Partou Curiosity Corner Day Nursery & Pre-School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this early years setting?

The provision is inadequate

Significant weaknesses in leadership and management compromise children's learning and well-being.

Leaders and managers do not have effective oversight of the nursery. For example, staff induction, training and support are ineffective. As a result, staff do not fully understand their roles and responsibilities.

In particular, some staff have not received safeguarding training. This does not help to keep children safe or ensure that their diverse needs are consistently met. The number of changes in staffing hinders children's personal, social and emotional development.

Children do not have sufficient oppo...rtunities to develop strong bonds with staff. They are upset when cared for by adults who they do not know well. Furthermore, children are moved out of their base room in order to meet the staff-to-child ratios.

This is not in the best interests of the children. The lack of consistency also has an impact on children's behaviour. Children struggle to manage their feelings and find it difficult to learn how to be kind to others.

Leaders and managers have introduced a new curriculum, which they have shared with staff. However, they do not ensure that staff implement the curriculum successfully. For instance, staff are not provided with clear direction on how to consistently support children's learning.

Leaders fail to make certain that staff provide learning activities that build on children's previous knowledge. This hinders children's ongoing progress and development. As a result, children frequently wander around aimlessly and do not engage in purposeful play and learning.

This does not provide children with the knowledge that they need to succeed.

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

Leaders and managers do not have capacity to sustain improvements. This has led to numerous breaches of requirements.

Of these, several are repeat breaches. This lack of oversight affects children's care, learning and safety. During the inspection, we identified further concerns that demonstrate poor leadership and management.

As a result, Ofsted intends to take enforcement action.Leaders and managers have failed to demonstrate the safe and efficient running of the nursery. For example, they are unable to show that sufficient staff are consistently in place to meet the differing needs of the children.

This has a negative impact on children's safety and well-being.Leaders and managers do not ensure that children have access to an effective curriculum. They have not helped staff to understand in what order children need to learn key skills.

For example, staff teach two-year-old children to count to 10 by rote, before they understand the concept of number. This does not help to build a firm foundation for future learning.Leaders and managers have some systems to help children to understand the nursery's rules.

However, staff do not consistently support children to understand the expected behaviour. For example, when children push and shove one another or raise their voices, staff do not intervene. This does not help children to fully understand the impact of their behaviour on others.

The support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) is inconsistent. The special educational needs coordinator (SENCo) and each child's key person have a sound understanding of children's individual plans. However, this information is not shared effectively with other staff.

Some children with SEND are left for periods of time unsupported and unnoticed. This means their needs are not consistently met in practice.Children are not always supervised while eating.

This places children at risk of harm from choking. Furthermore, staff are not aware when children eat from each other's bowls and share food with one another. This does not help to keep children safe from eating foods that they should not have.

The key-person system is ineffective, which means children's care is not always tailored to meet their individual needs. For example, key persons are not always based in the same room as their key children. As result, children are unable to forge a relationship with a familiar adult.

In addition, staff are frequently moved between different rooms, which causes further disruption to children's care.Some parents are not aware of their child's key person. Consequently, they are unable to develop a strong partnership with a named member of staff and share information about their children's needs.

This lack of partnership working does not provide continuity for children.They are gaps in the curriculum, which hinder children's progress. For example, there has not been a strong enough focus on supporting children's personal, social and emotional development.

This affects children's confidence and ultimately their learning.

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 receive an effective induction and this must include safeguarding training, so that they understand their roles and responsibilities 03/07/2024 make sure the key-person system is effective to ensure children's care is tailored to their meet their individual needs and so that all children have a settled relationship with staff who know them 03/07/2024 ensure that the staffing arrangements meet the needs of all children and ensure their safety 03/07/2024 ensure children are within sight and hearing of a member of staff when they are eating 03/07/2024 ensure that staff receive effective support to help them understand how to manage children's behaviour appropriately 03/07/2024 ensure that effective arrangements are in place to support children with SEND 03/07/2024 demonstrate how the total number of staff available to work directly with children meets the ratio requirements 03/07/2024 ensure parents are provided with the name of their child's key person 03/07/2024 provide staff with support, coaching and training to help promote the learning needs and interests of all children.03/07/2024 To meet the requirements of the early years foundation stage, the provider must: Due date ensure that staff implement an effective curriculum to give all children the knowledge and skills they need to succeed 30/08/2024 ensure the curriculum involves activities and experiences that enable children to develop and achieve.

30/08/2024