Setting EY387824

Report for Childcare on Domestic Premises

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 5 April 2016 14 August 2012

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Effectiveness of the leadership and management Outstanding 1

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding 1

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding 1

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This provision is outstanding

 Staff provide an excellent learning environment for children that is well planned and presented. Children relish the opportunity to choose their play spaces and explore the highly exciting range of resources.  Behaviour is outstanding. Children are extremely kind and considerate of each other. Staff offer excellent support to help children understand how to help others. For example, they encourage older children to be positive role models for the younger children and help them learn to share.  Staff place a high emphasis on promoting excellent communication and language skills, including for children who are learning English as an additional language. For instance, staff closely monitor children's speech and language, and work swiftly to provide additional support where needed.  The manager has a very strong vision to maintain and continue to develop excellent outcomes for children. The staff continually reflect and attend training to develop their

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This provision is outstanding

excellent teaching practice further. For example, they created a highly interactive water wall that excites and motivates children to explore.  Staff are immensely knowledgeable about the learning needs of children. For instance, they closely follow their learning with an exceptionally detailed plan of how to develop their skills even more.  Children make outstanding progress. The manager and staff follow highly effective systems for tracking children's learning. Individual children's needs are exceptionally well supported to ensure they all continue to make rapid strides in their learning.

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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

 extend further the excellent opportunities that younger children have to be independent.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching inside and outside.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the owner/manager.  The inspector spoke to parents on the day and gained their views through feedback to the nursery.  The inspector spoke to staff and children where appropriate and held a meeting with the owner/manager.  The inspector viewed documentation such as attendance registers, policies and procedures, and children's learning records.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Safeguarding is effective. The manager places a high emphasis on keeping children safe at the setting and on outings. Staff have a detailed knowledge on what to do if they have concerns about children's welfare. The manager makes excellent use of highly effective systems to evaluate nursery practices and support staff development. For example, staff, parents and children regularly feed back and share ideas on how to further improve the setting. Staff have outstanding relationships with parents. For instance, staff help to further parents' understanding of child development to enable them to guide their children's learning at home. Staff work exceptionally well with other professionals, such as implementing agreed plans that support the development of children who have special educational needs.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

Staff provide excellent activities that interest and motivate children to be continually engaged and excited to learn. Children receive excellent support to develop their problem- solving skills. For example, staff help them to consider how they can transport water to make their 'birthday cakes' with sand. Staff encourage children's literacy and mathematical skills exceptionally well. For instance, staff follow children's interests to explore their early writing skills and introduce basic fractions. Staff make excellent use of technology to develop children's learning. For example, older children use the computer and use their knowledge of letters as they begin to type and retrieve information.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Staff promote healthy lifestyles as, for example, they make excellent use of the outside space to support children's overall learning and physical development. Children make informed choices and lead their own play. They have extremely secure relationships with staff and are confident to explore and manage suitable risks within their play. For example, they use ramps to go up and down with their bikes and challenge themselves to use the slide in different ways. Older children are highly independent, for example, they wash up and enjoy cutting their fruit at snack time. However, very occasionally, the youngest children's opportunities are not as well developed.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

All children make excellent progress, from their individual starting points, in their learning and development. They are extremely confident and self-assured. For example, they willingly share their thoughts and ideas, and know that staff will value their contribution. Children learn to be highly independent learners. For instance, they are extremely curious and thoroughly enjoy opportunities to explore and develop their ideas. Children develop excellent skills that help them to be exceptionally well prepared for starting school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY387824 Local authority East Sussex Inspection number 984920 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 - 7 Total number of places 20 Number of children on roll 43

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Name of provider

Date of previous inspection 14 August 2012

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Telephone number

Little Dolphins Nursery registered in 2009 and is in St Leonards-on-Sea, in East Sussex. It is open Monday to Friday, except bank holidays, from 7.30am to 6pm for 48 weeks of the year. The provider receives funding to provide free early education for children aged two, three and four years. There are seven members of staff, five of whom hold appropriate early years qualifications. This includes the owner/manager who has a foundation degree in early years.

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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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