and then successfully use this information to provide them with challenging experiences that help them learn effectively. For example, staff provide vegetables and paint but offer no explanation on how to use them and the learning intentions are not clear. This means that children's interests and engagement are not sustained. Staff sit alongside children as they play. However, their communication with the children is limited and they are unsure of how to tailor and extend the activities to help children make good progress.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

The significant weaknesses in leadership and management have an impact on children's care and well-being. Risk assessments are not effective; toys, resources and food packages from lunchboxes are strewn on the floor, posing trip hazards to others. Babies transport sand to other areas and often digest it, which is not noticed by staff. Staff direct children's behavior and help them to understand the nursery rules. However, children's behavior is affected by the nursery routines, for example at snack time children have to wait a long time for their turn to receive snack and some become disruptive and others leave the table. Children have access to the outdoors and enjoy playing in the fresh air.

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Outcomes for children are inadequate

Children practise some emerging skills in their play, for example, they are happy and play collaboratively. However, children do not make good enough progress because of the weaknesses in teaching. There is a lack of sufficient assessment and knowledge to help establish how children are developing; this means there are limited plans to extend their learning. Children do not develop satisfactory skills to help them be ready and prepared for the move to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY476188 Local authority North Yorkshire Inspection number 1105813 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 9 Total number of places 35 Number of children on roll 59 Name of registered person Beverley Michelle Boocock

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Date of previous inspection 15 August 2014 Telephone number 07584100320

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Boo Boo's Private Day Nursery registered in 2014. The nursery employs 12 members of childcare staff, of these, one member of staff is level 4, six are level 3 and two have level 2 qualifications. The nursery opens Monday to Friday, 51 weeks of the year. Sessions are from 7am until 6pm. The nursery provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children and supports children who have special educational needs.

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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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