Cotton Buddies

Inspection of Cotton Buddies Cotton Buddies Ltd, 6 Cottons Approach, Romford RM7 7AA

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Overall effectiveness Requires improvement

The quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Overall effectiveness at previous inspection Good

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The provision requires improvement

Some staff's understanding of keeping a written record of accidents and injuries requires improvement. Staff have not followed the provision's policy for recording accidents and injuries at all times. This means that important information about a child's accident has not been recorded and shared with their parents. Although the policy was not always followed, there has been no significant impact on children's well-being and care. Children are happy and secure and are eager to engage in the varied learning activities to support their progress. Staff's expectations help children to feel valued and appreciated. Older children enjoy listing to stories and cannot wait to anticipate the end of the story. Younger children take part in singing sessions, clapping their hands with delight. All children are well behaved. They share and take turns and listen to adult instructions. Staff have effective relationships with children, who are happy, confident and independent. They

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The provision requires improvement

attend to their personal needs well and take care of the environment. For instance, when asked to help tidy away resources, children are happy to put do this and to clear away after mealtimes. Staff work with parents effectively, sharing important information to support children's learning.

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need to do better?

n Staff work effectively with external agencies to support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. For example, they work together to plan ways to help children take part in activities and routines to get the most from their education. n The provider enables staff to move forward in increasing their professional development. For instance, a number of staff are undertaking the next level of training to increase their knowledge and better support children's learning and development. n Senior staff carry out regular supervisions with staff, which includes talking about staff's strengths and weaknesses and what action to take to improve their practice. n Staff provide children with healthy meals and carry out activities with children about healthy eating, to help them understand the importance of healthy lifestyles. n Staff support children's vocabulary and the way words and phrases are used.

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need to do better?

Children enjoy listening to different kinds of stories and enjoy rhyming, humorous sentences such as, 'Some kids wash, some are smelly, but both kinds like to watch the telly'. They howl with laughter as they repeat what they have heard. n Staff plan effectively across the seven areas of learning. The environment is well planned and stimulating. Staff organise defined areas of learning and are implementing 'in the moment' planning. This helps support children to follow

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23 September 2019 their interests, which is encouraged by staff. For example, staff provide real-life food cartoons to support children's interest in pretend cooking in the role-play area. n Leaders use additional funding well, including the early years pupil funding, to support children's learning. For example, construction resources have been purchased and shoes have been added to the dressing-up resources. Additional staff are employed to offer children individual care. n Staff promote children's cultural capital well. The curriculum enables all children to express their emotions, for example through the use of emotion jars. They use cards to place in the jars and talk about their emotions, to help support their confidence and self-esteem. Children experience trips out into the local community and the natural world around them. Staff provide children with the skills to succeed in life. For example, children use numbers well and add and

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subtract. n Staff carry out regular observations and assessments of children's learning, including their on-entry assessments. They use this information to plan for children's ongoing learning. n Leadership and management require improvement because some staff have not followed the setting's accident and injuries policy. Leaders have not ensured that all staff understand the policy they have in place. n Personal development requires improvement because care procedures have not been followed. Some staff have not recorded all of children's accidents and shared these with parents.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Staff are clear about procedures where they are concerned about the safety of a child. There are two designated lead senior members of staff who play an effective role in pursuing any issues raised about a child's welfare. Staff show a good understanding of the risks associated with social media and radicalisation. Staff implement the policy for the use of mobile phones and cameras effectively. Staff carry out risk assessments of the environment, to minimise any hazards. Children are able to take age-appropriate risks to support their understanding of safety.

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Due date

ensure staff keep a written record of all accidents that occur and share these with parents on the day of the incident. 23/10/2019

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should:

n when using effective questioning with children, think about what is being asked and use questions that require open answers instead of closed ones. Ask high- level and thought-provoking questions to support learning even further.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY498127 Local authority Havering Inspection number 10123982 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 1 to 4 Total number of places 53 Number of children on roll 67 Name of registered person Cotton Buddies Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 07931507931 Date of previous inspection 2 March 2018

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Information about this early years setting

Cotton Buddies registered in 2016. The nursery is situated in Romford, in the London Borough of Havering. It is open Monday to Friday, all year round, from 7.30am to 6.30pm. The nursery receives funding to provide free early education for children aged two, three and four years. It employs 15 members of staff, all of whom are qualified between levels 2 and 6.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector undertook a learning walk with the deputy manager and looked at all the areas of the setting, including the garden. n The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities and assessed the impact this has on children's learning and development. n The inspector spoke to parents and took account of their views. n The inspector carried out a joint observation with the deputy manager. n The inspector discussed self-evaluation, risk assessments, policies and procedures. She checked evidence of suitability checks and qualifications. n The inspection was carried as a result of the risk assessment process.

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Inspection activities

23 September 2019 We carried out this inspection 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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