Great West Day Nursery Ltd

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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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On 14 April 2023 we received concerns that the provider was not meeting some of these requirements.

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On 28 April 2023, we conducted an unannounced regulatory visit. We found the provider was not meeting some of the requirements. We issued actions for the provider to take.

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n ensure staff understand and follow the nursery's safeguarding policy and procedures, in particular with regard to expectations of mobile phones in the setting.

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n implement an effective recruitment system to ensure that practitioners, and any other person who may have regular contact with children are suitable

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n ensure all staff receive thorough induction training to help them understand their roles and responsibilities and to know how to carry babies in a safe way

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n ensure staff manage children's behaviour in an appropriate way that helps children understand expectations and consequences of their actions

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n ensure that the nominated individual and all staff understand the need to protect the privacy of the children in their care as well the legal requirements that exist to ensure that information relating to the child is handled in a way that ensures confidentiality and in line with Data protection legislation

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n ensure all required information about any person employed on the premises is obtained and kept.

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On 15 May 2023, we conducted another regulatory visit to monitor compliance with actions raised. We found the provider had met some of the safeguarding and welfare actions but not others. For example, the provider now ensured that all required information about any person employed on the premises is obtained and kept. The provider has improved the induction procedure and now ensures that staff understand and comply with the mobile phone policy and know how to safely handle children. Additionally, during the regulatory visit, we found new areas of concern. This means that the provider was not meeting other requirements as set out in the Statutory framework for the early years foundation stage.

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In relation to the new areas of concern and those that had not been met, we served a welfare requirements notice. This is a legal notice that requires the provider to take the actions below within the timescales set out.

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n implement an effective recruitment system to ensure that practitioners, and any other person who may have regular contact with children are suitable

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n ensure all staff receive thorough training to help them understand their roles and responsibilities, including how to manage children's behaviour in an appropriate way that helps children understand expectations and consequences of their actions

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n ensure that at least half of all staff present hold at least an approved level 2 qualification

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n implement effective risk assessment procedures to ensure all reasonable steps are taken to ensure staff and children are not exposed to risks

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n ensure that the nominated individual and all staff understands the need to protect the privacy of the children in their care as well the legal requirements that exist to ensure that information relating to children is handled in a way that ensures confidentiality and in line with Data protection legislation.

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On 5 June 2023, we conducted a further regulatory visit to monitor compliance with actions raised. We found the provider had met some of the safeguarding and welfare actions but not others. For example, the provider now ensures that they meet the qualification requirement at all times, and that staff understand how to manage children's behaviour in an appropriate way. The provider has also taken reasonable steps to ensure staff and children are not exposed to risks. The nominated individual and all staff now understand the need to protect the privacy of the children in their care and ensure that information relating to children is handled in a way that ensures confidentiality and in line with Data protection legislation. Additionally, during the regulatory visit, we found new areas of concern. This means that the provider was not meeting other requirements as set out in the Statutory framework for the early years foundation stage.

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In relation to the new areas of concern and those that have not been met, we have served a welfare requirements notice. This is a legal notice that requires the provider to take the actions below within the timescales set out. In relation to the breaches of learning and development requirements, we issued actions for the provider to take. The provider will be able to give parents further information about this. The provider is still registered with Ofsted.

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n ensure all staff understand and follow the nursery's safeguarding policy and procedures, in particular with regard to the correct action to take if an allegation is raised against any member of staff

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n implement an effective recruitment system to ensure that practitioners, and any other person who may have regular contact with children are suitable

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n improve key person system arrangements to ensure that all parents are aware of their child's key person, and to ensure the key persons know their children well and are able to meet their learning and care needs effectively

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n ensure everyone legally responsible for the company are notified to Ofsted

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n ensure that all children whose home language is not English, have opportunities to develop and use their home language in play and learning

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n implement effective assessment of children to ensure staff know children's starting points, understand how children develop and learn, and then shape teaching and learning experiences for each child reflecting on that knowledge.

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We will monitor the provider's response to ensure the actions are successfully completed.

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Publication of complaints

We publish details of complaints made against childminders, home childcarers and childcare providers where we or the provider have taken action in order to meet legal requirements.

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Publication of complaints

We publish details of complaints on our website for a period of five years.

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Publication of complaints

For further information about the complaints process please view the Concerns and complaints about childminders and childcare providers leaflet .

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