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Early years · Early years compliance action

Medstead Pre-school and Nursery

Inspected 16 Oct 2025 · published 17 Oct 2025 · URN 109996

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  • Inspection datesingle source

    16 Oct 2025

  • URN verified

    109996

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Flesch 32, typical 35
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Findings 65%What needs to improve 35%

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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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Summary of outcome

On 30 September 2025, the provider notified us about matters relating to staff: child ratios and risk assessment. The notification means that the provider met their legal responsibility as set out in the Statutory framework for the early years foundation stage to notify Ofsted of a significant incident.

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Summary of outcome

On 15 October 2025, we carried out a regulatory visit. We found the provider was not meeting some of the requirements and had taken action to put this right. The provider has taken additional steps to ensure all staff have a secure knowledge of the settings procedures to ensure children remain fully accounted for at all times, particularly during transitional times of the day. The provider is having an increased oversight of staffs practice ensuring these procedures are consistently followed to ensure children are kept safe.

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Summary of outcome

The provider will be able to give parents further information about this. The provider is still registered with Ofsted.

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Publication of compliance action

We aim to ensure that the welfare of children and young people is protected in the services we regulate. The Childcare Act 2006 and accompanying regulations set out our responsibilities to regulate childminders and childcare providers. This includes the enforcement powers we have in relation to those registered providers who do not comply with the requirements for registration.

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Publication of compliance action

We publish details of any actions we take, or the childminder or childcare provider takes to bring about compliance with requirements on our website for a period of five years.

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Publication of compliance action

For further information please read the Early years compliance handbook which can be found here at www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-provider-non-compliance- action-by-ofsted .

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