First Nursery and After School Care

1. To promote a shared understanding of the setting's ethos, the provider and leaders should revisit the setting’s vision, values and aims with children, families and staff. This should include agreeing achievable priorities and ensuring these are embedded in day-to-day practice so children experience care and learning aligned with the setting’s ethos. This is to ensure 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 support reflective practice and shared ownership of improvement, the provider and leaders should ensure staff are more meaningfully involved in self-evaluation and improvement planning. This would support reflective practice, shared ownership of improvement and greater consistency across the team. This is to ensure care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: ‘My care and support is consistent and stable because people work together well’ (HSCS 3.19).

3. To strengthen leadership oversight and continuous improvement, the provider and leadership team should develop a collaborative approach to quality assurance, with clear roles and expectations. This will strengthen leadership oversight and support continuous improvement across the setting. This is to ensure 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 support children's progress and high-quality, responsive learning, planning and observation approaches should be developed. These approaches should be used consistently by all practitioners across the setting. 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, learning and creativity (HSCS 2.27).

1. To meet children's health needs, the provider and leaders should improve medication processes to ensure relevant information is gathered to administer medicine safely and reviewed with families every three months or earlier if needed. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards which state that: 'Any treatment or intervention that I experience is safe and effective' (HSCS 1.24).

2. To keep children safe and prevent them from being given foods that they are allergic to, the provider and leaders should review and strengthen procedures for managing dietary requirements. This should include implementing consistent measures across all rooms and ensuring staff fully follow updated procedures. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards which state that: 'My meals and snacks meet my cultural and dietary needs, beliefs and preferences' (HSCS 1.37).