Owl & Bear Daycare

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

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The report and inspection outcome will be published in due course. Following the inspection we served a welfare requirements notice on 26 June 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 implement effective supervision and support arrangements to ensure that all staff, including leaders and those with oversight and governance of the setting, are equipped with the skills and knowledge to fulfil the requirements of their role so that children are provided a quality of care that continually improves

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n implement an effective key person system that enable children to become familiar with the setting and to meet their individual needs

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n ensure staff are effectively deployed to meet the care and safety needs of all children, particularly during sessions in the garden and transitions

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n ensure that appropriate steps are taken to promote the good health of children who attend the setting, including preventing the spread of infection

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n ensure that the premises are safe for children including ensuring that fire exits are unobstructed and can be easily accessed in the event of an emergency

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n ensure all staff follow the health and hygiene procedures of the setting, including routinely cleaning children's cleaning facilities

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n ensure robust risk assessments are in place and followed to ensure the learning environment is safe and suitable for the children attending, this includes the garden. On 10 July 2023, we carried out a regulatory visit. The focus of the visit was to check whether the provider had met the safeguarding and welfare actions raised at their last inspection.

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We found that the provider had improved their knowledge and understanding of their role and responsibilities. Staff's knowledge and understanding of the setting's policies and procedures has improved. The provider and staff team have taken steps to help ensure the learning environment is safe, clean and better organised to promote children's safety and learning. In addition, the key person system is now effective to support children's emotional well-being.

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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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