Childcare on Domestic Premises, Full day care in Telford and Wrekin

Report for childcare on domestic premises

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Overall effectiveness Inadequate

The quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Overall effectiveness at previous inspection Not applicable

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The provision is inadequate

Leaders have not taken all of the necessary steps to keep children safe. They have failed to follow the safeguarding policy to liaise with the local safeguarding partnership to report concerns. This compromises children's safety.

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The provision is inadequate

The quality of children's educational experience is variable. Leaders have a clear structure for their curriculum. Staff provide children with positive interactions that offer some extension to their learning. For example, older children construct towers to compare the height of their friends and the adults. However, the key-person system is not effective to provide consistency for all children's learning. Staff working directly with children plan some interesting activities. However, they have a lack of understanding of the children's individual learning requirements. Teaching is not matched well enough to the needs of the babies, and they become restless when they are not interested in the adult-led activities.

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The provision is inadequate

This said, staff are nurturing and kind, and children form attachments to them. Babies enjoy the frequent, reassuring cuddles they receive. Children show respect for staff and their friends. Staff provide them with clear expectations for their behaviour throughout the daily routines, and children behave well.

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need to do better?

n Children's safety is significantly compromised. Leaders do not take every precaution to ensure children's safety and well-being are assured. They have failed to ensure that all staff, including the designated safeguarding leads, understand the reporting procedures to follow in the event of concerns being raised about a child. The safeguarding policy includes guidance from the local safeguarding partnership in relation to reporting concerns. However, leaders have failed to follow this. In addition, Ofsted have not been provided with the information needed to complete the vetting checks for all persons who may have regular contact with the children, including regular visitors to the premises. n Staff receive professional development opportunities and leaders support apprentices during their college studies. However, leaders do not monitor the teaching and learning arrangements effectively. Consequently, they have not

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need to do better?

identified that these are not all beneficial to children, especially for the babies. At times, staff do not effectively encourage babies' engagement in purposeful play and learning, especially indoors. Indoors, there is a limited selection of resources accessible to babies, and staff restrict the opportunities for them to make decisions and lead their play. This limits the progress that babies make. n Each child is allocated a key person who is responsible for assessing their progress, liaising with parents, and planning for their learning. Key persons know their key children's interests and priorities for their learning. However, key

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need to do better?

26 September 2024 persons do not consistently work with their key children, and they change rooms each week. Although staff communicate about the activities they have been doing with the children, key persons do not share essential information about children's learning needs. This means that all children's specific, individual learning needs are unsupported when their key person is not working with them, which hinders the progress they can make. n Staff provide children with some clear language models that support their communication skills effectively. They make use of books, songs and rhymes to help children explore their understanding of new words. They support children's listening skills frequently. For example, older children explore the sounds that can be made from tubes. n Staff provide children with plenty of opportunities to develop their physical skills, especially hand strength. Children use their hand muscles to squeeze water

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need to do better?

spray bottles. Staff help older children to learn a range of ways to shape dough using their hands, such as stretching, squashing and using their palms to roll ball and sausage shapes. n Staff use a range of strategies that help children to manage their feelings, such as expressing frustration through movement. They help babies to understand about boundaries for interacting with other children, such as using kind, gentle hands. n As part of their curriculum, leaders highlight teamwork and help children to develop a sense of responsibility. Older children eagerly volunteer to help with everyday tasks, such as clearing away after snack. Staff select resources for babies to use and encourage them to carry these with a friend.

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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

26 September 2024 train all staff, including the designated safeguarding leads, to ensure they understand the safeguarding policy and know when to notify the local safeguarding partnership if they have concerns relating to children 28/10/2024

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Due date

follow the necessary procedures to allow Ofsted to verify the suitability of persons living or working on the premises, including regular visitors. 28/10/2024

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Due date

improve the monitoring of staff's planning, to ensure that teaching is matched to the needs of each child to engage them well and progress their learning 28/10/2024

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Due date

improve the key-person system so that staff understand about the key areas of learning for the children they are working directly with, so all children's learning needs are met. 28/10/2024

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2771059 Local authority Telford & Wrekin Inspection number 10349725 Type of provision Childcare on 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 24 Number of children on roll 15

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reference number

Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

Cosy Cottage Childcare Limited previously registered with a childminder agency between 2019 and 2023. It registered with Ofsted in 2023 to provide childcare on domestic premises. The setting is located in Telford. The setting employs five members of childcare staff. Of these, one holds qualified teacher status, two hold an appropriate early years qualification at level 3 and two hold an appropriate early years qualification at level 2. The setting is open from 8am to 5.30pm, Monday to Thursday. The setting provides funded early education.

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Inspection activities

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 the children to learn. n Children interacted 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 inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning. n The inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager. n Parents shared their views of the setting with the inspector. n The manager provided the inspector with a sample of key documentation on request.

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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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