Clockhouse Childcare

Grade summary

Each dot represents one of the six inspection categories. Headline is the average of the six grades, rounded up.

Category grades

• Ensure safeguarding policies and procedures are in line with local safeguarding partnership guidance and implemented effectively (by 1 June 2026).
• Ensure effective absence monitoring systems are in place and shared with parents to monitor children's attendance and follow up unexplained or persistent absences (by 1 June 2026).
• Obtain a new enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check for all staff and ensure that there are effective systems in place to monitor ongoing suitability (by 1 June 2026).
• Ensure any person working on the premises, including external staff, are known to the provision and appropriately vetted; record accurate information about completed staff identity checks and vetting processes and details of who at the setting obtained the relevant information (by 1 June 2026).
• Ensure staff get the appropriate training and professional development they need to offer quality learning and development experiences for children that continually improves (by 1 June 2026).
• Put appropriate arrangements in place for staff supervision that encourages the confidential discussion of sensitive issues and fosters a culture of mutual support, teamwork, and continuous improvement (by 1 June 2026).
• Ensure that staff have sufficient understanding and use of English to ensure the well-being of children in their care including maintaining records in English (by 1 June 2026).
• Ensure key persons have the information required to meet children's individual needs and identify any additional needs as they arise (by 1 June 2026).
• Ensure all staff responsible for meeting children's health needs have up to date information on children's individual health requirements and are competent to administer medication if required (by 1 June 2026).
• Ensure allergy action plans for managing children's known allergies and intolerances are kept up to date and shared with staff responsible for meeting their needs (by 1 June 2026).
• Implement a consistent behaviour management policy that is understood by all staff to enable appropriate management of children's behaviour in a way that supports their emotional development and well-being; ensure all children including babies receive daily opportunities for outdoor play (by 1 June 2026).
• Ensure safeguarding policies and procedures are effectively understood by all staff to ensure these can be implemented (by 19 June 2026).
• Ensure that all staff are trained and confident to implement the setting's safeguarding policy and procedures on an ongoing basis (by 19 June 2026).
• Ensure accurate written records of accidents and first aid treatment given are maintained and parents are informed on the same day, or as reasonably practicable after (by 19 June 2026).
• Ensure babies are placed down to sleep safely in line with the latest government safety guidance and ensure there is an adequate supply of clean bedding, to ensure babies are not sharing bed linen (by 19 June 2026).
• Ensure all reasonable steps are taken to ensure children are not exposed to risks; this specifically refers to ensuring that resources and equipment are carefully risk assessed to prevent children from coming to harm (by 19 June 2026).
• Ensure an accurate daily record is maintained of the names of the children being cared for on the premises, their hours of attendance and the names of each child's key person (by 19 June 2026).

Clockhouse Childcare has been working to address safeguarding and welfare requirements. The setting has implemented further safeguarding training for staff, leading to improved knowledge of child protection procedures. There has also been a focus on accurate record-keeping for accidents and incidents, as well as improvements in sleeping practices, risk assessment, and attendance monitoring to ensure children's safety and well-being.