Burnopfield Daycare

Inspection of Burnopfield Daycare Burnopfield Community Centre, Syke Road, Burnopfield, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Durham NE16 6JF

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Overall effectiveness Requires improvement

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

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The provision requires improvement

The manager leads a team of enthusiastic staff. However, although she has a strong vision to create and deliver an ambitious curriculum, what she wants children to learn is not consistently implemented across the nursery. This means that children do not make the progress that they are capable of. Children are happy in the nursery. Settling-in routines, where children gradually get used to attending, mean that they want to come to nursery. Children enjoy some activities, such as making play dough at the table in the garden. They learn how to measure and mix the dough before they play with it. However, children under the age of two years are not fully engaged in the garden. Staff do not plan effectively or provide resources to challenge or build on what these children can already do.

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The provision requires improvement

There is a nice calm atmosphere and children develop positive relationships with other children and staff. They are well behaved and learn how to manage their own feelings and behaviour. Staff give children guidance and explain consequences, for example what might happen if they run in the room. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, parents have not been coming into the nursery. During the first national lockdown, when children did not attend, staff provided activity packs for parents to do with their children at home.

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need to do better?

n The manager has an overview of the curriculum and knows what she wants children to achieve. She discusses with staff what children can do. However, she does not share with staff how she assesses children's development. This means that staff do not always plan appropriately for children's next steps in development. Staff are not aware if there are any delays or gaps in children's development. There is not enough stimulation or challenge for babies and toddlers, particularly when they are in the garden. n The manager has procedures in place to administer medication. She checks any medication that a parent brings to nursery for their children. There are records for any medication that is given. However, some medication does not have any labelling on it to show what it is, who it is for and how much should be administered. This means that staff do not know if the medication is the correct one for the child. Some medications are kept in children's bags, where children

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need to do better?

can access them. Though there have been no incidents regarding medication, it needs to be stored safely and labelled. n Most staff are newly appointed. Robust recruitment procedures have been used and staff have been inducted into the setting. For example, they have received guidance on the organisation of the setting and the safeguarding of children. The manager works in the playroom alongside staff, modelling good practice. She asks questions at random to test their knowledge and understanding.

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need to do better?

11 November 2021 n Staff support children's communication and language skills. The manager identified that children experienced delays in their communication and language skills due to the pandemic. Staff understand this and use clear explanations with children during activities. They model language to help develop children's skills. For example, when children make play dough, they discuss weighing the flour and use words such as 'heavy'. They name the items used for pouring out water, such as a teapot. However, there are occasions when staff do not give children time to answer a question or to work out how to solve a problem. n Staff support children's nutritional needs successfully. Children enjoy freshly cooked meals on the premises. Staff are teaching children to become independent. For instance, they encourage children to wash their own plate and cup when they have finished their meal. Children over the age of two years

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need to do better?

enjoy taking appropriate risks in their play. For example, they learn to balance on the planks used for an obstacle course in the garden. Indoors, babies learn to reach for toys when crawling on their tummies or to pull themselves up to standing, in preparation for walking.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The manager and staff understand their role in ensuring that security is good. They undertake regular risk assessments to minimise potential hazards to children. Children are cared for in a safe and secure environment. Staff have a suitable knowledge and understanding of child protection and wider safeguarding issues. The manager regularly tests their knowledge using quizzes. Staff know what to do and who to contact should they have any concerns about a child or adult. Appropriate checks ensure staff's suitability, prior to them working directly with the children. Effective staff deployment means that children are well supervised and well cared for.

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Due date

strengthen staff's professional development to ensure that they can implement an effective curriculum that supports all children's development and so that children are stimulated to learn at all times 25/11/2021

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Due date

11 November 2021 develop staff's understanding of how to use assessment so that activities are purposeful and are pitched at the right level to meet children's individual next steps in learning 25/11/2021

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Due date

ensure that all medications are stored safely and that they identify which child they are for, when they were prescribed and what the dosage should be. 12/11/2021

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should:

n build on staff's questioning techniques to allow children time to think and respond, in order to help them express their own ideas.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2547383 Local authority Durham Inspection number 10213629 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises Registers Early Years Register Day care type Full day care

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inspection

Total number of places 22 Number of children on roll 21 Name of registered person Pearson, Niamh

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reference number

Telephone number 07506120050 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

Burnopfield Daycare registered in 2019. The nursery employs four members of childcare staff. Of these, three hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, for 50 weeks of the year. Sessions are from 8am until 5pm. 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 setting received since the COVID-19 pandemic began. The inspector discussed the impact of the pandemic with the setting and has taken that into account in their evaluation of the setting. n The inspector had a tour of the nursery and completed a learning walk with the manager. The manager described how the environment and the curriculum are organised. n The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and outdoors and assessed the impact this has on children's learning. n The manager and the inspector completed a joint observation of an activity. n The inspector held a meeting with the manager. She looked at relevant documentation, such as evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery. n The inspector spoke to parents during the inspection and took account of their views.

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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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