Setting EY488246

Report for Childcare on Domestic Premises

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 5 April 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

 The manager evaluates the provision effectively, identifying the strengths and priorities for development. She supports staff well in developing their skills to continuously improve outcomes for children.  Staff promote children's language and communication skills really well. They engage children in purposeful discussions and help to extend their vocabulary.  Children have secure emotional attachments. They behave well and become independent in managing their needs. There are good partnerships with parents, other early years providers and outside agencies. Staff share information regularly to provide a consistent approach to children's care and development.  Staff assess children's learning effectively and plan exciting activities and experiences that motivate them to learn. Children are eager to take part in activities. They make good progress from their starting points.  Parents are very complimentary about the welcoming staff. They particularly like the

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This provision is good

positive way staff talk to children and nurture their emotional needs.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Staff sometimes miss opportunities to extend children's counting skills and challenge their understanding of the natural world even further.  Children do not always have access to resources to practise their early writing skills in their play.

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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

 use all opportunities to extend and support children's counting skills further  challenge further children's understanding of the natural world  increase opportunities for children to develop their early writing skills as they play.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed activities and the quality of teaching, indoors and outdoors.  The inspector held a meeting with the manager and carried out a joint observation.  The inspector spoke with staff, parents and children and took account of the nursery's self-evaluation.  The inspector checked safeguarding information and the safety of the premises.  The inspector sampled documentation, including policies and procedures, children's development records and planning.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. Staff attend child protection training and know what to do should children be at risk of harm. Staff use effective risk assessments and the manager has provided further training to ensure staff know how to implement them to keep children safe. Security is robust and staff use an effective communication system to keep in touch throughout the premises to ensure they are deployed successfully. These procedures help to protect children's welfare. The manager has secure systems to monitor the quality of teaching and ensure staff continue to develop their professional skills. There is a successful system to monitor children's progress and share with parents the required progress check for children aged two years. Parents receive clear information on their children's development, enabling them to support learning at home.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff make regular observations and use them well to plan for children's individual next stages of development. Staff engage in children's play well, enabling them to think of ideas and move their learning on. For example, children use leaves, grass and toys, choosing the appropriate colour, size and shape to represent food. Staff provide efficient support to help children re-visit their learning and continue the same theme, indoors and outdoors. They demonstrate how to use equipment and then give children time to use it for themselves. Staff plan the environment well to enable children to make independent choices from the broad range of resources available and initiate their learning.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children arrive happily and settle quickly. There is an effective key-person system and staff know the children well. They use positive reinforcement to manage children's behaviour successfully. Children share, take turns and are kind to each other. Children have a good understanding of safe practices. For example, in their role play they show that they understand that ovens get hot. Children have the confidence to climb, slide and balance on large equipment. They find their own ways of moving and understand how to keep themselves safe. Mealtimes are a social occasion. Staff sit with the children, and help them develop good manners and an understanding of healthy eating.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children develop good skills for their future learning and school. They gain independence in managing their personal hygiene, pouring their own drinks and dressing themselves. They are confident communicators and enthusiastic learners with positive social skills. Children use their imaginations well and their play is sustained and long lasting. For example, they use one item to represent another and engage other children in their play.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY488246 Local authority Devon Inspection number 1044194 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 2 - 6 Total number of places 35 Number of children on roll 65

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Telephone number

Gatehouse Farm Childcare registered in 2015. The nursery operates from a private house in Dawlish, Devon. The nursery is open from 7.30am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, for 50 weeks a year. The nursery receives funding to provide free early education for children aged two, three and four years. There are 11 members of staff. Of these, six hold early years qualifications at level 3 and one member staff has a qualification at level 2. There are three members of staff working towards early years qualifications at level 3.

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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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