Sixpenny

Sixpenny Kennet Barns, Church Lane, Mildenhall, Nr Marlborough, Wiltshire, SN8 2LU

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 4 May 2016 12 August 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 management team encourages staff to attend ongoing training to help them provide consistently good-quality teaching. Mangers use robust recruitment and induction procedures to ensure all staff are suitable and have the right skills to work with children.  There are strong partnerships with parents. Staff keep them well informed of their children's progress and encourage them to share what their children know and can do at home.  Staff have improved the outside area, providing a broad range of exciting resources and activities, to ensure that all children, including those who learn best outside, have good learning opportunities and make good progress.  Staff have secure attachments to the children, helping them to feel safe and secure. Children behave well and learn to respect the feelings of others. They develop the confidence they need to prepare them for the move to school.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 During whole group activities, staff do not always recognise children who do not engage or who would prefer to choose other activities that interest them.  Staff do not extend toddlers' communication and language during routines as well as they do during planned activities.

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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

 monitor children's engagement more effectively during group activities to provide them with more choices to join in or continue their interests at another activity  ensure staff working with toddlers consistently extend children's language and vocabulary, particularly during daily routines.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed activities across the setting, inside and outside.  The inspector viewed a sample of policies, certificates and the self-evaluation form.  The inspector spoke with two parents about their children's time at the provision.  The inspector carried out a joint observation with the acting manager.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. Staff have a clear understanding of what to do should they have concerns about a child. The management team supports new staff effectively through regular monitoring. The training manager meets with all staff regularly to monitor their performance and discuss their key children's development to ensure all children make good progress. Managers and staff carry out observations of each other's teaching so they can improve practice. Staff use training well to develop a consistent approach when working with children. For example, the team attended behaviour management training and implemented positive strategies to promote positive behaviour. Staff work in partnership with parents to share their children's learning. For example, they encourage parents to contribute to their children's development records so staff can build on what children know and can do at home. Since the last inspection, the team has used self-

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

evaluation effectively to make continuous improvements to benefit all children.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff know their key children well and are clear about how to promote the next steps in their learning. They observe children's learning and plan activities that help them move on in their development. Staff track groups of children so they can use the information to adapt activities to meet their needs. Staff offer the youngest children resources to encourage them to explore and investigate independently using their senses to discover new experiences. For example, babies enjoy a broad range of tactile resources stored in baskets at floor level. Staff encourage older children to learn about the world around them through a broad range of activities, such as feeding the chickens and checking the bug hotels in the garden.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Staff promote children's emotional development, confidence and self-esteem well and work closely with parents to understand and meet children's care needs. Staff explain the golden rules throughout the day so children understand what is expected of them. Staff teach children to manage their own safety. For example, they explain why the floor needs to be tidy so 'our friends don't trip over and hurt themselves'. When children pretend to toast marshmallows over a 'fire', they talk about how to keep safe. Staff encourage children to be independent, and they manage their shoes and coats for outdoor play with confidence.

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Outcomes for children are good

All children make good progress. They are confident and independent learners and use their imaginations well, for example, as they gather wood to make a pretend fire outside. Children's behaviour is good. They share and take turns well.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY302903 Local authority Wiltshire Inspection number 1028535 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 70 Number of children on roll 61 Name of provider Sixpenny Limited Date of previous inspection 12 August 2013 Telephone number 01672 515763

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Setting details

Sixpenny registered in 2005. It is located at Mildenhall, near Marlborough in Wiltshire, and is one of three nurseries owned by Sixpenny Limited. The setting is open from Monday to Friday throughout the year from 7.45am to 6pm. A total of 16 staff work with the children. The majority of staff hold early years qualifications from level 2 to level 6. The setting receives government funding for children aged two, three and four years.

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Setting details

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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