Pavilion Pre-School Playgroup

Inspection of Pavilion Pre-School Playgroup Hepworth and Scholes Youth Club, Whitewells Road, Scholes, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire HD9 1TB

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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 Requires improvement

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The provision is inadequate

Children's health, safety and welfare are not given high enough priority. Leaders fail to take prompt action and do not share information with the relevant agencies when concerns arise about children's welfare. This is not in line with the setting's safeguarding policy or the local authority's reporting procedures. Leaders do not keep accurate and sufficiently detailed information and records about each child in their care. They do not ensure records about children are accessible to all those who require access to them. This does not help to ensure the safe and effective management of the nursery. Leaders do not implement robust recruitment and vetting checks to ensure all those who have access to children are suitable. This compromises children's safety.

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The provision is inadequate

The poorly planned curriculum means that children do not receive an acceptable quality of education, overall. The curriculum is not well sequenced and does not help to build on what children already know and can do. Leaders and staff do not provide children with learning experiences that are matched to their individual needs and stage of development. Consequently, children frequently become bored and distract their peers. They regularly walk around the setting aimlessly, flit from one activity to another and do not engage in meaningful play. This negatively impacts the emotional well-being of some children. Children do not make the levels of progress of which they are capable.

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need to do better?

n Leaders and staff fail to take prompt action to share concerns about children's welfare with the relevant agencies, where required. They do not use their professional curiosity or ask relevant questions where concerns arise about children. This does not help to ensure that they have the required information to decide if any further action needs to be taken. This compromises children's safety. n Leaders and staff do not keep accurate and sufficiently detailed records for each child in their care. They do not have a system to ensure relevant information and records are available to those who require access to them. This does not help to ensure the safe and effective management of the setting. n Leaders do not implement robust recruitment and vetting checks for all staff and committee members. For example, they do not always obtain written references from previous employers for newly employed staff, despite this being part of

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their vetting check procedures. They do not ensure all committee members have their suitability checks completed by Ofsted before they fulfil their roles and responsibilities. This does not help to ensure that all those who work with or have access to children are suitable. n Leaders and staff do not always act in ways that promote the good health of

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28 November 2024 children. For example, on occasions, they do not provide parents with information that supports them to make decisions about their child's health. They do not promptly share information with parents when children have accidents at the setting. As a result, children do not receive any required medical attention without delay. n Leaders have failed to take appropriate steps to address weaknesses found during the last inspection. The arrangements for the supervision of staff continue to be poor. Leaders do not provide staff with the level of support, coaching and training to help them understand their roles and responsibilities. For example, leaders do not observe staff's practice or give them feedback on their performance. This does not help to ensure children are provided with consistently good-quality care and learning experiences. n Leaders and staff do not ensure educational programmes and activities are well

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matched to the individual learning needs of all children. They are not well sequenced and do not focus on helping to build on what children already know and can do. For example, children are encouraged to recognise and write their own name before they have developed their physical, communication and language skills. Children do not make the level of progress of which they are capable. n Staff do not effectively recognise ways to include all children during adult-led activities. For example, staff interact, engage and direct questions to children who are more confident communicators, particularly during story time and creative play activities. This means children who are less confident, do not have the same opportunities to develop their vocabulary and creative skills. n Children build close and secure attachments with the warm, welcoming and friendly staff. They arrive to the setting happy and settle in quickly. However,

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need to do better?

children do not consistently have opportunities that help to keep them engaged in meaningful play due to the poorly planned curriculum. This impacts children's motivation to learn.

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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

28 November 2024 ensure all staff understand and implement the setting's safeguarding policies and procedures in practice to safeguard children and protect them from the risk of harm 12/12/2024

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provide the designated lead persons for safeguarding in the setting, with training to ensure that they understand how to identify and respond to safeguarding and child protection concerns 12/12/2024

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explain how you will ensure accurate and sufficiently detailed records are kept and maintained for each child in your care, to ensure the safe and effective management of the setting 12/12/2024

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ensure information and records are accessible and made available to all those who require access to them 12/12/2024

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implement effective and robust recruitment and vetting checks to ensure all those who are working with or have access to children are suitable 12/12/2024

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explain how you will provide parents with information that supports them to make decisions about their child's health and ensure children receive any medical attention required without delay 12/12/2024

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explain how you implement the setting's accident and injury policy and procedure in practice to ensure that parents are provided with information about any accidents children sustain in the setting in a timely manner 12/12/2024

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provide all staff with effective supervision, support, coaching and training to ensure staff have clear understanding of their roles and responsibilities. 12/12/2024

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plan and deliver broad educational programmes that are well sequenced and match the individual learning needs of all children 16/01/2025

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focus the curriculum on the prime areas of learning to support children's overall development. 16/01/2025

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Setting details

Unique reference number 311302 Local authority Kirklees Inspection number 10324009 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 30 Number of children on roll 11 Name of registered person Pavilion Playgroup (Scholes) Committee

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reference number

Telephone number 07835643709 Date of previous inspection 30 November 2023

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Information about this early years setting

Pavilion Pre-School Playgroup registered in 1991 and is located in Holmfirth, West Yorkshire. The pre-school employs three members of childcare staff. Of these, two members of staff hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 or above. The pre-school opens from Monday to Friday, sessions are from 8.30am to 4.30pm term time only. The pre-school provides funded early education places.

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Inspection activities

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 The inspector talked to staff, children, parents and carers at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. 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 manager and inspector discussed how the curriculum had been implemented and the impact that this had on children's learning. n The manager provided the inspector with a sample of key documentation on request.

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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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