Ashfield Play Care Scheme

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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On 5 April 2023, we carried out an inspection and found the provider was not meeting some of these requirements.

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The overall effectiveness of the provision was judged to be inadequate. The inspection report sets out the actions the provider was required to take to meet the requirements.

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Following the inspection we served a welfare requirements notice on 17 April 2023. 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 that individuals responsible for the club have a clear understanding of their roles and responsibilities, including compliance with statutory requirements of the early years foundation stage

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n supply Ofsted with the necessary information to carry out suitability checks on members of the club management committee, including the nominated individual

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n conduct suitability checks in a timely manner, including obtaining a Disclosure and Barring Service check, for all staff who work with children. On 27 April 2023, we carried out a monitoring visit and found the provider had met some of the safeguarding and welfare actions but not others. The manager provided evidence that Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check applications had been submitted for those staff who required the check. The members of staff will receive their DBS certificates once the checks have been processed. Some members of the committee had submitted information to Ofsted and their suitability checks were being processed. However, some committee members had yet to complete and submit the required form. Copies of the statutory framework for the early years foundation stage had been printed for all committee members but members had not had enough time to read through the statutory requirements and

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attend a meeting to discuss roles and responsibilities.

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We have served another welfare requirements notice. 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 that individuals responsible for the club have a clear understanding of their roles and responsibilities, including compliance with statutory requirements of the early years foundation stage

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n supply Ofsted with the necessary information to carry out suitability checks on members of the club management committee.

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On 18 May 2023, we carried out a monitoring visit and found that the provider had met the safeguarding and welfare actions. The provider had submitted all required information to enable Ofsted to process suitability checks for committee members. All committee members had been provided with a copy of the statutory framework for the early years foundation stage, a committee meeting had been held to discuss roles and allocate specific responsibilities and further training and support for the committee had been identified. The nominated individual demonstrated that appropriate steps have been taken to develop knowledge and understanding of statutory requirements.

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The provider is still registered with Ofsted.

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