Denend Nursery
Recorded Key Question grade range: 4–5 — Good View on Care Inspectorate
Key Question scores
Requirements & recommendations
1. By Friday 22 August 2025, the provider must ensure children’s safety. To do this the provider must at a minimum: (a) ensure exit points are secure at all times (b) ensure that effective procedures are in place for staff to carryout checks of spaces. This is to comply with Regulation 4(1)(a) of The Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (Requirements for Care Services) Regulations 2011 (SSI 2011/210). 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).
2. By Friday 22 August 2025, the provider must ensure that staff are deployed effectively to support children to access the toilet area in a manner which is safe and reduces the potential risk of children to leave the setting unattended. To do this the provider must at a minimum: (a) ensure that children are monitored and supervised when accessing the toilets (b) ensure that the entrance/exit doors continues to be monitored to ensure that children cannot leave the setting unattended (c) further consideration on how to ensure this area is secure to reduce the potential of children from leaving the setting unaccompanied. This is to comply with Regulation 4(1)(a) of The Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (Requirements for Care Services) Regulations 2011 (SSI 2011/210). 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 .19).
1. To ensure children are having a positive mealtime experience, the provider should review the lunch time routine. This should include opportunities for children to choose when they would like to eat, have more opportunities to be independent and benefit from positive interactions. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards which state that “I can enjoy unhurried snack and meal times in as relaxed atmosphere as possible” (HSCS 1.35)
2. To ensure children’s safety, emotional security and wellbeing are supported, the provider should reflect on current guidance and best practice to promote good sleep habits. This is to ensure I have confidence in the people who support and care for me and is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards which state that “I experience high quality care and support that is right for me and is based on relevant evidence, guidance and best practice” (HSCS 4.11).
1. To ensure there is a strong ethos of continuous improvement which promotes the delivery of high quality practice the provider, manager and staff should: a) ensure children and families are meaningfully involved and influence changes within the setting b) ensure quality assurance, including self-evaluation and improvement plans lead to high quality care and support. 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 ensure that children are safe and engaged in high quality experiences, staff should work together and communicate effectively. Staff should establish positive working relationships to create a respectful atmosphere where children's wellbeing and needs are being met. This is to ensure I have confidence in the people who support and care for me and is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards which state that “My care and support is consistent and stable because people work together well” (HSCS 3.19) and “ I experience a warm atmosphere because people have good working relationships” (HSCS 3.7).
Conditions of registration
Number(s) and Age(s) of person(s) to whom service may be provided:
1. The care service may be provided to a maximum of 30 children at any one time, from age 2 years to an age to attend primary school, of whom no more than 10 will be aged less than 3 years.