Ofsted inspected nursery after child's unexplained injury - they found kids had been exposed to 'stagnant slime'
02.04.2023 - 07:37
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A nursery has been rated 'inadequate' by Ofsted after inspectors found young children had been exposed to 'stagnant slime'.
Inspectors visited Acorn nursery in Northwich, Cheshire, after receiving reports that a child had sustained an unexplained injury.
Carter Millbanks-Lewis, who was 18 months at the time, fractured his skull in November last year. His mum claims she noticed a lump on his head after he spent the day at the nursery.
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Tanya Jagger previously spoke of her anguish, after she was wrongly suspected of assaulting her son, and prevented from spending time with him unsupervised.
After an extensive police investigation, Cheshire Police said they were 'unable to establish where or when the injury was sustained.' The force said they could find no evidence that an assault had taken place and no further action was taken.
Following the incident, the M.E.N understands that Ofsted conducted an unannounced inspection at the nursery on February 16.
The nursery was rated inadequate for the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management. The rating was not a direct result of Carter's unexplained injury, but the practices they found when the setting was inspected.
In the report, inspectors said: "Staff do not follow health and safety procedures rigorously enough. For example, the provider's policy is that when children bump their head, the injury is monitored and parents are contacted.
"However, there are occasions when staff do not follow the procedure. Some staff do not know the action they must take if they have concerns about a colleague's behaviour or practice.
"Managers do not notice and