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Alanbrooke Nursery Alanbrook Nursery, Alanbrooke Barracks, Topcliffe, Thirsk, North Yorkshire YO7 3EY

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Inspection date 21 November 2018 Previous inspection date 18 March 2015

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This inspection: Inadequate 4

Previous inspection: Good 2 Effectiveness of 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

n Children's safety is compromised. Staff do not have a secure knowledge of the procedures to follow if a child is at immediate risk of harm and some staff have a poor knowledge of the signs of potential abuse. n The manager has failed to ensure that the child protection policy is clear, up-to-date and in line with the guidance from the Local Safeguarding Children Board. In addition, some staff lack awareness of their responsibility to have regard to the 'Prevent' duty guidance. n The quality of teaching is inconsistent. Young toddlers are not supported to make good enough progress, particularly in their communication and language development. Planned activities lack purpose and some staff's assessments are inaccurate. n The manager does not provide staff with enough opportunities to access training and professional development which are focused on raising the quality of teaching and learning. n The manager has not fully developed ways for all parents to provide constructive,

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This provision is inadequate

evaluative feedback to help her drive improvement forward.

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It has the following strengths

n Staff who work with older children, and those children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), have a secure knowledge of how to help them make good progress. n Staff have developed effective partnership working with other professionals involved with children, such as portage workers and health visitors. n Children's independence and self-help skills are promoted effectively by staff throughout the whole nursery.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

To meet the requirements of the early years foundation stage and Childcare Register the provider must: Due date improve staff's knowledge of how to recognise and report concerns about children' welfare to the appropriate agencies without delay 19/12/2018

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

develop the safeguarding policy in line with the guidance from the Local Safeguarding Children Board so all staff have clear procedures to follow and they understand their responsibilities to keep children safe 19/12/2018

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

ensure staff who work with the younger toddlers develop their teaching, observation, planning and assessment skills in order for those children to make sufficient progress and develop good communication and language skills. 27/02/2019

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

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

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

n support all staff to reflect on the impact of their teaching and provide further opportunities for them to develop their skills fully in relation to this n enhance opportunities for all parents to provide feedback on the overall effectiveness of the nursery to help drive forward continual improvement.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

Inspection activities n The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and outdoors and assessed the impact this has on children's learning. n The inspector spoke to the children and staff throughout the inspection. n The inspector completed a joint observation with the nursery manager. n The inspector held a meeting with the nursery manager and deputy manager. She looked at relevant documentation, such as the nursery's policies, children's learning files and evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery. n The inspector obtained written feedback from parents through questionnaires, spoke to a small number of parents during the inspection and took account of their views.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

Inspectors Michelle Lorains Josephine Northend

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is inadequate

Safeguarding is not effective. Staff are not familiar with the Local Safeguarding Children Board procedures for reporting and recording concerns about children and the nursery policy is unclear. Some staff have no awareness of the 'Prevent' duty guidance and are unable to talk about the basic signs and types of abuse. This has a significant impact on children's safety. The manager provides supervision and holds staff meetings. However, these have not focused enough on the quality of staff's teaching or their knowledge of the safeguarding procedures. Training for some staff is ineffective. However, the manager has used funding effectively to provide one-to-one support for children, which has had a positive impact on their progress. She has established relationships with the local school to support children to move on seamlessly and promote continuity.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

Young toddlers are not stimulated or challenged enough to make good progress. For example, during planned activities, staff demonstrate a poor knowledge of their key children's stage of development and their assessments are inaccurate. They miss opportunities to model key words and children explore in silence for the majority of time. In stark contrast to this, staff who work with babies are very responsive and help them to use simple programs to make music on the tablet computer. Staff help older toddlers develop their understanding of bigger and smaller as they build towers higher than themselves. Older children develop a love for reading and talk excitedly about the characters in their current story, re-telling the main elements to staff. Overall, parents are involved in their children's learning and staff share assessments of their progress.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

Despite the breaches of the safeguarding and welfare requirements, children appear to feel safe in the nursery. Staff who work with babies and children with SEND have a secure knowledge of their key children's individual needs. All staff use praise regularly and positively manage children's behaviour. For example, they calmly support children to take turns and are sensitive to those who are learning to use the toilet. Children have regular opportunities to develop physical skills in their room's outdoor garden. Older children enjoy the fresh air and pedal around on bicycles, showing their friends how to turn the wheels. Staff promote children's good health. They provide fresh fruit for snack and encourage parents to provide healthy lunches.

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Outcomes for children require improvement

Young children are not supported to make the best possible progress. Areas of slower development are beginning to emerge, particularly in their communication and language skills. However, children with SEND are working in the stages expected for their age and gaps in learning have closed. Babies are keen to interact and older children develop the skills they need to start school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 400066 Local authority North Yorkshire Inspection number 10071063 Type of provision Full day care

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Day care type Childcare on non-domestic premises Age range of children 0 - 5 Total number of places 77 Number of children on roll 54 Name of registered person Alanbrooke Nursery Committee

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Date of previous inspection 18 March 2015 Telephone number 01845 577151

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Alanbrooke Nursery registered in 1995 and is situated within Alanbrooke Barracks. The nursery employs 15 members of childcare staff. Of these, 13 hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 and above, including the manager. The nursery is open Monday to Thursday from 8am until 5pm and on Fridays from 8am until 3pm. The nursery operates for 45 weeks a year, closing when the regiment closes down on block leave. The nursery provides funded early education for two-, 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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