Beehive Childcare Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this early years setting?

The provision is inadequate

Leaders do not follow the correct procedures in the event of an incident that may put children and staff at risk of harm.

This compromises children and staff's safety. Children do not have access to a safe outdoor play area or any planned outdoor activities on a daily basis. This impacts children's healthy lifestyles and behaviour.

Leaders do not ensure that staff consistently implement a curriculum that engages children and builds on their interests. The quality of education is variable and not well sequenced. At times, younger children are provided with activities that are too challenging.

However, som...e of the resources and activities presented to older children do not always challenge them or captivate their interests. As a result, some children quickly lose interest. They become frustrated, bored and are not always motivated to learn.

Consequently, children do not make the progress they are capable of.That said, staff are kind, caring and get to know children well. They offer cuddles, sit alongside children and play together.

This helps children to feel settled and happy in the nursery. Staff try hard to promote positive behaviour. However, the lack of interesting activities to challenge children and sustain their interest impacts on their behaviour as they become bored and disinterested.

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

Leaders do not take appropriate action when members of the public confront them with unsuitable questions about the nursery and staff. They are also unaware of the appropriate action they should take when such instances happen. This does not contribute to keeping children and staff safe.

Leaders have plans for the outdoor area, and some work has already started. However, it is not yet safe for children to use, and leaders have not considered alternative ways to provide children with access to daily outdoor play and learning activities or outings. Consequently, children are bored, and they are not getting the daily opportunities they need in order to help contribute to a healthy lifestyle.

Support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) is weak. Although staff know children well, they are not always aware of their SEND support plans or what targets they should be working towards. Children with SEND spend too long wandering around the environment, unsupported by staff.

This does not help them to become active learners or ensure they are enabled to engage in meaningful learning experiences with the input they need.Staff do not consistently provide children with a broad and ambitious curriculum that builds on their existing skills. Although staff know the children well, they do not always provide activities that challenge children and extend their learning.

For example, staff provide children with a whiteboard and markers to draw with. However, children quickly become bored as there is no additional paper for them to use when the whiteboard is full. Children resort to trying to draw on a paper towel but become frustrated when it rips and prevents them from completing their picture.

This limits children's opportunities to develop their small hand muscles and thinking skills.Although there are weaknesses in teaching, staff support children's communication and language development well. They ask children open-ended questions to broaden their vocabulary.

Children learn to become effective communicators.Children who speak English as an additional language are well supported. Staff learn key words from the children's home language and use these to communicate effectively with them.

Children learn to seamlessly switch languages, and they acquire good levels of English while attending.Staff praise and encourage children and tell them about their strengths. This helps to build children's confidence and self-esteem.

However, the curriculum is not always well sequenced. For example, the play dough activity set out for children is not challenging enough and therefore does not interest them. Children are only offered basic tools, such as a rolling pin, and no other equipment is provided for them to work with.

In addition, the lack of daily opportunities to access outdoor activities and learning impacts on children's behaviour as they become bored and run around the room to release their energy.Although leaders are new to their post, they have already reflected on the quality of the provision offered. They have plans to raise the quality of education, indoors and outside, so that children make the progress they are capable of.

Parents report that they are happy with the care that their children receive at the nursery. They say that communication is effective, and they receive regular updates. Leaders recognise the importance of good communication with parents and the positive impact this has on children's development.

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?

To meet the requirements of the early years foundation stage and Childcare Register the provider must: Due date ensure leaders understand the procedures to follow in the event of an incident which may put children and staff at risk of harm, including who to contact to report the incident 17/03/2025 ensure all children have daily access to outdoor play in a safe, secure environment 17/03/2025 devise and implement effective procedures to ensure that children with SEND receive quality interactions and engage in meaningful experiences that enhance their learning 17/03/2025 support staff to plan and implement an ambitious, broad, well-sequenced curriculum for all children that provides challenge and builds on their existing skills and knowledge.

17/03/2025