Holyrood Day Nursery Castleton

Inspection of Holyrood Day Nursery Castleton Heywood Road, Castleton, Rochdale, Lancashire OL11 3BT

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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

The provider has not ensured that the nursery is well led and managed. There has been a significant decline in the quality of education and care provided since the last inspection. The provider has not made certain that all staff understand the safeguarding policies and procedures, and their roles to protect children. This is despite a welfare requirement notice being served regarding when to report concerns about children's safety. This means that children's welfare cannot be fully assured. Additionally, poor staffing arrangements mean that children's individual needs and well-being are not met. Too often, staff do not deliver basic care needs, such as cleaning food from children's faces, wiping their noses and changing nappies promptly. This compromises children's good health and emotional well- being.

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The provision is inadequate

The provider has failed to develop a clear and ambitious vision for the curriculum. Staff have not had the training, support and coaching they need to be able to fulfil their roles. As a result, children's learning is not well planned or monitored. Children do not develop at the rate expected for their ages and stages. Their learning is mainly incidental. For example, some children show an interest in books and take enjoyment in listening to stories being read on 'World Book Day'.

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The provision is inadequate

Leaders do not know staff or children well enough. Staff are expected to complete too many roles. As such, despite their best efforts, they are often unsuccessful in managing all tasks. Staff are kind and caring towards children.

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need to do better?

n The provider has not maintained good oversight of the nursery since the last inspection. The provider has failed to put in place suitable leadership. Therefore, there have been frequent changes to the management of the nursery. Consequently, there have been breaches of the legal requirements, which have gone unidentified. This means that children's safety and well-being are not fully assured. n Staff attend safeguarding training. However, despite this, they do not have secure safeguarding knowledge. Some staff, including designated safeguarding leads, remain unclear of when, how and who to report concerns about children's safety to. Furthermore, some staff do not recognise potential signs and symptoms of abuse that may indicate safeguarding concerns. That said, the provider has taken some action to address the action set in the welfare requirement notice. For example, improvements have been made to the

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need to do better?

companies' safeguarding policies and procedures to include more detail regarding when to notify Ofsted of significant information and actions to be taken when making a referral to the Disclosure and Barring Service. However,

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need to do better?

6 March 2025 safeguarding knowledge is not yet embedded into practice to ensure that children are adequately protected. n Staff deployment does not meet children's needs or ensure their safety. At the start of the day, the minimum staff-to-child ratios are not met. This leads to a chaotic environment. Babies and toddlers become upset because staff cannot provide the care they need. Although minimum ratio requirements are met and maintained after the initial period, the arrangements for staff deployment throughout the day are not effective. Staff are overwhelmed and unable to meet children's individual needs. For example, staff fail to notice toddlers who climb up and sit on tables or older children who fall asleep on the floor. This compromises children's safety. n The key-person system is not effective. The inconsistency in leadership and staffing means that some children do not have a key person. Staff have not

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need to do better?

formed close relationships with children and their families. Therefore, staff do not understand children's unique needs. For instance, staff do not respond appropriately when children suffer from sensory overload. This does not support children's well-being. n The curriculum is poorly designed and does not provide children with the breadth of learning they require to become school ready. Activities and experiences offered do not promote children's interests and stages of development. Children often wander around and lack motivation for their play and learning. Some staff provide kind and caring interactions. However, not all staff engage with children, and some make little effort to teach them. n Support for children with special educational needs is inconsistent. While staff work with some external agencies at parents request, to submit individual support plans or apply for education, health and care plans, support is not

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always obtained swiftly enough. Some children who may have additional needs have not been identified. Furthermore, staff are not able to provide the planned activities or monitor children's progress closely enough. Consequently, children are often left to follow other children around, with no positive interaction. As a result, they do not make good progress. n Children are not supported to develop the skills they need to behave positively. Behaviour boundaries and expectations are not sufficiently embedded into practice. During their play, children push one another and struggle to share spaces and toys. Staff do not have the skills to understand and support children's behaviour or help them learn to behave well. This means that children are not well prepared for their onward education. n Most parents who shared their views with inspectors expressed that they are dissatisfied with the service they receive. Due to the frequent changes in

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need to do better?

staffing, parents are not able to form secure relationships with those who care for their children. They do not receive the key information they need to understand what it is that children are learning or how they can support them. Parent partnerships are not effective.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are not effective.

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Safeguarding

6 March 2025 There is not an open and positive culture around safeguarding that puts children's interests first.

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Due date

ensure that all leaders and staff understand the safeguarding policy and procedures to enable them to identify, manage and respond to concerns in a timely way 24/04/2025

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Due date

ensure that staffing arrangements meet minimum requirements, and that the deployment of staff meets the needs of all children and provides adequate supervision to ensure their safety 24/04/2025

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ensure that the key-person system is effective to meet the individual care and education needs of children 24/04/2025

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ensure that arrangements are in place to support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities so that referrals and support are obtained more swiftly and planned activities are delivered 24/04/2025

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support staff to develop strategies to help them manage children's behaviour and support children's development of self-regulation and inhibitory control skills 24/04/2025

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improve the information shared with parents and carers about the activities provided and how they can share the learning at home. 24/04/2025

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Due date

design and implement a broad and ambitious curriculum that builds on what children already know and can do, and what they need to learn next. 24/04/2025

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY370891 Local authority Rochdale Inspection number 10392619 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 80 Number of children on roll 76 Name of registered person Thrive Childcare And Education Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01706651821 Date of previous inspection 30 April 2024

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Information about this early years setting

Holyrood Day Nursery Castleton registered in 2008 and is situated in Castleton, Rochdale. The nursery opens Monday to Friday, all year round, except for bank holidays. Sessions are from 7.30am to 6pm. The nursery employs 14 members of childcare staff. Of these, nine staff hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 and two hold qualifications at level 2. The nursery provides funded early education places.

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Information about this inspection

Inspectors Lois Hulley Rachel Waterhouse

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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 inspectors viewed the provision and discussed the safety and suitability of the premises. n The regional manager, the senior support manager and inspectors completed a learning walk together of all areas of the nursery and discussed the early years curriculum. n The inspectors spoke to children to find out about their time at the setting. n The inspectors talked to staff at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. n The inspectors observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning. n The inspectors carried out joint observations of group activities with the regional manager and senior support manager. n Parents shared their views of the setting with the inspector.

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Inspection activities

n The inspectors looked at relevant documentation and reviewed evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery.

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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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Inspection activities

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