God's Grace Daycare

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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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Summary of outcome

On 16 July 2026, we received concerns that the provider was not meeting requirements relating to suitable people.

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On 22 July 2026, we carried out a regulatory visit. We found the provider was not meeting some of the requirements. We have served a 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 ensure that staff who lead safeguarding at the setting understand their roles and responsibilities to safeguard children

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n ensure that recruitment processes are robust to ensure the suitability of staff who work with children

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n ensure that you complete additional checks as required for any staff who have worked or lived abroad

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n ensure that you maintain records of staff identification (ID) checks and vetting processes as required

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n ensure that you identify and explore any discrepancies between the references obtained and the information shared by the applicant and ensure these are resolved satisfactorily before recruitment

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n ensure there is a named deputy in place to take charge in the manager's absence

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n ensure that the ratio requirements are met on an ongoing basis, and qualified staff are deployed effectively to meet children's needs

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n ensure that safeguarding training is reviewed and refreshed to maintain lead staff's knowledge and understanding of safeguarding

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n ensure that you maintain required records, to support effective information sharing and to ensure the safe and efficient management of the setting.

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On 25 August 2026, 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 regulatory event. We found the provider had met some of the safeguarding and welfare actions but not others. The provider has taken appropriate steps to retrain staff and ensure they understand their roles and responsibilities in protecting children's welfare. The provider is in the process of recruiting a named deputy to take charge in the manager's absence. The provider has planned appropriate improvements to staffing arrangements to ensure qualified staff are available to work with children and to meet the ratio requirements. These improvements contribute to the welfare and wellbeing of the children and help to ensure their safety during their time at the setting. The provider has improved record keeping processes to support information sharing processes. This improvement supports the safe

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management of the setting. The provider has improved the recruitment process, so that they now complete further checks for applicants who have lived or worked abroad, check references, explore gaps in employment and maintain appropriate records of vetting processes. This has helped to address some of the weaknesses in relation to recruitment processes.

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We found that the provider has not taken adequate steps to ensure the suitability of staff who work with children. 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 develop and implement appropriate processes to ensure staff understand their responsibility to disclose any information that may affect their suitability to work with children, both at the time of recruitment and on an ongoing basis.

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On 23 September 2026, we carried out a regulatory visit. The focus of the visit was to check whether the provider had met the safeguarding and welfare action raised at their last regulatory event. We found that the provider had taken appropriate steps to improve staff understanding of their responsibility to inform the manager of any changes to their suitability. These improvements help to safeguard children and ensure that anyone who works with children are suitable for their roles. We are satisfied the provider has met the safeguarding and welfare action raised. The provider is still registered with Ofsted.

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Publication of complaints

We publish details of complaints made against childminders, home childcarers and childcare providers where we or the provider have taken action in order to meet legal requirements.

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Publication of complaints

We publish details of complaints on our website for a period of five years.

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Publication of complaints

For further information about the complaints process please view the Concerns and complaints about childminders and childcare providers leaflet .

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