Cumbernauld & Kilsyth Workplace Nursery & OSC - Seafar
Recorded Key Question grade range: 3 — Adequate View on Care Inspectorate
Key Question scores
Requirements & recommendations
1. To ensure children receive consistently high-quality care and support, the service should further develop arrangements for monitoring, oversight and quality assurance. This should include, but not be limited to, strengthening how key areas of practice are reviewed and how monitoring is used to identify gaps and inform decisions. The service should also develop oversight to ensure actions are followed through and make better use of feedback to support improvement and evaluate impact. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: 'I use a service and organisation that are well led and managed' (HSCS 4.23).
2. To ensure children experience consistent and high-quality care, the service should further develop staff skills, confidence and deployment across the setting. This should include developing a more consistent approach to how staff support routines and children’s experiences, alongside continuing to strengthen training and support opportunities. Consideration should also be given to how recruitment and staffing arrangements support continuity of care for children. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: 'My needs are met by the right number of people' (HSCS 3.15) and 'I have confidence in people because they are trained, competent and skilled, are able to reflect on their practice and follow their professional and org1. To ensure that children receive care and support that meets their needs, the service should develop children's personal plans. This should include, but not be limited to, ensuring that every child has a personal plan in place withing 28 days of starting at the service. Plans should be developed with parents or carers, and they should contain support strategies that identify how their needs will be met. Plans should be made accessible to staff working in the service. This is to ensure that 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)
1. To ensure children receive high quality care and support, the provider should continue to develop quality assurance processes. This should include, but not be limited to: embedding structured monitoring and reflective analysis. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: "I benefit from a culture of continuous improvement, with the organisation having robust and transparent quality assurance processes" (HSCS 4.19).
1. To ensure children receive care and support that is right for them, the provider should embed consistent, proportionate, child led planning. This should capture children’s ideas and include regular opportunities to explore the wider community. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS), which state: “I am confident that people are encouraged to be innovative in the way they support and care for me” (HSCS 4.25).
1. By 30 September 2025, the provider must uphold children's needs, rights and wishes, and offer a wide range of play experiences. These experiences need to be challenging, engaging and inviting and should directly support children's learning and development. This approach ensures children's learning is relevant, personalised and suitably challenging for their current stage. This should include, but not be limited to: a) A consistent approach to planning to include children’s personal targets. b) Play opportunities which allow children to lead and develop their own learning. c) Use of current theory and best practice to develop high quality play and learning experiences. d) An environment rich in learning opportunities including those to develop language, literacy and numeracy. This is to comply with Regulation 4(1)(a) of The Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (Requirements for Care Services) Regulations 2011 (SSI 2011/210). This is to ensure that ca1. By 31 December 2025, the provider must ensure all concerns including complaints received directly by the service, child protection matters and notifiable injuries are fully and accurately recorded and tracked. The service must consistently notify the Care Inspectorate of all notifiable events as required. This is to comply with Regulation 4 and Regulation 19 of T he Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (Requirements for Care Services) Regulations 2011 (SSI 2011/210). This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards which state that: "I use a service and organisation that are well led and managed" (HSCS 4.23).
1. By 31 August 2025, the provider must ensure that at all times suitably qualified and competent staff are working in sufficient numbers appropriate for the health, welfare, safety and development needs of all children in their care. This must include providing appropriate and relevant training to ensure staff maintain and enhance their competence to deliver safe, high-quality, person-centred care. This is to comply with Regulation 15 and Regulation 9 of The Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (Requirements for Care Services) Regulations 2011 (SSI 2011/210). This is in order to comply with section 7 of the Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019. This is in order to comply with section 8 of the Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards which state that: "My needs are1. By 31 October 2025, the provider must ensure children are safe and secure within the setting. Security measures must be reviewed to ensure that children cannot leave the setting unaccompanied by an adult. This is to comply with Regulation 10(1) of The Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (Requirements for Care Services) Regulations 2011 (SSI 2011/210). 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 5.19).
1. To ensure children's individual needs are consistently met, personal plans needed to be reviewed. This should include, but not be limited to: • personal plans setting out children’s current needs and how they will be met • all staff being aware of and understanding the information within the personal plans and using this to effectively meet each child’s needs • personal plans regularly reviewed and updated in partnership with parents to reflect children’s current • strengthening leadership approaches to actively promote and embed practices • encourage open communication • ensure all voices are heard • empower staff to confidently promote and implement positive change within the service. This is in order to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: "I use a service and organisation that are well
Conditions of registration
Number(s) and Age(s) of person(s) to whom service may be provided:
1. To provide a care service to a maximum of 43 children at any one time as follows:
9 children aged from 0 to under 2 years
10 children aged 2 to under 3 years
24 children aged from 3 years to those not yet attending primary school
During term-time, a maximum of 8 school aged children may attend breakfast club within the nursery premises between 7:30 am and 8:45 am subject to available space.
Any other conditions unique to the service:
2. The care service will operate between the times of 7:30 am until 6 pm, Monday to Friday, all year.
3. Staffing levels will comply with those stated in the National Care Standards, Early Education & Childcare up to the age of 16, Annex A, Input Standards.