Balbeggie Primary School Nursery Day Care of Children Main Street Balbeggie Perth PH2 6EZ Telephone: 01738 454490

Balbeggie Primary School Nursery Day Care of Children Main Street Balbeggie Perth PH2 6EZ Telephone: 01738 454490 Inspected by: Andrea Daley Type of inspection: Unannounced Inspection completed on: 14 January 2014 Inspection report continued Contents Page No Summary 3 1 About the service we inspected 5 2 How we inspected this service 7 3 The inspection 13 4 Other information 24 5 Summary of grades 25 6 Inspection and grading history 25 Service provided by: Perth & Kinross Council Service provider number: SP2003003370 Care service number: CS2003016085 Contact details for the inspector who inspected this service: Andrea Daley Telephone 01786 432940 Email [email protected] Balbeggie Primary School Nursery, page 2 of 26 Inspection report continued Summary This report and grades represent our assessment of the quality of the areas of performance which were examined during this inspection. Grades for this care service may change after this inspection following other regulatory activity. For example, if we have to take enforcement action to make the service improve, or if we investigate and agree with a complaint someone makes about the service. We gave the service these grades Quality of Care and Support 5 Very Good Quality of Environment 4 Good Quality of Staffing 5 Very Good Quality of Management and Leadership 5 Very Good What the service does well Staff have very good approaches to involving parents and children in the life and work of the service. They work closely with families and where appropriate, other agencies, to meet children's individual needs where required. Staff know the children very well and create a warm, caring and nurturing environment for them. Management and staff are motivated, enthusiastic and committed to the continued improvement of the service. What the service could do better The service should fully implement systems for reviewing children's needs and personal plans with parents at least once every six months. The service should continue to improve record keeping systems for risk assessment and infection control. The service should ensure that quality assurance systems are capable of maintaining an overview of all aspects of the service including the above. What the service has done since the last inspection The service has started to look at formats they could use to review and update children's files. Balbeggie Primary School Nursery, page 3 of 26 Inspection report continued The service has taken advice from the Local Authority on infection control arrangements. They had installed a new sink in the play room to improve hand washing facilities. The service was keeping risk assessments and food safety toolkit records up to date. The service has introduced a new and improved record keeping system for accidents and incidents. Conclusion The service continues to provide high quality care and learning experiences for children in line with stated aims and objectives. They should continue to build on strengths and take action on areas for improvement identified in this eport.r Who did this inspection Andrea Daley Balbeggie Primary School Nursery, page 4 of 26 Inspection report continued 1 About the service we inspected The Care Inspectorate regulates care services in Scotland. Information about all care services is available on our website at www.careinspectorate.com This service was previously registered with the Care Commission and transferred its registration to the Care Inspectorate on 1 April 2011. Requirements and recommendations If we are concerned about some aspect of a service, or think it could do more to improve, we may make a recommendation or requirement. - A recommendation is a statement that sets out actions the care service provider should take to improve or develop the quality of the service, but where failure to do so will not directly result in enforcement. Recommendations are based on the National Care Standards, relevant codes of practice and recognised good practice. - A requirement is a statement which sets out what is required of a care service to comply with the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 and Regulations or Orders made under the Act or a condition of registration. Where there are breaches of Regulations, Orders or Conditions, a requirement must be made. Requirements are legally enforceable at the discretion of the Care Inspectorate. Balbeggie Primary School Nursery Class is a Perth and Kinross provision registered to provide day care for a maximum of 20 children at any time. The service provides a morning or afternoon session each lasting 2.5 hours for children living in the catchment area. At the time of this inspection the service was providing places for 10 children in the morning session and 16 children in the afternoon. The age range of the children was 3 years to those not yet attending primary school. The service operates within a designated classroom in Balbeggie Primary School. Children also have access to a large enclosed outdoor play area and share toilet facilities with the primary classes. The service is managed by Headteacher, Linda Stewart. There are 3 Early Childhood Practitioners; two job share and one works part-time in the afternoons to meet the increased uptake of places. The service is also supported by a Peripatetic Teacher in line with Perth and Kinross arrangements. The aims and objectives of the service reflect the principles and capacities of a Curriculum for Excellence. A full statement of aims and objectives is available from the service on request. Balbeggie Primary School Nursery, page 5 of 26 Inspection report continued Based on the findings of this inspection this service has been awarded the following grades: Quality of Care and Support - Grade 5 - Very Good Quality of Environment - Grade 4 - Good Quality of Staffing - Grade 5 - Very Good Quality of Management and Leadership - Grade 5 - Very Good This report and grades represent our assessment of the quality of the areas of performance which were examined during this inspection. Grades for this care service may change following other regulatory activity. You can find the most up-to-date grades for this service by visiting our website www.careinspectorate.com or by calling us on 0845 600 9527 or visiting one of our offices. Balbeggie Primary School Nursery, page 6 of 26 Inspection report continued 2 How we inspected this service The level of inspection we carried out In this service we carried out a low intensity inspection. We carry out these inspections when we are satisfied that services are working hard to provide consistently high standards of care. What we did during the inspection We wrote this report following an unannounced inspection. The inspection was carried out by Inspector, Andrea Daley. The inspection took place on Tuesday 14 January 2014 between 9:30 and 16:30 hours. We gave feedback to the Headteacher at the end of our inspection on this date. As part of the inspection, we took account of the completed annual return and self assessment forms that we asked the provider to complete and submit to us. We sent 10 care standards questionnaires to the service to distribute to parents/ carers on our behalf. Eight questionnaires were completed and returned to us. We also talked to four parents/carers when they arrived to collect their children. We asked parents for their views about the service and about how this benefited their children. During this inspection process, we gathered evidence from various sources, including the following: We spoke with: The Headteacher Peripatetic Teacher 1 x Early Childhood Practitioner 4 Parents 10 Children We looked at: * Information held about children using the service, including personal folios and health and medication plans * Records of consultation with parents and children, including; evaluation forms, planning books and feedback on questions such as "how can we improve our outdoor area" * Health and safety records, including; risk assessment, cleaning and food safety Balbeggie Primary School Nursery, page 7 of 26 Inspection report continued toolkit * The environment and equipment used in the service * Information for parents and children, including; newsletters and notice boards * Planning and evaluation records * Staff training and continuous professional development arrangements * Minutes of staff meetings * Quality assurance programme and monitoring records * Self-evaluation records and action plans * School Improvement Plan and Standards and Quality report * How the staff worked with the children in their care during the inspection * How the staff interacted with parents during the inspection We focused on following up requirements and recommendations made in our last inspection report. Grading the service against quality themes and statements We inspect and grade elements of care that we call 'quality themes'. For example, one of the quality themes we might look at is 'Quality of care and support'. Under each quality theme are 'quality statements' which describe what a service should be doing well for that theme. We grade how the service performs against the quality themes and statements. Details of what we found are in Section 3: The inspection Inspection Focus Areas (IFAs) In any year we may decide on specific aspects of care to focus on during our inspections. These are extra checks we make on top of all the normal ones we make during inspection. We do this to gather information about the quality of these aspects of care on a national basis. Where we have examined an inspection focus area we will clearly identify

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