Ninna Nanna Childcare

Inspection of Ninna Nanna Childcare St. Peters Church, Southfield Road, London W4 1BB

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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 Not applicable

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The provision is inadequate

The manager and staff do not have a secure understanding of safeguarding. This compromises children's safety. Most children seem happy to attend. However, the key-person system is weak and does not ensure that all children feel safe and build nurturing bonds. For example, babies who are new to the provision receive little or no attention from their key person and are given dummies to prevent them from crying.

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The provision is inadequate

Expectations for children are not high enough. For instance, children are not encouraged to be independent with their personal needs. Babies and toddlers are not offered opportunities to feed themselves at mealtimes. Older children have their food cut up for them and drink from lidded cups. Staff do not promote an inclusive environment, where all children are helped to feel valued. For instance, at mealtimes children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) eat separately from the group, despite indicating that they wish to sit among their friends. This means that they miss out on opportunities to build social skills.

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The provision is inadequate

The poor curriculum means that children do not make the progress that they should. Nevertheless, children are generally well behaved and show positive attitudes to their play. For example, children enjoy music sessions led by an external provider. They join in with songs and movements, showing engagement and enthusiasm.

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need to do better?

n The manager, who also owns the setting, has a poor understanding of her role. She has not identified significant breaches in the registration requirements and has not notified Ofsted that ownership has changed to a limited company. This means that children's welfare is not assured. The manager has sought help from her local early years team. However, the improvements made have not been enough to ensure the provision is good. n The manager does not know the correct procedure to follow if a safeguarding allegation or concern is raised about a member of staff. She does not ensure that all staff have a secure understanding of the risks to children from radicalisation or female genital mutilation. This compromises children's safety. n Staff supervision and training is ineffective. The manager does not identify weaknesses in staff practice. Therefore, staff do not receive effective guidance to improve their skills. New staff are not trained to understand safeguarding

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need to do better?

issues. This has a significant impact on children's welfare and learning. n The key-person system does not provide effective support for children's educational and care needs. Although staff have a general understanding of their key children's interests and abilities, they lack the knowledge of how to

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need to do better?

18 May 2022 build on these. For instance, staff in the babies' area say they want children to develop their speech. However, some babies spend long periods with a dummy in their mouth, which limits their ability to communicate. n The curriculum is poor. Learning experiences for children are generally uninspiring and lack variety. Some staff do not know how to interact with children, to support meaningful play. This limits children's opportunities for learning and means that they do not make the progress that they should. n The manager describes the plans in place to support children with SEND. However, these are not consistently understood and implemented by staff. Consequently, while children make some progress, this is not as rapid as it should be. n Support for children's physical development is inconsistent. Older children take part in daily exercise sessions. They have access to the nursery garden and

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sometimes visit a nearby park. However, babies do not have provision for daily outdoor play and the opportunities for them to practise their large-muscle movements are very limited. n Despite the weaknesses in teaching, children make the most of the available opportunities to play. Older children like being outdoors and enjoy imaginary role play with their peers. They focus as they draw pictures and build with plastic blocks. However, activities and resources are not challenging .enough to promote deeper learning skills such as problem-solving. n Parents give positive feedback on the nursery. They describe the manager and staff as friendly and supportive. Parents are happy that children are given healthy meals and snacks. They say their children really enjoy their time at nursery.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are not effective.

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Safeguarding

Weaknesses in the manager and staff's safeguarding knowledge mean that children's safety is not assured. The manager knows how to identify and report signs of abuse and neglect in children but does not ensure that staff also have a secure understanding of these issues. Staff complete paediatric first-aid training to help them deal with accidents or medical emergencies. They carry out daily checks of the nursery premises to identify and minimise any hazards in the environment.

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Due date

18 May 2022 ensure that all staff and managers have a secure understanding of their role to safeguard children 08/07/2022

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Due date

improve the supervision, coaching and training for managers and staff, to swiftly identify and address weaknesses and achieve consistently good-quality teaching and interactions with children 08/07/2022

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Due date

introduce a broad and ambitious curriculum for children, which ignites their interests and supports their progress in all areas of learning 08/07/2022

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Due date

strengthen the key-person system, to build secure relationships with parents and provide all children with appropriate individualised care and learning 08/07/2022

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Due date

improve arrangements to support children with SEND, to ensure they receive consistent and well-targeted support and that all reasonable steps are taken to include them 08/07/2022

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Due date

ensure that all children, including babies, have daily access to outdoor play to support their physical development and well-being. 08/07/2022

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2632218 Local authority Ealing Inspection number 10236807 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 40 Number of children on roll 50 Name of registered person Marziani, Elettra

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reference number

Telephone number 07979913824 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

Ninna Nanna Childcare nursery registered in 2021. It is in the London Borough of Ealing. The nursery is open 8am to 6pm, throughout most of the year. The nursery is closed for two weeks in the summer holidays and a week at Christmas and at Easter. The nursery employs 11 staff to work with the children. Of these, seven have childcare qualifications. The manager is qualified at level 6 and other staff hold level 3 or 2 qualifications. The nursery offers funded early education for children aged three and four years.

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Inspection activities

n This was the first routine inspection the provider has received since the COVID- 19 pandemic began. The inspector discussed the impact of the pandemic with the provider and has taken this into account in her evaluation of the provider. n The manager showed the inspector around the nursery premises. She explained how they organise the environment and learning programmes for children. n The inspector observed activities and interactions between children and staff, to evaluate the quality of the education. n Parents, staff and children shared their views and experiences with the inspector at appropriate times during the inspection. n The inspector met with the manager to discuss leadership issues, such as the recruitment, training and support for staff. n The inspector reviewed a sample of documents, this includes the nursery's safeguarding policies and staff 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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