Duns Primary School Nursery

1. To promote consistent high quality practice the service should ensure that quality assurance and self-evaluation processes are further developed. This should include the monitoring of medication, personal plans, staff practice, interactions, spaces and children’s experiences. These should be meaningful, evaluated and highlight the impact on outcomes for children and families 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 support children to consistently experience a safe, well designed environment that supported privacy, dignity and high quality play and learning. The service should review the configuration of the playrooms. Attention should be paid to creating warm, welcoming and richly resourced spaces. This would promote positive learning experiences, improve movement between spaces and support effective supervision. National guidance such as Space to Grow and Realising the Ambition (RtA) should inform this work. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: "I experience an environment that is well looked after with clean, tidy and well maintained premises, furnishings and equipment" (HSCS 5.22)

2. To support children’s wellbeing, privacy, and dignity, the service should stop using the toilet area as a corridor. In addition, the height of the partitions between toilet cubicles should be reviewed to ensure they provide sufficient privacy for children when using this space. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: "I experience an environment that is well looked after with clean, tidy and well maintained premises, furnishings and equipment" (HSCS 5.22)

1. Children's play learning experiences should be supported by good quality interactions to extend thinking, creativity and curiosity. Staff should plan experiences to support different stages in children’s play and ensure there are well organised and resourced spaces indoors and outdoors. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS), that state: "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) "As a child, I play outdoors every day and regularly explore a natural environment" (HSCS 1.32)

1. To improve outcomes for children, staff should ensure that agreed strategies were consistently followed, monitored and evaluated. Clear records should show the effectiveness of support and inform ongoing updates to personal plans. This will support children to feel safe, secure and included. 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)