Key Largo Montessori

Summary of outcome

All early years providers must meet the legal requirements in the Statutory framework for the early years foundation stage, which you can find at www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-foundation-stage-framework--2. If we find that a provider is not meeting the requirements, we can take action to ensure they put matters right.

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Summary of outcome

On 12 August 2022, we carried out an inspection and found the provider was not meeting some of these requirements.

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Summary of outcome

The report and inspection outcome will be published in due course. Following the inspection we served a welfare requirements notice on 16 August 2022. This is a legal notice that requires the provider to take the actions below within the timescales set out. The provider will be able to give parents further information about this.

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n ensure an effective and suitable designated practitioner with lead responsibility for safeguarding is available to provide support, advice, and guidance to staff on an ongoing basis and on any specific safeguarding issue as required

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n ensure that staff understand who is suitable and responsible for carrying out leadership roles in the absence of the manager and deputy manager

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n ensure that staff are clear about roles and responsibilities within the nursery, and provide staff with the required support, coaching and training needed to carry out the tasks expected of them

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n implement a thorough and effective risk assessment procedure that demonstrates prompt action is taken to remove or minimise risk to ensure children's safety at all times

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n ensure that Ofsted are provided with the required information about the new director to enable suitability checks to be completed.

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On 5 September 2022, we carried out a regulatory visit. The focus of the visit was to check whether the provider met the safeguarding and welfare actions raised at their last inspection.

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We found that the provider has improved the designated lead practitioner for safeguarding's knowledge and understanding of child protection procedures and safeguarding issues. There is an effective lead practitioner for safeguarding in place who is available to provide support and advice to staff. Staff now fully understand their responsibilities and are clear about leadership roles. They implement arrangements for risk assessments appropriately to help keep children safe. Ofsted has been notified of required information about the new director so that suitability checks can be completed.

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We are satisfied the provider has met the safeguarding and welfare actions raised. The provider is still registered with Ofsted.

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