In September 2005, Ofsted performed 45 on-the-spot inspections in the first hour of a nursery opening. It found that more than a third of the nurseries did not plan sufficiently for the start of the day or have enough staff in place to support children on their arrival.
Dorian Bradley, deputy director, early years, revealed the findings of Early doors: experiences for children in daycare during the first hour of the day at the Future of Early Years Inspections conference in London last week.
The 'weaknesses' ranged from inadequate staff:child ratios to no manager or deputy being present or children being left for too long without adult attention while staff prepared breakfast or attended to other children's needs.
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