Little Doves Nursery & Preschool Ltd

Inspection of Little Doves Nursery & Preschool Ltd Park Village Education Centre (Aladdin's Education Ltd), Cannock Road, Wolverhampton WV10 0RA

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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 Inadequate

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The provision is inadequate

Children are not safeguarded at this nursery. Staff, including the lead for safeguarding, have not responded to concerns raised about children so that relevant agencies are informed in a timely way. Staff are not always deployed effectively to ensure children are adequately supervised, particularly when playing outdoors.

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The provision is inadequate

Some weaknesses identified at the previous inspection remain. Leaders have not ensured that staff have an improved understanding of their roles and responsibilities. Some routine tasks are not completed to ensure the environment and equipment children use is clean and suitable for them. This compromises children's health and well-being.

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The provision is inadequate

Leaders have introduced a curriculum which spans across all age groups in the nursery. Staff plan activities which are designed to meet the learning needs of the children they care for. For example, younger children are exposed to lots of activities where they can explore materials, and older children have opportunities to recognise numbers and letters. However, teaching across the nursery is inconsistent. Staff who teach younger children do not provide high-quality interactions to help them make the best possible progress in their learning. That said, older children are learning the skills they need to prepare them for their move on to school. They follow well-established routines, learn how to be more independent, and are starting to make friends with their peers. Staff support children to understand how their behaviour affects others, and use strategies to help them develop patience when learning how to share toys with their friends.

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need to do better?

n Leaders and staff fail to take prompt action when they have safeguarding concerns about children in their care. They do not follow the correct procedures to report safeguarding concerns to the relevant agencies. This puts children at risk of harm. n Leaders have not thoroughly addressed the previous weaknesses raised at the last inspection. Staff continue to lack understanding about their roles and responsibilities. They fail to complete basic tasks, such as ensuring the equipment in the outdoor area is suitable for children to use. Additionally, they do not complete general tidying up in areas where children play, which means children struggle to navigate the space around them. As a result, staff do not provide a suitable and safe environment for children. n The arrangements for staff deployment are not effective. Staff do not always ensure children are within sight or hearing. Children wander into areas of the

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outdoor space which are not visible to staff. This goes unnoticed, which results

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3 February 2025 in children not being supervised appropriately. n Some equipment children use is not kept clean. Staff fail to remove standing water which has gathered in containers, where equipment is stored outdoors. They do not recognise that equipment left in this condition is not appropriate for children to play with. Instead, they hand wet skipping ropes to children from these containers and allow them to use them. Consequently, children's health is compromised. n Interactions between staff and children are inconsistent. While older children are engaged in purposeful learning which is guided by staff, younger children spend much of their time wandering around finding something to do. They take materials out of trays and drop them on the floor, and generally pick up toys and then put them back down. Although staff sometimes describe what children are doing, they do not support them to increase their knowledge or skills

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appropriately. This means that not all children make the best possible progress in their learning. n In the main, children are learning to be independent. Staff encourage children to make their own sandwiches at lunchtime. Children scoop jam from a jar and spread it on bread. Staff provide support when needed. Older children learn to put their own coats on before going outdoors, and staff work with parents to help children become toilet trained. This helps children gain some important skills for their eventual move on to school. n Parents and carers comment positively about the nursery. Leaders have taken steps to introduce ideas to help parents support children's learning at home. They communicate information in a variety of ways so that parents are well informed about children's time at nursery. Parents and carers comment that children settle well and are happy to attend.

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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

3 February 2025 ensure all staff, including the lead practitioner for safeguarding, respond to safeguarding concerns in a timely and appropriate way 21/02/2025

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Due date

provide staff with effective coaching and mentoring which helps them to understand and carry out their roles and responsibilities effectively 21/02/2025

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Due date

improve deployment so that children are always within sight or hearing of staff 21/02/2025

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Due date

support staff to ensure that the premises and equipment are suitable for children to use. 21/02/2025

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Due date

improve the quality of interactions between staff and children, with particular reference to two-year-olds, so that they make the best possible progress in their learning. 28/03/2025

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2739234 Local authority Wolverhampton Inspection number 10364646 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises Registers Early Years Register Day care type Full day care

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inspection

Total number of places 42 Number of children on roll 30 Name of registered person Thomas-Richardson, Casia

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reference number

Telephone number 07359354538 Date of previous inspection 7 August 2024

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Information about this early years setting

Little Doves Nursery & Preschool Ltd registered in July 2023. It is situated in Wolverhampton, West Midlands. The nursery is open Monday to Friday, from 8am to 6pm. There are five members of staff employed. All staff hold appropriate qualifications at level 2 to level 6.

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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 Children spoke 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 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 spoke to several parents and carers during the inspection and took account of their views. n The manager showed the inspector documentation to demonstrate the suitability of staff.

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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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