Setting EY460047

Report for Childcare on Domestic Premises

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 18 July 2016 29 July 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

 Staff complete precise assessments of children's learning. They identify children's next steps and any gaps in their learning. Children's progress is good.  The manager and staff are positive role models. They speak calmly and politely to the children and each other. Children behave well. They grow in confidence and are kind, tolerant and respectful as they play alongside each other. Children are happy and comfortable in their surroundings. They develop close attachments to their key person.  Children develop an awareness of a healthy lifestyle. Older children recognise the importance of washing their hands and enthusiastically talk about how eating fruit makes them big and strong.  Staff establish effective partnerships with parents. They provide frequent updates on their children's progress and well-being. Parents receive useful guidance and clear details about planned activities and events.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Staff do not consistently plan group activities for younger children effectively, so that they are fully involved and suit those taking part.  During art and craft planned activities, staff do not always follow children's lead. They do not provide enough opportunities for children to explore their own ideas and develop their own learning experiences.  Staff do not give sufficient consideration to mealtime arrangements for children. Children have to wait for their lunch and staff do not know their roles effectively. This affects the quality of children's social experiences.

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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

 strengthen the organisation of group activities to suit the needs of the younger children more effectively  provide more opportunities for children that help them to explore and express their own creative ideas  review the organisation of mealtimes for children and provide opportunities that help them to socialise and enjoy their eating experience.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector spoke with the provider, staff and children at appropriate times throughout the inspection.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the provider of the nursery.  The inspector took into account the views of parents spoken to on the day of the inspection.  The inspector looked at children's learning records and planning documentation.  The inspector checked evidence of the suitability and qualifications of the provider and staff working with the children. She also looked at the policies and procedures and the provider's self-evaluation documentation.  The inspector observed children's play and learning in playrooms and outside.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Leadership is strong and effective. The manager, who is also the provider, is very passionate and committed to providing a high-quality service. She and the staff have worked effectively since the previous inspection to ensure all previous actions and recommendations have been met. They evaluate and reflect on their practice and have a positive drive to continue improving outcomes for children. The manager monitors the provision and staff's practice effectively. Staff are supported well. They receive regular supervisions and mentoring, helping improve their practice. They attend training opportunities, helping raise their teaching standards and providing new ideas. Safeguarding is effective. The manager ensures that staff understand the safeguarding procedures to protect children's welfare. Staff are vigilant about children's safety and supervise them well. Staff deployment is effective and ratios of children to adults are

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

maintained at all times. Clear recruitment and vetting procedures ensure staff's suitability to work with children. The manager has established good working relationships with external agencies and other early years providers.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The manager and staff are well qualified. They use their knowledge of child development effectively. They understand that children learn through play. They provide a broad range of learning opportunities that challenges and excites children to learn. Children are keen to join in and readily choose activities. For example, children sit with staff to play with dough and confidently build and cut characters and shapes. Staff promote children's communication and language development well. They interact positively and have conversations with children using good quality questioning. Staff support children's play effectively, building on their interests and extending their learning. Children use their imaginations well, for example, as they make complex flowers out of pipe cleaners.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Staff provide a friendly and welcoming environment. They know the children well and meet their individual routines effectively. Younger children settle well and demonstrate they are confident. Older children move freely between the well-equipped rooms and attractive garden. Staff help children to learn about keeping themselves safe. They take children to the park regularly where they learn to take risks as they play on the larger equipment. Children benefit from daily outdoor play experiences, helping promote their physical development and well-being. Staff help children to learn about each other's backgrounds and lifestyles. They learn to respect people's differences as they explore and celebrate their own cultures and beliefs and those of others.

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Outcomes for children are good

All children develop a positive attitude towards their learning and make good progress from their initial starting points. Children are enthusiastic and well motivated to learn. They develop increasing independence in caring for themselves. Older children develop good literacy, mathematical, social and communication skills in preparation for their future learning in school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY460047 Local authority Kirklees Inspection number 1056195 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Domestic Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 4 Total number of places 24 Number of children on roll 21

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reference number

Date of previous inspection 29 July 2013

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Telephone number

Bluebells was registered in 2013. The nursery employs four members of childcare staff. Of these, all hold an appropriate early years qualification at level 4, 3 or 2. The manager holds early years professional status. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, all year round, except for a week between Christmas and New Year and bank holidays. Sessions are from 7.30am until 6pm. The nursery provides funded early education for three- and four-year-old children.

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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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