Bright Beginnings

Bright Beginnings Dering Way, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 2JJ

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 30 August 2016 13 December 2012

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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 leadership team is highly skilled and qualified. Leaders place an emphasis on continuous professional development and regular training for staff. They support the staff team, providing good supervision and appraisals that enhance their teaching skills.  Partnership with parents is strong. Staff work closely with parents to build on their children's next steps and to help them extend learning at home.  Staff are very knowledgeable about child development. They make regular observations and assessments of children's achievements and identify any gaps in learning. Staff provide children with additional support where needed to help them catch up quickly.  The leadership team continually reflects on teaching practice and strives to raise the quality of care for children. Leaders constantly seek feedback from parents and other professionals and act on the identified areas to improve outcomes for children.

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This provision is good

 The leadership team uses a key person approach effectively to support children's emotional well-being. Leaders allocate each child with a key person that helps children to feel safe and secure. Children develop firm attachments with their key person.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Staff do not consistently extend children's learning, for example, they do not all build on opportunities that arise during planned activities.  Sometimes, staff do not give explanations to children about why it is important to follow good hygiene practices to support their good health.

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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

 consistently challenge children during activity times to further extend their learning  give appropriate explanations to children about hygiene practice and its importance to their development and health.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector took account of the parents' views and comments.  The inspector and the manager evaluated the effectiveness of an activity together.  The inspector sampled documentation, including regulatory records, policies and procedures, and the online records of children's learning journeys.  The inspector observed activities indoors and outdoors, and staff interaction with children, and held discussions with staff and children.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The leadership team has high expectations for themselves and for the staff team. The manager completes in-depth tracking of children's development, which recently identified gaps in mathematical learning for boys. The staff team attended training and added more resources that have encouraged boys to explore all areas of mathematics. The leadership team uses effective policies and procedures and reviews risk assessments regularly to help keep children safe. Leaders are highly vigilant and ensure that staff understand their responsibility and duty of care for the protection of children. Staff know the procedures to follow if they are concerned about a child's welfare. Safeguarding is effective.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff use their assessments of children's learning to monitor their progress. They use each child's interests to plan for children's next steps in development effectively. Staff provide a wide range of activities that help children to think and ask questions. For example, they plant fruit with the children and they ask them when the tomatoes that are growing in the garden will be ready to pick. Staff encourage children to become independent learners. For instance, staff plan a good range of activities which children choose for themselves. Recent improvements in the teaching of mathematics have helped children to make good progress in this area. Staff teach children to add and subtract, for example, using number lines and to find numbers in the sand outdoors.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Staff teach children about positive ways to behave and to respect the feelings of those around them. They help children to understand the boundaries. For example, staff constantly use the 'Golden rules' and role model these continuously throughout the day. Staff encourage children to manage and complete tasks independently, and to work cooperatively. For example, children learn to wait their turn patiently at the baking table, while each child completes their given task.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children are inquisitive and motivated learners. They develop well from their starting points and those that require additional help make good progress towards typical stages of development. Children are confident and independent. They explore and investigate the world around them. For example, they use the many resources in the outdoor and indoor environments to build a bug hotel. Children learn lots of skills for their move to school. For instance, they learn to concentrate, to listen at group time and to follow instructions and routines for the day.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 126993 Local authority Kent Inspection number 1058739 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 4 Total number of places 110 Number of children on roll 270 Name of registered person North Kent College Governing Body

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Date of previous inspection 13 December 2012 Telephone number 01322 629641

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Bright Beginnings registered in 2004. It is owned by the North Kent College and is set in the grounds of the college in Gravesend. The nursery is open weekdays from 8am until 6pm. The setting receives funding to provide free early education for children aged two, three and four years. There are 27 staff. Of these, 25 hold a qualification at level 3, one has a qualification at level 5 and one has early years professional status.

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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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