Clover Leaf Childcare Limited

Inspection of Clover Leaf Childcare Limited Langley Children's Centre, Windermere Road, Manchester M24 4LA

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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 Good

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The provision is inadequate

The provider has not made sure that the setting's safeguarding policy and procedures are clearly understood and followed to keep children adequately protected from harm. The provider has not ensured that leaders know how to manage allegations made against staff or that staff can identify all the signs and symptoms that may mean a child is at risk of abuse or neglect. Furthermore, when staff raise concerns about children's well-being, they are not recorded appropriately or acted on in a timely manner. Children's safety and well-being are compromised.

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The provision is inadequate

The provider has not ensured that there is a clear understanding and consistent implementation of the qualification requirements. Therefore, babies are cared for by staff who are unqualified and have not received the necessary training to enable them to fulfil their roles. Staff deployment is poor. For example, supervision of children is not always good enough to ensure their safety.

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The provision is inadequate

The daily routine for older children is not embedded. The curriculum is not sufficiently challenging to ensure that children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) become engaged in play and learning. As a result of the weaknesses in the routine and the curriculum, children are bored and their behaviour becomes disruptive. Staff do not possess the skills they need to be able to support children to regulate their behaviour. Therefore, the environment becomes chaotic. This impacts on children's personal, social and emotional development.

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The provision is inadequate

The routine to support babies' learning is more established. Babies spend some of their time benefiting from the learning opportunities provided to them, such as joining in with songs and rhymes. This helps them to begin to understand how language works.

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need to do better?

n The nursery has undergone many changes to staffing in the last six months. The provider has not ensured that they have had sufficient oversight of the new staff team. This means that staff do not have the necessary knowledge and skills to be able to fulfil their roles. The setting is unable to adequately safeguard children in line with the local safeguarding procedures. Children's safety is not assured. n The instability in staffing has had an impact on the children's personal, social and emotional development. This is because they have been unable to form settled relationships with staff. Despite all children having a named key person, staff do not know who their key children are. As such, they do not know enough about the children they are caring for to support their learning and development

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need to do better?

1 July 2024 effectively. n A new daily routine has been implemented. However, this is not yet embedded. This means children do not benefit from a consistent routine that facilitates them enjoying fresh air and physical activity in the outdoor environment. n The provider has not made sure staff consistently support children in managing their feelings and behaviours. Staff do not have the skills and knowledge required to manage some situations. When children hurt others, some staff intervene to try to stop the behaviour, but they do not teach children how to develop care and empathy. At other times, staff ignore negative behaviour. This means that children do not know what to expect. Children become unsettled and frustrated. This negatively affects children's development of self-confidence and self-esteem. n The provider has not fully considered how to plan the curriculum to ensure that all children make good progress. The curriculum aims are narrow and are not

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need to do better?

sequenced to ensure that children build on what they know and can do. However, staff plan some relevant activities for children, such as learning about toothbrushing and visits to the dentist. Children enjoy these activities and gain some knowledge about the world around them. n The arrangements in place to support children with SEND are not sufficient to ensure children's needs are met. This is due to poor early identification of need and weak systems to seek external support for children. Additionally, staff are not deployed well enough to ensure all children, including those with SEND, have their individual needs met and access appropriate learning opportunities. Too often children with SEND are disengaged and spend time wandering the environment on their own. n Staff do not always provide children with consistent guidance about how to develop good hygiene routines. For example, at times they do not remind them

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need to do better?

to wash their hands after using the toilet or before sitting down to meals.

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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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Due date

1 July 2024 ensure all staff understand the safeguarding policy and procedures and have up-to-date knowledge of safeguarding issues to enable them to identify, manage and respond to concerns in a timely way 22/07/2024

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Due date

ensure that the key-person system is effective to meet the individual care needs of key children and to build a positive relationship with parents 22/07/2024

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support staff to develop strategies to help them manage children's behaviour in an appropriate manner and support children's development of self-regulation skills 22/07/2024

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provide staff with training, support and coaching to enable them to support children with SEND effectively 22/07/2024

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provide staff, including managers, with the training, support and coaching they need to meet their roles and responsibilities, to support children's learning, development, safety and well- being 22/07/2024

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ensure that staffing arrangements meet minimum requirements, and that the deployment of staff meets the needs of all children and provides adequate supervision to ensure their safety. 22/07/2024

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design and implement a broad curriculum that builds on what children already know and can do, and what they need to learn next 22/07/2024

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Due date

1 July 2024 ensure that progress check at two years highlights areas where additional support may be required and focus particularly on any areas where there is a concern that a child may have a developmental delay. 22/07/2024

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should:

n improve the support for children to develop and manage their own basic hygiene and personal needs.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY492117 Local authority Rochdale Inspection number 10354619 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises

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Registers

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

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inspection

Total number of places 31 Number of children on roll 55 Name of registered person Clover Leaf Childcare Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01616539526 Date of previous inspection 24 January 2020

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Information about this early years setting

Clover Leaf Childcare Limited registered in 2015 and is located in Middleton. The nursery is open Monday to Friday from 7.30am to 6pm, all year round, except for bank holidays. The nursery employs 10 members of childcare staff. Of these, one holds an appropriate childcare qualifications at level 6, one holds level 5 and seven hold level 3. The nursery provides funded early education 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 inspector discussed the impact of the pandemic with the provider 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 manager and inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the nursery and discussed the early years curriculum. n Children spoke to and communicated with the inspector during the inspection. n The inspector talked to staff at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. n The inspector spoke with the nominated individual/registered individual about the leadership and management of the setting. n The special educational needs coordinator spoke to the inspector about how they support children with SEND. n The inspector observed the interactions between staff and children.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning. n Parents shared their views of the setting with the inspector. n The manager showed the inspector documentation to demonstrate the suitability of staff.

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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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