Khadra Daycare

Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this early years setting?

The provision is inadequate

Children's safety and welfare are not assured.

The provider has not followed safe recruitment procedures to make sure that all staff who work with children are suitable. At times, children are cared for alone by staff who have not completed paediatric first-aid training. Staff and managers do not use risk assessment robustly to ensure children are provided with a safe environment.

Managers lack understanding of how to safeguard children. They are unaware of their duties to report allegations made against staff to the correct professionals. Mobile phone and camera policies do not protect children's privacy, and ma...nagers fail to recognise the possible risks surrounding this.

The quality of education that children receive is inadequate. Staff are not suitably qualified or trained to fulfil their roles. They frequently sing songs to children throughout the day.

However, they do not allow children time to practise using the language they are exposed to. Older children sit singing songs for too long. They become bored and distracted, which impacts on their behaviours.

When staff do provide resources for children to play with, they fail to ensure that children's learning is suitably challenged. Toddlers explore playing in sand, but staff remove them away from this when they do not use it appropriately. They do not teach children how to use the sand safely.

Older children do develop some independence. They put away their own coats when they come inside after playing in the garden. At mealtimes, older children confidently serve their own food.

What does the early years setting do well and what does it need to do better?

Leaders and managers lack oversight. They have not maintained their knowledge and understanding of the requirements set out in the 'Statutory framework for the early years foundation stage'. There are significant breaches to these requirements that seriously compromise the safeguarding of children and the quality of education that they receive.

Staff and managers are not alert to risks to children's safety. Children are exposed to loose, trailing wires, which poses a risk of strangulation. There are several plastic vents on the floor of children's playrooms that are broken and leave sharp edges and holes, which could cause injury to children.

When such risks are shown to managers, they do not take sufficient action to remove or minimise these to keep children safe.Leaders and managers have a poor knowledge of how to safeguard children. They do not understand how to manage allegations against staff.

This includes their duty to report any allegations made against staff to Ofsted and the local safeguarding partnership. Policies for the use of mobile phones are unsafe.Managers do not recognise or act on concerns that children are in direct sight of areas where mobile phones or other devices with cameras can be used.

This means children are not safeguarded.Recruitment and vetting procedures lack rigour. Managers have not ensured that safe recruitment procedures have been followed for all staff, including those who have unsupervised contact with children.

Managers fail to record information about staff's details and the identity and vetting checks completed for them. Consequently, staff's suitability is not verified to ensure that they are safe and suitable to work with children.The provider has failed to ensure that the arrangements for staffing meet children's needs.

At times, children are in the sole care of staff who do not hold a current paediatric first-aid certificate, specifically during times when children are transported to and from the nursery. This means that children are not safeguarded in the event of a serious accident or injury occurring.Staff's teaching skills are poor.

The deployment of staff is not effective because there are not enough appropriately qualified staff to meet the minimum staff-to-child ratios. Staff lack knowledge of child development. Managers do not acknowledge or challenge poor teaching and practice.

As a result, the quality of care and education that children receive is inadequate.Staff and managers do not ensure that children's health is well supported. Some areas of the premises are unhygienic, such as vents in the floor, which have become filled with grime and dirt.

Children do not have consistent access to appropriate resources to wash and dry their hands. Staff do not support good hygiene routines because they merely wet children's hands before sending them to have their snack, without using soap or drying them properly. This does not help to prevent the spread of infection.

There is not enough support in place for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). While there are some written plans in place, the arrangements for reviewing these are not embedded. Staff are unclear about the plans they are following and are not supported to understand and implement these effectively.

As a result, children with SEND make limited progress in their learning.Staff do not plan or provide a varied curriculum. Children are provided with a very narrow choice of resources to play with.

Activities that are provided are not challenging and do not take account of what children need to learn next. This means that children are not supported to make the progress of which they are capable.Staff frequently pick babies up.

They intervene and do not allow babies to practise emerging skills, such as crawling or walking. Toddlers are encouraged to sit down when playing so that their legs do not hurt. Staff do not recognise opportunities for children to practise and develop their physical skills, which hinders their development.

The arrangements for assessing children's learning and development are weak. Progress checks at age two are not completed for all children. Where required, assessments are completed, but they are outside of the statutory timeframe, and details recorded are not accurate or reflective of children's development.

As a result, assessment is not used appropriately to identify what children need to learn next.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are not effective.There is not an open and positive culture around safeguarding that puts children's interests first.

What does the setting need to do to improve?

The provision is inadequate and Ofsted intends to take enforcement action.

We will issue a Welfare Requirements Notice requiring the provider to: Due date ensure that there is effective oversight of the setting to keep children safe and well 16/02/2024 ensure that risk assessment is used effectively to identify any risks to children's safety and that action is taken to remove or minimise these in a timely way 16/02/2024 ensure that the lead practitioner for safeguarding understands and implements an appropriate policy and procedure that is in line with the guidance of the local safeguarding partnership, with specific regard to managing any allegations against staff 16/02/2024 implement an effective policy and procedure for the safe use of mobile phones and other electronic devices with imaging and sharing capabilities 16/02/2024 implement effective systems for checking the suitability of all staff who have regular contact with children 16/02/2024 make sure that any person whose suitability has not been checked does not have unsupervised contact with children 16/02/2024 maintain accurate records of the identity and vetting checks completed for all staff 16/02/2024 ensure that there is at least one person who has a current paediatric first-aid certificate present and is available at all times when children are present, including when on outings 16/02/2024 maintain accurate records of the name, home address and telephone number of all staff and of anyone else who will regularly be in unsupervised contact with the children 16/02/2024 ensure that hygiene practices and procedures prevent the spread of infection and promote the good health of all children 16/02/2024 make sure that the minimum staff-to-child ratios are met at all times, with specific regard to ensuring that there are enough qualified staff to work directly with children 16/02/2024 provide all staff, including managers, with appropriate training and professional development opportunities to ensure that they understand their role and responsibilities and offer children high-quality learning and development experiences 16/02/2024 ensure that there are appropriate arrangements in place to support children with SEND.16/02/2024 To meet the requirements of the early years foundation stage, the provider must: Due date implement an ambitious and varied curriculum that supports children to make progress across all areas of development 25/03/2024 make sure that staff plan and provide interesting and suitably challenging activities and experiences that take account of children's interests and stages of development 25/03/2024 ensure that staff understand how to support and provide opportunities for children's physical development 25/03/2024 ensure that assessments of children's learning and development are accurate and are used to identify what children need to learn next 25/03/2024 make sure that the progress check at age two is completed for all children between the ages of two and three.

25/03/2024