Middlewood Nature Nursery

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All early years providers must meet the legal requirements in the Statutory framework for the early years foundation stage, which you can find at www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-foundation-stage-framework--2. If we find that a provider is not meeting the requirements, we can take action to ensure they put matters right.

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Summary of outcome

On 29 January 2025, we carried out an inspection and found the provider was not meeting some of these requirements. The report and inspection outcome will be published in due course. Following the inspection, we served welfare requirements notices on 4 and 6 February 2025. These are legal notices that require the provider to take the actions below within the timescales set out.

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n take all reasonable steps to ensure children are not exposed to risks

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n ensure that staffing arrangements meet the needs of all children and ensure their safety, which includes ensuring that children are adequately supervised at all times and designating a staff member to be in charge of the baby room

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n ensure that there are suitable sleeping arrangements for children

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n ensure that care and hygiene routines promote children's good health and well-being

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n ensure that the key-person system is effective in ensuring that children receive appropriate levels of support to foster their care and learning needs

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n ensure potential risks and hazards are assessed to keep children safe on outings

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n ensure that information about the identity checks and vetting processes that have been completed on staff are consistently recorded.

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n ensure there are effective arrangements in place for the supervision of staff and offer support, guidance, mentoring and targeted training and continued professional development, to raise the quality of their practice and support their emotional well-being. On 18 February 2025, we carried out a regulatory visit. The focus of the visit was to check whether the provider had met the safeguarding and welfare actions, raised at their last inspection, which were due by 12 February 2025. We found the provider had met some of the safeguarding and welfare actions but not others.

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We found the provider had improved their procedures for the supervision of children, child sleeping arrangements, hygiene practices, safety on outings, key person arrangements and the recording of vetting processes. Risk assessment requirements were not met and so, we served a welfare requirements notice. This is a legal notice that requires the provider to take the actions below within the timescales set out.

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n take all reasonable steps to ensure children are not exposed to risks, with particular regard to hot radiators and pipes in the baby room.

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On 27 February 2025, we carried out a regulatory visit. The focus of the visit was to check whether the provider had met the safeguarding and welfare actions raised at their last inspection and following the regulatory visit on 18 February 2025, which was due by 26 February 2025. We found the provider had introduced regular opportunities for leaders to observe, and provide feedback on, staff's practice and ensure this informs the training and support provided to staff.

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The provider will be able to give parents further information about this. We are satisfied the provider has met the safeguarding and welfare actions raised. The provider is still registered with Ofsted.

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Publication of compliance action

We aim to ensure that the welfare of children and young people is protected in the services we regulate. The Childcare Act 2006 and accompanying regulations set out our responsibilities to regulate childminders and childcare providers. This includes the enforcement powers we have in relation to those registered providers who do not comply with the requirements for registration.

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Publication of compliance action

We publish details of any actions we take, or the childminder or childcare provider takes to bring about compliance with requirements on our website for a period of five years.

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Publication of compliance action

For further information please read the Early years compliance handbook which can be found here at www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-provider-non-compliance- action-by-ofsted .

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