Middlewood Nature Nursery

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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On 14 July 2025, we carried out an inspection and found the provider was not meeting some of these requirements. The report and inspection outcome will be published in due course. Following the inspection, we served a welfare requirements notice on 18 July 2025. 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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n provide effective leadership, oversight, supervision and support that ensures staff have the knowledge and skills needed to provide quality care and education and always meet the legal requirements

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n take all reasonable steps to minimise risks to children

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n ensure the deployment of staff meets children's needs and promotes their safety and well-being

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n ensure the premises are suitable, including that they are clean

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n implement effective hygiene practices that promote the good health of children and help to minimise or stop the spread of infection

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n provide staff with supervision, training and support that enables them to understand child development and effective teaching practices

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n provide consistent special educational support, that meets all areas of children's needs, and ensures they make good progress in their learning and development.

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On 13 August 2025, we carried out a regulatory visit. The focus of the visit was to check whether the provider had met the safeguarding and welfare actions, raised at their last inspection. We found the provider had met one of the safeguarding and welfare actions but not the others. The provider had improved the deployment of staff to ensure children are well supervised at all times.

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We have served another 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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n provide effective leadership, oversight, supervision and support that ensures staff have the knowledge and skills needed to provide quality care and education and always meet the legal requirements

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n take all reasonable steps to minimise risks to children

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n ensure the premises are suitable, including that they are clean

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n implement effective hygiene practices that promote the good health of children and help to minimise or stop the spread of infection

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n provide staff with supervision, training and support that enables them to understand child development and effective teaching practices

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n provide consistent special educational support, that meets all areas of children's needs, and ensures they make good progress in their learning and development.

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We will monitor the provider's response to ensure the actions are successfully completed. The provider is still registered with Ofsted.

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