Nynehead Under 5s

Inspection of Nynehead Under 5s Old Nynehead Primary School, Nynehead, Wellington TA21 0BL

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Overall effectiveness Inadequate

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

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The provision is inadequate

Children's well-being is compromised, due to weaknesses in leadership and management. Children's safety and welfare is put at risk because of staff's poor knowledge of safeguarding. The manager, who is the designated lead for safeguarding, does not recognise when to refer safeguarding concerns to the appropriate authorities. This fails to keep children safe from harm.

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The provision is inadequate

Children do not benefit from a broad, well-planned curriculum. This is because staff do not plan activities effectively by considering children's interests and do not consistently build on what children need to learn next. As a result, children do not concentrate for sustained periods. For example, during some group activities, they quickly lose interest and start to talk over one another. Despite this, children behave well, overall. Children play with colourful, building bricks. However, the staff sitting with the children are not clear on the intent of this activity and fail to provide support or extend children's learning, such as through discussions about shape or number. Children have daily opportunities for outside play, where they learn to pedal tricycles and negotiate pathways.

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The provision is inadequate

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, parents drop off and collect their children at the door to the nursery. Staff provide parents with some information about their children's learning. However, this is not consistent for all parents.

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need to do better?

n The manager does not monitor the quality of staff's practice. Although the manager holds supervision meetings with staff and works alongside them, she does not provide targeted support and coaching for their professional development. As a result, staff do not implement a broad and varied curriculum that provides children with meaningful opportunities. n The failure to implement adequate procedures to safeguard children has led to leaders and staff not taking decisive action to address welfare concerns about children in their care, to keep them safe. n Staff plan some activities which engage children successfully. Children enjoy making apple cakes when they learn about 'Somerset Day'. They write for a purpose when they send letters to the residents at a local care home and enjoy exploring the new woodland area. n Staff do not always use information they know about children to challenge them consistently, by planning activities that link to their next steps in learning. For

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example, when children play with resources they like, such as the bricks, staff do not use effective strategies to engage with the children as they play to build on their existing skills and knowledge. n Staff fail to respond to children's interests to extend their learning further. For

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30 November 2021 example, when children discuss spiders and the webs they make, staff do not use this as an opportunity to extend children's language and vocabulary to further deepen their understanding of the world. This does not help children develop positive attitudes towards learning. n The manager has revised ways of communicating with parents because of the COVID-19 pandemic. She has introduced newsletters to help keep parents up to date about events at the nursery. Staff share reports of children's progress with parents and seek to gather parental views regarding children's interests. However, some parents feel that the feedback they receive on a day-to-day basis is too basic and does not help them know how to continue to support their children's learning at home. n Children are familiar with the daily routine and listen to and follow staff's instructions. Staff are positive role models. They encourage children to use good

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manners, such as please and thank you at mealtimes and encourage their independence to pour their own drinks and in handwashing. Staff are kind and caring. They praise children's efforts to build their self-esteem and confidence. n The provider has failed to notify Ofsted of changes to members of the committee within the required timescale. This means that Ofsted has not been able to determine the suitability of all committee members. However, there is no impact on children's safety because committee members do not work directly with the children and are never on their own with them.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are not effective.

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Safeguarding

The manager and staff do not have a robust enough knowledge of how to keep children safe. They do not know how to respond appropriately to concerns regarding children's welfare. This lack of understanding seriously compromises children's safety. Not all staff are able to identify the indicators that may mean a child is at risk of harm. Most staff cannot recognise the signs and symptoms relating to wider aspects of safeguarding, such as female genital mutilation or the 'Prevent' duty. There are appropriate recruitment and vetting procedures in place to ensure that staff are suitable to work with children.

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Due date

30 November 2021 ensure staff, including the designated safeguarding lead, have a sufficient knowledge and understanding of safeguarding to enable them to identify child protection concerns and take appropriate action, including referring to the appropriate agencies in a timely manner 04/01/2022

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Due date

take action to ensure that all staff have knowledge of the wider aspects of safeguarding, including how to recognise signs of radicalisation and female genital mutilation 04/01/2022

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improve arrangements for monitoring staff practice, and providing support and coaching for their professional development, to identify and address weaknesses in their knowledge and skills and how to support children's learning 04/01/2022

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plan and provide a broad curriculum that builds on what children already know and can do, to help them make good progress in their learning 04/01/2022

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Due date

improve information sharing with parents, to ensure that they are all well informed about their children's progress and how they can further support children's learning at home. 04/01/2022

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY470536 Local authority Somerset Inspection number 10209957 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 36 Number of children on roll 19 Name of registered person Nynehead Under 5s Pre-School

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reference number

Telephone number 01823664365 Date of previous inspection 14 September 2016

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Information about this early years setting

Nynehead Under 5s registered in May 2014 and operates from the old school in the village of Nynehead near Wellington, Somerset. The setting is open each weekday during term time from 9am to 4pm on Monday and Tuesday, 7.30am to 5.30pm on Wednesday and Thursday, and 9am to 1pm on Friday. The setting receives funding to provide free early education for children aged two, three and four years. There are five members of staff employed, including one member who is qualified to level 4 and the remaining staff are qualified to level 3. There is an administrator to support the staff team.

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Inspection activities

n This was the first routine inspection the provider received since the COVID-19 pandemic began. The inspector discussed the impact of the pandemic with the provider and has taken that into account in their evaluation of the provider. n The manager spoke with the inspector about the curriculum and what she wants children to learn. n The inspector observed children's interactions with staff and their engagement in activities inside and outside. n The manager and the inspector completed a joint observation and had a follow- up discussion about children's learning. n A number of discussions were held with staff throughout the inspection. n The inspector spoke to children and parents and took their views into account. n A range of documentation was viewed, including paediatric first-aid certificates.

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Inspection activities

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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Inspection activities

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