Robins

Robins Upper Horfield Community Trust, Eden Grove, Bristol, Gloucestershire BS7 0PQ

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Inspection date 12 February 2019 Previous inspection date 8 November 2018

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This inspection: Inadequate 4

Previous inspection: Inadequate 4 Effectiveness of leadership and management Inadequate 4 Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate 4 Personal development, behaviour and welfare Inadequate 4 Outcomes for children Inadequate 4

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This provision is inadequate

n The staff team have a poor understanding of their roles and responsibilities relating to safeguarding children in their care. The designated safeguarding lead does not have a good enough understanding of the steps to follow in the event of an allegation being made against a member of staff. Recruitment checks are not robust. This places children at risk of harm. n The key-person system remains poor. Not all parents know the identity of their child's key person. Staff do not meet children's needs or communicate with parents about how their child is developing or what their child needs to learn next. n The provider, who is also the manager, does not do enough to monitor and improve practice. She does not provide staff with effective supervision and she has not taken any steps to identify weaknesses or plan how to overcome them. As a result, there has not been sufficient improvement in the quality of care and teaching and minimum legal

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This provision is inadequate

requirements are not met. n The provider, who is also the Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENCO), does not take steps to ensure children, who require additional support, make good progress. This is because she does not liaise sufficiently with parents, staff and other agencies to formulate a targeted plan to support the children's development. n Staff do not promote children's well-being by keeping them safe from other children's germs. For example, children's bottles of milk are regularly left on the floor and are accessed and drank by other children. n The overall quality of teaching remains poor. Staff do not provide children with activities that challenge them or maintain their interests. As a result, children fail to make the progress of which they are capable.

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It has the following strengths

n Staff manage children's behaviour well. For example, they offer children praise to promote positive behaviour and when children display challenging behaviour they explain why the behaviour is not acceptable.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

The provision is inadequate and Ofsted intends to take enforcement action: We intend to take steps to cancel registration and will issue a Welfare Requirements Notice requiring the provider to: Due date ensure the staff team have a sufficient understanding of safeguarding issues, particularly ensuring that the designated safeguarding lead is aware of the steps to follow in the event of an allegation being made against a member of staff 11/03/2019

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

ensure key-person arrangements are effective in helping staff to meet children's individual needs and in ensuring that parents link closely with their child's key person to share information 11/03/2019

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

ensure you have effective systems in place to support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities 11/03/2019

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

improve the overall quality of the provision by carrying out effective self-evaluation and supervision of staff, which fosters a culture of mutual support, teamwork and continuous improvement 11/03/2019

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

promote the good health of children by taking steps to prevent the spread of infection 11/03/2019

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

ensure that records are maintained of the identity checks and vetting processes that have been followed to determine the suitability of staff. 11/03/2019

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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 ensure staff use observations and assessments about children's development to help plan and provide appropriate and challenging activities to help them make good progress. 11/03/2019

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

Inspection activities n The inspector spent time observing children at play in all areas of the nursery. n The inspector met with the person in charge and discussed how the nursery is led and managed. n The inspector carried out a joint observation with the person in charge. n The inspector looked at a range of documentation, including policies, records of the progress children have made, the setting's self-evaluation and improvement plan and evidence of checks to determine the suitability of staff working in the nursery. n The inspector spoke with parents, children and staff. Inspector Champa Miah

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is inadequate

The provider has failed to adequately improve the setting since the last inspection. She does not have a good enough system for monitoring and improving staff practice. Although staff have identified and requested training to improve the quality of teaching, the provider has not taken any action to arrange this. The provider relies on the deputy to deliver the care and education, however, she has failed to ensure the deputy has sufficient resources to meet the needs of children or information to improve the setting. For example, she does not provide the deputy with information from the electronic tracking system about children's progress. This means the staff team do not know whether there are any gaps in children's learning or if groups of children are making less progress than others. Safeguarding is ineffective. The staff do not have a sufficient understanding of wider safeguarding issues, therefore, they are unable to ensure

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is inadequate

children are safeguarded. Systems for completing references for new staff do not comply with safer recruitment practices.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is inadequate

Staff do not have sufficient skills to provide children with good learning experiences. Although pre-school children take part in some activities which engage them, such as playing with sand, they are not sufficiently challenged in their play. Younger children are not engaged in meaningful play, they spend significant periods of time wandering around the room aimlessly. This is due to a lack of resources to stimulate them and limited adult interaction. The development babies make in early communication and language is hindered due to minimal verbal interaction from staff. Staff carry out some observations and assessments of what children are learning and what they can do. However, the information is not used effectively to help children make progress.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

Children's health and well-being is not well supported. Babies regularly have access to other children's milk bottles which places them at risk of cross-infection. The needs of babies are not met. The environment in the baby room is chaotic and staff are unable to provide them with the care and attention that they require. As a result, some children are unsettled and cry for long periods of time. The environment does not support the babies to play and explore and this hinders their development. Young children are not provided with a quiet area where they can sleep. Children in pre-school gain some independence in managing their personal care needs, for example, they wash their own hands and feed themselves.

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Outcomes for children are inadequate

Children make little progress in their learning. Younger children do not engage in activities and often wander around with little support or interaction from staff. The activities that are provided do not stimulate or challenge children. The staff are unable to swiftly identify children who may require additional support when they are completing the two-year progress check. As a result, children do not receive the required support to make sufficient progress. Staff take some steps to prepare older children for school by teaching them about self-care, recognising their name and putting their coats on.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY562535 Local authority Bristol City of Inspection number 10085798 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Day care type Full day care Age range of children 0 - 4 Total number of places 24 Number of children on roll 29 Name of registered person Robbins, Kerri Louise

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Date of previous inspection 8 November 2018 Telephone number 07986276978

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Robins registered in 2018 and operates from a community building in Horfield, Bristol. The nursery is open from 8am to 6pm on Monday to Friday, all year round. There are six members of staff, one of whom holds a relevant early years qualification at level six, two at level 3 and two at level 2.

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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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