The Truro Child Development Centre

The Truro Child Development Centre Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust, Treliske Hospital, Treliske, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 3LJ

p.1

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 14 June 2016 9 June 2009

p.1

This inspection: Outstanding 1

Effectiveness of the leadership and management Outstanding 1

p.1

This inspection: Outstanding 1

Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding 1

p.1

This inspection: Outstanding 1

Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding 1

p.1

This provision is outstanding

 Children receive excellent care from the well-qualified and experienced staff. Staff understand the children's individual complex needs and support their development extremely well to enable children to fully achieve given their starting points.  Staff use excellent teaching skills that they tailor to individual children to effectively support children's communication, language and understanding.  The excellent partnerships with parents and other professionals ensure staff fully understand children's health plans and meet their individual needs very thoroughly. Staff use very effective ways to share their excellent understanding of individual children with other practitioners, to support children as they move on to school.  Staff use their observations and assessments very effectively to help them accurately meet children's needs. The manager monitors and tracks children's learning carefully, to

p.1

This provision is outstanding

identify any gaps in their learning quickly and effectively.  Children show great excitement as they enter the centre and meet the staff. Their confidence and developing humour shows they have extremely close bonds with staff.  Staff are extremely vigilant in providing a safe and secure environment for children. They conduct regular risk assessments to ensure resources and equipment are suitable for individual children's use.

p.1

What the setting needs to do to improve further

To further improve the quality of the early years provision the provider should:

p.2

What the setting needs to do to improve further

 extend the opportunities outdoors further for children of all abilities to access a wider range of different resources, to develop their physical skills and interests.

p.2

Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children and staff playing inside and outside.  The inspector took account of parents' views.  The inspector undertook a joint observation with the manager.  The inspector held discussions with the manager, staff and children.  The inspector viewed a range of documentation, including children and staff records, and some policies.

p.2

Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The excellent support staff offer to parents provides an extremely successful partnership in children's care and learning. The manager ensures staff's enthusiasm and teaching techniques successfully promote children's intrigue and engagement at all times. This helps staff to very successfully support children to be curious and willing to have a go. For example, children take risks, such as climbing onto resources and exploring the sand pit. Safeguarding is effective. The manager is clear of safeguarding matters. She ensures staff fully understand how to protect children from harm, and keep them safe and secure. The manager evaluates the quality of the provision thoroughly. She identifies aspects of the service to be further improved, for example, reorganising the environment to provide better access for all children. The manager very successfully supports and encourages staff training and continually seeks to drive improvement.

p.3

Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

Staff plan very effectively so that each child benefits greatly from the range of extremely stimulating activities. Staff use children's interests very well to encourage and build their concentration. For example, they strategically place favourite toys close to children and use these effectively as a means of engaging them. Staff encourage children's thinking, communication and language skills very well, so children describe and guess the items they can feel in the sound bags. Staff provide excellent support and opportunities for children to be creative. Children thoroughly enjoy using a wide range of resources that stimulate their sensory exploration as they investigate different materials and create their own artwork.

p.3

Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The high ratio and attentiveness of staff provides children with excellent support, helping them to feel very safe and secure. Excellent procedures mean all staff are familiar with children's individual healthcare plans. These are fully in place prior to children starting, including any additional medical training staff need, to effectively cater to all children's specific needs. Staff very successfully use resources to explain to children when an activity is coming to an end. This helps to prepare children for changes in their routine and play, and effectively supports their behaviour. Children enjoy outdoor play each day. The manager recognises that some children would benefit from increased access to a wider range of different resources, to develop their physical skills and interests.

p.3

Outcomes for children are outstanding

The highly successful partnership with other professionals effectively supports children as they move on to school. Children develop excellent confidence and communication skills that support them very well in their future learning. Children are very kind and caring.

p.3

Setting details

Unique reference number EY387365 Local authority Cornwall Inspection number 822384 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Age range of children 3 - 5 Total number of places 12 Number of children on roll 30 Name of registered person Cornwall Council

p.4

reference number

Date of previous inspection 9 June 2009 Telephone number 01872 253878

p.4

reference number

The Truro Child Development Centre is overseen by a management group and is situated within the grounds of the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro, Cornwall. It registered in 2008. The setting provides care for children with additional needs. Places are by specific allocation only. It operates from a fully accessible, purpose-built building, which has shared use alongside other health professionals. It is open Monday to Friday from 9.15am to 3.15pm, during term time only. The setting employs 12 members of staff to work with the children; of these, there are five qualified teachers and six nursery nurses who hold level 3 qualifications. The manager has a level 8 qualification.

p.4

reference 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.

p.4

reference number

procedures set out in the guidance ‘Complaints procedure: raising concerns and making complaints about Ofsted’, which is available from Ofsted’s website: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ofsted. If you would like Ofsted to send you a copy of the guidance, please telephone 0300 123 4234, or email enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk. achieve excellence in the care of children and young people, and in education and skills for learners of all ages. It regulates and inspects childcare and children's social care, and inspects the Children and Family Court Advisory Support Service (Cafcass), schools, colleges, initial teacher training, work-based learning and skills training, adult and community learning, and education and training in prisons and other secure establishments. It assesses council children’s services, and inspects services for looked after children, safeguarding and child protection.

p.4

reference number

If you would like a copy of this document in a different format, such as large print or Braille, please telephone 0300 123 4234, or email enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk. You may reuse this information (not including logos) free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government Licence. To view this licence, visit www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/, write to the Information Policy Team, The National Archives, Kew, London TW9 4DU, or email: psi@nationalarchives.gsi.gov.uk .

p.5

reference number

Interested in our work? You can subscribe to our website for news, information and updates at www.ofsted.gov.uk/user.

p.5

reference number

T: 0300 123 4234 Textphone: 0161 618 8524 E: enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk W: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ofsted

p.5