Little Tigers

Little Tigers New Portreath Road, Redruth, Cornwall, TR16 4QL

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 19 June 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

 Children's safety and welfare are significantly compromised by poor safeguarding practice. The premises, especially the soft-play centre, are not safe or secure. Some staff do not know how to identify and report concerns about children or colleagues. Unvetted staff are left unsupervised with children. Staff are poorly deployed and fail to meet children's individual needs.  There are poor arrangements to support children's good health. The premises, including food preparation areas in the soft-play centre, are unclean and not well maintained. Staff do not provide children with daily outdoor play.  The provider does not ensure that the staff team are all suitable. At times, they fail to ensure that staffing and qualification requirements are met. They fail to monitor practice and overlook the weaknesses in staff's teaching skills.  The management and staff do not manage children's behaviour appropriately. The poor

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This provision is inadequate

behaviour of older children has a negative impact on the younger children.  Staff, including the manager, fail to record all accidents, or keep accurate records of attendance and information about staff. Documents containing children's personal information are not securely stored to maintain confidentiality.  Staff fail to use observations and assessments effectively to ensure that activities are tailored to meet children's individual learning needs. The quality of teaching is poor and children do not make the progress of which they are capable.

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It has the following strengths

 Children suitably develop their physical skills.

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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 all people looking after children are suitable and that staff who have not undergone appropriate vetting checks are not left unsupervised with children 25/06/2018

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 ensure that the premises are secure so that unauthorised people cannot enter and children cannot leave unsupervised 25/06/2018

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 train all staff to understand the safeguarding policy and procedures, to be able to identify all potential signs and symptoms of harm, including those relating to extreme views and behaviours 25/06/2018

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 take effective action to identify and reduce risks to children, with particular regard to removing significant hazards in the playrooms and walkways, including access to medication, and ensure all staff understand their role in risk assessment 25/06/2018

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 implement effective health and safety routines to effectively support children's good health and hygiene, with particular regard to food preparation areas 25/06/2018

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 provide daily opportunities for children to play and learn outdoors 25/06/2018  ensure there are sufficient, suitably qualified and vetted staff effectively deployed to meet children's individual needs 25/06/2018

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 ensure all staff, including the manager, manage children's behaviour appropriately and make sure the behaviour of older children does not have a negative impact on younger children 25/06/2018

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 ensure that all required documentation is accurately completed, including attendance and accident records, and suitably stored to maintain confidentiality 25/06/2018

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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

 use observations and assessments effectively to plan and provide challenging and enjoyable activities tailored to meet children's individual learning needs. 03/07/2018

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Inspection activities

 This inspection was brought forward following Ofsted's risk assessment process.  The inspector observed children playing and spoke to parents, children and staff during the inspection.  The inspector had a tour of the premises and spaces used by children.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the provider and discussed learning outcomes for children.  The inspector sampled a range of documents, including policies and some staff suitability checks.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

Safeguarding is not effective. The provision is poorly managed and the provider is unaware of the significant weaknesses in practice. The provider lacks awareness of staffing requirements in relation to qualification requirements and the use of apprentices. They have failed to check that all staff, including the apprentice, are suitably vetted. They have allowed staff whose suitability has not been checked to look after children unsupervised and also to carry out personal care. New staff are unclear of their role and responsibilities. Staff, including the manager, lack awareness of wider safeguarding matters, such as how to recognise when children are at risk of extreme views and behaviours. They also fail to minimise safety risks in the areas of the premises they use. They make frequent use of the soft-play centre that adjoins the nursery and is owned by the provider. Access between the nursery and the soft-play centre is not secure, so

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

members of the public could easily access the nursery. Older children frequently let visitors into the play provision and staff fail to deal with this, further compromising children's welfare. Children are exposed to a significant amount of risks that compromise their health, safety and well-being. The provider does not ensure there are sufficient staff to care for children. The manager does not check that she and staff maintain required records adequately. During the inspection, children's information was left easily accessible in a public area. The manager and provider complete additional training to increase their knowledge and skills, but this does not have a positive impact on children's care, play experiences or learning. The provider fails to embrace support or act on recommendations from local authority advisers to improve monitoring of staff practice. Self-evaluation is poor. At the inspection, the provider agreed that they needed to take swift action to

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

address the significant weaknesses and confirmed that they would take immediate action to reduce the identified safety risks.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is inadequate

The quality of teaching is extremely poor. Staff do not support or monitor children's development needs or interests. They fail to gather relevant information about children's ability and consequently fail to provide them with a range of purposeful and challenging play opportunities. Staff attempt to complete some observations and assess children's development, but fail to identify how they can help children to make progress. Planned activities are mundane and often inappropriate for children's age. For example, staff give very young children worksheets and pens for them to draw over dotted lines and shapes. Staff do not talk to them about what they are doing, and children do not benefit from such an activity. Staff focus on supervising children and do not provide any learning opportunities. They do not interact appropriately with children. The manager often shouts at children, and other staff merely follow children around. During the inspection, one

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is inadequate

member of staff said to children, 'If you follow me you won't get any juice.' Children are bored, unsettled and do not see positive role models. Any learning that takes place is incidental. Children have some opportunities to play outside, but these are limited to the school holidays and therefore do not meet the requirement for daily outdoor play opportunities.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

Children are not safe in the setting. They are exposed to a significant number of hazards. Unauthorised people can gain entry to the nursery and are not challenged by staff. The provider does not ensure the premises, equipment and environment are safe and suitable for children. Restricted areas are not secure. For example, some doors are left open to the kitchen and reception area, and locks on electrical cupboards are broken. During the inspection, older children were observed to enter these areas confidently and operate the magnetic security system to allow others in. Staff fail to identify the risks presented by planks of wood with protruding nails piled up where children pass barefooted between the soft-play centre and the nursery. Food debris is left on the floor and in places where children play. During the inspection, a young child handed the manager a full carton of cheesy chips that she found in a playhouse in the soft-play centre. Electrical equipment,

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

such as power tools, is left out and medication is stored within easy reach of children. The provider does not consistently promote children's good health and hygiene. Food is prepared in the kitchen which is dirty and untidy. Food is not stored suitably. It is left in the open air uncovered. The toilet facilities are not clean. Urine and faeces cover some toilet seats that children use, and there are inadequate facilities to wash and dry hands. Staff spend the majority of their time trying to manage children's behaviour, which is not successful. Older school-aged children who attend are disruptive. They do not model good behaviour for the younger children. Incidents of unkindness towards younger children frequently go unnoticed or unchallenged. During the inspection, a baby was hit in the face accidentally by a child who repeatedly hit the manager with a foam sword.

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Outcomes for children are inadequate

Staff do not teach children the skills needed for their next stages in learning. Although children suitably develop their physical skills, they receive no positive support or interaction from staff. They make insufficient progress across all areas of learning. Any development children make cannot be attributed to the teaching or experiences they receive in the setting. Children are not well prepared for their eventual move to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY552129 Local authority Cornwall Inspection number 1137757 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 - 9 Total number of places 15 Number of children on roll 5 Name of registered person Toni Rossi

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Date of previous inspection Not applicable Telephone number 01209 844603

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Little Tigers registered in 2017 and is situated in Redruth, Cornwall. It is open from 8am to 6pm every day, all year round. The nursery receives funding for the provision of free early education for children aged three and four years. The nursery employs four members of staff to work directly with the children. Of these, three hold relevant childcare qualifications and one is an apprentice.

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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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