Beehive Childcare Nursery

Inspection of Beehive Childcare Nursery 1 Regent Park Road, BIRMINGHAM B10 0QP

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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 Good

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The provision is inadequate

Leaders do not follow the correct procedures in the event of an incident that may put children and staff at risk of harm. This compromises children and staff's safety. Children do not have access to a safe outdoor play area or any planned outdoor activities on a daily basis. This impacts children's healthy lifestyles and behaviour.

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The provision is inadequate

Leaders do not ensure that staff consistently implement a curriculum that engages children and builds on their interests. The quality of education is variable and not well sequenced. At times, younger children are provided with activities that are too challenging. However, some of the resources and activities presented to older children do not always challenge them or captivate their interests. As a result, some children quickly lose interest. They become frustrated, bored and are not always motivated to learn. Consequently, children do not make the progress they are capable of.

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The provision is inadequate

That said, staff are kind, caring and get to know children well. They offer cuddles, sit alongside children and play together. This helps children to feel settled and happy in the nursery. Staff try hard to promote positive behaviour. However, the lack of interesting activities to challenge children and sustain their interest impacts on their behaviour as they become bored and disinterested.

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need to do better?

n Leaders do not take appropriate action when members of the public confront them with unsuitable questions about the nursery and staff. They are also unaware of the appropriate action they should take when such instances happen. This does not contribute to keeping children and staff safe. n Leaders have plans for the outdoor area, and some work has already started. However, it is not yet safe for children to use, and leaders have not considered alternative ways to provide children with access to daily outdoor play and learning activities or outings. Consequently, children are bored, and they are not getting the daily opportunities they need in order to help contribute to a healthy lifestyle. n Support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) is weak. Although staff know children well, they are not always aware of their SEND support plans or what targets they should be working towards. Children

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with SEND spend too long wandering around the environment, unsupported by staff. This does not help them to become active learners or ensure they are enabled to engage in meaningful learning experiences with the input they need. n Staff do not consistently provide children with a broad and ambitious curriculum that builds on their existing skills. Although staff know the children well, they do not always provide activities that challenge children and extend their learning.

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need to do better?

10 February 2025 For example, staff provide children with a whiteboard and markers to draw with. However, children quickly become bored as there is no additional paper for them to use when the whiteboard is full. Children resort to trying to draw on a paper towel but become frustrated when it rips and prevents them from completing their picture. This limits children's opportunities to develop their small hand muscles and thinking skills. n Although there are weaknesses in teaching, staff support children's communication and language development well. They ask children open-ended questions to broaden their vocabulary. Children learn to become effective communicators. n Children who speak English as an additional language are well supported. Staff learn key words from the children's home language and use these to communicate effectively with them. Children learn to seamlessly switch languages, and they acquire good levels of English while attending.

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need to do better?

n Staff praise and encourage children and tell them about their strengths. This helps to build children's confidence and self-esteem. However, the curriculum is not always well sequenced. For example, the play dough activity set out for children is not challenging enough and therefore does not interest them. Children are only offered basic tools, such as a rolling pin, and no other equipment is provided for them to work with. In addition, the lack of daily opportunities to access outdoor activities and learning impacts on children's behaviour as they become bored and run around the room to release their energy. n Although leaders are new to their post, they have already reflected on the quality of the provision offered. They have plans to raise the quality of education, indoors and outside, so that children make the progress they are capable of. n Parents report that they are happy with the care that their children receive at

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need to do better?

the nursery. They say that communication is effective, and they receive regular updates. Leaders recognise the importance of good communication with parents and the positive impact this has on children's development.

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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

10 February 2025 ensure leaders understand the procedures to follow in the event of an incident which may put children and staff at risk of harm, including who to contact to report the incident 17/03/2025

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Due date

ensure all children have daily access to outdoor play in a safe, secure environment 17/03/2025

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Due date

devise and implement effective procedures to ensure that children with SEND receive quality interactions and engage in meaningful experiences that enhance their learning 17/03/2025

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Due date

support staff to plan and implement an ambitious, broad, well-sequenced curriculum for all children that provides challenge and builds on their existing skills and knowledge. 17/03/2025

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2598872 Local authority Birmingham Inspection number 10383281 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 36 Name of registered person Beehive Childcare Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 07508 779580 Date of previous inspection 13 January 2023

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Information about this early years setting

Beehive Childcare Nursery in Birmingham registered in 2020. A team of seven staff are employed to work with the children, two of whom hold early years qualifications at level 6, one at level 5, two at level 3, one at level 2 and one is unqualified. The nursery is open term time only, Monday to Friday, from 9am until 3pm. Funded early education is provided for two-, three- and four-year-old children. The nursery also operates an out-of-school club from 4pm until 7pm on some days.

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Inspection activities

n We carried out this inspection as a result of a risk assessment, following information we received about the provider. n The inspector and the manager completed a joint observation and discussed the quality of teaching. n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided indoors and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning. n Children chatted to the inspector and interacted with her during the inspection. n The inspector spoke to staff at appropriate times during the inspection. n A leadership and management meeting was held with the manager during the inspection. n The inspector spoke to a small number of parents who were available on the day of the inspection and took account of their views. n The manager took the inspector on a tour of the nursery and explained how the curriculum is delivered.

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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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