Purple Jay Herne Hill Dulwich

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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 August 2025, we carried out an inspection and found the provider was not meeting some of these requirements.

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The report and inspection outcome will be published in due course. Following the inspection, we served a welfare requirements notice on 28 August 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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1) ensure that all staff including leaders, have support, and professional development opportunities which enable to them to fully understand their roles and responsibilities to provide good quality and safe care for children

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2) review the key-person arrangements to make sure every child's care and learning is tailored to meet their individual needs

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3) ensure that staffing arrangements meet the needs of all children, to ensure that children are adequately supervised at all times to ensure their safety

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4) make sure that all staff are aware of children's individual dietary needs

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5) develop staff's understanding of the importance of maintaining high standards of hygiene across the nursery

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6) implement effective strategies to support children's understanding of what is expected of their behaviour

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7) make sure the premises, equipment and resources are safe, clean and hygienic to promote the welfare and well-being of children ensure risk assessment arrangements are effective to make sure that all risks to children's safety are identified and actions are taken to remove or minimise these, in particular the garden area.

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On 11 September 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.

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We found that the provider had strengthened supervision arrangements for staff. They have reviewed the key-person system, to ensure that all children receive support for their individual needs, learning and development. Leaders have reviewed and improved staff deployment, so that the required staff: child ratios are maintained and children are well supervised. The provider has embedded additional safety measures for the preparation of children's meals. They have taken steps to improve staff's understanding of the importance of maintaining high standards of hygiene across the nursery. Staff clean any spillages immediately and sanitise food preparation areas thoroughly before and after children eat. This has improved cleanliness within the nursery. The provider has improved systems to ensure all staff have a thorough understanding of individual children's allergies and special dietary requirements. Leaders have provided training for staff, so they understand and

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implement effective strategies to support children's positive behaviour. Additionally, leaders have reviewed their risk assessments, so that staff effectively identify and mitigate any risks to children as they play and learn. This helps children to remain safe at the nursery.

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We are satisfied the provider has met the safeguarding and welfare actions raised. The provider is still registered with Ofsted.

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