Adorables Day Nursery

Inspection of Adorables Day Nursery 7 Chapel Lane, Blisworth, NORTHAMPTON NN7 3BU

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Overall effectiveness Inadequate

The quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Overall effectiveness at previous inspection Good

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The provision is inadequate

Breaches of safeguarding and welfare requirements have an impact on children's safety and well-being. The provider does not have a secure enough understanding of how to manage allegations made against members of staff. That said, children are happy and confident at this small and welcoming nursery. They quickly settle to play when they arrive. Pre-school children choose what they want to do and are eager to join in with their friends and the staff. Babies show clear attachments to the staff, who successfully comfort and reassure them so they can continue to play and explore. The caring and gentle approach staff have throughout the nursery contributes to the positive relationships children build with them and the other children.

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The provision is inadequate

Staff successfully engage children in the activities and support their curiosity and excitement to explore. As children play with water, they learn about floating and sinking. Staff talk to them about and demonstrate what floating and sinking mean. Children are interested in counting how many toy figures can go on a boat before it sinks. Staff support children's learning. As toddlers cuddle teddies and place them in a toy buggy, staff make suggestions to extend this interest and provide further resources to promote children's imaginative play.

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need to do better?

n The provider has insufficient knowledge of how to manage allegations against staff members. This lack of understanding resulted in incorrect and inappropriate processes being followed that potentially put children at risk. The provider also failed to notify Ofsted about a significant event within the required timescales, which is a requirement of registration. That said, staff complete training and have regular safeguarding discussions to develop their confidence. Risk assessment is effective. Staff supervise children to keep them safe. Children who sleep are frequently checked by staff, and the premises are safe and secure. n Staff demonstrate effective skills as they interact with and teach children. They actively promote children's communication and language as they introduce new words, such as hibernation, juggling and bakery. Staff help children understand what these words mean by referring to pictures in books, talking to them, and

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visiting the nursery tortoise. These interactions contribute to children learning new vocabulary and developing a good understanding of difference concepts. n Overall, pre-school children enjoy the large- and small-group activities. Staff help them to learn about shapes as they talk about images on picture cards. Children compare the differences between two- and three-dimensional shapes. They confidently speak about a cuboid, cylinder, circle and triangle. During stories, most children listen intently and relish the opportunity to talk about what they can see in the pictures. However, some children begin to get distracted and lose

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need to do better?

7 October 2024 interest when group time is lengthy. n The staff know the children well. Their positive interactions and time spent playing with children help them develop a secure awareness of what children know already. Staff ensure the curriculum is effectively sequenced to extend children's learning through planned activities they are curious about. They carefully consider how best to use additional funding to support children's progress. This results in children accessing meaningful, relevant books and resources to benefit their learning. n Children's behaviour is good. They understand staff expectations for behaviour. Staff are good role models. They are calm, speak clearly to children, and support them to share and work together. Staff introduce effective strategies to help children learn to take turns. For example, when children want to go on the swings, they add a mark or write their name on a clipboard and use a sand timer

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to ensure everyone understands whose turn it is next. n Staff promote children's independence. Toddlers learn to use cutlery and successfully feed themselves at lunchtime. Pre-school children are encouraged to use large spoons and tongs to serve their dinner and scrape their plates clean when they have finished. Children demonstrate a sense of well-being at the nursery. They make friendships and show care and concern for one another. Babies settle to sleep when they are tired and wake happy. n Staff build strong partnerships with parents. Parents like the daily communication from the nursery staff. They comment that all the staff are approachable. Parents feel reassured and well informed through the detailed feedback staff provide when they collect their children. Parents comment on the progress they can see their children make at nursery, particularly in relation to their social skills, confidence and recognition of shapes and numbers.

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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

ensure the policy and procedures for managing allegations against members of staff are robust, clear and appropriately implemented. 04/11/2024

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should:

n enhance how staff organise and manage large-group activities to be meaningful for each child who takes part and to help them remain engaged.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY416775 Local authority West Northamptonshire Inspection number 10367248 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 27 Number of children on roll 36 Name of registered person Adorables Day Nursery Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 01604 859 471 Date of previous inspection 11 January 2019

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Information about this early years setting

Adorables Day Nursery registered in 2010 and is located in Blisworth, Northamptonshire. The nursery employs eight members of childcare staff. Of these, seven hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 or above. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, for 50 weeks of the year. Sessions are from 7.30am until 6pm. The nursery provides government funded places for children aged from nine months to four years.

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Inspection activities

n We carried out this inspection as a result of a risk assessment, following information we received from the provider. n The nominated individual and inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the nursery and discussed the early years curriculum. n The inspector talked to staff at appropriate times during the inspection. n Some children spoke with the inspector during the inspection. n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this was having on children's learning. n The deputy manager and the inspector carried out a joint observation of a mark- making activity. n The inspector spoke to several parents during the inspection and took account of their views.

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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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