Danestone Primary School Nursery

1. The provider, manager and staff should ensure children's overall wellbeing is supported through effective use of personal planning. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS), which state that: 'My needs, as agreed in my personal plan, are fully met, and my wishes and choices are respected' (HSCS 1.23).

2. To ensure children are nurtured and supported through their daily experiences, the provider, manager and staff should ensure that mealtimes are a relaxed and unhurried experience that meets the individual needs of children. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards which state that: ‘My care and support meets my needs and is right for me’ (HSCS 1.19) and ‘I can enjoy an unhurried snack and mealtimes in as relaxed atmosphere as possible’ (HSCS 1.35).3. To support children’s learning and development, the provider should ensure children experience high quality play and learning relevant to their age and stage of development.

In order to do this, the provider should ensure staff are knowledgeable and trained in supporting children’s learning.

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 have fun as I develop my skills in understanding, thinking, investigation, and problem solving, including through imaginative play and storytelling' (HSCS 1.30).

1. To ensure quality care and experiences for children, the provider should ensure effective quality assurance and self-evaluation is in place.

This should include, but not be limited to: a) providing meaningful opportunities for staff, children and families to provide feedback that impacts positive changes;

b) providing consistent support and monitoring of staff practice; and c) ensuring that the improvement plan leads to continuous improvement.

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) and 'I am supported to give regular feedback on how I experience my care and support and the organisation uses learning from this to improve' (HSCS 4.8).

1. To support children’s developmental needs and learning, the provider should ensure there are appropriate areas, resources and materials to support children’s interests, creativity, and curiosity.

This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: 'I am able to access a range of good quality equipment and furnishings to meet my needs, wishes and choices' (HSCS 5.21) and 'I experience an environment that is well looked after with clean, tidy and well-maintained premises, furnishings, and equipment' (HSCS 5.22).