Hopscotch Nursery

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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 17 June, 07 and 12 August 2026, we received concerns that the provider was not meeting requirements relating to safeguarding policies and procedures, concerns about children's safety and welfare, child absences, staff: child ratios, safety and suitability of premises, environment and equipment and information and record keeping.

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On 19 and 21 August 2026, we carried out an inspection and found the provider was not meeting some of these requirements.

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Additionally, during the inspection on 19 and 21 August 2026, we found new areas of concern. This means that the provider was not meeting other requirements as set out in the Statutory framework for the early years foundation stage.

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The report card and inspection outcome will be published in due course. Following the inspection, we served a welfare requirements notice on 24 August 2026. 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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We also suspended the provider's registration on 21 August 2026 because we believe children may be at risk of harm. Suspension allows time for the provider to take steps to reduce or eliminate the risk of harm to children. The provider has a right to appeal against a suspension. The provider may not provide childcare for which registration is required while the suspension is in place and may commit an offence if they do so.

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n demonstrate how you intend to ensure that deployment of staff remains effective to that children are adequately supervised and kept within sight and hearing of staff at all times

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n demonstrate how you intend to ensure that leaders and staff understand and adhere to the safeguarding children policy, with specific regard to the use of mobile phones

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n demonstrate how you intend to ensure that any concerns about children's safety or welfare are reported without delay in line with local safeguarding children reporting procedures

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n demonstrate how you intend to ensure procedures are in place to maintain records relating to any concerns about children's safety or welfare and that these are shared with other professionals, as appropriate, to meet children's needs

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n demonstrate a clear understanding of procedures to follow in relation to children's absences

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n demonstrate how you intend to implement an effective key-person system to ensure all children's needs are consistently met, particularly in the absence of their key person

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n demonstrate how you will implement systems for the early identification of children with special educational needs and/or disabilities, so that children's needs are promptly identified and the appropriate targeted support is put in place

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n demonstrate how you will ensure supervision arrangements are effectively implemented so that staff receive support, coaching, and training that promotes the interests of children and staff's continuous improvement

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n provide staff with appropriate training and professional development opportunities to ensure they can meet children's needs and offer quality learning experiences for children

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On 09 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 actions, raised at their last inspection. During the visit, we found the provider had met some of the safeguarding and welfare actions but not others.

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We found the provider had improved their knowledge and understanding of safeguarding policies and procedures. The provider demonstrated how systems in place will ensure the effective deployment of staff so that children are adequately supervised and kept within sight and hearing of staff at all times. They demonstrated an ability to identify and respond appropriately to signs of possible abuse without delay and the procedures to follow in relation to children's absences. There is a suitable policy in place for the safe use of mobile phones, cameras and other electronic devices in the setting, which the provider will oversee to ensure it is implemented. The provider demonstrated how appropriate records will be maintained relating to any concerns about children's welfare and shared with other professionals. This all helps to protect children's welfare. The key-person system has been strengthened to ensure all children's needs are consistently met, particularly in the absence

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of their key person. In addition, the provider demonstrated how effective supervision arrangements will be implemented. The provider has improved their knowledge and understanding of supporting children with special educational needs and/or disabilities so that their needs are met. However, the support for staff in relation to training and professional development remains ineffective to ensure children benefit from quality learning experiences.

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In relation to the remaining area of concern, on 09 September 2026, we have served a further 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 staff with appropriate training and professional development opportunities to ensure they can meet children's needs and offer quality learning experiences for children

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Additionally, during the regulatory visit on 09 September 2026, we lifted the suspension because the provider took appropriate action to deal with the matter that led to the suspension. We are satisfied that the identified risk of harm to children has been removed.

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On 09 October 2026, the provider notified us of their wish to resign their registration. We accepted their resignation and they are no longer a registered childcare provider.

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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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