Kiddies Arena Day Nursery

Kiddies Arena Day Nursery Elim Pentecostal Church, 8-10 Allerford Road, London, SE6 3DD

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 4 July 2018 Not applicable

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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 provider does not ensure children are safe. Recruitment and vetting procedures are not effective. Staff do not understand their safeguarding responsibilities and do not recognise when to take action to keep children safe. The premises are not secure and staff do not take effective action to identify and minimise risks.  The provider does not ensure there are enough staff working with the children. Staff are not effectively deployed to keep children safe and the key-person system is ineffective.  The provider fails to monitor staff practice and does not provide effective coaching and support. She has not identified significant weaknesses in staff practice that have an impact on children's safety and well-being. This puts children at risk.  Staff do not ensure children are adequately protected when playing in the sun. They do not recognise the importance of making drinks available at all times during hot weather.

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This provision is inadequate

 Staff fail to teach children how to manage their behaviour. Poor supervision of the children results in unwanted behaviour going unnoticed and unchallenged. This does not teach children appropriate social skills.  Staff do not effectively track children's learning and development. They fail to identify and address gaps in children's learning, and do not get help for children who have SEN and/or disabilities. This significantly restricts children's learning.

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It has the following strengths

 Young children enjoy opportunities to sing and make music.

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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 the premises are safe and secure, and that no one is able to enter without staff knowledge 10/08/2018

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 ensure safe recruitment procedures are carried out to make sure that all staff are suitable to work with children, and that agency staff have their suitability checked before working with children 10/08/2018

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 ensure there is a suitable safeguarding policy in place, which includes the 'Prevent' duty 10/08/2018

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 ensure all stall understand the safeguarding policy and procedures and have up-to-date knowledge of safeguarding issues 10/08/2018

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 ensure appropriate staffing ratios are maintained at all times to meet the children's needs 10/08/2018

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 ensure staff are deployed effectively to keep children safe 10/08/2018  ensure there is an effective key-person system to meet the needs of the children and their families 10/08/2018

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 ensure the premises and resources are fit for purpose, indoors and outdoors, and that children are not exposed to risks 10/08/2018

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 ensure staff receive appropriate coaching and support to raise their practice to a consistently good level, including their interaction with children 10/08/2018

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 take appropriate action to ensure children's safety and well-being during hot weather 10/08/2018

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Due Date

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

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Due Date

 ensure that educational programmes provide all children, including those who have special educational needs (SEN) and/or disabilities, with interesting and suitably challenging activities. 10/08/2018

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the children in the main playrooms and garden.  The inspector spoke with the provider, staff and children at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector sampled documents, including staff suitability records, safeguarding policies and procedures, and children's files.  The inspector took into account parents' feedback.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

Safeguarding is ineffective. The provider does not ensure that the nursery is secure. For example, the inspector was able to gain easy access into the main play areas, without being challenged. The provider does not follow safe recruitment procedures, ensuring staff are suitable to work with the children. In addition, she regularly uses agency staff, who are left alone with children, without checking their suitability. The provider does not maintain suitable ratios and staff are ineffectively deployed. All of this puts the children at significant risk of harm. Staff do not understand the signs and symptoms of child protection issues and the 'Prevent' duty. The provider and staff are unable to highlight the risks to children. Daily safety checks are not robust. The play areas and some resources used by children are unsafe.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is inadequate

Staff fail to monitor children's progress and do not identify gaps in learning. They do not understand how to provide challenging activities to reflect children's individual learning needs. Interactions are poor and do not extend children's learning. Staff lack skills to extend children's language effectively. There are resources available for children to use that promote their physical skills. However, the lack of encouragement and supervision by staff means that older children are not challenged and younger children are not safe. The key-person system is ineffective and does not support each child's needs. Staff do not identify children who have SEN and/or disabilities and, as a result, do not get targeted support for them. The provider does not effectively identify weaknesses in teaching and does not support staff to improve their knowledge or skills.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

The playrooms and garden used by the children are not safe, putting their welfare at risk. There are broken toys, as well as broken shed windows and fence panels. Staff do not supervise young children when they use the climbing equipment. Children are at risk of injury due to poor deployment of staff. Staff do not supervise young children appropriately, and poor, sometimes aggressive, behaviour goes unnoticed. Children do not learn what behaviour is acceptable. Staff do not safeguard children's health when playing outside. During the inspection, children playing outside for extended periods in the hot sun were unprotected. In addition, drinks were not readily available to toddlers. This does not support their health.

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Outcomes for children are inadequate

Children do not make good enough progress. They do not gain the academic and emotional skills needed for their move to school. Children do not receive any meaningful support and any learning that takes place is incidental. Children frequently become bored and restless. During large-group activities, babies do not have access to resources that are educationally suitable for their learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY499555 Local authority Lewisham Inspection number 1139956 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register Age range of children 0 - 5 Total number of places 36 Number of children on roll 31 Name of registered person Kiddies Arena Nursery Limited

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reference number

Date of previous inspection Not applicable Telephone number 02086983318

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Kiddies Arena Day Nursery registered in 2016. It is located in the Catford area of the London Borough of Lewisham. Opening hours are Monday to Friday from 8am until 6pm all year round. There are four members of staff, including the manager, all of whom hold qualifications at level 2 and 3. The nursery is in receipt of funding to provide free early education for 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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