Meadowside Preschool Nursery

Meadowside Preschool Nursery Meadow Croft, Meadow Drive, Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 3DT

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 4 June 2018 23 May 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 welfare is significantly compromised. The provider fails to ensure that all staff understand the safeguarding policy and procedures. Risk assessment and hygiene practices are poor. Staff do not complete robust risk assessments to help keep children safe. Areas used by younger children are not clean. This compromises their health and safety.  The provider fails to ensure that staff who hold paediatric first-aid qualifications are available at all times. This puts children at significant risk. She does not ensure that suitably qualified staff are employed to work with babies. This has a negative impact on their development.  The key-person system is not effective and fails to meet children's individual needs. Parents are not informed of changes and the staff do not know children well. This significantly hinders the progress that children make.  Teaching is poor. The monitoring of staff practices is not effective and staff do not

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This provision is inadequate

receive good professional support. The provider fails to ensure that staff plan support for children who speak English as an additional language and for those who have special educational needs and/or disabilities.  Assessment is weak. Staff do not assess children's progress accurately, including the progress check for children at age two. They do not plan activities that target children's individual needs and interests. Children are not prepared for school.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

The provision is inadequate and Ofsted intends to take enforcement action

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

We will issue a Welfare Requirements Notice requiring the provider to:

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Due Date

 ensure that all staff have a good knowledge of safeguarding policies and procedures, and of current safeguarding guidance, including the 'Prevent' duty 02/07/2018

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 implement effective systems for risk assessment, that identify aspects of the environment to be checked on a regular basis and ensure that risks are removed or minimised 02/07/2018

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 implement good hygiene practices and ensure that staff promote the good health and hygiene needs of all children 02/07/2018

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 ensure at least one paediatric first aider is available at all times 02/07/2018  meet the ratio and qualification requirements at all times, with particular regard to ensuring there is at least one member of staff with a relevant level 3 qualification and suitable experience in the under 2s room 02/07/2018

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 implement an effective key-person system that ensures each child's care is tailored to their needs, offers a settled relationship for the child and enables a relationship to be built with the parents 02/07/2018

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 implement effective arrangements for the monitoring, support and coaching of staff, to identify and act on weaknesses in practice that improves the quality of care, teaching and learning 02/07/2018

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 ensure that effective arrangements are in place to support children who have special educational needs and/or disabilities. 02/07/2018

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

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 implement effective systems to observe, assess and monitor children's learning, including the progress check at age two, to accurately plan for their next stage in learning and help them to make progress 02/07/2018

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 ensure that effective arrangements are in place to support children whose home language is not English, and provide opportunities for them to use their home language in play and learning, supporting development of that language at home. 02/07/2018

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed teaching practices and the impact these have on children's learning.  The inspector held discussions with the manager, staff, children and parents.  The inspector read some of the setting's documentation, including the safeguarding policy and procedures.  The inspector looked at children's development information and records.  The inspector carried out joint observations with the manager.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

Safeguarding is not effective. Staff are not clear about the procedures to report any concerns that they may have about a child's well-being or about another member of staff. The provider fails to ensure that at least one member of staff who holds a paediatric first- aid qualification is present at all times. This puts children's safety at significant risk. The provider fails to ensure that staff understand and complete effective risk assessments. Children are not safe when playing outdoors. Staff do not identify and remove all hazards before children access the outdoor area, including animal waste. They allow children to play with broken equipment. Children and babies play where shards of plastic are left on the ground. Indoors, children trip over rugs that are curled up at the edges. The area where toddlers and babies play is not clean. Carpets and floors are dusty and contain debris. Staff do not ensure that toddlers and babies have access to clean drinking cups.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

This means that children's health is compromised. The provider fails to ensure that staff working with babies hold the required qualifications. This means that the provision for babies' learning is poor. Although the provider monitors the quality of teaching and children's learning, this is not effective. She does not ensure that staff are clear about their roles and responsibilities or support their development. This significantly compromises children's safety, care and learning. Staff receive some training, however, this does not impact positively on the quality of their teaching. Partnerships with parents are poor. The provider does not keep parents informed about changes to their child's key person. This means that parents do not know which staff members are responsible for their child's individual care and learning. The provider fails to ensure that staff act on the advice provided by professionals involved in children's care. Staff do not provide targeted

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

support for children who have special educational needs and/or disabilities. This significantly hinders the progress that children make.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is inadequate

The quality of teaching and learning is weak and assessment is inaccurate. Staff have a poor understanding of the progress children make. This means that activities are not planned to match children's individual needs or interests to help them to achieve success in their next stage of learning. Staff do not complete the progress check for children at age two. As a result, gaps in children's learning and development are not identified and addressed. Pre-school children enjoy using equipment to recreate scenes from stories in their role play. This supports their literacy skills.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

The weaknesses in leadership and management significantly compromise children's safety and well-being. Children's emotional security is not supported because of the frequent changes to their key persons. This means that children do not have the time to develop secure and trusting relationships with staff. Staff have a poor understanding of the individual needs of children. This includes their ages and languages spoken at home. Staff do not value children's backgrounds or support them to use their home languages in their play. This also hinders children's language development. Staff provide children with opportunities to learn about the wider community.

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Outcomes for children are inadequate

Children's learning and development is poor. Weak teaching and inadequate staffing arrangements impact very negatively on the progress that children make. This includes children who have special educational needs and/or disabilities and those who speak English as an additional language. Children fail to thrive and are not well prepared for the next steps in their learning and starting school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY479663 Local authority Staffordshire Inspection number 1135743 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 4 Total number of places 60 Number of children on roll 38 Name of registered person KOB Enterprises Ltd.

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reference number

Date of previous inspection 23 May 2017 Telephone number 01782599177

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Meadowside Preschool Nursery registered in 2014. The nursery employs eight members of childcare staff. Of these, two hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 6 and two hold qualifications at level 3. The nursery opens Monday to Friday from 7.15am to 6pm, all year except for bank holidays. The nursery receives funding to provide free early 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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