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Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this early years setting?

This provision does not meet requirements The manager does not ensure that effective procedures are in place to consistently promote the welfare of children and staff.

This is because staff are not recording physical interventions they use when they are preventing children from either harming themselves or others. This is a breach of requirements. In addition, managers have not fully considered the risks associated with lone working.

In particular, when staff are supporting children's personal care. This means that safeguarding practice within these two aspects is not currently robust. The manager demonstrates a positive attitude to taking swift action to ...implement new procedures.

Children arrive safely to the setting as their key person either travels with them on the minibus or greets them on their arrival. Staff warmly welcome children. They hold their hands and chat with them about the day ahead.

The majority of children are happy to arrive and quickly settle into activities of their choice. The manager ensures that all staff are briefed on their key child's individual needs. This includes any strategies that are needed to support children to feel settled and secure.

All children receive high levels of support from their designated key person. The impact is that children are confident. They move freely between the indoor and outdoor environments as they take the lead in their play.

Staff are on hand to safely supervise children when they want to play in the paddling pool or climb wooden structures. Staff effectively facilitate children's interests.

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

The manager employs an experienced staff team, who are familiar with caring for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

All staff demonstrate a secure knowledge and understanding of their safeguarding roles and responsibilities. However, some safeguarding aspects have been overlooked. This means that staff are left vulnerable in the event of allegations being raised.

In addition, current practice in managing children's personal care does not promote a secure safeguarding culture.The manager has good oversight of the setting. She has developed clear communication systems with parents.

This includes staff sharing verbal feedback when children are dropped home each day. In addition, the manager texts and calls parents during the day if information needs to be shared. This is crucial as parents do not come into the setting.

Staff plan learning experiences effectively, which support children's interests in sensory play. Children are excited to make shapes with play dough as they receive praise for their achievements. Some children are excited to make their dough turn yellow by adding food colouring, while others just want to observe how they can make flour sprinkle everywhere when they clap flour in their hands.

Staff sit and engage positively in these fun learning experiences.Staff are kind and caring towards children. They are confident in observing both verbal and non-verbal communications so that they can meet children's needs.

For example, children are delighted to be pushed on the tyre swing. They are able to demonstrate when they have had enough or when they want to continue. Staff reinforce positive behaviours, such as good sharing, when children are happy to share the swing with a peer.

Children react positively as they repeat 'good sharing'.Staff safely facilitate children's engagement in high-risk activities. This is because staff are on hand to supervise children who love to climb up high and use zip wires to swing across the garden.

Children express themselves with delight as they clearly enjoy the thrill of moving fast. Staff are vigilant in their supervision while also giving children the freedom to follow their interests.Children are familiar with routines of the day.

Most children are happy to go to the dining room for lunch. Their key person sits with them to provide support and encouragement to eat independently. Children generally eat very well.

Children who want to stay in the garden have their wishes met as their key person sits with them under a tree. Lunchtime is a relaxed experience. There is no rush to finish as children are encouraged to take their time.

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 records are maintained for any occasion where physical intervention is used, and parents and/or carers must be informed on the same day, or as soon as reasonably practicable 28/08/2024 ensure that all reasonable steps are taken to ensure staff and children are not exposed to risks, this specifically refers to procedures in place to support children's personal care.

28/08/2024

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