Nursery where child was left outside alone SLAMMED by inspectors over safeguarding and unclean equipment

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A nursery in Leigh where a child was left alone outside unsupervised has failed to heed warnings from Ofsted, as it has been hit with another damning report.

Squirrels Children’s Day Nursery was slammed by the regulators in a recent visit. They highlighted failures in leadership, equipment hygiene, safeguarding assessments as well as an insufficient understanding of child protection issues.

The inspection report published on March 31 showed that they have not learnt their lessons from previous warnings which had marked them as an inadequate child care provider. READ MORE: "We were trying to douse the flames - it just carried on exploding" - Horror after six targeted arson attacks in an hour - one at a house where a young family slept In February 2021, the Cook Street site notified Ofsted “that a child was left alone, unsupervised, in the nursery garden, out of sight and hearing of staff for approximately six minutes”.

This concern, which required actions to be taken by Ofsted, was followed by an inspection in August 2022 which marked them as ‘inadequate’ in all categories.