Woolton Village Day Nursery Ltd

Inspection of Woolton Village Day Nursery Ltd Mount Street, Woolton, LIVERPOOL L25 6HL

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Overall effectiveness Requires improvement

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

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The provision requires improvement

Children do not make consistently good progress in their learning. This is because the provider has not given enough attention to the quality of care and education. While staff-to-child ratios are met, the provider does not deploy staff effectively. Too often, children are not cared for by their key person. Frequent changes to staffing occur at the start of the day. This limits the youngest children's ability to settle in quickly and begin their play and learning. Despite this, children are safe and content.

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The provision requires improvement

Staff demonstrate caring and respectful relationships with children. As a result, children feel safe and secure. Babies seek out staff for reassuring cuddles as they settle to sleep. Older children talk confidently to staff about what they are doing as they make pretend pizzas with play dough. Staff promote social development. Therefore, children learn to get along together and be kind and helpful.

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The provision requires improvement

The manager has begun work to address the weaknesses in the quality of education, for example by making improvements to the learning environment. However, the manager undertakes too many roles for her to be able to have effective oversight. This means that care routines and play for the youngest children do not meet their developmental needs. For instance, babies are expected to sit at tables for extended periods of time and play with the same resources as older children.

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need to do better?

n The newly appointed manager has an ambitious vision for the curriculum. She knows what she wants children to learn. However, she has not ensured that staff understand what children need to learn and when. As a result, learning activities lack timely purpose. Despite this, children engage in their play happily. For example, they show enjoyment in building towers with wooden blocks and making marks in glitter with paintbrushes. n Some staff interact positively with children. For example, they promote children's independence skills such as learning to clean their faces after meals. This enables children to learn some of the intended curriculum for their personal development. Nonetheless, the provider has not ensured new and less experienced staff have received the training and support they need to help them develop their interactions. This means that children are not consistently learning the self-help skills they need.

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need to do better?

n Children's behaviour is generally positive. Staff expectations for behaviour are high. Children are learning to be courteous because staff explain to them that they should be helpful and thank others. For example, children readily say 'thank you' to their friend when they hand out the plates and respond quickly to

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need to do better?

6 September 2023 requests to take their feet off the table. n The provider has not ensured that children's progress is assessed frequently enough. Consequently, staff plan activities that do not meet individual children's needs because they are too easy or difficult. This means children do not make the progress of which they are capable. n The manager ensures books are shared with children frequently. However, her work to improve the quality of sharing books is just beginning. Staff read to children with little expression. They hold the book the wrong way up and out of view. This means children do not benefit from seeing the pictures or words. As a result, after a positive attitude to the activity, children become bored and do not master the intended communication skills quickly. n Staff feel well supported by the new manager after a period of uncertainty. The manager provides supervision and staff meetings. This means that staff can

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need to do better?

share concerns they may have and talk about their job roles. However, supervisions are not focused precisely enough on improving overall staff performance. n Parents and/or carers state that their children enjoy coming to nursery. They say that the daily feedback provided by staff means they feel informed about their child's day-to-day care. However, the manager and the provider do not ensure that the progress checks for children aged two years are shared with parents. Therefore, parents do not know how well their child is progressing across the areas of learning.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The manager understands her role and responsibility to safeguard children. Staff have attended relevant training to help them identify any signs or symptoms that may mean a child is at risk of harm. Staff know the procedures they must follow if they have concerns about a child, or the behaviour of another adult. The manager ensures the staff that work with children are suitable to do so. Staff, including the cook, know about children's allergy and dietary requirements. They take appropriate action to ensure children consume only food and drink that is safe for them to do so. For instance, food is clearly labelled and children are seated separately when eating to minimise the risk of contamination with allergens. This helps to ensure children are kept safe.

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Due date

6 September 2023 implement an enjoyable and challenging curriculum that meets the needs of all children who attend 25/10/2023

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Due date

improve staff deployment to ensure it meets the needs of children and provides consistent caregiving and learning opportunities 25/10/2023

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Due date

improve effectiveness of assessment processes to ensure staff can monitor children's progress and identify what children need to learn next 25/10/2023

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Due date

ensure the progress checks for children aged two years are shared with parents and/or carers so that they know what their child's next steps in learning are. 25/10/2023

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should:

n provide staff with effective professional development to raise the quality of their performance and, specifically, their interactions with children.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY463241 Local authority Liverpool Inspection number 10303960 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 74 Number of children on roll 38 Name of registered person Woolton Village Day Nursery Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 0151 4287888 Date of previous inspection 10 March 2022

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Information about this early years setting

Woolton Village Day Nursery Ltd registered in 2013. The nursery employs 12 members of childcare staff. Of these, one holds early years professional status, six hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3, three hold level 2 and one is an apprentice. The nursery opens Monday to Friday from 7.30am to 6pm for 51 weeks of the year. The nursery provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector discussed any continued impact of the pandemic with the provider and has taken that into account in their evaluation of the provider. n We carried out this inspection as a result of a risk assessment, following information we received about the provider. n The manager and inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the nursery and discussed the early years curriculum. n The inspector spoke to children to find out about their time at the setting. n The inspector talked to staff at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. n The inspector spoke with the nominated individual about the leadership and management of the setting. n The special educational needs coordinator spoke to the inspector about how they support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided and assessed the

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impact that this was having on children's learning. n The inspector carried out a joint observation of a communication and language activity with the manager. n The inspector spoke to several parents during the inspection and took account of their views. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation and reviewed evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery.

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Inspection activities

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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Inspection activities

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