Great Child Day Nursery

Inspection of Great Child Day Nursery Tilbury Slender You, 110 Dock Road, Tilbury, Essex RM18 7BT

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Overall effectiveness Inadequate

The quality of education Inadequate Behaviour and attitudes Inadequate Personal development Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Overall effectiveness at previous inspection Not applicable

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The provision is inadequate

Children's safety is significantly compromised. They are not supervised effectively. Behaviour is not managed properly and some children are put at risk of injury. Staff are not deployed to meet children's different needs. Risk assessments fail to identify possible hazards or the action to take to keep children safe. For example, there is a metal trampoline which is not secured to the ground to prevent it falling and it is placed next to a brick wall. This poses a significant danger to the safety and well-being of children if they play on or around it. In addition, the provider has failed to ensure that all relevant health and safety requirements are met. For example, staff are unaware of the manufacturer's recommended age restrictions for use of the trampoline.

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The provision is inadequate

Children do not have access to suitable and age-appropriate resources to support their learning and development. Pre-school aged children and toddlers only have access to baby toys and wooden blocks. The educational programme does not enable children to make progress. Toys, equipment and books are uninspiring, worn and dirty. They do not capture children's interests or motivate them to learn. Children become bored quickly. Their health and physical well-being is not supported. The food offered does not form part of a healthy balanced diet. Some children go hungry as they do not like the food and no alternative is provided.

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need to do better?

n The provider has failed to ensure that the premises and resources are suitable for childcare. Risk assessments do not cover all possible hazards to children. For example, nails which are at child height are left sticking out on the side of the shed, which is also rotting in places. The trampoline is placed too close to a brick wall and although staff sanitise the sand pit, dead bugs and dirty resources remain lying in the sand tray. n Toys are worn and dirty. Role-play areas, such as the mud kitchen outside and the home corner inside, are chaotic and unclean. Staff have made some effort to add empty food packaging to extend children's play. However, these are now damaged and squashed. Dolls, large building bricks and scooters outside are black with dirt and uninviting. n The provider does not ensure the food offered is healthy, balanced and nutritious. Staff fail to recognise that children who did not want to eat the only

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option of pasta, were left without any food and went hungry. n Staff are not able to manage children's behaviour appropriately and these situations often escalate, putting children at risk of harm. Children do not learn to share, consider others, or have good manners. Staff fail to explain and show children how to socialise with each other in order for them to learn these skills. n The educational programme does not support children's individual needs and

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12 August 2021 stage of development. Staff do not plan and provide activities which interest and excite children or provide sufficient challenge. Children who are due to go to school play with soft baby toys and build simple towers with bricks. When children do go to play in the baby home corner, staff limit what they can do, as they encourage the children to put the toys back just as they start combining and moving resources. This significantly hinders children's imaginative skills and play. n Staff fail to make use of the more age-appropriate resources in the nursery for the older children. The activities that are provided are boring, mundane and repetitive. There is no opportunity for children to be more creative and enjoy mathematical and imaginative play. n Staff attend supervision meetings and access online training. However, this is ineffective. The curriculum is very poor, and children do not meet the next steps

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are not effective.

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Safeguarding

Children are not safeguarded. Staff deployment fails to ensure that children's different needs and stages of development are supported. This also means that staff are unable to supervise children to ensure their safety while at the nursery. Hazards which pose a risk to children are not identified and minimised. This means that children's safety is not assured. However, staff understand the signs and symptoms which would indicate a child is at risk of abuse or harm. They know what steps they would take in the event of any concerns about children.

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Due date

improve staff's understanding of appropriate behaviour management, to ensure that children are supported to understand the consequences of their actions, and learn how to use equipment safely 13/09/2021

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improve staff deployment to ensure that children are adequately supervised at all times 13/09/2021

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12 August 2021 improve risk assessments to ensure they are reviewed and updated regularly to identify and minimise all possible hazards to children 13/09/2021

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ensure the premises, including outdoor space, is fit for purpose and suitable for the children who attend 13/09/2021

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improve knowledge and understanding of all relevant health and safety requirements to ensure they are met, with specific regard to the hygiene and cleanliness of the resources, premises and use of the trampoline 13/09/2021

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ensure staff understand how to provide children with snacks and meals that are healthy, balanced and nutritious 13/09/2021

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provide suitable training for staff to ensure they are able to deliver ambitious educational programmes, which are age- appropriate and support children's individual next steps in learning 13/09/2021

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provide appropriate resources for children that challenges and motivates them to learn through suitable play experiences. 13/09/2021

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2511043 Local authority Thurrock Inspection number 10191601 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

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inspection

Total number of places 39 Number of children on roll 22 Name of registered person Great Child Company Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 07947746041 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

Great Child Day Nursery registered in 2018. The nursery employs three members of childcare staff. All three hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 2 and 3. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday for 51 weeks of the year. Sessions are from 7am until 7pm. The nursery provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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Inspection activities

n This was the first routine inspection the provider received since the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic began. The inspector discussed the impact of the pandemic with the deputy manager and has taken that into account in her evaluation of the provider. n The inspector viewed all areas of the provision and discussed the safety and suitability of the premises. n The deputy manager and inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the nursery and discussed the early years curriculum. n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery.

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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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