Children United Ltd

Children United Ltd Bethel United Church, Park Lane, Wolverhampton, WV10 9QG

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 6 April 2016 20 January 2016

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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 leaders are highly reflective and accurately evaluate the effectiveness of the setting. They consistently look for ways to enhance the provision and to improve outcomes and the life chances of the children.  Leaders make effective use of frequent discussions with staff to reflect on the quality of teaching, to improve their professional practice and to support children's good learning and development.  Children form strong attachments to trusted and caring adults. The key person system is well established and effectively supports children's good personal, social and emotional development. Positive working relationships are established with parents.  Staff have a secure knowledge of how young children learn. They know children’s interests and what they can do and use this information to help plan an interesting and exciting range of activities that support children’s learning.  Children’s communication skills are developing well. Staff make good use of

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This provision is good

opportunities to introduce and model new vocabulary to children and talk to them about what they are doing. Consequently, children are confident speakers and are keen to share their ideas and opinions with staff and their peers.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Leaders do not have a secure enough picture of how well all groups of children who attend the setting are progressing.  There are too few opportunities to promote children’s early literacy skills.

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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

 introduce systems to monitor the progress made by different groups of children in order to identify and close any differences in achievement  strengthen the programme to promote children’s literacy skills so that children develop their early reading and writing skills.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector reviewed the leaders’ capacity to improve and their plans for future improvement.  The inspector observed children during a range of play and learning activities in the designated play areas, including outdoors.  The inspector held meetings with the leaders and staff and conducted a joint observation with the manager.  The inspector looked at a range of documentation including children's learning journals and the adults' planning of children's learning and development activities.  The inspector checked evidence of the suitability of all adults working at the setting and the professional qualifications and training of staff and leaders.  The inspector took account of the views of parents, and those of children spoken to on the day.  The inspector explored the safeguarding arrangements, the security of the premises and how effectively the provider has identified and taken steps to minimise any

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Inspector

Deborah Jane Udakis, Her Majesty's Inspector

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Leaders and staff are well qualified and experienced. Training and professional development activities are used effectively to improve the quality of practice and provision. Leaders provide good levels of support through a programme of regular supervision. The arrangements to safeguard children are effective. All staff know how to report concerns about the welfare of individual children. Good partnerships with the local children centres enhance the support for children and their families in times of difficulty. Leaders effectively monitor staff's observations and their assessments of children's development to ensure individual children make good progress in their learning. They have started to monitor progress made by children in receipt of the Early Years Pupil Premium. However, they have yet to extend this to monitor how well different groups of children make progress in order to ensure that the achievement gaps are closing between

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Children's mathematical language and understanding are enhanced during daily outdoor play. Staff effectively support children's learning of colours, shape, size and number. For example, children are encouraged to jump from one stepping stone to another, to talk about the colour of the stepping stone, the distance between them and to compare the size of each one. Children develop their hand muscles and grip as they use child safe knives to cut into raw potatoes and apples. Babies and younger children use resources, such as finger puppets, to help promote their early communication skills through songs and rhyme. Older children talk through their ideas and make suggestions about how things should work as they solve problems together. Children share stories and some are beginning to use writing utensils and equipment. However, there is scope to place a stronger focus on the promotion of children’s early literacy skills, such as their

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

understanding of sounds and letters, to help develop their early reading skills.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The children are happy and settled in the care of skilled staff. The older children, who attend the setting during school holidays, are friendly and talkative. They speak confidently about their time at the setting, the activities they like to do, and the food and drink they enjoy. One of the school age children says the meals are 'nutritious and delicious'. The older children talk with pride about how they help to take care of the younger children and involve them in their play. Children behave well. Staff provide praise and encouragement and children are developing the key skills they need for future learning They are increasingly respectful of others, share and take turns.

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Outcomes for children are good

The youngest children attending the setting are interested in others’ play and they readily join in with activities. All children separate easily from their parents and show good levels of confidence and self-esteem. The routine allows for children to make choices and develop a sense of responsibility so that they become independent learners. This helps to prepare children well for the next stage in their learning, including school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY479826 Local authority Wolverhampton Inspection number 1044971 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 - 8 Total number of places 32 Number of children on roll 48 Name of provider Children United Limited Date of previous inspection 20 January 2016 Telephone number 07944407790

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Setting details

Children United Ltd was registered in 2014. The nursery employs 12 members of childcare staff. Of these, eight hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3, two are qualified to level 4 and two members of staff are working towards level 2. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, all year round. Sessions are from 8am until 6pm. The nursery provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children and they support a number of children who speak English as an additional language.

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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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