Childcare on Domestic Premises, Full day care in Leicestershire

Report for childcare on domestic premises

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Inspection date 4 June 2019 Previous inspection date Not applicable

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This inspection: Inadequate 4

Previous inspection: Not applicable 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 Staff do not know how to safeguard children. They do not have a good enough knowledge of the procedures to follow if they have concerns about a child's welfare. This is with regard to children protection and wider safeguarding issues. n Children's safety is compromised. This is because the manager and staff do not complete robust risk assessments to ensure all areas, both inside and outside, are safe and suitable for children. n The arrangements for assessment of children's learning are not precise enough. This means that children are not provided with enough individual challenge to make good progress in their learning. n Staff practice is not monitored effectively. Therefore, the quality of teaching is not consistently good enough to make sure they get a good start. n The manager does not always ensure that staff are deployed effectively to meet children's learning needs. n When behaviour is not appropriate, staff do not offer a consistent approach to help

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It has the following strengths

n Parents are positive about the nursery provision. They state that they are well informed about their child's day and the progress they make. They share that staff are friendly and approachable. n Older children confidently sound-out letters. They recognise some of the letters from their own names, and the letters that form the names of their friends.

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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 that all staff have a clear up-to-date knowledge of the steps to take should they suspect a child is at risk of harm and of wider safeguarding issues, including the 'Prevent' duty guidance for England and Wales 2015 02/07/2019

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

carry out rigorous risk assessments to ensure that all hazards to children's health and safety are identified and eliminated 02/07/2019

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

monitor staff performance effectively to promote consistently good teaching and learning 02/07/2019

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

ensure ongoing observation and assessments are accurate and used to inform the planning of challenging activities that sharply focus on individual children's precise learning needs 16/07/2019

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

deploy staff effectively to meet children's learning needs. 02/07/2019

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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 ensure all staff are consistent in the management of children's behaviour.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

n The inspectors observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this has on children's learning. n The inspectors completed a joint observation with the manager. n The inspectors held a meeting with the manager. They looked at samples of children's records and viewed evidence of the suitability of staff. n The inspectors spoke to parents during the inspection and took account of their views. n The inspectors spoke with staff and children during the inspection.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

Inspectors Alexandra Brouder Caroline Clarke

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is inadequate

Safeguarding is ineffective. The manager has not ensured that all staff have a secure knowledge and understanding of child protection and wider safeguarding issues. Staff are not certain of the steps to follow should they have concerns about the suitability of anyone working in the setting. Some staff do not have any knowledge of the 'Prevent' duty guidance for England and Wales 2015, or how to identify a child who may be at risk of radicalisation. This compromises children's welfare. Risk assessments are not robust. Staff do not consider the potential hazard of the open doors. As a result, children crash into the doors on wheeled toys when playing outside. Furthermore, internal doors slam shut when external doors are left open. Staff have not removed the large number of thistles and stinging nettles in the children's play area. They do not protect children well enough from obvious risks to their safety. At times, staff are not deployed effectively.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is inadequate

Consequently, younger children's learning is not always supported. The manager completes staff supervision and supports them to attend regular training. However, she does not monitor the quality of teaching or the assessment of children's development effectively. As a result, some staff do not understand how to support and enhance children's learning. The manager uses appropriate recruitment and induction procedures to ensure staff are suitable for their roles.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

At least half of the staff in the nursery are appropriately qualified, including two staff who have achieved qualified teacher status. Despite this, the quality of teaching throughout the nursery is not consistently strong. During adult-led play, staff engage some children and offer appropriate support for their learning. However, other staff, during this time, are not deployed effectively to meet the learning needs of those children that prefer to play alone. Therefore, staff miss opportunities to help these children to extend their learning. Despite this, there are some opportunities in which children do learn. Staff encourage children to think about shapes and patterns. For example, during an adult-led activity, a member of staff asked children to identify shapes on the interactive whiteboard. She then asked them to find a matching shape in the nursery. Staff engage children in conversation and begin to help older children

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

understand the sounds letters make and how to blend these to make simple words.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

Breaches in the requirements for safeguarding and welfare mean that children's safety and well-being are significantly compromised. Staff do not have sufficient knowledge of how to keep children safe from harm. However, children show a secure understanding of how to manage their own hygiene. Those that can, use the toilet independently and know to wash their hands before meals and snacks: doing so with growing skill. Children enjoy being in the outdoors. They run, ride wheeled toys, dig and play football. Children are offered a healthy and balanced diet. Staff work closely with parents to ensure foods offered support their child's good health and individual needs. Occasionally, some staff do not help children to understand that they cannot always have what they want. They allow some children to have the toys they cry for, even though others are playing with them. This does not support children to gain a clear understanding of what behaviour is

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Outcomes for children require improvement

The quality of teaching, learning and assessment is too variable to secure good outcomes for children. However, all children, including those who receive additional funding, learn some key skills required to ensure they are ready for the next stage in learning, such as school. Older children sit and listen well to staff and show confidence in their abilities to seek out friends to play with. Children move well in and around the nursery. They enthusiastically dance and move their bodies in time to music. Babies enjoy pressing buttons on toys and laugh in delight as animals pop up.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY554935 Local authority Leicestershire Inspection number 10101964 Type of provision Childcare on 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 1 - 11 Total number of places 30 Number of children on roll 56

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Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Green Acres Childcare, located in Hinckley, Leicestershire, re-registered in 2018. It operates from the provider's home, alongside their childminding services, which were established in 2000 and 2005. The setting employs seven members of childcare staff, along with the manager/owner. Of these, two hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 and one holds qualified teacher status. The manager has a level 3 and one of the directors, who also works in the setting, holds qualified teacher status. The setting opens from 7.30am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday, all year round. It 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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