Childcare on Domestic Premises, Full day care in Croydon

Report for childcare on domestic premises

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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

Leaders do not ensure they comply with welfare requirements. They do not follow safe staff recruitment procedures, especially with regard to agency staff. They also fail to ensure that Ofsted has been notified of all staff working on the domestic premises. Staff do not have a clear understanding of local safeguarding concerns. Staff do not follow hygiene procedures when serving food to children. All this puts children's safety and well-being at risk.

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The provision is inadequate

Children do enjoy messy activities and playing with play dough. They use utensils to roll out and cut different shapes. Children also enjoy garden time, playing chase and moving in different ways in the garden. Younger children are supported in using the see-saw, moving up and down.

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The provision is inadequate

Staff do have expectations for children's behaviour and help them to understand right from wrong. The curriculum, however, is not ambitious. Although children enjoy activities, they do not provide enough challenge for most-able children. There is a lack of educational support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). The quality of teaching is not consistent, and children are not making the progress they are capable of due to this.

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need to do better?

n Leaders have a disregard for meeting the welfare requirements. They have not submitted details of staff working in the setting to Ofsted so their suitability can be checked. This means staff who have not had their suitability confirmed have unsupervised contact with children. This puts children's safety at significant risk. Leaders have been issued with two welfare requirement notices prior to the inspection that they have not met. n Leaders have not ensured they meet registration requirements for care on domestic premises. They have failed to comply with a requirement imposed on them by the regulations. There is no one living on the premises, which is a breach of welfare requirements. n Staff have a basic understanding of safeguarding and the signs that a child may need protection. They have not been supported by leaders to be alert to local safeguarding concerns to help keep children safe from harm and neglect.

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need to do better?

n Leaders have not ensured that the required documentation is available at all times. Senior leaders were not present in the setting, and staff did not have access to certain documentation, such as staff recruitment files. Leaders do not record vetting procedures for staff, especially agency staff, to show what checks have been carried out. They do not follow robust recruitment processes to ensure staff are suitable to work with children. n The key-person system is not effective. When key persons are absent from the

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need to do better?

22 April 2025 setting, covering staff are not aware of children's next steps and how to support their development. They are not able to support children with their individual learning needs. n Systems to support children with SEND are not effective. Staff caring for these children at the time of the inspection are not aware of targets and next steps. Documentation available is not up to date to show the progress, if any, children have made. Activities are not meaningful for these children and do not help them to work towards the early learning goals. n The curriculum is not ambitious for any children attending the setting. Most-able children are not sufficiently challenged to make the progress they are capable of making. Staff's questioning of children is not effective and does not allow children to think about answers to stretch their learning. n During music activities, staff shrug their shoulders at children when they do not

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need to do better?

respond to questions and then sit in silence. This does not help to promote children's learning. n Staff do not promote effective hygiene procedures. They wear gloves to serve food. However, while they do this, they also take children's shoes off and go back to serving food wearing the same pair of gloves. This puts children at risk of cross-contamination.

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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

ensure all staff have a clear understanding of local safeguarding concerns alongside an awareness of the signs and symptoms that a child may need protection 09/05/2025

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Due date

make records accessible and available at all times to those who have a right or professional need to see them 09/05/2025

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Due date

22 April 2025 ensure all information is recorded about staff qualifications and the identity checks and vetting processes that have been completed, including those of agency and bank staff (including the criminal records check reference number, the date a check was obtained and details of who at the setting obtained it) 09/05/2025

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Due date

ensure effective key-person procedures are in place for when staff are not present in the setting, ensuring all children are supported with their learning and development 30/05/2025

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Due date

ensure all staff are aware of children's next steps and how to support them to meet targets that have been set 30/05/2025

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Due date

plan an ambitious curriculum that enables all children, including the most disadvantaged, to make the best possible start to their learning 30/05/2025

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Due date

ensure staff follow hygiene procedures when serving food to children. 30/05/2025

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2591484 Local authority Croydon Inspection number 10401395 Type of provision Childcare on domestic premises Registers Early Years Register Day care type Full day care

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inspection

Total number of places 20 Number of children on roll 12

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reference number

Date of previous inspection 9 February 2023

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Information about this early years setting

Tafii Childcare Services Ltd registered in 2020. It is located in New Addington, in the London Borough of Croydon. The nursery provides care for children from Monday to Friday, 7.30am to 6pm, all year round, except for public bank holidays. There are six staff working at the nursery, of whom five hold relevant early years qualifications ranging from level 7 to level 2. There is one unqualified member of staff. The nursery receives funding to provide early education for children aged two, three and four years.

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Inspection activities

n The third in charge talked through the learning intentions and outcomes for children during a learning walk with the inspector. n Staff spoke to the inspector during the inspection. n Staff spoke to the inspector about how they support children with SEND. n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact that this was having on the children's learning. n The inspector discussed with the third in charge the quality of activities being provided. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation and reviewed the 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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