Sandwick Junior High School Nursery
Recorded Key Question grade range: 4–5 — Good View on Care Inspectorate
Key Question scores
Requirements & recommendations
1. By 10 November 2025, the provider must ensure that children's medical needs are safely and effectively met to protect their health and wellbeing. To achieve this, the provider must ensure: a) There are clear, safe and effective medication management procedures in place prior to children who require medication starting at the service. This includes written protocols for storage, administration and recording of medication. b) Staff must receive appropriate training and demonstrate competence in the safe handling, administration and documentation of medication. c) Each child requiring medication must have a detailed and regularly updated individual healthcare plan. These plans must be developed in partnership with parents/carers and relevant health professionals and actively used to guide care and treatment. This is to comply with Regulation 4(1)(a) of The Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (Requirements for Care Services) Regulations
1. The provider should develop children’s personal plans and support staff to use this information effectively to meet children's health, welfare and safety needs. To do this, the provider should, at a minimum, ensure: a) personal plans set out children’s current needs and how they will be met b) personal plans contain appropriate strategies for support, including clear actions and timescales for review c) personal plans are regularly reviewed and updated in partnership with families. 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).
2. The provider should develop the skills and knowledge of the staff team in relation to recording significant events and incidents in children's lives. Chronologies should be used to keep records and document how children are supported through significant events and life changes and identify where additional supports may be needed from other agencies. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standard (HSCS) which state that: " My care and support meet my needs and is right for me" (HSCS 1.19).
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. This should include but is not limited to: a) planning processes are effective to promote children’s learning b) staff demonstrate an understanding of child development and how to use spontaneous play to support children’s learning c) observation and assessment of children’s learning identify and promotes their progress. 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 and investigation, and problem solving, including through imaginative play and storytelling" (HSCS 1.30).
1. To ensure that outcomes for children and families continuously improve, the provider and manager should develop robust and effective quality assurance processes. This should include but is not limited to, self-evaluation and planning for improvement, carrying out audits of children’s information and personal plans, medication and children’s chronologies and monitoring staff practice. This is to ensure that children’s 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 meet the care and learning needs of all children, the provider should ensure effective supervision and quality engagement for all children across the day. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: " People have time to support and care for me and to speak with me" (HSCS 3.16).
1. In order to ensure a safe environment for children, the provider, manager and staff should further develop systems for identifying potential hazards and take prompt action to address these. 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).
Conditions of registration
To provide a care service to a maximum of 28 children aged from 3 years to attending primary school.
The nursery may care for a maximum of 24 children aged from 3 years to not yet attending primary school.
And an out of school care service to a maximum of 16 children attending primary school.
When the out of school care children are present a maximum of 12 children aged from 3 years to not yet attending primary school may be present
.
Adult:child ratios will be a minimum of:
3 years and over 1:8 if the children
attend more than 4 hours per day or
1:10 if the children attend for less
than 4 hours per day
If all children are over 8 years old
and over 1:10
The manager is also the manager of Ness Out of School Club CS2006137518.