Quality indicators help early learning and childcare settings, education authorities and
inspectors to judge what is good and what needs to be improved in the work of the early
learning and childcare setting. You can find these quality indicators in the publication
Child at the Centre(2)1. Following our inspection of each early learning and childcare
setting, the Scottish Government gathers evaluations of three important quality indicators
to keep track of how well all Scottish early learning and childcare setting are doing.
Here are the evaluations for Farmhouse Nursery
Improvements in performance
Children’s experiences
Meeting learning needs
satisfactory
satisfactory
satisfactory
We also evaluated the following aspects of the work of the early learning and
childcare setting
The curriculum
Improvement through self-evaluation
weak
weak
Here are the Care Inspectorate’s gradings for Farmhouse Nursery
Quality of care and support
Quality of environment
Quality of staffing
Quality of management and leadership
weak
weak
adequate
weak
As a result of this inspection there are two requirements and eight recommendations.
Requirements

The manager must carry out a review of the storage and administration of
medication in line with best practice. The medication must be appropriately
stored, administered and recorded. The manager must ensure that parents
complete appropriate consent forms detailing all arrangements regarding their
child’s medication, before staff administer medication. The consent and dosage
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The Child at the Centre, Self-Evaluation in the early years, HM Inspectorate of Education, 2007,
http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/Images/TheChildattheCentreSelfevaluationintheEarlyYears_tcm
4-684267.pdf
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form should be reviewed to make sure that all of the information, as detailed in
best practice is recorded. The manager must make sure all staff are familiar with
and follow best practice in relation to the storage and administration of
medication, in order to maintain children’s safety and wellbeing.
This is in order to comply with The Social Care and Social Work Improvement
Scotland (Requirements for Care Services) Regulations 2011, Scottish Statutory
Instrument 2011/210, Regulation 4(1)(a) - To make proper provision for the
health, welfare and safety of service users.
Timescale: by 27 February 2015, the manager must send us confirmation that
this requirement has been addressed.

The manager/provider must ensure that the privacy and dignity of children is
respected when children access the toilets in the upstairs of the premises.
This is in order to comply with The Social Care and Social Work Improvement
Scotland (Requirements for Care Services) Regulations 2011, Scottish Statutory
Instrument 2011/210, Regulation 4(1)(b) - To provide services in a manner which
respects the privacy and dignity of service users.
Timescale: work on this should commence by 19 April 2015.
Recommendations

The service must ensure each child’s personal plan is completed with all relevant
information. This includes information on children’s likes/dislikes and personal
preferences; meaningful observations and identified next steps to support
children’s individual needs. When developing this paperwork consideration
should be given to take account of the GIRFEC wellbeing indicators. Each child’s
plan must be reviewed with the parents at least once in every six month period.
National Care Standards, Early Education and Childcare up to the age of 16:
Standard 3: Health and Wellbeing.

Staff should make sure that all accidents be signed by a parent to confirm they
have been informed of the accident. The record of accidents and incidents
should now be collated and reviewed.
National Care Standards, Early Education and Childcare up to the age of 16:
Standard 3: Health and Wellbeing.

Staff should ensure that the younger children have access to a wide and varied
range of natural play materials throughout the day when they are being cared for
indoors.
National Care Standards Early Education and Childcare up to the age of 16:
Standard 5: Quality of Experience.

The manager and staff team should further develop the risk assessments as
detailed. The risk assessments should clearly detail the potential risks and how
staff will minimise these risks.
National Care Standards Early Education and Childcare up to the age of 16:
Standard 2: A Safe Environment.
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
The manager and staff should monitor the temperature of the radiators in each of
the playrooms. If these pose a safety concern to the children then appropriate
action should be taken to guard these in order to provide a safe environment for
the children.
National Care Standards Early Education and Childcare up to the age of 16:
Standard 2: A Safe Environment.

The manger should ensure that the areas of concern highlighted in this letter in
relation to infection control are detailed in the cleaning schedule that was in
place.
National Care Standards, Early Education and Childcare up to the age of 16:
Standard 2: A Safe Environment.

Staff should be given the opportunity to reflect and discuss improving outcomes
for children, especially after relevant training has been accessed. This will
enable the impact of training to be planned and measured.
National Care Standards, Early Education and Childcare up to the age of 16:
Standard 12: Confidence in Staff.

The manager should develop robust systems to effectively monitor the quality of
the service as a whole and the work of each staff member. Staff should be
involved in the systematic evaluation and discussion of their work and the work of
the service. In order to achieve this the manager should look at accessing
appropriate training and/or making use of good practice documents.
National Care Standards Early Education and Childcare up to the age of 16:
Standards 13 and 14: Improving the Service; and Well Managed Service.
A notification from the Care Inspectorate will be sent to the provider to complete an
action plan to address the requirements and recommendations made as a result of
this inspection.
A copy of the full letter is available on the Education Scotland website at
http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/inspectionandreview/reports/school/eyc/
FarmhouseNurseryWestLinton.asp.
http://www.careinspectorate.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7
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A sample of parents, children and young people, and all members of staff were invited to give their views of the school using a pre-inspection questionnaire. Their views informed the inspection process, including the nature of discussions in a number of
meetings. Strengths and issues identified were explored by the inspection team, and the findings are included in the inspection report. The following information gives the statistical detail from those that returned questionnaires.
Nursery Staff Questionnaire Summary
Percentage %
Disagree &
Strongly
Disagree
School
National
School
National
School
National
School
National
School
National
School
National
School
National
School
National
School
National
School
National
School
National
School
National
School
National
School
National
School
National
School
National
School
National
School
National
School
National
School
National
Strongly
Agree &
Agree
100%
Not
Answered
80%
Don’t Know
60%
Strongly
Disagree
40%
Disagree
20%
Agree
Q20 Q19 Q18 Q17 Q16 Q15 Q14 Q13 Q12 Q11 Q10
Q9
Q8
Q7
Q6
Q5
Q4
Q3
Q2
Q1
0%
Farmhouse Nursery
9904070
5
Fewer than 10 responses received therefore the data has not been published.
4
National response rate
62%
80%
Strongly
Agree
Centre Name
SEED Number
Quest. Issued
Quest. Input
Response Rate
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Q5
Q6
Q7
Q8
Q9
Q10
Q11
Staff discuss regularly how to improve the achievement of all children.
Staff provide activities which meet the learning needs of all children.
Children are involved in talking about what they will learn.
Staff give children regular feedback and encouragement on their learning.
Children have opportunities to evaluate their own and other children’s work.
Staff regularly ask for children’s views on how play activities can be improved.
Children are motivated and engaged in their learning.
Staff treat all children equally.
Staff and children respect each other.
The children are well behaved.
Support for children with additional support needs, including behaviour problems, is effective.
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Q12
Q13
Q14
Q15
Parents are fully involved in the nursery and their children’s learning.
I have been actively involved in developing the nursery’s vision and values.
I am actively involved in setting priorities for improving the nursery.
I have regular opportunities to help shape the curriculum and children’s experiences by
having discussions with staff and working groups.
I am aware of the nursery’s procedures relating to child protection.
Leadership at all levels is effective.
Staff communicate effectively with each other.
I have good opportunities to take part in continuing professional development.
Staff across the nursery share good practice.
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Q16
Q17
Q18
Q19
Q20
Note: Will not always sum to 100% due to rounding
Strongly Agree
Agree
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
Don’t Know
Not Answered
DISCLOSURE CONTROL APPLIED
Nursery Parent Questionnaire Summary
Q14
Q13
Q12
Q11
Q10
Q9
Q8
Q7
Percentage %
National
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Q5
Q6
Q7
Q8
Q9
Q10
Q11
Q12
Q13
Q14
School
National
School
National
School
National
School
National
School
National
School
The nursery helps my child to be more confident.
My child enjoys the learning experiences at the nursery.
My child’s learning is progressing well.
My child finds most learning activities stimulating and challenging.
The nursery keeps me well informed about my child’s progress.
My child feels safe in the nursery.
My child is treated fairly in the nursery.
I feel staff really know my child as an individual and support him or her well.
Staff work in partnership with me to care for and educate my child.
The nursery asks for my views.
The nursery takes my views into account.
The nursery is well led.
Overall, I am happy with the care and education my child gets in the nursery.
The nursery has good arrangements for children starting nursery, moving between stages
and starting school.
Note: Will not always sum to 100% due to rounding
National
School
National
School
National
School
National
School
National
School
National
School
National
School
National
Strongly Agree
Agree
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
Don’t Know
Not Answered
Disagree &
Strongly
Disagree
School
Strongly
Agree &
Agree
100%
Not
Answered
80%
Don’t Know
60%
Strongly
Disagree
40%
Disagree
20%
Agree
Q6
Q5
Q4
Q3
Q2
Q1
0%
Farmhouse Nursery
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14
35%
Strongly
Agree
Centre Name
SEED Number
Quest. Issued
Quest. Input
Response Rate
79%
93%
79%
71%
50%
93%
93%
86%
57%
43%
50%
57%
71%
57%
21%
7%
14%
7%
50%
7%
7%
14%
43%
43%
36%
29%
29%
43%
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86%
86%
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