Ashley Down After School Club – Manor Farm site

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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 13 October 2026, we carried out an inspection and found the provider was not meeting some of these requirements.

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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 20th October 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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n ensure that staff are confident to implement the safeguarding policy and procedures, with particular regard to escalating concerns to external safeguarding agencies

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n ensure that those who lead safeguarding at the setting understand their responsibilities to take appropriate action to protect children in their care, particularly in response to whistleblowing and allegations raised against staff

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n maintain and implement effective policies and procedures to safeguard children's welfare, including in the event of an allegation

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n ensure that any written complaints are investigated effectively to identify and take required action to fulfil the requirements of the statutory framework for the early years foundation stage.

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n ensure supervision is effective to identify and address issues in staff performance and support them to continually improve their personal effectiveness On 22 October 2026, we carried out a regulatory telephone call. The focus of the call was to check whether the provider had met the safeguarding and welfare actions raised at their last inspection. We found that the provider had met some of the actions. They have reviewed and updated safeguarding policies so that those responsible know the action to take when there are concerns about children's welfare, staff conduct and allegations. The provider has reviewed their complaints policy and have now included specific information on how they keep parents up to date through any investigations that take place. The provider has implemented staff supervision to include identifying training needs and planned for long- term training to help ensure staff make continuous improvements to their practice. We[CJ1]

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found that the provider had not fully met one of the actions.

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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 ensure that staff are confident to implement the safeguarding policy and procedures, with particular regard to escalating concerns to external safeguarding agencies.

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We will monitor the provider's response to ensure the action is successfully completed. The provider is still registered with Ofsted.

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[CJ1]You need to put here 'We found the provider had met some of the actions set. The provider has ……………………' We found the provider had not met one of the actions set.

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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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