Olive Tree Nursery

Inspection of Olive Tree Nursery 63A Colne Road, Burnley BB10 1LJ

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Overall effectiveness Inadequate

The quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Overall effectiveness at previous inspection Good

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The provision is inadequate

Children who attend this nursery are exposed to risks that staff fail to recognise or minimise. Risk assessment procedures are not effective. Additionally, some staff are not secure in their knowledge of all safeguarding procedures in the setting, or those in line with local authority guidance. This means children's welfare is compromised. Furthermore, staff do not consistently support children's understanding of healthy food and drink or ensure that food is consistently prepared safely.

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The provision is inadequate

Staff's teaching skills are good and children receive a broad curriculum. Children enjoy planting in the mud and learning about how vegetables grow. They use fine motor skills to make holes in the soil and count seeds as they place them in. Mathematics is embedded well into children's play. Staff encourage children to count and understand quantities. For example, children count the bricks with staff as they draw towers on whiteboards. Staff then ask children to build these towers using blocks to extend learning and reinforce their number knowledge.

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The provision is inadequate

Children behave well in this nursery and staff help them learn how to value and respect each other. Additionally, children are supported to understand boundaries, which helps them feel settled and secure in nursery. Staff help children recognise how they are feeling using puppets at group time and ask children to comment positively about their peers. Children are kind and have a positive attitude towards learning, play and their friends. They use their imagination frequently to create games together. For example, children make a train using crates and pretend to go on a journey. They are content in their surroundings and show high levels of self- esteem.

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need to do better?

n Risk assessment in the setting is varied. Staff do not understand how to recognise or respond to hazards that develop in the nursery. For example, children wash their hands using taps that have a broken temperature valve. This means the water fluctuates between cold and scalding hot. Additionally, a bin containing soiled nappies is accessible to children in their bathroom. The impact of these hazards have not been considered by staff in order for them to minimise the risk to children's health. n The provider has safeguarding policies in place. However, those that are responsible for taking the lead on safeguarding children do not understand how to implement these procedures. This means that those who are required to are not able to respond swiftly to concerns as they arise. For example, in the event of an allegation being made against a member of staff. n Despite staff completing training on food safety, it has not been effective in

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3 April 2025 giving staff the skills to prepare and handle food competently and safely. For example, staff do not consistently check the temperatures when reheating food. Additionally they do not know the correct temperature to heat food to, before serving to children. This puts children's health at risk. n Overall, children are supported to understand healthy lifestyles. For example, they talk about how food makes them big and strong and enjoy running around outside in the fresh air. However, staff do not model healthy food choices consistently at mealtimes. Consequently, children do not gain clear messages about healthy food and drinks. n Communication and language are well supported in this nursery. Staff use a wide range of words with children and use additional strategies for those children who speak English as an additional language. As a result, children's speaking is clear and they enjoy chatting with staff and their friends. Children are confident to

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express themselves and love joining in with stories and songs throughout the day. n Parents speak positively about the service the nursery provides. They are kept up to date with information about what their child is learning and how they can help continue this at home. Parents are regularly invited into the nursery. This helps families socialise and experience activities with the children they may not have at home. Leaders understand how to overcome engagement barriers with parents to ensure they are all included and given an equal place within the nursery network. n Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are very well supported to make progress. Leaders and staff confidently recognise gaps in children's expected development early and begin to embed support plans. This helps all children continue to grow. They work with external agencies for further support and understand the demands on services currently. Staff know children

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well and help them meet new goals in their learning, helping children catch up and keep up. n Staff feel valued within the team and know they can seek support from leaders. Their teaching skills are observed and evaluated by leaders to help staff increase the effectiveness of their interactions with children even further. As a result, staff know how to assess what children know and can do in order to extend their learning. Children remain engaged in their play, when supported by the nursery's warm, friendly staff. Staff's workload is not burdensome and they are happy in their roles. This leads to high staff retention creating familiar bonds for children and returning families. n Leaders plan a wide range of experiences that broaden children's awareness of the wider world. For example, children visit shops, the library, a local farm and nearby high school. This helps children build their understanding of other

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need to do better?

cultures and recognise the diverse range of people that live in their community.

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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

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Due date

ensure that all staff, including those designated to take the lead in safeguarding children, are trained to understand the safeguarding policies and procedures, specifically those in relation to managing allegations again staff members 01/06/2025

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Due date

ensure staff's understanding of risk assessment procedures are secure so they know how to identify, and respond, to hazards that occur in the setting 01/06/2025

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Due date

ensure that all staff who are responsible for preparing food for children are competent to do so, including in procedures for safely reheating food. 01/06/2025

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should:

n strengthen the curriculum for supporting and teaching children about making healthy lifestyle choices.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY482021 Local authority Lancashire Inspection number 10380753 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 50 Number of children on roll 49 Name of registered person Olive Tree Nursery Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 01282 835493 Date of previous inspection 21 June 2019

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Information about this early years setting

Olive Tree Nursery registered in 2014 and is located in Burnley. The nursery employs eight members of childcare staff. Seven staff hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 and above. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday during term time. Sessions are from 8.45am until 3.30pm. The nursery provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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Inspection activities

n The manager showed the inspector around the nursery. She talked about how the provision is organised and about the early years curriculum. n The inspector observed staff's teaching in all rooms and the outdoor area. She assessed the impact that this has on children's learning and development. n The inspector spoke to staff and children at appropriate times during the inspection. n The manager and the inspector completed a joint observation of a group time activity. They evaluated the teaching and interactions and the impact this had on children's learning and development. n The inspector held management meetings at various points during the inspection with the manager and the nominated individual. They shared a range of documents, including information about staff supervision, assessments of learning and safeguarding. n Parents shared their views of the nursery with the inspector.

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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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