Banana Moon Day Nursery - Catterick

Summary of outcome

Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Education, Children's Services and Skills is leading Ofsted's work into how regulatory early years and childcare providers in England have delivered child-centred practice and care, within the context of the restrictions placed on society during the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic.

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Summary of outcome

All early years providers must meet the legal requirements in the Statutory framework for the early years foundation stage . If we find that a provider is not meeting the requirements, we can take action to ensure that they put matters right.

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Summary of outcome

On 5 July 2021, the provider notified us of an accident with a child, who was later taken to hospital. The notification means that the provider met their legal responsibility as set out in the Statutory framework for the early years foundation stage to notify Ofsted of such instances.

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Summary of outcome

On 15 July 2021, we carried out a regulatory visit. We found that the provider had already provided staff with refresher training on risk assessment, and that the accident procedures were clear to follow. During this visit, we found that the provider was not meeting some of the requirements. We issued a notice to improve that asked the provider to take the actions below within the timescales set.

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Summary of outcome

n assess the risks of children that have particular ways of learning and behaving, to prevent accidents from re-occurring

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Summary of outcome

n review the detailed questions to ask parents in order to obtain information about children's ways of learning, behaving and their habits n ensure that any changes in the manager are notified to Ofsted.

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Summary of outcome

We are satisfied that the provider has met the safeguarding and welfare actions raised. The provider is still registered with Ofsted.

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Publication of compliance action

We aim to ensure that the welfare of children and young people is protected in the services we regulate. The Childcare Act 2006 and accompanying regulations set out our responsibilities to regulate childminders and childcare providers. This includes the enforcement powers we have in relation to those registered providers who do not comply with the requirements for registration.

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Publication of compliance action

We publish details of any actions we take, or the childminder or childcare provider takes to bring about compliance with requirements on our website for a period of five years.

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Publication of compliance action

For further information please read the Early years compliance handbook which can be found here at www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-provider-non-compliance- action-by-ofsted .

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