Isra Daycare

Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this early years setting?

The provision is inadequate

Significant weaknesses in the overall leadership of the nursery mean that little improvement has been made since the last inspection and several breaches to the statutory requirements remain.

Strategies to manage children's behaviour are still inconsistent and ineffective. This results in children displaying challenging behaviours that go unnoticed by staff. Children climb on furniture and run around the environment.

Older children refuse to help to tidy up or follow basic rules and boundaries. Staff do not correct children or explain why they should listen. When staff do notice poor behaviour, they struggle to m...anage it effectively.

Staff, particularly in the toddler room, resort to physical intervention to try and stop the behaviour. The lack of expectations and boundaries leads to a chaotic environment. Consequently, this puts children at risk and does not support their safety and welfare.

Staff do not recognise that some children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), need additional support, particularly with their communication skills. Key persons are not given enough handover information to support children. Staff are not skilled at using assessment and observations to plan for what children need to learn next.

Pre-school children are not well prepared for school. Staff do not recognise this and do not plan sufficiently to focus on what children need to learn next. As a result, gaps in children's learning are not closing quickly enough.

This significantly hinders the overall progress that children make.Staff do not meet some of the basic needs of the younger children well enough. Drinking water is not freely available.

Hand hygiene practice remains poor. This does not support the overall health and well-being of children. That said, there have been improvements made to the risk assessments and the garden areas are now safe.

Nappy changing facilities now protect children's privacy. Children are generally happy, and staff share information with parents daily.

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

Despite previous actions being raised, the quality of education children receive continues to be poor.

Leaders do not ensure staff working with children know enough about children's interests and stages of development. Staff do not plan or organise sessions well enough to ensure children benefit from meaningful interactions and support. There is not enough teaching from staff to support children, including those with SEND, to learn.

Activities that are planned are basic and mundane. As a result, staff do not provide children with an interesting and challenging curriculum that helps them to make the progress they are capable of.Leaders do not ensure the staff receive effective supervision to help them build on the quality of their teaching and practice.

There is a newly appointed manager, who can accurately identify weaknesses in staff teaching and other areas that need improvement. However, she has not yet had enough time to embed the changes needed to improve the overall standard of care and education children receive.Children's behaviour is still not managed well.

Staff either ignore poor behaviour or use physical intervention to get children to do what they want. For example, children climb on chairs and staff get them down by pulling on their hands. There is no explanation to help children learn about the danger or risk they put themselves in.

Children frequently ignore requests from staff to follow rules. For example, when asked to tidy up or make a line, children simply refuse. Staff then carry on tidying up for them.

This is not preparing children well enough for their next stage in learning.Staff still do not promote the good health of children. They do not recognise the risks of cross-infection, for example they do not wash their hands after wiping children's noses.

Dirty tissues are not disposed of effectively and they overflow out of bins onto the floor in the toddler room. Children do not wash their hands before eating their breakfast. Despite drinking water being available nearby, staff do not recognise some younger children do not yet have the skills they need to access it independently.

Staff do not offer these children a drink, therefore, some children go significant periods of time without any hydration. In addition, some children refuse to eat at lunchtime and staff allow them to get up from the table without having eaten anything. As a result, some children go home from a morning session having eaten or drunk very little.

This has a significant impact on their overall good health.Despite overall weaknesses in practice, children choose toys independently and play in a safe environment. Staff warmly greet children.

They offer children cuddles and comfort when needed.

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 implement robust strategies to support children with SEND, to help address any gaps or delays in their learning 10/09/2024 ensure supervision is effective at raising the overall quality of staff practice 10/09/2024 ensure staff use appropriate and consistent methods to manage children's behaviour 10/09/2024 improve hygiene practice with particular regard to handwashing procedures, to help prevent cross infection of germs 10/09/2024 ensure younger children have access to fresh drinking water throughout the day.10/09/2024 To meet the requirements of the early years foundation stage, the provider must: Due date design and implement a broad and ambitious educational programme to consistently motivate and engage children in purposeful play 10/09/2024 use observations and assessments to focus teaching on what children need to know next.

10/09/2024