Setting EY481480

Report for Childcare on Domestic Premises

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 7 July 2016 Not applicable

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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 Outstanding 1

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This provision is good

 Staff work well in partnership with parents to share information about children's progress and ways they can extend children's learning at home.  Settling-in procedures, are extremely well planned and tailored to individual children. Children settle quickly and are well prepared for their next stage in learning. This supports their emotional well-being excellently.  Children's behaviour is excellent. Staff are excellent role models and give children consistent messages about expectations. Staff are highly effective in teaching children from a very young age about possible dangers and hazards. This helps children understand risk so they can keep themselves safe.  Staff plan extensive outdoor learning opportunities for children to learn about nature, living things and the environment.  Leaders promote professional development for staff effectively. This ensures that children receive consistently good-quality care and teaching.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Children's progress is not always checked closely enough to identify all gaps in their learning to ensure that all groups of children make rapid progress.  Staff miss some opportunities to extend the creative development of children, particularly when children are learning outdoors.

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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

 improve checks on children's progress to identify any gaps in their learning so all make more rapid progress  find even more inspiring ways to enhance children's creativity and interest in musical play, particularly outdoors.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector held discussions with the provider and leaders at appropriate times during the inspection and in a scheduled meeting.  The inspector observed children's activities and staff teaching inside and outside.  The inspector looked at documentation, including a sample of children's records, planning and assessment records, and checked the suitability of household members and staff to work with children.  The inspector took account of the views of children, staff and parents spoken to on the day of the inspection, and of the provider's self-evaluation.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the manager.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Leaders and staff have a good understanding of the learning and development requirements, which they implement effectively. This helps them to promote children's well-being and support them in making good progress. Staff have a good understanding of the safeguarding procedures and they are confident to follow these if they were ever concerned about the safety of a child. Arrangements for safeguarding are effective. Leaders work closely with staff to evaluate the effectiveness of their practice and assessment of children's progress. The leaders and staff team demonstrate a commitment to ongoing improvement through their effective self-evaluation systems.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff establish children's prior learning, skills and abilities using information from parents in addition to their own observations, and build on these effectively. They consult with parents to identify children's next stages in learning, and plan and provide experiences that engage children's interests and promote their learning well. Staff use ongoing observations to monitor when children achieve their next steps. Staff have a good understanding of how children learn and develop. Staff help children learn through a variety of ways, including individual play and group activities. Children enjoy outdoor play sessions, such as mini-beast hunts.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Staff know all children exceptionally well. Staff meet children's individual needs and relationships are nurturing. Resources and environments are highly stimulating and help children to be highly motivated and eager to join in. Children have easy access to the high-quality resources, which help to promote their independence well as they choose what they would like to play with. Staff provide healthy, well-balanced meals and snacks for all children and meet children's individual dietary needs effectively. Staff teach children an early understanding of how to keep themselves and others safe, such as by encouraging them to identify and manage everyday risks. Staff are extremely vigilant in maintaining children's safety. They supervise them very well at all times. Staff follow children's routines from home highly successfully. This offers children familiarities and helps them feel extremely safe and secure, and creates an excellent home-from-home

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Outcomes for children are good

All children make good progress from their starting points. Children develop their ability to participate in group activities, such as circle time. Children develop a range of social skills to make relationships, so they play and learn well with others. Children gain the necessary skills to prepare them well for their next stage in learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY481480 Local authority Gloucestershire Inspection number 1001532 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Domestic Registers Early Years Register Age range of children 0 - 5 Total number of places 12 Number of children on roll 15

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reference number

Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Telephone number

Cotswold Bunnies registered in 2014. The childcare setting is situated at Rodborough Common, near Stroud in Gloucestershire and operates from part of the host childcarer's house. The setting is open each weekday from 8am to 6pm for 51 weeks of the year, excluding bank holidays. There are five staff working directly with the children; three of whom hold appropriate qualifications at level 3, one at level 4 and the provider is a qualified teacher at level 7.

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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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