Growing Minds Montessori Childcare - Tarporley

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 10 September 2026, we carried out an inspection and found the provider was not meeting some of these requirements. The report card and inspection outcome will be published in due course. Following the inspection, we served two welfare requirement notices on 16 September 2026. These are legal notices that required 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 all staff, particularly those with lead responsibility for safeguarding have the knowledge and skills to fulfil their role

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n ensure that all children are within sight and hearing when eating, to help staff respond swiftly to silent choking and unexpected allergic reactions

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n ensure that all children are within sight and hearing when they are sleeping to help keep them safe.

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n implement a robust key-person system to ensure that care is tailored to children's individual needs and their emotional wellbeing is supported, particularly for those children with barriers to their learning

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n implement robust procedures for staff supervision and training to ensure staff are equipped with the skills and knowledge needed to fulfil their responsibilities.

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Summary of outcome

On 5 and 12 October 2026, we carried out regulatory visits. The focus of the visits were to check whether the provider had met the safeguarding and welfare actions, raised at their last inspection. We found that the provider has ensured that all staff, including those responsible for safeguarding have improved their knowledge and skills. Additional training has been sought and attended to ensure that staff understand what constitutes a safeguarding concern and how to respond appropriately. New procedures for safer eating and sleeping have been implemented. Staffing arrangements have been changed at mealtimes, to ensure that children are appropriately supervised. Doorbells have been added to upstairs rooms to alert other staff if help is needed and to prevent staff needing to leave the room when children are asleep. These new practices help to ensure children are safe. The provider has reflected on the key-person system and made changes to ensure children's

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Summary of outcome

care and learning needs are effectively supported. For example, by deploying staff with their key children. The procedures for supervision of staff have been implemented effectively to provide coaching and mentoring for all staff. This helps staff to provide consistent and positive interactions for children. We are satisfied the provider has met the safeguarding and welfare actions raised.

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Summary of outcome

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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