Spinning Top Childcare Ltd

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Spinning Top Childcare Ltd 2 Melbourne Grove Bradford West Yorkshire BD3 8JT Our Reference EY281446

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Outcome of monitoring visit for provision judged as inadequate

An Ofsted inspector, Patricia Ferguson, carried out a monitoring visit of your provision on 22/08/2013. This visit follows on from your inspection where the provision was judged to be inadequate.

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Outcome of the visit

As a result of our inspection on 22/05/2013, we sent you a notice to improve.

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Outcome of the visit

The notice of improvement asked the provider to: ensure all practitioners have a clear understanding about the different ways that children learn and how to teach effectively for example playing and exploring alongside them, and asking them questions with many possible answers.

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Outcome of the visit

improve the educational programme for personal social and emotional development, for example, by encouraging children to talk about their behaviour and others behaviour and its consequences to allow children more opportunities to take responsibility for their own and others' safety and help them develop a positive sense of themselves.

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Outcome of the visit

Having considered all the evidence, the inspector is of the opinion that at this time the setting is making satisfactory improvement overall.

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Overall effectiveness of the improvement and outcomes for children

A monitoring visit was carried out on the 22 August 2013. The setting is working to meet the actions raised. Senior management are now in the process of monitoring staff working directly with children. They have identified some areas for development within the staff team in relation to developing open ended questions that encourage children's thinking and the skill of giving children time to develop their responses to questions. Senior management are now implementing a system for observing staff whilst working with children however, the observations of staff lack sufficient detail to inform staff of the gaps in their practice and the opportunity for staff to evaluate their own practice is not utilised by them. Senior management state that they are working with the Early Years Advisor to further develop an effective system so all practitioners within the setting are skilled and confident in this area of their work. To continue as an action.

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Overall effectiveness of the improvement and outcomes for children

The behaviour management policy has now been reviewed and staff are in the process of reading the documentation. Senior management have purchased dolls that staff and children can use to talk about themselves and their feelings. The dolls will be used to encourage children to explore the feelings of others. They will also be used within the context of behaviour management to encourage children to develop a sense of themselves. Senior management are in the process of arranging training for staff to use the dolls appropriately with the children. To continue as an action.

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Overall effectiveness of the improvement and outcomes for children

Having considered all the evidence, the inspector is of the opinion that at this time you are making satisfactory improvement overall in addressing the points for improvement. The next visit will be a further monitoring visit to monitor if improvement is being sustained.

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Next steps

Having considered all the evidence the inspector is of the opinion that at this time:

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Next steps

 The setting has made satisfactory progress in addressing the points for improvement. The next visit will be a further monitoring visit.

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Next steps

I hope that you have found the visit helpful in promoting improvement in your setting. If you have any further queries please contact us on the number at the top of this letter.

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Next steps

Susan Gregory HMI National Director, Inspection Delivery

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