Zahra Childcare Centre

Cheeky Monkeys Children's Centre 279 Gooch Street, BIRMINGHAM, B5 7JE

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 22 August 2016 Not applicable

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Outcomes for children Requires improvement

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This provision requires improvement. It is not yet good because:

 Children are not consistently motivated, interested or inspired to learn. Staff do not always make good use of what they know about children to plan and provide exciting, stimulating and suitably challenging activities that promote their good progress.  Staff are not supported to understand all of their roles and responsibilities. The arrangements for supervision are not focused sharply enough on improving their teaching skills. Children do not always benefit from good quality learning experiences.  Staff have not firmly established a two-way flow of information with parents. Children do not always benefit from continuity in their learning between the setting and home.  Self-evaluation and monitoring processes are not precise enough. Managers do not have a good enough overview of the quality of teaching to take effective action and improve the outcomes for children.

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It has the following strengths

 Managers and staff have a sound understanding of child protection procedures and safeguarding legislation. Children are kept safe from different types of harm.  Staff are kind, caring and friendly. They get to know children well and ensure their care needs are met, so they benefit from what they need during the day. Children are, generally, happy, settled and relaxed.  Staff find out about children's backgrounds, cultures and languages. They help children to explore their similarities and differences. Children's diversity is valued and all of them benefit from equal opportunities. Children display self-confidence and self-esteem.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

To meet the requirements of the early years foundation stage the provider must:

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Due Date

 enhance the planning and provide consistently exciting, stimulating and suitably challenging activities that motivate and inspire children to learn, in order to promote their good progress 21/11/2016

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 improve the arrangements for the supervision of staff and sharpen the focus on raising the standard of teaching to ensure children always benefit from good quality learning experiences. 21/11/2016

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

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 develop further the two-way flow of information with parents about children's learning to support good continuity between the setting and home  strengthen the self-evaluation and monitoring processes, so that all weaknesses within the quality of teaching are identified and swiftly addressed to help improve the outcomes for children.

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Inspection activities

 We carried out this inspection as a result of a risk assessment, following information we received about this provider.  The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and outside. She assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the nursery manager.  The inspector held a meeting with the nursery management team. She looked at relevant documentation, such as the nursery's self-evaluation and evidence of the suitability of staff.  The inspector spoke to a small selection of parents during the inspection and took account of their views.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management requires improvement

The arrangements for the supervision of staff are not good enough. Managers are not sharply focused on improving the quality of teaching. They do not make good enough use of self-evaluation and monitoring processes. Managers do not clearly identify weaknesses in teaching practice or take effective action to swiftly address them, in order to promote better outcomes for all children. Nevertheless, all staff are well qualified and continue to access some training to keep their skills up to date. This has a positive impact on care practices. The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. Managers understand their responsibility to safeguard children. Following a recent serious accident, they promptly notified Ofsted and conducted a full investigation. Managers found that the accident was avoidable and have taken steps to prevent any recurrences. The inspection found that the environment is fully risk assessed and all possible hazards to children are minimised. Staff

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management requires improvement

are deployed well and children are sufficiently supervised. Managers and staff also have a good understanding of health and safety practices. Children's well-being is maintained.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

The quality of teaching is variable. Staff do not consistently plan activities that promote children's good progress. Sometimes, children struggle to persist with activities or to become fully absorbed in their learning. They are often easily distracted and wander off. Nevertheless, staff, generally, promote some aspects of children's learning positively. For example, children find plastic letters in the water tray and staff support them to link these to the letters in their own names. Staff help children to count to 10 as they print teddy bear footsteps using paint. This helps to extend children's literacy and mathematical skills. Children requiring additional support benefit from the help they need. However, information about children's learning is not always shared in enough detail between the setting and parents to provide consistency of learning.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare require improvement

Although, the environment is bright and a range of resources is available, children are not always motivated, interested or inspired to join in and take part with the activities provided. Children's well-being is effectively promoted in many ways. For example, children enjoy fresh air and staff encourage exercise. Children practise their physical skills as they negotiate the space using wheeled vehicles. They also practise their control in throwing, catching and kicking large balls or hitting small balls with a bat.

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Outcomes for children require improvement

Children do not make consistently good progress in their learning. They are not yet highly successful learners. Nevertheless, in the main, children acquire all the key skills they need ahead of moving on to nursery or school. Children are independent. They manage their care needs when they are ready and make choices about what they want to do. Children's communication and language skills are developing well. They learn to use simple sentences to express themselves and enjoy singing songs or reading stories. Children, generally, behave well. They enjoy the responsibility of small tasks. They are learning to play well together and follow the behaviour boundaries set.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY497934 Local authority Birmingham Inspection number 1067704 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 2 - 11 Total number of places 87 Number of children on roll 64 Name of registered person Cheeky Monkeys Day Nursery Limited

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Date of previous inspection Not applicable Telephone number 0121 440 3745

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Cheeky Monkeys Children's Centre was registered in 2016. The nursery employs seven members of childcare staff. Of these, seven hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 2 or above. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, all year around. Sessions are from 7.30am until 7pm. The nursery provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children. It also supports children who have special educational needs or disability and those who speak English as an additional language.

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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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