Highway Day Nursery

1. To keep children safe and healthy, the management should ensure that medication is audited, stored and consent reviewed every three months or termly. They should refer to best practice guidance ‘Management of medication in day care and childminding services’ to ensure the continue to follow best practice guidance for the safe administration and storage of medication. This is to ensure care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care standards (HSCS) which state that “Any treatment or intervention that I experience is safe and effective” (HSCS 1.24).

2. To ensure children experience the right care at the right time, the manager and staff should ensure that they proactively work with parents, professionals and outside agencies to develop meaningful support strategies. These should be consistently implemented by all staff. The impact of these strategies should be recorded and regularly evaluated to ensure that they are having a positive impact and meeting children's needs. 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).

3. To promote high quality experiences for school aged childcare the service should review their indoor provision to include a dedicated space for school aged children. They should ensure they act on children's views when planning resources and play to promote children's choice and sense of belonging. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: 'My care and support meets my needs and is right for me' (HSCS 1.19 ), 'The premises have been adapted, equipped and furnished to meet my needs and wishes' (HSCS 5.16) and 'I am able to access a range of good quality equipment and furnishings to meet my needs, wishes and choices' (HSCS 5.21).

4. The staff team should reflect on and develop their understanding and approach to responsive planning, through exploring best practice guidance such as realising the ambition. This would lead to opportunities to deepen children’s learning and provide play experiences based on children’s interests and developmental stages. This is to ensure care and support 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 ‘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 for my age and stage, which stimulate my natural curiosity, learning and creativity’ (HSCS . 2.27).

5. To support children’s development needs and progression in learning, the manager and staff should develop quality observations and effective assessments to clearly show progression in children’s learning and development. The observation cycle should be developed to track children’s learning clearly, showing progression in learning through quality observations and developed next steps. Child-led engagement with learning records should be promoted by storing journals at child level so children can explore them independently and engage with their own learning.

This is to ensure care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: 'My care and support meets my needs and is right for me' (HSCS 1.19).

1. To ensure children receive a high quality of care and support where there is continuous improvement, the manager should develop quality assurance procedures for consistently auditing and monitoring the service in line with best practice guidance. This should include but not limited to, consistently auditing and monitoring; personal plans, planning, risk assessments, children's play and learning environments and resources, recruitment and induction procedures, staff deployment, SSSC registrations and safe storage and administration of medication. 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).

2. The manager should use best practice guidance to support robust and safer recruitment processes within the service to ensure the safeguarding of children and the development of the staff team. This should include, but not limited to, improving safer recruitment policies and processes. This is to ensure care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: ‘I am confident that people who support and care for me have been appropriately and safely recruited’ (HSCS 4.24) and ‘I use a service and organisation that are well led and managed’ (HSCS 4.23).

3. To support children's wellbeing and improve the quality of experiences, the provider should further develop the processes for staff induction and ongoing support and supervision. These processes should support staff to develop their confidence and knowledge, reflect on their practice and plan for their own professional development and learning needs. This should include, but not be limited to, using the guidance: Early Learning and Childcare – National Induction Resource (Scottish Government, 2019). This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which states that: ‘I have confidence in people because they are trained, competent and skilled, are able to reflect on their practice and follow their professional and organisational codes’ (H