Windsor House Nursery

Inspection of Windsor House Nursery 75 Windsor Avenue, Leicester LE4 5DU

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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 that the environment is safe for children. During the inspection, a two-year-old child ran into the kitchen area while this was in use as a fire door had been propped open. Inside the front and back door of the premises, there are trails from snails or slugs on mats. Staff have not carried out effective risk assessments to make sure that the areas used by children are hygienically clean and suitable.

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The provision is inadequate

The curriculum is not carefully planned to meet the needs of the children. As a result, some children lose interest in the resources they have to play with and appear bored. This does not help children to progress and to develop positive attitudes to learning.

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The provision is inadequate

Staff work hard to establish positive relationships with parents and carers. They understand their role in liaising with other professionals who may be involved in a child's life. Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) form strong bonds with staff.

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The provision is inadequate

Parents are very appreciative of the healthy and home-cooked meals that the nursery provides. However, information about children's dietary requirements is not accurately and clearly recorded. This places children at risk of receiving food that they should not eat and may cause them harm.

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need to do better?

n The quality of education provided is poor. Leaders and staff have not implemented an effective curriculum for the children who attend. Staff do not always set a high enough expectation of what children are able to achieve. Children are not supported to make effective progress and to gain new learning that is sequenced over time. n Children's communication and language skills are not supported effectively. Many of the children who attend speak English as an additional language. Staff sometimes speak in loud voices and ask lots of questions of children who do not yet have the skills they need to answer. As a result, children are quiet and do not engage in conversation. Children are not learning the language skills they will need for the next stage in their education. n Statutory assessments of children's learning are not always accurate. Staff share their assessments with parents but these do not consistently contain the

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need to do better?

information that parents need in order to support their child's development effectively. This means that where there are concerns about a child's progress, parents are not kept fully aware and are not able to share this information with other professionals where needed.

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need to do better?

29 July 2025 n The arrangements in place for risk assessment are not effective. Staff do not routinely carry out meaningful checks of the environment to make sure it is safe and clean. For example, staff had displayed children's toothbrushes hanging on string at an accessible height to children in the pre-school room. They had not considered the hygiene implications of different children putting these in their mouths. Staff are not considering potential risks and minimising these as part of their daily practice. n Children's dietary requirements are not recorded clearly and accurately. All children have a place mat for mealtimes, which indicates their allergy and dietary needs. For some children, this information is recorded inaccurately and so children with specific dietary requirements are given a place mat with incorrect dietary details noted on it. For other children, the recording of dietary needs is confusing and difficult to interpret. This means that staff are not always

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need to do better?

clear on the specific dietary requirements of the children in their care. n Leaders and staff do not confidently understand the action they need to take should an allegation of harm be made against a member of staff at the nursery. They are unsure of the role of other professionals who they may need to communicate with should this occur. Leaders and staff have not ensured that they are able to implement the nursery's safeguarding policy effectively to keep children safe. n Leaders have not implemented an effective system of support and training for staff to improve the quality of education. Staff do have supervision meetings but these are not used to identify any weaknesses in practice and to support staff to fully understand their role in delivering the curriculum. As a result, staff do not understand how they can work more effectively to support children's development.

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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 staff have a confident understanding of the curriculum and how this is sequenced across the nursery 30/09/2025

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Due date

29 July 2025 plan and implement a curriculum that meets the individual learning needs of the children who attend 30/09/2025

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ensure that effective strategies are in place to support children's communication and language development 30/09/2025

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identify and minimise potential risks to children in the environment - this is with particular regard to ensuring fire doors remain closed, indoor mats are kept hygienically clean and staff are aware of good hygiene practices with toys and resources 29/08/2025

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Due date

ensure that staff clearly record and act on information from parents and carers about a child's dietary needs 29/08/2025

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Due date

ensure that all leaders and staff have a confident understanding of the action they should take should an allegation be made against a member of staff 29/08/2025

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Due date

ensure that the progress check at age two contains accurate information for parents, including highlighting any areas in which a child may need some additional support 30/09/2025

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Due date

provide effective training and support for staff to improve the quality of education. 29/08/2025

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY477264 Local authority Leicester Inspection number 10413384 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 35 Number of children on roll 35 Name of registered person Goldfirst Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 0116 2682550 Date of previous inspection 20 February 2020

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Information about this early years setting

Windsor House Nursery re-registered in 2014 as a limited company and is located in Leicester. The nursery employs eight members of childcare staff, one of whom has early years professional status and the rest hold early years qualifications at level 3 and level 2. The nursery is open from Monday to Friday for 51 weeks of the year. Sessions are from 7.45am to 5.45pm. The nursery provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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Inspection activities

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 was having on children's learning. n The inspector carried out joint observations of group activities with the manager. n Parents and carers shared their views of the setting with the inspector. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation and reviewed 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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