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Pumpkins Pre-School - Sherston
Recreation Ground, Green Lane, SN16 0NP
Type of Institution
Nursery
Age group
- years old
Number of places
Not yet updated
Number of staff
Not yet updated
Ofsted Rating
Inadequate
Summary
- The provision is inadequate Children's safety is at significant risk due to weaknesses in safeguarding arrangements, particularly in relation to how the provider manages child protection concerns.
- The provider fails to follow local safeguarding procedures when there are ongoing concerns about children's welfare.
- Overal , children settle wel in the small, welcoming environment.
- When children arrive at the pre-school, staff greet them with a warm smile.
- Children benefit from a meaningful learning environment.
- They have free-flow access to the garden and use a sheltered outdoor classroom space, where they can participate in forest-school activities, such as making bird feeders.
- Children learn about the world around them, such as through discussions about how things grow and global warming and the effects it has on the ecosystem.
- Staff provide opportunities for children to revisit and consolidate their learning.
- For example, they narrate to the children while playing alongside them, creating a language-enriched environment.
- Staff support children to talk about their emotions and use effective strategies to help children regulate their behaviour.
- However, due to weaknesses in safeguarding practice, children's safety is not fully assured.
- Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, parents do not currently enter the setting.
- During national lockdown, staff remained in regular contact with children and their families through online sharing platforms.
- For example, they shared videos of storytel ing and activity ideas.
- The provider kept parents up to date about any changes in government guidance and adapted the provision to stay open for vulnerable families.
- What does the early years setting do well and what does it need to do better?n The provider demonstrates a poor understanding of her role to safeguardchildren adequately.
- Despite being aware of a number of safeguarding concerns about a child in her care, she has failed to prioritise children's safety.
- She investigated welfare concerns and did not take immediate action to report these to the relevant agencies, as required.
- Consequently, she has neglected to implement her own safeguarding policy and the procedures of her local safeguarding partnership.n The designated safeguarding person is not effective in her role.
- Despitereporting an initial welfare concern about a child in her care, she has missed several opportunities to report further disclosures about this child that staff have reported to her.
- She has failed to implement the nursery's safeguarding policy and procedure, consequently putting children at risk of harm.n Staff do not have an up-to-date knowledge of wider safeguarding issues, suchas domestic abuse and peer-on-peer abuse.
- Consequently, not all staff are able
Extract from latest Ofsted Report.
Overview
Manager
Not yet updated
Owner
Pumpkins Nursery Limited
Provider type
Childcare on non-domestic premises
Provider subtype
Full day care
Local authority
wiltshire
Parliamentary Constituency
North Wiltshire
Education Stages
Year Founded
19/9/2019
Education Provision
Education Stages
Nursery / Early Years
0 - 3 year olds
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Ofsted
Breakdown of Ofsted Rating: 10/2/2022
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