Alpha & Omega Nursery

Inspection of Alpha & Omega Nursery Restoration Revival Fellowship, 50 Church Road, LONDON NW10 9PY

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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 Inadequate

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The provision is inadequate

The breaches in the safeguarding and welfare requirements of the early years foundation stage have a significant impact on the learning, safety and well-being of children. Leaders and staff do not fulfil their roles effectively enough to ensure that children are kept safe at all times.

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The provision is inadequate

The quality of education is weak. For example, staff do not plan well enough to fully take account of the children's individual needs and what they need to learn next. This includes children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Staff do not sustain children's interest to ensure that they make the progress they could. They do not provide high-quality interactions. Staff's poor planning and teaching skills have a negative impact on children's attitudes towards learning and their behaviour. Children are often left unattended to wander without aim or purpose. Staff are not consistent in ensuring they support children emotional well-being and self-regulation. They do not provide children with clear and consistent behavioural expectations.

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The provision is inadequate

Parents praise welcoming staff. They say children want to come into the nursery. However, staff do not ensure that all parents know who their child's key person is. This shows weaknesses in key-person arrangements and does not ensure continuity of learning for all children.

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need to do better?

n Leaders do not ensure that all staff have up-to-date knowledge of safeguarding issues. Staff, including designated safeguarding leads, do not understand their roles and responsibilities to keep children safe. For example, leaders and staff do not identify and act on all inappropriate behaviour that their colleagues display. This has a negative impact on children's emotional well-being, and their safety in the setting is compromised. n Leaders do not accurately evaluate the quality of practice in the setting. They do not swiftly address gaps in staff's understanding of how children learn and develop. Overall, there is a lack of effective support for staff. This means that staff are not equipped with the knowledge and skills they need to fulfil their roles and meet children's needs, including their need for good-quality early education. n Although there is a basic key-person arrangement in place, staff do not have a

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need to do better?

good enough understanding of their role as a key person. Some key persons do not demonstrate an appropriate understanding of how to support children to achieve their next steps in their development, including children with SEND. n Staff do not deploy themselves effectively to promote children's safety and well- being. For example, during mealtimes children are not well supervised even

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19 July 2024 though adults are nearby. This lack of effective supervision of children means that children's safety is compromised. n Staff do not fully consider how to promote children's good health. For example, staff do not ensure that children wear sun hats, and sun creams are not applied during hot and sunny days. Although drinking water is accessible, staff do not ensure that children drink enough to keep them hydrated. This does not support children's good health. n Staff's messages about behaviour expectations are not made clear to children or applied consistently. For example, staff ask children not to run out to the garden, but when they do run, staff do not follow up on this behaviour. This does not help children to learn what is expected of them and recognise right from wrong. n Staff, including the special educational needs coordinator, have insufficient understanding of children's individual needs. They do not implement effective

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strategies to support children's development. This means that children who require additional support do not make the progress they are capable of, and their care needs are not met. These weaknesses have a negative impact on children with SEND. n Leaders and staff do not take sufficient steps to identify hazards and protect children from risks to their health and safety. For example, staff do not remove plastic bags from children's reach. In another area of the setting, sharp staples stick out from a radiator cover that is accessible to young children. Leaders and staff fail to identify and remove risks independently. This places children at risk of harm. n Leaders and staff do not fully understand their responsibilities to maintain records and share information with relevant colleagues. For example, key staff, including some leaders, have no knowledge about children's medication needs or where the medication is stored. This compromises children's health and does not

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need to do better?

support continuity of care for 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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Due date

19 July 2024 improve arrangements for identifying and responding to inappropriate behaviour from practitioners 09/08/2024

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provide staff with targeted coaching and mentoring to improve their knowledge of the curriculum and to raise the quality of education to a good standard 09/08/2024

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improve the effectiveness of the key- person arrangements to ensure that children's individual needs are consistently met 09/08/2024

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ensure staffing arrangements meet children's needs and ensure their safety, including while eating 09/08/2024

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ensure that the deputy manager is capable, skilled and knowledgeable enough to competently and confidently fulfil her role, and to take charge in the manager's absence 09/08/2024

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improve practices to promote children's good health, particularly ensuring that they are protected from excessive sun exposure 09/08/2024

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ensure staff have the knowledge and skills to understand, support and manage children's behaviour in an appropriate way 09/08/2024

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have effective arrangements in place to support children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) 09/08/2024

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ensure that all reasonable steps are taken to ensure children are not exposed to risks 09/08/2024

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ensure that leaders and staff understand their responsibility in effective recording and sharing relevant information with one another, parents and other agencies when appropriate. 09/08/2024

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Due date

improve the delivery of the curriculum to support all children to make good progress in their learning and development. 27/09/2024

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY412836 Local authority Brent Inspection number 10339707 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 40 Number of children on roll 32 Name of registered person Restoration Revival Fellowship

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reference number

Telephone number 0208 9639989 Date of previous inspection 1 March 2024

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Information about this early years setting

Restoration Revival Fellowship Limited runs Alpha & Omega Nursery. It was registered in 2010. The nursery is open each weekday from 7.30am to 6pm, term time only. The nursery employs eight members of teaching staff, seven of whom hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 2 and above. The nursery employs an administrator.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector discussed any continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic with leaders and has taken that into account in their evaluation of the provider. n The manager and the inspector completed a learning walk together and discussed the curriculum. n The inspector carried out a joint observation of activities with the manager. n The inspector observed the interactions between the staff and children. n The inspector had discussions with staff and parents and took account of their views. n The inspector reviewed relevant documentation and held discussions with leaders about the setting's practices and procedures.

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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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