Kids Planet Apley

Inspection of Kids Planet Apley Kids Planet Day Nursery, Grainger Drive, Leegomery, Telford TF1 6UL

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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 Not applicable

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The provision is inadequate

Children's safety and welfare are compromised. Risk assessment is not used effectively to identify and minimise, or remove, risks to children's safety. Staff do not recognise choking risks to babies when they bite pieces off sponges that they are given to play with. Staffing arrangements do not meet the needs of children or ensure that they are properly supervised. Some children wander around crying. Staff comment that it is because children are tired, but they do not provide sleep or rest time for them. Children who are newer to the setting do not build relationships with their key person so that they feel secure. Interactions from staff predominantly focus on removing their comforters, which causes some children to become upset.

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The provision is inadequate

The quality of education that children receive is poor. The curriculum for children is not ambitious enough for them to become well prepared for the next stage in their learning. Younger children spend a lot of time wandering around the environment. Staff provide some resources for them to play with, but they do not have high enough expectations for their learning. In contrast, older children do enjoy some experiences on offer. Two-year-old children manipulate dough to make pretend pizzas. Older children practise moving vegetables through paint to the rhythm of different sounds they hear, which promotes their early listening skills. That said, when children have finished activities, staff do not always change them. As a result, children quickly become bored, which impacts on their behaviours and their attitudes towards learning.

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n Staff do not use risk assessment rigorously to identify and respond to risks to children's safety. They fail to notice stagnant water standing in tyres outdoors, which poses a risk to children's health. Nappy bags and cleaning products are left within children's reach in bathrooms. Resources provided for younger children are not safe or appropriate for their ages. This compromises children's safety. n Managers fail to ensure that the deployment of staff meets the needs of children. There are often new staff or cover staff from the provider's other settings deployed to care for children, and these staff do not know the children well enough. At times, children are not properly supervised. Children eat tissue and wax crayons without staff noticing. This puts children's safety at risk. n Staff do not ensure that children's good health is well supported. Children are left with runny noses. Younger children drink from each other's cups without

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staff noticing. Nappy changing areas are not properly cleaned. This increases the risk of infection spreading. n Managers have not made sure that all adults who handle food properly

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6 February 2024 understand children's dietary requirements. On occasion, adults carry out activities using food without knowing whether there are any children present who have allergies to the products used. This means that some children may not be safeguarded. n The complaint procedure is not implemented effectively. Due to several recent changes to the management of the setting, managers do not know whether some complaints received have been responded to at all. Current managers lack knowledge of historic complaints that have been received and have not maintained the required records relating to these. This impacts on the leadership and management of the setting and the relationships with parents. n Key-person systems are weak and do not prioritise children's needs. Children are left to wander around or cry with minimal interaction from staff. Children are not helped to form relationships with their key person so that they feel safe at

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nursery. Older children are sent outdoors promptly when activities take place. Staff and managers fail to recognise that children are not dressed appropriately for the cooler weather, with some children wearing only short-sleeved tops. n Staff do not have an appropriate understanding of children's development. Key persons do not fully understand what children know and can do in order to identify what they need to learn next. Although some activities and experiences are provided, they are not closely matched to children's interests and stages of development. Consequently, staff do not help children to make good progress in their learning. n The curriculum designed by leaders and managers is too narrow. It does not ensure that children make progress across the seven areas of learning. Staff lack understanding of their intent for children's learning. Activities provided are mostly based on children's choice and do not help them to become deeply

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engaged and motivated to learn. n Although staff undertake some assessments of children's development, the results of these assessments are not used effectively. Progress checks at age two do not identify next steps for children or actions to support the delays that are noted in their development. They are not shared with parents in a timely way to help children gain support and close gaps in their learning swiftly. n The new manager has started to carry out supervisions for some staff. However, some staff have not had supervision opportunities for a long period of time. Some opportunities that have been provided for staff have not allowed for confidential discussions to take place to promote the safeguarding of children.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are not effective.

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Safeguarding

There is not an open and positive culture around safeguarding that puts children's interests first.

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ensure that risk assessment is used effectively to identify any risks to children's health and safety and make sure that action is taken to remove or minimise these in a timely way 01/03/2024

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ensure that the deployment of staff is effective so that children are adequately supervised and their needs are met at all times 01/03/2024

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ensure that hygiene practices and procedures promote the good health of all children 01/03/2024

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make sure that all staff responsible for the handling of food fully understand information obtained from parents about children's dietary needs 01/03/2024

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ensure that there is an effective policy and procedure in place for managing complaints, including maintaining a written record of any complaints received and their outcome 01/03/2024

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make sure that all required information and records are sufficiently organised and are easily accessible and made available upon request 01/03/2024

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embed an effective key-person system that helps children to form secure and settled relationships in order to meet their physical and emotional needs 01/03/2024

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embed systems for the supervision of all staff to ensure that they are provided with regular opportunities for support, coaching and to discuss confidential issues. 01/03/2024

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ensure that key persons have a suitable knowledge and understanding of each child's development in order to provide tailored learning programmes 29/03/2024

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implement a broad and varied curriculum that is ambitious for every child 29/03/2024

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ensure that suitably challenging activities and experiences are planned and provided for children which take account of their individual interests and stages of development 29/03/2024

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ensure that the progress check at age two provides parents with clear information about next steps in children's learning and is shared in a prompt and timely way. 29/03/2024

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2758539 Local authority Telford & Wrekin Inspection number 10327391 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 202 Number of children on roll 129 Name of registered person Kids Planet Day Nurseries Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01952630383 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

Kids Planet Apley registered in 2023. It is situated in Telford. The nursery opens Monday to Friday, all year round. Sessions are from 7.30am until 6pm. There are 23 members of childcare staff employed. Of these, one holds qualified teacher status, one holds a qualification at level 6, 11 hold qualifications at level 3 and four hold qualifications at level 2. The nursery is in receipt of early education funding for two-, three-, and four-year-old children.

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Inspection activities

n This was the first routine inspection the provider received since the COVID-19 pandemic began. The inspectors discussed the impact of the pandemic with the provider and have taken that into account in their evaluation of the provider. n The manager and one inspector completed a learning walk to gather information about how the provision and curriculum are organised. n The manager carried out a joint observation with one inspector to evaluate the quality of teaching. n The inspectors spoke to parents and took account of their views. n The inspectors spoke to staff at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. n The inspectors observed the quality of teaching, indoors and outdoors, to assess the impact of this on children's learning. n One inspector spoke with the childcare director, the area manager and the manager about the leadership and management of the setting. n The inspectors looked at relevant documentation and reviewed evidence of the

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suitability of staff working in the nursery.

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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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