Oban's 1st Steps Day Nursery Ltd.

1. To support children's wellbeing, development needs and progress, personal plans should be further developed and consolidated with a focus on more detailed support strategies and next steps linked to clearer progression pathways. This is to ensure care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: 'My personal plan (sometimes referred to as a care plan) is right for me because it sets out how my needs will be met, as well as my wishes and choices' (HSCS 1.15) and 'My care and support meets my needs and is right for me' (HSCS 1.19).

2. To support children's play and learning and enable them to achieve their full potential, management and staff should: - Review and further develop their approaches to child-centred planning, by ensuring appropriate levels of challenge and depth in play and learning that supports children's curiosity and creativity and enables them to lead on their play and learning. - Consider how individualisation is captured within planning. In addition, planning should be closely linked to observations in children's profiles where meaningful next steps should be recorded. These should be monitored to ensure consistent quality of written observations. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS), which state that:

'As a child, I can direct my own play and activities in the way that I choose, and freely access a wide range of experiences and resources suitable to my age and stage, which stimulate my natural curiosity, learni1. To support and sustain continuous improvement throughout the service, management and staff should implement robust systems to monitor and evaluate all aspects of their service delivery. This is to ensure management and leadership is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: 'I experience high quality care and support based on relevant evidence, guidance and best practice' (HSCS 4.11) and 'I benefit from a culture of continuous improvement, with the organisation having robust and transparent quality assurance processes' (HSCS 4.19).

1. To ensure appropriate arrangements are in place for limiting the risk of harm to children, a risk assessment specific to the whole setting should be developed. This should be shared in a way that is appropriate and regularly reviewed to ensure it remains relevant and in line with current guidance. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: "My environment is secure and safe". (HSCS 5.17).