Kingwood Children @ Muddifords Court

Summary of outcome

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

Between 29 April 2025 and 11 May 2025, we received six concerns that the provider was not meeting requirements relating to risk assessments, suitable people, ratios, safety of premises, safeguarding and medical care needs.

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Summary of outcome

On 12 May 2025, we carried out a regulatory visit. We found the provider was not meeting some of the requirements. We have served a welfare requirements notice. This is a legal notice that requires the provider to take the actions below within the timescales set out. The provider will be able to give parents further information about this.

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Summary of outcome

n ensure staff whose suitability has not been confirmed are not left alone with children

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n ensure all leaders implement safeguarding policies and procedures and act on whistleblowing concerns in a timely way

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n improve the deployment of staff and the supervision of children to meet the needs of all children and to keep them safe

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n ensure all staff who care for children with medical needs receive the training required to ensure they have the necessary technical knowledge and are fully conversant with individual care plans for these children

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Summary of outcome

On 21 May 2025, we carried out a regulatory telephone call. The focus of the call was to check whether the provider had met the safeguarding and welfare actions, raised at their last regulatory visit that were required to have been completed by 13 May 2024. We found the provider had met the safeguarding and welfare actions. The provider has taken immediate action to ensure staff without full suitability checks are not left alone. Risk assessments have been retrained, and procedures have been implemented to ensure all staff understand and can follow these to keep children safe.

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Summary of outcome

On 4 June 2025, we carried out an inspection. The focus of the visit was to check whether the provider had met the safeguarding and welfare actions raised at their last regulatory visit on 12 May 2025. We found the provider had met the safeguarding and welfare action that was due by 23 May 2025.

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Summary of outcome

The provider has implemented further training to support all children with medical care needs. The provider has carried out extensive safeguarding training and implemented procedures to ensure information sharing across the setting is robust. The provider has taken the necessary steps to ensure the deployment of staff is effective to keep children safe.

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Summary of outcome

The report and inspection outcome will be published in due course.

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Summary of outcome

The provider is still registered with Ofsted.

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Publication of complaints

We publish details of complaints made against childminders, home childcarers and childcare providers where we or the provider have taken action in order to meet legal requirements.

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Publication of complaints

We publish details of complaints on our website for a period of five years.

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Publication of complaints

For further information about the complaints process please view the Concerns and complaints about childminders and childcare providers leaflet .

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