Inspection of 3 December 2025 — Inspection Report
Immediate action notice. An Immediate Action Notice was issued on the day of inspection as there was no person present with FAR training present in the service between 14:00 and 18:00 Please see body of report under Reg 25 with more detail. An adequate response was submitted by the registered provider.
Regulation 23 — Safeguarding health, safety and welfare of child
- General Safety: 1. The door of the sluice room was observed to be opened which contained chemicals that were accessible to the preschool children. 2. The radiator cover in the blossom room was broken with sharp wooden edges that were accessible to the children posing a risk of injury. 3. In the sensory room leads and cables were accessible to the preschool children posing a risk of injury. Infection Control: 4. On the day of inspection, after nappy changing, the hands of the babies were observed to be not consistently washed, posing a risk of infection. 5. Gloves and aprons were observed not to be removed after disposing of an unclean nappy, and prior to moving onto the next care activity of placing on a clean nappy, followed with redressing the child. This could lead to a risk of cross infection. 6. Two Children in the sunflower room were observed using soothers, it was noted that the children were sharing soothers. Additionally, when soothers fell on the floor, children were observed placing them back into their mouth without been cleaned or sanitized. 7. Waste bins in both the sunflower and bluebell rooms were broken, children were observed using their hands to open and close the bin lids, posing a risk of cross contaminations. 8. There was an insufficient supply of hot water across all preschool rooms. The water temperature in the bluebell bathroom was measured at 13.1◦C which is inadequate for effective handwashing. 9. A child-sized couch in the sunflower room and adult- sized couch in the blossoms room had exposed foam and could not be cleaned effectively. Action submitted by the Registered Provider
Provider's corrective action:
- General Safety: (1) Once this non-compliance was brought to the attention of the management at the inspection the manager ensured the door was fully secured and locked. The manager then proceeded to each care room that evening and the following morning to verbally remind each staff member the strict importance of ensuring that the Sluice room door is secured and locked at all times. During the staff team meeting held the following evening 04/11/2025, the manager reiterated to the staff Team the significance and importance of ensuring that the sluice room door is securely closed and locked at all times. Domestic/kitchen staff have taken on the role of ensuring the sluice room door is shut at all times these staff members are across the hall and are not bound to be in the rooms. All staff members assured management at the staff meeting to take extra care and vigilance to nsure the same.New signage was immediately stuck on the door as a reminder. The manager’s daily checklist now includes the sluice room door being securely locked. (2) The radiator cover was removed the next morning 04/11/2025.During staff meeting the staff were reminded to include such damages to radiator covers on the daily risk assessments so these can be addressed swiftly adressed and shown the importance of completing the daily risk assessment as these inform any potential risk to the children and to also verbally advice management of same. (3) Trailing lights and cables were removed from the sensory room until the electrician was available. Staff were reminded and shown the importance of completing the daily risk assessment as these inform any potential risk to the children and to also verbally advice management of same. Trailing lights and cables were removed from the sensory room until the electrician was available.Trunking was installed by the electrician to ensure the low-lying lights and cables were safe and not trailing. Infection Control: (4) At the staff meeting the nappy changing procedure was reinforced via retraining, infection control was also included in this session of the staff meeting. Manager implemented an induction template for lead educator to complete with newly appointed educators. Peer mentoring template for nappy changing procedure has also been introduced to reinforce good practices in line with Little Buddies policies and procedures. This is to eradicate forgetfulness or oversight when completing these tasks which fall under these procedures. (5) At the staff meeting the nappy changing procedure including removal of ppe after each nappy change was reinforced via retraining, infection control was also included in this session of the staff meeting. Manager implemented an induction template for lead educator to complete with newly appointed educators. Peer mentoring template for nappy changing procedure has also been introduced to reinforce good practices in line with little buddies’ policies and procedures. (6) The Infection control policy was outlined and retrained to staff during a staff meeting and focus was on the procedures to follow when children share and drop their soothers. It was also looked at times when soothers should not be offered to the children, e.g. when playing. Lead educator Induction Template newly introduced includes Supervision of the children and infection control topics to be observe and monitored by the Lead educator. (7) Age-appropriate bins were purchased and supplied in the Sunflower Room and the Blubell room. During the staff meeting staff team were reminded of the importance of ensuring the daily risk assessment to include items such as the bins being broken. (8) Plumber and electrician were already sourced to fix this problem with water temperature. Plumber reduced the water thermostat 19th November 2025. Daily risk assessment informs and highlights any irregularities with the water temperature. (9) Child sized couch in sunflower room and adult couch in blossom room were both removed. Dress up area was extended into the space of the adult couch, which is demonstrated in the photographic evidence provided. The child sized couch in the sunflower room was replaced with beanbags until finances ensure replacement child sized couches. Manager reminded staff to please use the daily risk assessment to inform of risk management systems and outlined the importance of this to children’s safety and wellbeing. Management will closely monitor the completion of these risk assessments during the weekly sign off
Regulation 25 — First aid
- An Immediate Action Notice was issued on 03/11/2025 as it was observed that there was no person present in the service between 14:00 and 18:00 was trained in First Aid Response (FAR). An adequate response was submitted by the registered provider
Provider's corrective action:
- Staff member who possessed the FAR in date training was rostered to be on the premises for the rest of the week. Staff team then completed training that evening of the Inspection 03/11/25 and on the Thursday 06/11/2025. Attendance records to the FAR training were provided to the Inspectorate. Management will ensure scheduling issues will not take precedence over the importance of ensuring staff have completed the training in timely manner
Found compliant: Regulation 9, 11, 16, 19, 28.