Tara Kindergarten

Tara Kindergarten 198 High Street, Enfield, Middlesex, EN3 4EZ

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 18 May 2016 25 October 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 manager has introduced a number of useful improvements since her arrival. She has successfully addressed the weaknesses highlighted at the last inspection, and has identified and addressed other areas for development. She has a clear action plan and has developed a very positive environment where staff support each other well.  Staff know the children for whom they take special responsibility very well. They make regular observations of children and assess their progress accurately. Staff develop good partnerships with parents. For example, they share details of children's learning at home and give ideas about how to promote children's learning further.  Children's behaviour is good. Staff give clear messages to children about behaviour expectations and are good role models to them.  Children are active learners. Staff encourage children to persevere with tasks and they enthusiastically celebrate their achievements with them. This approach helps children to

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This provision is good

develop a positive attitude as they prepare for the next stage of their learning.  Staff place a high priority on teaching children how to keep themselves safe.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Occasionally, some staff do not give children enough time to think and work out their answers to questions.  Leaders have not fully established ways to review the learning of different groups of children.

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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 every opportunity for children to think about problems and work out solutions for themselves  develop tracking systems as effectively as possible to monitor the progress of groups of children.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector conducted a joint observation with the manager.  The inspector spoke with children, parents, staff and managers at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector observed activities across the nursery to assess the quality of teaching.  The inspector sampled documentation, including children's development folders and staff files.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The appointment of the new manager has had a very positive impact on the nursery's provision. She is a strong leader and, along with staff, guides continuous improvement effectively. Well-qualified staff use their knowledge well. For example, they provide exciting and varied activities for children, and share new ideas from training with colleagues. Safeguarding is effective. Staff have a good understanding of their role in protecting children from harm. They fully understand the procedures to follow if there are any concerns about a child. The manager follows thorough recruitment procedures. These include, for example, checks to ensure staff are cleared as suitable to work with children.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff provide a varied selection of interesting resources for children and support their play well. For example, when children make towers with bricks, staff praise their achievements to help enhance their self-esteem. Children are creative. They take part eagerly in activities, such as making collages and different role play games. Staff monitor children's progress closely and carefully plan challenging targets for children, to help them make progress in all areas of learning. The manager successfully works with staff to support children who have special educational needs or disability. For example, staff involve parents in discussions about the most effective ways to use additional funding. They keep parents fully involved about the impact that this has on children's progress.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Staff listen carefully to all children's comments and ideas. This positive approach helps children to develop their confidence and self-esteem. Staff respond enthusiastically to children's ideas and use all opportunities to teach children well. For example, children talk about safety when using trains, and staff use this opportunity for all children to share their ideas about how to keep themselves safe. Staff support children's knowledge about healthy eating well. For example, during cooking activities staff teach children about the benefits of nutritious foods. Staff help to promote children's good health in other ways. For example, all children play with physical resources, such as bikes and climbing frames in the outside area, and develop their coordination.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children make good progress. Staff help older children prepare for school particularly well in regard to their early literacy. Children enjoy listening to stories and re-telling them. They make their own books with words and pictures, and use their imaginations to create their own stories.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 135404 Local authority Enfield Inspection number 1028314 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 0 - 5 Total number of places 50 Number of children on roll 125 Name of registered person Raj Nagendran

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reference number

Date of previous inspection 25 October 2013 Telephone number 020 8804 7710

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Tara Kindergarten registered in 2000. It is located in Ponders End, in the London Borough of Enfield. The nursery is open every weekday from 7.30am until 6pm all year round. There are 14 members of staff, of whom 12 hold appropriate early years qualifications. The nursery receives funding to provide free early education for children aged two, three and four years.

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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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