Nuffy Day Nursery - Cottingley

Inspection of Nuffy Day Nursery - Cottingley Cottingley Manor, Cottingley New Road, Bingley BD16 1TZ

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Overall effectiveness Inadequate

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

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The provision is inadequate

Children's health, safety and welfare are compromised due to significant weaknesses in safeguarding practice. Leaders do not consistently implement the setting's child protection policies and procedures in practice. For example, they do not always recognise and respond to the signs and indicators of abuse when they present themselves. This does not help to safeguard children and protect them from harm.

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The provision is inadequate

Children are not adequately supervised by staff. For example, staff working in the toddler room and pre-school are not deployed effectively. They do not remain vigilant and aware of what children are doing during their play. This leads to some children walking around the setting aimlessly, becoming bored and frustrated with their friends. This has a negative impact on some children's emotional well-being, confidence and self-esteem.

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The provision is inadequate

Children do not receive an acceptable quality of education, overall. This is because staff working in the toddler room and pre-school do not understand how to support and promote children's learning. Staff do not interact and engage effectively with older children during their play and adult-led activities. They do not understand how to help build on what children already know and can do. As a result, some older children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), do not receive the individual support that they need in their learning. That said, babies benefit from good-quality interactions with staff and the educational programmes on offer.

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need to do better?

n The manager and leaders do not have a clear enough oversight into the operation of the setting. They have failed to identify and address areas of weakness in staff practice. This has led to several breaches of the statutory requirements. n The culture for safeguarding children is poor. The manager and staff do not use their professional curiosity to help gather key information about children's individual circumstances. As a result, they do not have key information to help them decide if a child might be at risk of harm. This has the potential to delay a child from receiving the help that they need from the earliest point. n The manager and staff do not consistently implement the setting's medication policy and procedure in practice. For example, staff do not gather key information about the name, dose and reasons why the medicine is required. They do not always obtain written permission from parents to administer a

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specific medication to a child. This compromises children's health in the event they are administered the incorrect dose or medication.

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2 December 2022 n The manager and staff do not keep sufficiently detailed information and records to ensure the safe and effective management of the setting. They do not accurately update children's individual health and care plans, for example when they are made aware of a new allergy or changes to children's dietary requirements. This compromises children's safety in the event they are given foods that they are allergic to. n Staff are not deployed effectively. They fail to recognise and respond appropriately to instances where children push, shout and nip their friends. As a result, children's behaviour is not managed effectively and those who become upset do not receive the emotional support that they need. n The manager and staff regularly attend meetings with parents and external professionals involved in a child's care. They share ideas about ways to support children's learning and plan their next step learning targets. However, staff

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working directly with children do not consistently implement their individual learning plans and targets in practice. Therefore, some children, including those with SEND, do not make the levels of progress of which they are capable. n Children are provided with healthy meals and are physically active. However, staff working in the toddler room and pre-school do not prioritise children's hygiene. For example, they do not remind children to wash their hands before mealtimes. They do not respond when children put their hands inside the self- service bowls after putting them in their mouth. Children are left for long periods of time with runny noses, or food colouring and paint on their face and hands. This does not help to minimise the spread of infection and ensure the good health of children. n Staff working with babies support their emerging communication and language skills well. Babies listen intently to staff as they read stories and join in with

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actions while singing nursery rhymes. Staff babble to babies and encourage them to repeat words back during care routines and play. However, staff working with older children do not provide them with the same level of opportunities to develop their communication and language skills.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are not effective.

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Safeguarding

Staff have a clear understanding of how to identify the signs that indicate a child might be at risk of harm. They take prompt action to share any child protection concerns with the setting's leaders. However, appropriate action is not then taken to share this information with the relevant agencies, where required. Documents used to record concerns about children are vague and lack rigour. The manager and staff do not always include enough detail about the concern, any steps taken and the outcome. This means key information and records are not available to all those who require access to them in the manager's absence. This does not help to safeguard children and protect them from risk of harm.

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implement the setting's child protection policy and procedure in practice, and take prompt action to share concerns about a child's welfare with the relevant agencies, where required 09/12/2022

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implement the setting's policy and procedure for administering medications to children, and ensure staff gather key information about the name, dose and reasons why the medicine is required, and obtain written permission from parents 09/12/2022

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ensure staff keep an accurate and up-to- date record of children's dietary requirements and allergies 09/12/2022

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ensure accurate and sufficiently detailed records are kept for each child, and made available to those who require access to them 09/12/2022

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ensure staff are deployed effectively and are aware of what children are doing during their play, so that they remain safe and their individual care and learning needs are consistently met 09/12/2022

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ensure staff respond and manage children's behaviour appropriately so that they remain safe and their emotional needs are met 09/12/2022

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ensure staff consistently implement robust and thorough hygiene and care practices to promote the good health of children. 09/12/2022

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implement an ambitious curriculum that helps to build on what children already know and can do, in order for them to make good levels of progress 06/01/2023

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make sure staff consistently implement children's individual learning plans in practice, with particular regard to those with SEND 06/01/2023

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ensure staff know and understand how to engage and interact with children effectively during their play and adult-led activities, to support children's development in all areas of learning. 06/01/2023

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY552604 Local authority Bradford Inspection number 10266006 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 57 Number of children on roll 40 Name of registered person Nuffield Health

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reference number

Telephone number 01274 568329 Date of previous inspection 8 October 2019

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Information about this early years setting

Nuffy Day Nursery - Cottingley registered in 2017 and is situated in BIngley. The nursery employs 16 members of childcare staff. Of these, 12 hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3. The nursery opens Monday to Friday, all year round. Sessions are from 7am until 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 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 This inspection was carried out as a result of a risk assessment, following information received about the provider. n The manager and the inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the nursery and discussed the early years curriculum. n The inspector talked to children, parents and staff at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning. n The manager and the inspector carried out a joint observation during snack time and group activities. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation and reviewed evidence of the

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suitability of staff working in the nursery.

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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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