Wren Day Nursery

Inspection of Wren Day Nursery Stoneleigh Park, Kenilworth, Warwickshire CV8 2LG

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Overall effectiveness Inadequate

The quality of education Requires improvement 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 who attend this nursery are not sufficiently safeguarded. Leaders and managers do not share information with other agencies in a timely manner regarding concerns about members of staff. Children's health and safety are significantly compromised. Uninvited visitors can gain entry to the premises and a robust mobile phone policy is not implemented. Children are not protected from the spread of infection. Staff repeatedly pick up children's water cups from the floor and pass them back to children to use without cleaning them.

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The provision is inadequate

Staff do not have high expectations for children. Some adult-led activities are poorly organised. For example, staff encourage children to join together to listen to a story. They ask questions about the story, but when children attempt to respond, the member of staff asks them to be quiet as other children in the room are trying to get to sleep. This limits opportunities for children to explore their own ideas, become engaged in activities and develop a positive attitude to learning. This also impacts on the progress they make in their learning and development.

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The provision is inadequate

The quality of teaching is variable. As a result, not all children make good enough progress from their starting points. However, despite the weakness in teaching, children generally behave well. They listen to staff and respond well to simple instructions. Children are happy and settled with staff. They benefit from daily outdoor play. Pre-school children enjoy running in the garden, negotiating space on wheeled toys, and rolling large hoops to their friends. Younger children enjoy sensory experiences, such as splashing in the water tray.

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need to do better?

n Despite all staff completing safeguarding training, they do not implement child protection procedures effectively. Staff with designated safeguarding roles do not understand the correct procedure to follow to report allegations about a member of staff. Consequently, concerns about adults working in the nursery are not passed on to relevant authorities. n Security procedures within the nursery are not robust. Parents gain entry to the premises using a fingerprint recognition system. However, this is not monitored effectively and results in unauthorised persons gaining entry to the nursery. n Children's overall good health is not promoted effectively. Staff do not implement good hygiene routines. They do not recognise risks associated with giving children cups to drink from that have been thrown on the floor. In addition to this, staff do not wash their hands after wiping children's noses and they put used tissues in their pockets rather than throwing them in the bin.

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need to do better?

n Leaders and managers ensure that staff receive regular supervision meetings. However, these are not used effectively to target and monitor staff professional

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need to do better?

25 February 2022 development and practice. Staff lack knowledge and understanding of how to plan effectively for all children's needs. They provide children with a range of resources and some planned activities based on themes and daily routines. However, staff do not plan a curriculum that is challenging and tailored to individual children's needs. n Children have some positive experiences at the nursery. For example, babies enjoy sitting with adults to sing familiar songs and rhymes. Toddlers enjoy using their imaginations in the home corner, pretending to make drinks and meals for staff and visitors. Pre-school children explore different three-dimensional shapes and attempt to name them. n Staff promote children's emerging independence well. For instance, older children learn how to put on their coats and wellington boots for outdoor play and take care of their own personal needs. Babies are encouraged to feed

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themselves with a spoon. n Children are learning the rules of acceptable behaviour. Staff provide them with appropriate reminders on how to behave. Children are learning to take turns and share with their friends. They form friendships with others and, on the whole, play cooperatively. Children are praised for using good manners. This helps to promote their emotional well-being. n Partnerships with parents are effective. Parents spoken to on the day of inspection express their satisfaction with the nursery. They say that their children are happy and enjoy coming to the nursery. Parents value how staff keep them well informed about their child's time at the setting. Staff exchange information with parents at the start and end of each day.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are not effective.

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Safeguarding

Leaders and managers have insufficient knowledge of how to keep children safe. They do not understand the procedures to follow if an allegation is made about a member of staff. The premises do not remain secure at all times. This means that unauthorised persons can enter the nursery. In addition to this, managers do not ensure that effective procedures are in place to ensure staff do not take mobile phones into the nursery areas. These weaknesses have a significant impact on children's safety and welfare. Despite this, the manager ensures safer recruitment procedures are followed to check the suitability of new staff.

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Due date

25 February 2022 improve knowledge and understanding of the procedure to follow in the event of an allegation being made against a member of staff 25/03/2022

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ensure that any safeguarding concerns are reported to the appropriate agencies in a timely manner 25/03/2022

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ensure that the premises remain secure at all times to prevent unauthorised persons entering the nursery 04/03/2022

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ensure the mobile phone policy is implemented to ensure children's safety 25/03/2022

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ensure children's good health is promoted and take necessary steps to prevent the spread of infection 25/03/2022

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provide staff with support and further professional development opportunities to ensure they have the knowledge needed to offer children a good-quality curriculum 22/04/2022

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ensure the curriculum planned for children is ambitious and provides suitable challenge for children to become engaged in their learning and help them to make good progress. 22/04/2022

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Setting details

Unique reference number 200840 Local authority Warwickshire Inspection number 10221243 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Day care type Full day care

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inspection

Total number of places 102 Number of children on roll 103 Name of registered person Philip and Penelope Shaw Partnership

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reference number

Telephone number 02476 418957 Date of previous inspection 26 July 2017

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Information about this early years setting

Wren Day Nursery registered in 1992. It operates from Stoneleigh Park near Kenilworth in Warwickshire. The nursery employs 22 members of childcare staff. Of these, 17 hold appropriate early years qualifications ranging from level 3 to level 6. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday all year round, except for bank holidays and one week over the Christmas period. Sessions are from 7.30am to 6pm. 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 This inspection was carried out as a result of a risk assessment, following information received about the provider. n The inspector completed a learning walk with the member of staff who leads the baby room and pre-school room, to understand how the setting operates and how the curriculum is organised. n The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities and assessed the impact this has on children's learning. n The inspector spoke with staff and children at appropriate times during the inspection. She spoke to parents during the inspection and took account of their views. n The inspector completed two joint observations with the member of staff who leads the baby room and pre-school room.

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n The inspector looked at relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of staff working in the setting.

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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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