Setting EY488862

Report for Childcare on Domestic Premises

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 17 February 2016 Not applicable

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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

 Staff develop warm, nurturing relationships with the children, helping them to be confident.  Children have good opportunities to celebrate their culture and heritage, and learn about others. Staff successfully encourage parents to share religious and family festivals, helping children learn to understand and respect difference and diversity.  Staff skilfully engage children in activities which promote their learning so that all children, including those with additional needs, make good progress from their starting points. Staff liaise well with other agencies to support children with additional needs and promote their development.  Children enjoy eating well-balanced, nutritious meals and help staff to prepare healthy food.  The provider supports staff well to implement new ideas from training to improve their practice, for example, increasing the range of learning experiences outdoors.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Systems for staff supervision and performance management are in their infancy, including arrangements to seek the staff's views as part of the evaluation process to help extend the quality of teaching and children's experiences further.  Staff do not consistently support all children to manage their hygiene and personal needs successfully when washing their hands and having meals.

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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

 strengthen systems to monitor and coach the staff more closely, and include their views in self-evaluation, in order to extend children's experiences further  improve opportunities for children to manage their own basic hygiene and personal needs successfully.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector took account of the views of parents spoken to on the day and those recorded in the provider's feedback records.  The inspector carried out a joint observation with the provider.  The inspector observed activities in the playrooms.  The inspector held discussions with the provider and staff.  The inspector checked documents relating to the suitability and qualifications of staff and sampled documentation regarding planning and children's progress.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The provider follows the robust recruitment of well-qualified staff and successfully encourages them to develop their skills further through regular training opportunities. The benefits of recent training include improvements in teaching mathematics and literacy outdoors. Safeguarding is effective. The provider and staff understand their responsibility to follow safeguarding procedures to protect children's welfare. They follow effective safety measures to keep children safe and secure on the premises. Overall, the provider uses self-evaluation well. She has begun to track and review children's progress more closely and makes changes to practice in response to parents' suggestions.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff successfully use information from parents about their children's development to support them in establishing children' starting points. Staff plan and provide activities and resources effectively to promote children's learning. The staff's enthusiasm and participation in activities encourage children's learning well, for example, children join in familiar counting songs and rhymes. Staff model ball and balancing games well, providing good opportunities for children to develop control and coordination. The staff's skilful use of props and resources supports and builds on children's understanding of rhyming sounds. Staff extend this learning well, increasing the levels of challenge by asking children to introduce rhymes of their own.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children confidently move around and enjoy exploring the toys and resources. Staff follow individual children's routines well and are responsive to their needs, such as their sleep routines, supporting children well to sleep soundly and in comfort. Staff encourage children to use sign language to extend their communication skills. They ensure they seek advice and resources to help them to support children who are learning another language. Staff work well to make all children feel included and valued, raising children's awareness and acceptance for differences and diversity. Staff are effective role models for the children to follow, working together with respect and understanding.

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Outcomes for children are good

Activities prepare older children well for their future steps into school. Children develop good social, literacy and mathematical skills. They play cooperatively, independently and take care of their own needs. Children learn to recognise their names and enjoy writing lists and letters during their role play. They use their mathematical knowledge to count who is present and identify how many place settings they need at mealtimes.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY488862 Local authority Cornwall Inspection number 1013298 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Domestic Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 4 Total number of places 27 Number of children on roll 64

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Telephone number

The Nest is a privately owned childcare setting, registered in 2015. It operates from premises in Truro, Cornwall and is open each weekday from 7.30am until 6pm. The provision is in receipt of funding for early education for children aged two, three and four years. There is a team of eight childcare staff; of these, six hold early years qualifications at level 3 and one has a qualification at level 2.

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Telephone number

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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Telephone number

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Telephone number

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Telephone number

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