Childcare on Domestic Premises, Full day care in Richmond upon Thames

Report for childcare on domestic premises

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Overall effectiveness Inadequate

The quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Requires improvement Leadership and management Inadequate Overall effectiveness at previous inspection Not Met (enforcement)

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The provision is inadequate

The provider, who is also the manager, does not ensure that she meets the qualification requirements. Currently, she is the only practitioner with a relevant childcare qualification. This breach of an early years foundation stage requirement was raised at the last inspection and has not been satisfactorily addressed. The provider lacks understanding of how to check the qualification requirements. As a result, she continues to employ staff without the required qualifications.

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The provision is inadequate

The quality of teaching and learning is not good enough and this has an impact on how well children achieve in the nursery. The staff's understanding of their early years curriculum is not clear. Overall, staff are aware of the children's abilities, including children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. However, activity plans do not focus on children's learning needs precisely enough.

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The provision is inadequate

Children are happy, settled and behave, overall, well at the nursery. They have developed close bonds with staff and often go to them for comfort or reassurance. However, at times, staff appear disorganised with their routines, particularly when the different age groups come together. This leads to a noisy and chaotic learning environment. This does not support children to have good attitudes to learning. For example, babies are moved into the toddler room to ensure that children are supervised while the provider cooks the lunch. However, staff do not ensure that the room is suitably set up to cater for the differing ages. This results in children wandering and running around the room. Furthermore, this disorderly environment does not fully help young babies' confidence to develop.

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need to do better?

n The provider has made some improvements since her last inspection. She is aware of notifying Ofsted of new adults working in the setting. She is currently in the process of submitting the required documentation to ensure that these adults are suitable. The provider has also improved her induction and supervision processes to ensure that all staff understand their roles and responsibilities and get support with their ongoing professional development. n Staff interact with the children and support them as they explore activities. However, most of the children's play is self-chosen rather than planned and focused on particular areas of development. This leads to children's learning being incidental. On the day of inspection, the curriculum plans were to speak Spanish. Although children listen as staff sing in Spanish and some join in, this is not focusing on what each child needs to learn. n Children are provided with healthy snacks and drinks. They have a freshly

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need to do better?

prepared meal served at lunchtime which meets their dietary needs. In addition, they are learning about good oral hygiene as they clean their teeth after lunch.

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need to do better?

21 February 2024 This supports children's well-being and health. n Toddlers enjoy helping to make play dough. They help to mix the water and flour together and learn to roll and cut out shapes. This activity was not planned and staff did not consider how to include other aspects of learning, such as counting and measuring the ingredients. In addition, the activity was provided just before the babies joined the room. As a result, staff were hurried and had to tidy up the play dough due to the babies being present and that they might eat the play dough. Therefore, this impacted on the toddlers being able to concentrate fully and get immersed in their play. n Pre-school children are sociable and are developing some good friendships. Some children are independent in deciding what they would like to do. Children sit, concentrating well as they draw pictures that are very detailed. They decide to cut out their pictures and use scissors confidently. Although staff are

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supervising the group of children and interacting at times, there is little focused teaching occurring. This does not support this age group to extend or challenge their learning further. n Babies are given appropriate support and encouragement with their emerging physical skills and enjoy exploring. Staff have an overall good awareness of these young children's developmental needs. They offer reassurance and reach out to give babies cuddles when needed. This helps the babies feel safe and settled when in a calm environment. n The premises are safe. The front door is securely locked and parents or visitors need to ring the bell to gain entry. Safety gates are used across each room and on the stairs to ensure that no child leaves the rooms unnoticed.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

There is an open and positive culture around safeguarding that puts children's interests first.

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Due date

ensure that qualification requirements are met and that at least half of the staff hold at least an approved level 2 qualification. 15/03/2024

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Due date

review the planning of activities and routines to avoid children waiting for long periods during transition times 26/03/2024

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Due date

provide a suitable curriculum that identifies the individual needs and interests of all children, and focuses on the most relevant steps for children's development. 26/03/2024

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2703866 Local authority Richmond Upon Thames Inspection number 10310530 Type of provision Childcare on domestic premises Registers Early Years Register Day care type Full day care

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inspection

Total number of places 15 Number of children on roll 12

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reference number

Date of previous inspection 1 September 2023

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Information about this early years setting

ABC Daycare Ltd registered in 2023. This childcare on domestic premises is located in North Sheen, in the London Borough of Richmond. ABC Daycare Ltd operates between 8am and 6pm, 51 weeks a year. The provider holds a childcare qualification at level 5. The provider currently employs three staff.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector discussed any continued impact of the pandemic with the childminder and has taken that into account in their evaluation of the provider. n The inspector carried out a learning walk with the provider, who explained what she wants the children to learn and how she will do this. n The inspector observed the provider and staff's teaching practices and spoke to them at convenient times. n The inspector held a meeting with the provider and looked at documentation relating to the suitability of those working with children, such as their qualifications, and Disclosure and Barring Service checks. n The provider spoke about how they work in partnership with parents and feedback they receive. n The inspector and provider jointly discussed the activities being provided.

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Inspection activities

21 February 2024 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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