Pip-Kins Day Nursery

Pip-Kins Day Nursery 6 Barnfield Hill, Exeter, Devon, EX1 1SR

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 15 February 2016 18 June 2013

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This inspection: Good 2

Effectiveness of the leadership and management Good 2

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This inspection: Good 2

Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good 2

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This inspection: Good 2

Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good 2

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This provision is good

 The provider and manager evaluate their provision effectively to promote continuous improvement. For instance, they have begun to implement 'peer observations' to help staff identify their individual strengths and areas for development, and to enable the sharing of good practice.  Staff routinely record observations of children's achievements and use this information to identify the next steps in their learning. Planned activities link closely with these and offer good levels of challenge, overall. Children make good progress.  Partnerships with parents and others involved in children's development are good. Staff share information about children's care and learning regularly. Staff keep parents involved so they can extend their children's learning further at home. This has successfully addressed the recommendation raised at the last inspection.  Children develop confident self-care skills through daily tasks and routines. For

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This provision is good

example, staff encourage them to put on and fasten their own coat and shoes.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Staff do not always provide a learning environment that encourages children to make choices, or to explore and investigate as well as they could to develop their skills and understanding across all areas of learning.  Staff do not always make the best use of every opportunity to encourage children to develop their early writing skills.

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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

 review and develop the learning environment to enable children to make more choices both indoors and outdoors, providing them with better opportunities to explore and investigate independently across all areas of learning equally  extend the opportunities for children to practise their early writing skills to strengthen their literacy development further.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children's play, indoors and outdoors.  The inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager.  The inspector took account of the views of children, their parents and staff.  The inspector held a meeting with the provider and manager at an appropriate time during the inspection.  The inspector sampled documentation including children's learning records, staff's training and qualification certificates, and self-evaluation.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. Staff receive regular training and understand how to seek appropriate support should they have concerns about a child's welfare. The provider and manager welcome the views of parents through regular questionnaires, and consider their responses to help identify areas for development. For instance, the provider has replaced the carpets to create a cleaner and more welcoming environment. The provider and manager use training and regular meetings with staff to help develop their practice and to stay up to date with changes to guidance and legislation. Following training, the manager and staff are improving systems to monitor children's progress to help them identify and address any patterns in learning. For example, some staff are currently planning more activities to support children's mathematical development.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The quality of teaching is good and, overall, staff support all areas of learning well. Recent changes to the planning system mean that staff now plan activities that more closely reflect children's individual interests and planned progress. For example, to extend children's understanding of technology, staff provide opportunities for them to use a camera to take photographs of themselves and their friends. Staff promote children's language and communication successfully. For example, they routinely repeat clear and simple words to babies and young children, and make good use of open questions to develop older children's thinking skills. Children listen carefully to short stories and join in enthusiastically with songs and rhymes.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children develop a strong sense of belonging and enjoy coming to the nursery. Staff build warm relationships with children and support them well as they move up to another room. Children feel secure. They enjoy sitting close to staff and playing alongside them. Staff consistently address any minor instances of inappropriate behaviour and help children learn the boundaries and the possible consequences of their actions. Staff promote children's health well. For example, they provide nutritious snacks and meals, taking into account children's allergies and dietary requirements.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children are highly motivated and eager to participate in games and activities. They make good progress and develop the skills they need for school. Children are developing good social skills and establish close friendships. For example, when a child falls over, other children quickly offer them a cuddle.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 105885 Local authority Devon Inspection number 1028462 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 4 Total number of places 61 Number of children on roll 29 Name of provider Sally Elizabeth Langdon Date of previous inspection 18 June 2013 Telephone number 01392 421422

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Setting details

Pip-Kins Day Nursery is a privately owned setting that registered in 1996. It operates from a semi-detached property situated close to Exeter city centre in Devon. Children have the use of two floors of a three-storey building. The nursery is in receipt of funding for the provision of free early education to children aged two, three and four years. It is open weekdays from 7.30am to 6.15pm for 51 weeks a year. In addition to the owner, eight staff members work directly with children. Eight members of the team, including the owner, hold relevant early years qualifications to at least level 2.

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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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