Bardsey Nursery Group

Bardsey Nursery Group Callister Hall, Woodacre Lane, Bardsey, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS17 9DN

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 16 May 2018 19 June 2015

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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

 The provider does not ensure there is always someone with a valid paediatric first-aid certificate on the premises when children are present.  Leadership and management is weak. The provider fails to ensure they have a secure safeguarding knowledge and that staff are provided with suitable training to understand and implement their legal responsibilities in regard to all aspects of child protection.  Staff do not suitably assess children when they start or regularly track children's development well enough to help identify the most effective next steps in their learning and encourage better progress.  The provider fails to engage parents consistently in their children's learning. They do not often contribute to assessments and are not made aware of their children's next steps in learning. This has an impact on the continuity of learning experiences between nursery and home.  The self-evaluation is poor and weaknesses in practice and provision are not identified.

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It has the following strengths

 Children remain engaged in activities and staff support children to complete tasks.  Children have access to a large outdoor are where they develop their physical skills daily and gain an awareness of a healthy lifestyle through exercise.

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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 at least one person who has a current paediatric first-aid certificate is on the premises at all times when children are present 30/06/2018

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 increase the manager's and staff's awareness on how to identify child protection concerns, and gain knowledge of wider safeguarding issues, such as the 'Prevent' duty 30/06/2018

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Due Date

 ensure that all children's progress is assessed from the start and monitored consistently, so that staff can identify children's individual development and next steps in learning more accurately. 30/07/2018

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Due Date

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

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Due Date

 engage parents more in their children's learning and encourage them to contribute to the development assessments from the start  improve self-evaluation, so that areas for improvement are identified and addressed.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching throughout the nursery and the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector spoke to children and staff at appropriate times during throughout the inspection.  The inspector spoke to a number of parents and took account of the views they shared.  The inspector looked through relevant documentation relating to children, staff and the organisation of setting.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the manager.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

Safeguarding is not effective. Staff do not have secure knowledge of the possible signs and symptoms of child abuse or wider safeguarding issues, such as being vulnerable to extreme views and behaviours. For example, the manager and staff dismiss the possibility of child protection incidents occurring within their local community. Partnerships with parents do not maximise opportunities to engage all parents in children's learning and keep them well-informed of their child's development. The staff team do not make the best use of qualified staff's knowledge, and support and training to continually improve practice and teaching is not fully effective. The provider ensures all staff have suitability checks and are aware they must disclose any circumstances making them unable to work with children.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

In the main, staff support children during activities and use appropriate questions to challenge their thinking. They can verbally discuss children's achievements and know their general likes and dislikes. However, they do not consistently assess children in each area of learning and this does not enable the manager to routinely monitor children's progress and identify any learning gaps. Older children are developing their writing and mathematics skills. For example, they add their own written labels to different parts of a plant in a picture and count the petals. Staff plan daily focused activities for all children to take part in if they wish. However, children are all assessed against the same criteria, meaning learning is not individual to their developmental needs. Staff support children to recognise different cultural celebrations and plan activities around them, such as Chinese New Year, Diwali and they take part in a Christmas nativity play.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

Children's safety and welfare is compromised at times due to weaknesses in leadership. There are occasions where there are no staff with paediatric first-aid certificate when children are present. Staff keep a record of accidents and some simple safety rules and boundaries are established. Children are polite and aware of their own emotions. They behave well together and understand the impact their actions may have on other people. Although children and parents have positive relationships with the team, staff are not working with them effectively to gather up-to-date information about children's interests. This does not promote a shared approach to children's learning or value their individual needs.

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Outcomes for children require improvement

Due to weaknesses in the learning assessments some children do not make good progress in all areas of learning. Children enjoyed learning about the Royal Wedding. Boys and girls happily wore the dressing-up clothes and shoes, and took on non-specific gender roles during their play. Children are confident in social situations and independent throughout the day. Most children concentrate well during activities until they are completed and are beginning to use their own thinking skills to solve problems.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 512726 Local authority Leeds Inspection number 1091213 Type of provision Sessional provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 2 - 4 Total number of places 24 Number of children on roll 24 Name of registered person Bardsey Nursery Group Committee

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reference number

Date of previous inspection 19 June 2015 Telephone number 01937 573430

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Bardsey Nursery Group registered in 2001. The nursery employs six members of childcare staff. Of these, one has a childcare qualification at level 3 and one staff member holds qualified teacher status. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday term time only. Sessions are from 9am until midday. The nursery provides funded early education for 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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