Apple Grove Day Nursery

Inspection of Apple Grove Day Nursery Stockingford Junior School, Grove Road, NUNEATON, Warwickshire CV10 8JY

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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

A number of statutory requirements are not met at this nursery. This impacts negatively on the care and education children receive. The provider has failed to ensure there is an appropriately qualified first aider on the premises and available at all times when children are present. This puts children's safety at risk in the event of a medical emergency. The provider does not ensure that all staff have a secure understanding of their roles and responsibilities in relation to safeguarding. This includes how to recognise possible signs of abuse and the external processes to follow in line with local safeguarding guidelines.

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The provision is inadequate

Children do not benefit from consistently good-quality teaching. Consequently, children are frequently bored and wander around. Too often, children display unwanted behaviour that disrupts other children's play and enjoyment in the nursery. On several occasions, staff do not notice when some children hurt others. Staff do not adapt resources so that they can be accessed by all the children. This results in children becoming frustrated and upset when they are unable to join in. Children who need additional help do not receive the support they need. This impacts on children's attitude towards learning.

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need to do better?

n There are considerable weaknesses in leadership and management that impact negatively on children within this nursery. The provider has failed to ensure at least one person who has a current paediatric first-aid certificate is on the premises and available at all times. In addition to this, the provider does not ensure all staff have a suitable knowledge of safeguarding to ensure children's safety is assured. n The provider does not ensure that staff provide a broad and well-sequenced curriculum to help children make the progress they are capable of. Staff do not plan activities and experiences to support children to build on what they already know and can do. Weaknesses in the curriculum mean that children have limited opportunities to make good progress in their learning. n The provider has failed to ensure staff receive the necessary induction, coaching and training to ensure they have appropriate knowledge and understanding to

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need to do better?

be able to fulfil their roles and responsibilities. As a result, there are several weaknesses in practice. n The provider does not ensure there is an effective key-person system in place. Staff who have key-person responsibilities do not have a sufficient understanding of the early years foundation stage. Because of this, they do not plan effectively to support their key children's learning needs. n Staff do not receive the support they need to manage children's behaviour effectively. Consequently, they do not support children to learn right from wrong.

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need to do better?

7 November 2024 For example, when children gather around the sandpit, they have disagreements over the toys. Rather than support the children to play cooperatively, staff inform children, from a distance, they will have to leave the activity. This does not help children to learn about behavioural expectations. n Although there are plans in place for some children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), staff do not provide the support they need in the setting to make the best possible progress in their learning and development. n Staff do not provide children with stimulating activities and experiences that help them become absorbed in purposeful play and motivated learners. For example, some children cannot reach the sand and, rather than being supported to join in, children are repeatedly moved away when they try and climb to reach. Children try to use resources from the role play area in their play and staff stop their play

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need to do better?

and instruct children to return the items. Staff do not recognise these moments as opportunities to extend children's learning. n Children enjoy their time outdoors in the spacious garden area. They develop good physical skills as they ride around on wheeled toys. Staff provide children with healthy snacks.

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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 at least one person who holds a current and relevant paediatric first-aid certificate is on site and available at all times when children are present 04/12/2024

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Due date

ensure that all staff receive safeguarding training so that they understand how to recognise the possible signs of abuse and know how to respond to any child protection concerns they may have about a child in their care 04/12/2024

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7 November 2024 implement effective and robust induction procedures and provide ongoing support, training and supervision for all staff to ensure that they have appropriate knowledge, skills and understanding to fulfil their roles and responsibilities 04/12/2024

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implement an effective key-person system to ensure staff have the knowledge to fulfil their roles and responsibilities to meet children's care and learning needs at all times 04/12/2024

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support staff to ensure they manage children's behaviour effectively 04/12/2024

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ensure children with SEND are provided with the support they need to help them make the progress they are capable of. 04/12/2024

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Due date

devise and implement a broad, well- sequenced educational programme that builds on what children already know and can do and supports them to make the progress they are capable of 07/01/2025

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Due date

ensure staff consistently provide activities that are interesting, ambitious and stimulating so that children engage in purposeful play and are able to become motivated learners. 07/01/2025

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY417862 Local authority Warwickshire Inspection number 10364222 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 32 Number of children on roll 17 Name of registered person Gandham, Dipo

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reference number

Telephone number 02476354743 Date of previous inspection 31 January 2019

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Information about this early years setting

Apple Grove Day Nursery registered in 2010 and is situated on the site of Stockingford Junior School in Nuneaton. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday all year round, except for Christmas and bank holidays. Sessions are from 9am until 3pm. The nursery employs three members of staff, all of whom hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3. The nursery is in receipt of funding for early education for children.

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Inspection activities

n The manager carried out a joint observation with the inspector to evaluate the impact of teaching on children's learning. n The inspector observed the quality of teaching to assess the impact of this on children's learning. n Parents spoke to the inspector and gave their views of the nursery. n The inspector held a meeting with the provider and nursery manager and looked at relevant documentation and evidence of staff suitability.

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Inspection activities

7 November 2024 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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