Ladygrove Day Nursery And Nursery School

Ladygrove Day Nursery And Nursery School 1 Lostock Place, Didcot OX11 7XT

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Inspection date 30 July 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 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 management team fails to monitor practice fully to ensure that staff fulfil their roles and responsibilities. Not all staff are deployed effectively to meet the individual care and learning needs of children within the baby and pre-school rooms. n The management team provides training for staff, including as part of staff's induction. However, it fails to check that staff have gained sufficient knowledge and understanding through the training, for example about the 'Prevent' duty. n The quality of teaching is poor, depending on the rooms the children attend. Some staff's teaching does not help children engage consistently in their learning to help them to make further progress. Not all children are making consistently good progress from their starting points to help them become ready for their future learning. n At times, some children do not receive consistent messages from staff to help them

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This provision is inadequate

manage their behaviour, particularly about how their actions might affect others. n Staff do not understand how to support children who speak other languages at home or who are learning English as an additional language. For example, they do not understand the importance of children being able to use other languages they speak in their play and learning. n Reflection processes are not fully robust to identify and target all weaknesses effectively.

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It has the following strengths

n The management team implements robust recruitment procedures. It carries out the required checks for staff and review staff's ongoing suitability. n Parents comment positively on the staff working with their children and the activities that they provide.

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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 provide all staff with effective supervision, support, coaching and training to ensure they fulfil their roles and responsibilities and understand training, particularly with regards to the 'Prevent' duty 30/08/2019

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

ensure that staff are deployed effectivity to provide children with consistent support to meet their individual needs and to ensure children are supervised at all times 30/08/2019

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

improve the quality of teaching, in particular the support provided to children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), to ensure all children make the progress they are capable of. 30/08/2019

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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 strengthen ways to help children manage their own feelings and gain an understanding of how their actions may affect others n build on staff's knowledge of how to support children who speak other languages at home to use these in their play and learning n develop the self-evaluation process to clearly identify all areas for development, to improve the quality of provision for children.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

n The inspection was carried out following the risk assessment process. n The inspectors observed activities available to children. n The inspectors observed interactions between children and staff. n The inspectors asked staff questions about their work and observed practice with the manager. n The inspectors talked to parents available about their views and opinions of the provision and considered these. n The inspectors sampled documentation.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

Inspectors Tracy Bartholomew Bankier Sheena

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is inadequate

Safeguarding is not effective as some staff do not understand about wider safeguarding issues. For example, some staff lack understanding about the 'Prevent' duty and many do not know about the indicators associated with it, despite undertaking training as recently as two weeks ago. This places children at potential risk. Despite this, staff have an awareness of general child protection matters and the referral processes. The management team has supervision, mentoring and training processes in place. However, these are ineffective and do not check that all staff understand and maintain their roles and responsibilities. The management team does not deploy staff to ensure children's needs are met and the required ratios are maintained. For example, on the day of the inspection, staffing in the baby room changed regularly in a short space of time. At times, staff work with children without the required adult-to-child ratios being met,

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is inadequate

which poses a risk to children's well-being and safety. The management team's monitoring of staff's teaching is weak. Although it reviews children's learning and highlights areas of concern, it fails to ensure that children are making the progress they are capable of. The management team does not tackle weaknesses in practice. For example, it identifies over half of the children are not making the progress they should be, but it does not act on this. Partnerships with other professionals and parents are positive.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is inadequate

The quality of teaching is poor in some areas of the nursery and does not support and meet the individual needs of the children. For example, staff failed to support children with SEND. These children are too often left to their own devices and to play on their own with no purposeful interaction. Overall, throughout the nursery, especially the toddler room, some children benefit from more-supportive staff who engage with the children well and offer a variety of activities. For example, in the toddler room, children enjoyed sensory play and searched through straw to find objects. Staff are aware of how their key children are developing and undertake appropriate observations and tracking records.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

Children's well-being is compromised by weaknesses in safeguarding practice and poor staff deployment. For example, regular changes of staffing in one of the baby rooms do not help children to feel settled. Many of the babies frequently cry and become upset. Although staff do try and comfort the babies, the lack of consistent staffing means that some of the babies are unsettled and unsure. This has an impact on the quality of relationships to ensure all children feel safe and secure. Children have a good variety of meals and snacks to enjoy and staff support children well at mealtimes. However, the management team has not considered well enough hygiene measures, in particular, for staff who sit on the floor to support children at mealtimes. For example, staff sometimes put their hands on the floor where adults have been walking in footwear worn outdoors, and then touch the children's food. This does not fully promote good hygiene measures.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

In addition, staff do not ensure young children drink from their own water bottles, which compromises children's health. Some staff offer children suitable praise during activities and tasks. However, not all staff give reasons to the children on why some behaviour is not acceptable, to help build on their understanding of right and wrong. Staff provide a suitable environment for the children and children enjoy free play outside, where they can run around. Staff use risk assessments suitably to minimise hazards to children and any accidents that occur are recorded suitably.

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Outcomes for children are inadequate

Not all children make the progress they are capable of or gain the skills they need for their future learning. Some children are at risk of falling further behind in their learning due to the lack of staff support. This is particularly evident for those children who have lower starting points and delays in their development.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY551933 Local authority Oxfordshire Inspection number 10118150 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 - 5 Total number of places 101 Number of children on roll 125 Name of registered person Busy Bees Nurseries Limited

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Date of previous inspection Not applicable Telephone number 01543 678593

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Ladygrove Day Nursery And Nursery School in Didcot, Oxfordshire registered in 2017. It is part of a chain of nurseries run by Busy Bees. The nursery is open from 7.30am to 6pm on Monday to Friday, for 51 weeks of the year. There are 31 staff, 20 of whom hold relevant early years qualifications. The nursery receives funding 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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