Cherrylands Nursery

Inspection of Cherrylands Nursery Sopwith Drive, Brooklands Business Park, Weybridge, Surrey KT13 0YU

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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

There are breaches in relation to the safeguarding and welfare requirements that directly impact on the quality of care and education that children receive. For instance, teaching is variable. Although staff identify what they want children to learn, they do not consistently provide a challenging curriculum that enables all children to make the progress they are capable of. This results in some children wandering aimlessly around, which does not enable them to engage and show a good attitude to learning. There are also weaknesses in staff's understanding of managing safeguarding concerns. Additionally, staff do not always ensure that they implement agreed practices, such as in relation to staff deployment and risk assessments. This compromises children's safety and well-being.

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The provision is inadequate

Despite these weaknesses, staff are friendly and kind and children generally enjoy their time at nursery. Staff respond promptly when children need emotional support. They offer children cuddles and reassurance when they are feeling unsettled. Children respond positively to these warm interactions, which helps them to build bonds with staff.

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The provision is inadequate

Overall, children are supported to do things for themselves. For instance, children are encouraged to take off their shoes and put on their wellies before they go outside to play. This helps children to develop their independence skills.

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need to do better?

n The provider recently notified Ofsted of a significant event, in line with the requirements of registration. Since this incident, leaders have taken some steps to support staff to improve their supervision of children. This includes reminding staff to communicate with each other so they can deploy themselves effectively. However, the measures put in place do not go far enough to ensure children's safety. As such, children do not consistently benefit from appropriate supervision. For example, staff do not organise the daily routines well, including during mealtimes. Staff often leave the tables while children are eating. This does not enable them to ensure that children remain within sight and hearing, so that they can respond promptly if children need urgent assistance. Therefore, this does not help to keep children safe. n Staff have good knowledge of their key children. They work with parents and

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need to do better?

other agencies to ensure that appropriate information is shared. Staff track children's progress, which enables them to identify what children have learned. However, although staff know what they want children to learn next, they do not consistently implement teaching well to precisely target these next steps. For example, not all staff recognise when to step in to extend children's learning as they follow their interests. Therefore, learning is often incidental, and children do

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need to do better?

27 May 2025 not consistently benefit from meaningful interactions that build on what they already know and can do. This results in children often standing around with little support from staff to help them engage in activities or experiences. This does not enable children to develop a positive attitude to learning. n Staff do not consistently ensure that routine risk assessments are implemented. For instance, when staff take children out into the garden, they do not identify and manage potential hazards. This does not enable them to help keep children safe. n Leaders and staff do not have secure safeguarding knowledge. Although they recognise the signs and symptoms of abuse, they do not fully understand the procedures they must follow if they have any safeguarding concerns. This does not ensure that any safeguarding concerns are managed appropriately, in line with local procedures, in order to assure children's welfare.

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need to do better?

n Leaders consider ways to support staff in their practice, such as keeping them informed of any changes to their policies and procedures. However, staff do not receive effective coaching, mentoring and support to enable them to have a secure understanding of their roles and responsibilities. This leads to several areas where practice is weak, such as staff safeguarding knowledge, the management of risks, staff deployment and the quality of teaching. This does not ensure that children receive the care and support they need to promote their safety and continued learning. n When teaching is more successful, staff support children to learn and recall new information. They introduce new words to children, and they support them to use these in context. For instance, as staff teach children about the life cycle of a butterfly, staff introduce the word 'chrysalis'. Staff encourage children to recall these words as they read a book about butterflies. This helps children to

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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

improve staff deployment to ensure that children are supervised effectively at all times, particularly during mealtimes 10/06/2025

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Due date

27 May 2025 improve teaching to ensure that it is consistently good for all children and provides them with appropriate challenge 10/06/2025

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Due date

improve risk assessments to ensure that potential hazards are identified and managed appropriately 10/06/2025

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Due date

ensure all staff have secure safeguarding knowledge and are aware of the procedures for managing safeguarding concerns that are in line with the local safeguarding partnership 10/06/2025

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Due date

ensure that the arrangements to provide staff with coaching, mentoring and support are effective, to help them to gain a secure understanding of their roles and responsibilities. 10/06/2025

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Setting details

Unique reference number 119979 Local authority Surrey Inspection number 10397748 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 30 Number of children on roll 42 Name of registered person Cherry Childcare Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01932 354175 Date of previous inspection 27 February 2020

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Information about this early years setting

Cherrylands Nursery registered in 1995 and operates from Weybridge, Surrey. The nursery employs nine members of childcare staff, seven of whom hold childcare qualifications at level 2 or 3. The nursery is open from Monday to Friday all year round, except for bank holidays and a week at Christmas. Sessions are from 8am until 6pm. The nursery provides funded early education.

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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 inspector viewed the provision and discussed the safety and suitability of the premises. n The manager joined the inspector on a learning walk and talked to the inspector about their curriculum and what they want their children to learn. n Staff spoke to the inspector during the inspection. n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact that this had on children's learning. n Parents shared their views of the setting 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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Inspection activities

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