Toybox Day Nursery

Inspection of Toybox Day Nursery 393 Station Road, Stechford, BIRMINGHAM B33 8PL

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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 Requires improvement

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The provision is inadequate

Children's safety and well-being are compromised. Staff take insufficient steps to assess the risk of hazards which pose a choking risk to children. Staff do not supervise children effectively. Consequently, children go unnoticed with objects in their mouths. Accident reporting is not effective. Staff do not complete accident forms and parents are not notified. This puts children at potential risk.

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The provision is inadequate

Staff do not have high enough expectations for children. They do not know how to plan and provide learning opportunities to support children's development and to build on what they know and can do. The support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) is poor and staff fail to implement targets to close gaps in their learning. As a result, children do not make the progress they are capable of. However, staff are kind and caring towards the children and respond well to them when they are upset. Children seek reassurance from staff, which is given.

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The provision is inadequate

The curriculum is not ambitious and staff do not adapt their teaching style, nor do they provide enough challenge for those children who are most able. Consequently, children's engagement in activities is poor. Despite the weaknesses in the quality of education children receive, some incidental learning does take place. Staff read stories to children. In the baby room, children select pictures and staff say the name of the picture, for example 'strawberry'. Children try to repeat these words back. Staff provide some creative activities and children enjoy gluing, sticking and painting or exploring glitter in water and paint. Children enjoy fresh air outdoors. They develop their large-muscle skills as they pedal or push tricycles, climb up apparatus and slide down the slide.

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need to do better?

n The provider and manager have undergone an extremely turbulent time which has impacted on their ability to have effective governance and managerial oversight of the provision. Due to ineffective management and lack of leadership, standards have slipped. n Children are exposed to risks of harm. Accidents happen and children slip and hurt themselves. While staff respond and ask children if they are okay, they do not complete accident forms or inform parents. This means that parents do not know to monitor or assess their child's well-being in the event of a head injury. n Ineffective risk assessment and supervision of children by staff mean that children are not fully safeguarded. Staff do not undertake effective assessments to remove objects that present as choking hazards. At times, staffing arrangements are ineffective in ensuring the adequate supervision of children. Children put inappropriate objects in their mouths which could cause choking.

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need to do better?

17 April 2024 Staff do not witness this and therefore do not always immediately take action to stop this from happening. They have not considered children's needs and whether resources are appropriate. This does not keep children safe. n Children's health and well-being are not supported. The premises are not kept hygienically clean and to a good standard. Some toilets do not function properly, as they are blocked. While the cubicles to these toilets are inaccessible to children, as they are locked, children are still exposed to the smell they are causing as they use adjacent toilets. n Staff do not teach children about the importance of making healthy choices. While fresh drinking water is available on children's request, some children still have sugary drinks which are brought in from home. Meals are not always provided. Staff overlook providing breakfast and tea to children, despite parents requesting their children eat breakfast when they arrive. When meals are

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need to do better?

provided, they are not healthy, balanced or nutritious. n Staff do not have the training or skills to be able to provide a structured routine or curriculum. While the manager takes some steps to complete staff supervisions and highlights some weaknesses, ineffective action has been given to support staff to improve. Staff complete some training online but fail to put this knowledge into practice. Consequently, the quality of teaching is inadequate. Children do not receive good-quality care or education. Much of the children's learning is incidental to the activities being provided. n The nursery does not yet have an ambitious curriculum which is implemented and embedded. Communication and language are not promoted well. Staff do not expose children to a wide and rich vocabulary. They do not provide sufficient opportunities for children to practise speaking. Although the manager models providing a narrative while playing alongside children or providing activities, staff

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do not yet fully do this. Questions staff ask of children only require a one-word answer. In addition, effective methods of communication with children who are not able to speak have not yet been fully introduced. n Partnership with parents is not good. Many parents express that communication is poor and their concerns go unanswered. Parents do not know what the early years curriculum is, or what their children's next steps in learning are. They say that parents' evenings used to happen, but these are no longer available. That said, parents say that staff are kind, and their children enjoy coming to nursery. n Staff do not complete accurate assessments on children. In addition, they do not regularly gather sufficiently detailed up-to-date information from parents to be able to plan activities to provide sufficient challenge or meet children's individual learning needs. Consequently, children are not learning as much as they should

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be. n Support for children with possible SEND is poor. Staff have recently undergone training to support children with SEND. They are positive and enthusiastic about the changes they want to implement. However, this has not yet happened. Children's targets are not shared with the key person. Therefore, unrealistic targets are in place and children do not make the progress they are capable of. n The manager has introduced a system where staff are expected to declare any personal circumstances which may impact on their overall suitability. Changes have been made to signing in registers, so accurate information is recorded

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17 April 2024 about who is present on the premises. Despite these positive changes, documentation is still in disarray and is not always kept securely and confidentially, which is a breach of requirements. n Positive changes have been made to manage children's behaviour. Staff have sufficient expectations of children and help them to understand how their behaviour affects others. Children are reminded to use their 'kind words and kind hands'. Overall, children's behaviour is acceptable. n The manager receives support to devise a more in-depth safeguarding policy and procedure which meets requirements. Staff receive training on safeguarding. They know how to identify children who may be suffering from harm and would inform the designated safeguarding officers of their concerns. That said, staff still lack confidence. The manager prints out information to display around the nursery on the reporting procedures and contact numbers but these still need

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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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keep a written record of all accidents or injuries and first-aid treatment given and inform parents the same day, or as soon as reasonably practicable 10/05/2024

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ensure that staffing arrangements meet the needs of all children so they are adequately supervised to ensure their safety 10/05/2024

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undertake effective risk assessments and take all reasonable steps to ensure that children are not exposed to risks 10/05/2024

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17 April 2024 ensure that the premises, including overall floor space, are fit for purpose and comply with requirements of health and safety legislation, including fire safety and hygiene requirements 10/05/2024

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ensure that meals are healthy, balanced and nutritious 10/05/2024

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ensure that the provision of food and drink meets the needs of all children 10/05/2024

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support staff to undertake appropriate training and professional development opportunities to ensure that they offer quality learning and development experiences for children that continually improve 10/05/2024

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ensure that the manager and staff enable a regular two-way flow of information with parents and/or carers and, if requested to, include parents' and/or carers' comments into children's records 10/05/2024

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ensure that the appropriate arrangements are in place to support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) so that information is shared with key persons and parents to precisely plan activities in line with their abilities and needs so they make the progress they are capable of 10/05/2024

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ensure that confidential information and records about staff and children are held securely and only accessible and available to those who have a right or professional need to see them. 10/05/2024

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17 April 2024 develop and implement a curriculum which is ambitious and designed to meet the individual needs of all children so that they make good progress in their learning 05/07/2024

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support staff to accurately assess the progress children make and use observations and information gathered from parents to plan and provide activities that continually enhance children's learning 05/07/2024

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implement a curriculum for communication and language to provide more opportunities for all children, including those with SEND, to practise their language skills, and communicate and express their needs and feelings. 05/07/2024

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY444562 Local authority Birmingham Inspection number 10338980 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 113 Number of children on roll 51 Name of registered person Inayat, Shezad

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reference number

Telephone number 0121 244 3176 Date of previous inspection 24 October 2023

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Information about this early years setting

Toybox Day Nursery registered in 2012 and is located in Stechford, Birmingham. The nursery employs seven members of childcare staff. Of these, four hold an early years qualification at level 3. The nursery operates from Monday to Friday, all year round. Sessions are from 7.30am to 6pm. 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 manager 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 inspector viewed the provision and discussed the safety and suitability of the premises. n The manager joined the inspector on a learning walk and talked to the inspector about their curriculum and what they want their children to learn. n Children told the inspector about their friends and what they like to do when they are at nursery. n Staff spoke to the inspector during the inspection. n The special educational needs coordinator spoke to the inspector about how they support children with SEND. n The inspector spoke with the registered individual via a telephone call about the leadership and management of the setting. n The inspector carried out joint observations of group activities with the manager.

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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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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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