Red Robin Nanny Agency 2

ERO’s Akanuku | Assurance Review reports provide information about whether a service meets and maintains regulatory standards. Further information about Akanuku | Assurance Reviews is included at the end of this report.

ERO’s Judgement

Since the onsite visit, the service has provided ERO with evidence that shows it has addressed non-compliances and is now taking reasonable steps to meet regulatory standards.

Background

Red Robin Nanny Agency 2 is a quality-funded, privately owned homebased education and care service. There are two directors, one of whom is a qualified teacher. A qualified education manager and visiting teacher provide curriculum and governance support. All nannies in this network have an early childhood qualification. The service received its full licence in 2021. A small number of children enrolled are Māori or have Pacific heritage.

Summary of Review Findings

Children are provided with a range of experiences and opportunities to enhance and extend their learning and development, both indoors and outdoors, individually and in groups. The curriculum is inclusive, and responsive to children as confident and competent learners. Children’s preferences are respected, and they are involved in decisions about their learning experiences.

Educators engage in meaningful, positive interactions to enhance children’s learning and nurture reciprocal relationships. The curriculum supports children’s developing social competence and understanding of appropriate behaviour in a language-rich environment.

Consistent implementation and monitoring of practice is required to ensure that regulatory requirements are maintained.

Key Next Steps

A next step is for the service to take a more consistent and systematic approach to seeking and responding to parent/whānau aspirations for their child’s learning.

Actions for Compliance

Since the onsite visit, the service has provided ERO with evidence that shows it has addressed the following non-compliances:

• Where children wearing nappies attend, there are safe and hygienic nappy changing facilities (PF17).

• Having procedure for monitoring children’s sleep is implemented, and information is communicated to parents about their child's daily sleep patterns (HS8).

• Ensuring equipment, premises and facilities are checked every day of operation for hazards to children; accident/incident records are analysed to identify hazards and appropriate action is then taken; and hazards to the safety of children are eliminated, isolated, or minimised (HS11).

• Whenever children leave the premises on an excursion, an assessment and management of the risks are undertaken (HS14).

• Medicine (prescription and non-prescription) is not given to a child unless it is given with the written authority (appropriate to the category of medicine) of a parent (HS25).

• Before a person is employed or engaged as a children’s worker, as defined in the Children’s Act 2014, a safety check as required by that Act must be completed; a detailed record of each component of the safety check must be kept, and the date which each step was taken must be recorded, including the date of the risk assessment required to be completed after all relevant information is obtained (GMA6A).

Next ERO Review

The next ERO review is likely to be an Akarangi | Quality Evaluation.

Filivaifale Jason Swann
Director Review and Improvement Services (Northern)
Northern Region | Te Tai Raki

23 January 2023

Information About the Service

General Information about Assurance Reviews

All services are licensed under the Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008. The legal requirements for early childhood services also include the Licensing Criteria for Education and Care Services 2008.

Services must meet the standards in the regulations and the requirements of the licensing criteria to gain and maintain a licence to operate.

ERO undertakes an Akanuku | Assurance Review process in any centre-based service:

• having its first ERO review – including if it is part of a governing organisation

• previously identified as ‘not well placed’ or ‘requiring further development’

• that has moved from a provisional to a full licence

• that have been re-licenced due to a change of ownership

• where an Akanuku | Assurance Review process is determined to be appropriate.

Management Assurance on Legal Requirements

All early childhood services are required to promote children’s health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements. Before the review, the staff and management of a service completed an ERO Centre Assurance Statement and Self-Audit Checklist. In these documents they attested that they have taken all reasonable steps to meet their legal obligations related to:

• curriculum

• premises and facilities

• health and safety practices

• governance, management and administration.

As part of an Akanuku | Assurance Review ERO assesses whether the regulatory standards are being met. In particular, ERO looks at a service’s systems for managing the following areas that have a potentially high impact on children's wellbeing:

• emotional safety (including positive guidance and child protection)

• physical safety (including supervision; sleep procedures; accidents; medication; hygiene; excursion policies and procedures)

• suitable staffing (including qualification levels; safety checking; teacher certification; ratios)

• relevant evacuation procedures and practices.

As part of an Akanuku | Assurance Review ERO also gathers and records evidence through:

• discussions with those involved in the service

• consideration of relevant documentation, including the implementation of health and safety systems

• observations of the environment/premises, curriculum implementation and teaching practice.