Owl & Bear Daycare

Inspection of Owl & Bear Daycare Rusthall Lodge, 46 Southend Crescent, London SE9 2SB

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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 Inadequate

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The provision is inadequate

The provider has not addressed the ongoing weaknesses that have been raised at previous inspections, and this remains a concern. The provider is in breach of several safeguarding and welfare requirements. Staff do not support children's health and hygiene effectively. For example, mattresses and bedding are laid on a dirty floor in preparation for babies and young children to sleep. This compromises children's safety and well-being.

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The provision is inadequate

Staff encourage children to engage in a range of activities with friends or independently. For example, young children stack blocks, and other children play with play dough. However, the learning programme is not effective and is poorly implemented. For example, children do not receive support from staff to develop their curiosity through well-thought-out activities and experiences. This does not help children to make progress in their attitudes to learning.

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The provision is inadequate

Staff welcome children into the setting with warm greetings and smiles. This helps children to easily separate from their parents when they arrive. Overall, children behave well. They take turns and play together cooperatively.

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need to do better?

n Leaders do not provide the manager, who is new in post, with effective oversight, mentoring and coaching. She is not receiving support to address the ongoing weaknesses in the delivery of the learning programme. In addition, leaders have not put in place effective staff training and coaching for all staff to improve their professional skills. They recognise that staff supervisions have not been completed. Some staff do not know what they must do to improve their planning, teaching or interactions with children. This has a negative impact on the quality of education that children receive. n Leaders do not implement an effective key-person system to enable staff to support children to become familiar with the setting. For example, during the inspection, there were no arrangements in place to cover the absences of key persons. During these times, children do not receive effective support with their individual learning needs. Furthermore, it does not help to support and maintain

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children's settled relationships and strong attachments with adults at the setting. n Leaders do not ensure that staff prepare hygienic, clean environments for children. This weakness in staff practice compromises children's health and well- being. n Leaders do not have robust systems and processes in place to gather required information from parents regarding children's dietary requirements and allergies before a child is admitted to the setting. This means that children's health and safety is compromised.

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need to do better?

27 October 2023 n Staff do not plan and implement effective learning experiences to support children's long-term education. For example, during planned focus group activities, staff do not organise resources effectively to support children to embed knowledge and/or practise new skills well. This demonstrates that children are not receiving a learning programme that supports their next steps. n Leaders and the manager do not identify and address weaknesses in staff's knowledge and practice swiftly. For example, staff do not carefully consider how to support children to move their bodies in a variety of ways to develop their gross motor skills. Staff do not implement an effective learning programme for physical development. n Children's learning environments are poorly designed. At times, pre-school children share the same room as the babies and young children. When this happens, the pre-school children do not receive age-appropriate learning and

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interactions to build on their existing skills. Children do not make good progress in their prime areas of learning. n Staff receive training to improve their understanding of supporting children with special educational needs and/or disabilities to a higher level. n Parents receive encouragement from staff to share and read books with their children. Staff sing nursery rhymes and read books with the children, which they enjoy and respond positively to. Children gain some suitable language skills. n The leadership team and staff build friendly relationships with parents. Staff arrange meetings with parents to talk about their children's time at the setting. Parents comment that their children enjoy their time at the setting. Parents like the healthy snacks and meals that their children receive.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are not effective.

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Safeguarding

The leadership team does not ensure that staff inductions support them to understand their roles and responsibilities. For instance, they do not provide environments that are clean for children. As a result, children's health is compromised. Staff are trained to know the signs that may indicate a child is at risk of harm. The manager and staff know how to report any concerns they have about children. The recruitment of staff is thorough, and individual suitability assessments are completed.

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Due date

27 October 2023 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 with a good quality of education and care that continually improves 10/11/2023

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Due date

implement an effective key-person system to enable staff to support children to become familiar with the setting and that supports children's individual needs effectively 10/11/2023

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Due date

ensure all staff follow the health and hygiene procedures of the setting, including robustly cleaning children's care environments 10/11/2023

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Due date

ensure staff act on information from parents about children's allergies and dietary information before a child is admitted to the setting. 10/11/2023

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Due date

improve teaching practice so staff have a clear understanding of what they want children to learn first and in what order before planning activities and experiences 10/11/2023

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Due date

create learning environments and a robust learning programme, ensuring resources available and staff knowledge and skills promote children's learning, curiosity and engagement. 10/11/2023

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2652827 Local authority Greenwich Inspection number 10304219 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Day care type Full day care

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inspection

Total number of places 100 Number of children on roll 48 Name of registered person Owl & Bear Daycare Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 02034577510 Date of previous inspection 12 June 2023

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Information about this early years setting

Owl & Bear Daycare registered in 2021. It is located in Eltham, in the London Borough of Greenwich. The setting operates Monday to Friday, from 7.30am to 6.30pm, all year round. There are 16 members of staff, 10 of whom have a childcare qualification at level 2 and above, including the provider. The nursery receives funding for the provision of free early education for children aged two, three and four years.

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Information about this inspection

Inspectors Anne-Marie Giffts Trina Lynskey

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Inspection activities

n The inspectors discussed any continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic with the provider and has taken that into account in their evaluation of the provider. n The manager and the inspectors completed a learning walk together of all the areas of the setting and discussed the early years learning programme. n The inspectors viewed the provision with the manager and discussed the safety and suitability of the premises. n The manager and inspectors completed a joint observation together. n The inspectors spoke to parents during the inspection. n The inspectors looked at relevant documentation and reviewed evidence of the suitability of staff working in the setting.

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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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