Kingfisher Day Nursery

Kingfisher Day Nursery Pre School and After School Club Springfield Primary School, West Road, Spondon, Derby, Derbyshire, DE21 7AB

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 3 March 2015 16 March 2009

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This inspection: Good 2

Previous inspection: Good 2 How well the early years provision meets the needs of the range of children who attend Good 2

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This inspection: Good 2

The contribution of the early years provision to the well-being of children Good 2

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This inspection: Good 2

The effectiveness of the leadership and management of the early years provision Good 2

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This inspection: Good 2

The setting meets legal requirements for early years settings

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This provision is good

 Staff provide children with a wide range of interesting and varied activities and experiences. Consequently, children make good progress in their learning.  Children have excellent opportunities to play in the fresh air and engage in physical activity. This effectively promotes their physical development and helps children to adopt healthy and active lifestyles.  Staff have a secure knowledge of child protection procedures. They regularly refresh their knowledge through training and demonstrate a clear understanding of their responsibility. As a result, children's welfare is assured.  Staff promote children's emotional well-being and ensure they have a very strong sense of belonging. As a result, children are confident, feel secure and settle quickly, having formed strong bonds with their key person.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Children's understanding of the importance of good hygiene practices is not yet fully maximised.  During small group activities, children are not always provided with opportunities to talk about what they are thinking and to ask questions as staff's attention is sometimes focused elsewhere.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

To further improve the quality of the early years provision the provider should:

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

 enhance children's good hygiene practices, through developing their understanding of why hand washing is important, to further promote their health and well-being  improve teaching and children's progress during small group activities, for example, by ensuring staff's focus remains on the activity so that children are provided with ample opportunities to ask questions and to share their own thoughts and ideas.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed activities in the playrooms and the outside area. She talked to staff and children and held a meeting with the manager.  The inspector sampled a range of documentation, including evidence of staff suitability, children's development records and policies and procedures.  The inspector evaluated learning activities with the manager.  The inspector discussed the setting's self-evaluation and improvement plan.  The inspector considered the views of parents spoken to on the day and from parent questionnaires.

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who attend. This is good

Staff have high expectations of children and complete regular, accurate assessments of children's progress. Staff record children's ongoing achievements and monitor their progress using tracking records. This successfully enables early identification of any gaps in children's learning. Children make good progress and are ready for the next stage of their learning, including their eventual move to school. Staff complete the progress check for children aged between two and three years to summarise their learning and identify next steps for planning. The quality of teaching is good because staff have a good understanding of how children learn. However, during some small group activities, there are fewer opportunities for children to ask questions and share their ideas to further support their critical thinking skills. This is because staff leading the activity have to supervise children in the toilet area or support them with finding their coats. This

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who attend. This is good

sometimes results in the staff not being able to effectively respond and build on each child's ideas and questions.

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good

Most of the children move to the school on the shared site when they leave the setting. Staff help to prepare children for this move by regularly taking them across to the school for visits and attend a varied range of school events. This helps children to be emotionally well prepared for the next stage in their learning. Children's behaviour is very good because they are kept busy and they learn how to work with each other. They willingly get involved at tidy time, so they are learning to understand how to care for their environment. Children routinely wash their hands before snack and after being outside. Staff provide children with timely reminders. However, staff do not always explain why such routines are important. Consequently, children's understanding of the importance of good hygiene practices is not yet fully promoted.

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provision is good

The manager has effectively developed procedures to supervise staff well. Staff appraisals and peer observation improve staff performance. Staff have access to regular training and underperformance is addressed swiftly. The manager effectively oversees the delivery of educational programmes. As a result, planned activities are pertinent and meet the needs of the children in their care. Partnerships with parents are good. Staff effectively exchange information with parents to promote continuity of care and learning. For example, parents provide detailed information about their child on entry to the setting. They receive relevant information through notice boards and newsletters. Therefore, parents are kept well informed of their child's progress and receive regular information about events taking place. There are good links with feeder schools that ensure that information about children's current attainment levels is shared to promote continuity of learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY285337 Local authority Derby, City of Inspection number 856284

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Type of provision

Registration category Childcare - Non-Domestic Age range of children 0 - 17 Total number of places 48 Number of children on roll 64 Name of provider Kingfisher Day Nurseries Limited Date of previous inspection 16 March 2009 Telephone number 01332 669686

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Type of provision

Kingfisher Day Nursery, Pre-School and After School Club opened in 2004. The setting employs nine members of childcare staff. Of these, six hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3, including one with Early Years Professional status. The setting opens from 8am until 6pm, Monday to Friday, all year round. The setting provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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Type of provision

This inspection was carried out by Ofsted under sections 49 and 50 of the Childcare Act 2006 on the quality and standards of provision that is registered on the Early Years Register. The registered person must ensure that this provision complies with the statutory framework for children’s learning, development and care, known as the Early Years Foundation Stage.

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Type of provision

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Type of provision

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Type of provision

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