Trenance Childcare

Summary of outcome

All early years providers must meet the legal requirements in the Statutory framework for the early years foundation stage, which you can find at www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-foundation-stage-framework--2. If we find that a provider is not meeting the requirements, we can take action to ensure they put matters right.

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Summary of outcome

On 2 July 2024, we carried out an inspection and found the provider was not meeting some of these requirements. The report and inspection outcome will be published in due course. Following the inspection, we served a welfare requirements notice on 3 July 2024. This is a legal notice that requires the provider to take the actions below within the timescales set out. The provider will be able to give parents further information about this.

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Summary of outcome

n ensure that any concerns about children's safety or welfare are immediately escalated in line with local children's safeguarding board reporting procedures.

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n provide Ofsted with information about committee members to allow for necessary suitability checks to be completed.

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Summary of outcome

Additional action needed by 26 July 2024:

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n ensure all staff, including those who lead on safeguarding children, understand how to identify when children may be at risk of harm and how to respond in a timely and appropriate way.

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On 8 July 2024, we carried out a regulatory telephone call. The focus of the call was to check whether the provider had met the safeguarding and welfare actions that were due by 3 and 5 July 2024, raised at their last inspection.

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Summary of outcome

We found that the provider had improved their knowledge of how to identify and report safeguarding concerns, in line with the local safeguarding partnership procedures. Additionally, they had developed their understanding of the requirement to ensure they share all relevant information with Ofsted to enable full suitability checks to be obtained for trustees. On 31 July 2024, we carried out a regulatory visit. The focus of the visit was to check whether the provider had met the safeguarding and welfare actions that were due by 26 July 2024, raised at their last inspection.

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Summary of outcome

We found that the provider had improved staff and leader's understanding of how to identify when children may be at risk of harm and how to respond in a timely and appropriate way. All staff including those that lead on safeguarding had attended additional safeguarding training and demonstrated a good understanding of appropriate action to take should they be concerned over a child's safety or welfare.

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Summary of outcome

We are satisfied the provider has met the safeguarding and welfare actions raised. The provider is still registered with Ofsted.

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