Pavilion Pre-School Playgroup

Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this early years setting?

The provision is inadequate

Children's health, safety and welfare are not given high enough priority. Leaders fail to take prompt action and do not share information with the relevant agencies when concerns arise about children's welfare. This is not in line with the setting's safeguarding policy or the local authority's reporting procedures.

Leaders do not keep accurate and sufficiently detailed information and records about each child in their care. They do not ensure records about children are accessible to all those who require access to them. This does not help to ensure the safe and effective management of the nursery.

Leaders do not ...implement robust recruitment and vetting checks to ensure all those who have access to children are suitable. This compromises children's safety.The poorly planned curriculum means that children do not receive an acceptable quality of education, overall.

The curriculum is not well sequenced and does not help to build on what children already know and can do. Leaders and staff do not provide children with learning experiences that are matched to their individual needs and stage of development. Consequently, children frequently become bored and distract their peers.

They regularly walk around the setting aimlessly, flit from one activity to another and do not engage in meaningful play. This negatively impacts the emotional well-being of some children. Children do not make the levels of progress of which they are capable.

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

Leaders and staff fail to take prompt action to share concerns about children's welfare with the relevant agencies, where required. They do not use their professional curiosity or ask relevant questions where concerns arise about children. This does not help to ensure that they have the required information to decide if any further action needs to be taken.

This compromises children's safety.Leaders and staff do not keep accurate and sufficiently detailed records for each child in their care. They do not have a system to ensure relevant information and records are available to those who require access to them.

This does not help to ensure the safe and effective management of the setting.Leaders do not implement robust recruitment and vetting checks for all staff and committee members. For example, they do not always obtain written references from previous employers for newly employed staff, despite this being part of their vetting check procedures.

They do not ensure all committee members have their suitability checks completed by Ofsted before they fulfil their roles and responsibilities. This does not help to ensure that all those who work with or have access to children are suitable.Leaders and staff do not always act in ways that promote the good health of children.

For example, on occasions, they do not provide parents with information that supports them to make decisions about their child's health. They do not promptly share information with parents when children have accidents at the setting. As a result, children do not receive any required medical attention without delay.

Leaders have failed to take appropriate steps to address weaknesses found during the last inspection. The arrangements for the supervision of staff continue to be poor. Leaders do not provide staff with the level of support, coaching and training to help them understand their roles and responsibilities.

For example, leaders do not observe staff's practice or give them feedback on their performance. This does not help to ensure children are provided with consistently good-quality care and learning experiences.Leaders and staff do not ensure educational programmes and activities are well matched to the individual learning needs of all children.

They are not well sequenced and do not focus on helping to build on what children already know and can do. For example, children are encouraged to recognise and write their own name before they have developed their physical, communication and language skills. Children do not make the level of progress of which they are capable.

Staff do not effectively recognise ways to include all children during adult-led activities. For example, staff interact, engage and direct questions to children who are more confident communicators, particularly during story time and creative play activities. This means children who are less confident, do not have the same opportunities to develop their vocabulary and creative skills.

Children build close and secure attachments with the warm, welcoming and friendly staff. They arrive to the setting happy and settle in quickly. However, children do not consistently have opportunities that help to keep them engaged in meaningful play due to the poorly planned curriculum.

This impacts children's motivation to learn.

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 all staff understand and implement the setting's safeguarding policies and procedures in practice to safeguard children and protect them from the risk of harm 12/12/2024 provide the designated lead persons for safeguarding in the setting, with training to ensure that they understand how to identify and respond to safeguarding and child protection concerns 12/12/2024 explain how you will ensure accurate and sufficiently detailed records are kept and maintained for each child in your care, to ensure the safe and effective management of the setting 12/12/2024 ensure information and records are accessible and made available to all those who require access to them 12/12/2024 implement effective and robust recruitment and vetting checks to ensure all those who are working with or have access to children are suitable 12/12/2024 explain how you will provide parents with information that supports them to make decisions about their child's health and ensure children receive any medical attention required without delay 12/12/2024 explain how you implement the setting's accident and injury policy and procedure in practice to ensure that parents are provided with information about any accidents children sustain in the setting in a timely manner 12/12/2024 provide all staff with effective supervision, support, coaching and training to ensure staff have clear understanding of their roles and responsibilities.12/12/2024 To meet the requirements of the early years foundation stage, the provider must: Due date plan and deliver broad educational programmes that are well sequenced and match the individual learning needs of all children 16/01/2025 focus the curriculum on the prime areas of learning to support children's overall development.

16/01/2025