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Download Issue THE WEEK IN East Bristol & North East Somerset FREE Issue 690 4th August 2021 Read by more than 40,000 people each week Controversy as children’s nursery closes after being branded ‘Inadequate’ A South Gloucestershire nursery with 64 children on its some staff identify and record concerns about children's roll has closed in the wake of an Ofsted report which welfare, the designated safeguarding lead does not share this found that youngsters’ safety was being put at important information with agencies who protect children.” “significant” risk. The report said that not all staff had the required checks in Following a visit to Mini Beasts Nursery Pre-School at place to ascertain their suitability, such as Disclosure and Jarretts Garden Centre in Willsbridge, Ofsted judged it as Barring Service (DBS) checks; some hadn’t received ‘Inadequate’ for quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, induction training to help them understand important personal development and leadership and management. procedures and the manager, as designated safeguarding lead, Parents are now having to find alternative childcare and 14 did not keep herself sufficiently informed about the children: members of staff have lost their jobs after Mini Beasts “As a result, concerns that indicate a child may be at risk go officially closed on 25th July. unreported and children and their families do not get the help attending. This week Kelly Probert, who opened the nursery there in they need.” Concerns about safeguarding requirements at Mini Beasts 2018, said she had received “overwhelming” support from The report also said that the manager did not monitor staff had also been flagged up in April 2019 when Ofsted issued families and that the nursery had been “let down” by South practice well enough. The quality of education was described a legal notice. Ofsted subsequently said the nursery had taken Gloucestershire Council. as “poor”, with staff not assessing children's progress or action and remained registered. She said that although Ofsted had cleared the actions which providing a curriculum that offered appropriate challenge. This week Ms Probert told us: “Over the past 18 months, as the nursery had been ordered to carry out following the Frequent changes to key-person systems meant staff did not a nursery we had had little support from the local authority inspection, the council had still removed Mini Beasts from know children well enough and younger children struggled due to COVID. We had staff not return from furlough, its directory of providers. to settle. The inspector also found that the manager and staff making staffing very difficult, resulting in a high turnover. Ofsted inspector Victoria Nicolson visited the nursery on 3rd did not consistently support children with special educational “When Ofsted came to the setting, we had a very new staff June and her report was published on 8th July. In it, she said: needs and/or disabilities (SEND). team. There has been very little training available due to “Although there are procedures in place to safeguard The report highlighted some positives, acknowledging that COVID and we did not have anyone from the local authority children, these are not followed and children's safety is put overall children behaved well and developed friendships come out to the setting from 9th January 2020 until 9th June at significant risk. The manager does not ensure that the within the nursery. Parents were happy with the care their 2021, despite us being a new setting. I feel we have been adults she employs are suitable to care for children. While children were receiving and the youngsters enjoyed seriously let down by our mentors, South Glos Council.” Continued on page 2 Rubbish Clearance Cheap and fast We load and clear any household, garden, garage and shed clearance Free estimates Fully licensed 85% recycled Call 0117 9373009 at anytime to book Also in this More controversy at Community rejects Have your say on how Utility firm under fire for Keynsham concrete firm proposed corner shop the A4 could be ‘mass overcharging’ of Lyde week’s issue . pages 2 & 3 in Warmley . page 5 improved . page 7 Green residents . page 10 Controversy as children’s nursery closes Concrete firm and council Controversial plans by Keynsham firm concrete mixing vehicles an hour earlier on after being branded ‘Inadequate’ 4Concrete to extend their operating hours weekdays (at 6.30am) and to finish an hour Continued from page 1 even given the opportunity to appeal have been blocked and both the company later (at 6.30pm), but only once the fences She said she had asked a number of times against the wording, which has clearly had and council officers have been publicly had proved to be effective. for someone from the council to come out a massive impact on the nursery. However, criticised. 4Concrete’s agent said that the fencing, once to give support with SEND children but no the support from our families has been Councillors on Bath & North East Somerset complete, would be equally effective as the one would, due to COVID-19: “However, overwhelming and I want to personally Council’s planning committee voted against more costly plans that had been approved by it clearly said in the early years guidance thank them for all their care and support 4Concrete’s latest planning application on B&NES last November. that they should still be visiting if required over a very challenging time.” the grounds of loss of amenity for nearby Council officers supported the findings of a in SEND circumstances during COVID- A South Gloucestershire Council residents after hearing of the devastating noise assessment report funded by 4Concrete 19.” spokesperson said: “Following the impact they are suffering from current and judged that the impact of the extra two Ms Probert said she wasn’t informed that ‘Inadequate’ Ofsted rating of Mini operations at Old Station Yard, off Avon Mill hours a day would not have a significant the council had withdrawn Nursery Beasts Nursery & Pre-School, we were in Lane. impact on people living nearby. Education Grant funding until 23rd July regular contact with the owner to provide Council officers had recommended approval As we have previously reported, B&NES “which then resulted in us having no advice and support on how to make of the revised and partially retrospective Council has come under fire for its handling option but to close the nursery with the improvements required, in line application for barriers to reduce noise and of 4Concrete’s initial planning application immediate effect to prevent us from with the recommendations made in the dust, allowing 4Concrete to start filling for two silos, permitted retrospectively in incurring more financial difficulty”. report. January 2020. The Local She added: “Our inspection was held on “These contacts included meetings which Government Ombudsman is 3rd June and yet it took until 6th July for were hosted virtually, instead of face-to- Ofsted to follow up on the actions they face due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as currently investigating. required us to do to remain registered, well as telephone calls and emails. At last Wednesday’s meeting at despite having an expiration date of 21st However, the owner has since decided to the Guildhall in Bath, Keynsham June – which we met. Surely if the close, and we will be contacting the councillor Andy Wait delivered a safeguarding aspect was that bad, they parents of the children that the setting deeply critical attack on would have removed our registration? were claiming funding for to offer support 4Concrete and B&NES Council “The report is damning, and I was not in finding an alternative provider.” officers. He said that B&NES had been unable to provide any proof that an application 2 The Week in • Wednesday 4th August 2021 officers publicly slated in latest controversy changing the whole site to B2 (general Council about 4Concrete’s initial planning barrier yet to be built. They also want to rules and have industrial) had ever been granted and that application: “I believe that B&NES made an increase their hours now and want the 12- often appeared since December 2019, the lives and mental error in 2019 and this whole sorry mess month check on barrier effectiveness politely indifferent and physical health of people living near the stems from that mistake. This may explain removed. or arrogant towards site had been damaged and disrupted by the why throughout the process B&NES officers “Since then, they have broken their hours of the residents”. “totally inappropriate behaviour” of have appeared to support 4Concrete.” working, continued to use equipment Officers have said 4Concrete. He said that Keynsham Town He said they had accepted the findings of a breaking B&NES own noise barriers, they are satisfied Council had objected to the latest application year-old, 4Concrete-funded report on noise, polluted the area with concrete dust and had that the site has a as the site had become noisy, dangerous and “based on two and a half hours of limited dirty water draining out of the site on a B2 planning use Andy Wait air polluting, adding: “There’s been an data collection, not covering any of the regular basis, flowing into the River Chew class. increase in traffic, which is totally noisier operations like jackhammering”. in contravention of the Highways Act. This The committee voted by a majority of six to unacceptable. 4Concrete are working outside When residents commissioned their own water continues, despite B&NES serving two with one abstention to refuse the permitted hours; a further extension of these independent thorough report covering the 4Concrete notice weeks ago.” application, even though members had been hours would be detrimental to the whole site, whilst part of the barrier was Cllr Wait said that residents had not been warned that refusal would be difficult to neighbouring residents and the town.
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