Kinder Kapers Too

Kinder Kapers Too Kingsley Hall, Parsloes Avenue, Dagenham, Essex, RM9 5NB

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 16 September 2016 21 January 2016

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This inspection: Good 2

Previous inspection: Requires Improvement

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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 plan and provide interesting and exciting learning experiences for children. Children are fully engrossed in their learning and make good progress.  The partnerships with parents are good. Parents say that they are extremely happy with the good standard of care. Staff involve parents in their children's learning. For example, home-link books are completed by staff and parents. Staff provide parents with regular information, sharing children's progress and future learning goals.  Staff are good role models and provide children with plenty of emotional security. Children settle quickly. They are confident, independent and successful learners.  The provider closely monitors children's development. She ably identifies and closes any gaps in their achievement, which helps them make good progress.  Staff are supported well during supervision meetings to help them assess and improve their professional practice. They are offered good opportunities to improve their skills to

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This provision is good

support children. For example, staff have improved how they identify children who are underachieving.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Staff do not use all opportunities to extend children's mathematical awareness and consistently challenge and develop their problem-solving skills.  Staff miss some opportunities to extend children's learning during adult-led activities.

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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

 make the best use of all opportunities to fully extend children's understanding of mathematics  use all opportunities to extend children's individual learning during adult-led activities to help them progress even further.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector talked with parents, the provider, staff and children at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector observed the staff's interactions during activities indoors and outdoors, and looked at a range of resources and equipment.  The inspector sampled a range of documentation including children's details, learning records, insurance and other relevant documentation.  The inspector undertook a joint observation with the manager.  The inspector had discussions with the provider about policies and procedures and methods of assessing and planning for children's progress. The inspector also discussed how staff work with parents and other providers.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. Staff are trained well to identify any signs that may indicate a child is at risk of harm and they know to report any concerns. The provider reviews staff practice effectively to help support children's learning. Staff are now trained to help them manage children's behaviour more effectively. Since the last inspection, the provider has evaluated and improved the quality of the provision. For example, staff deployment has been improved to meet children's needs more effectively. Effective partnerships with external agencies help to provide consistency of care and learning. For example, staff share good practice to support children who have special educational needs.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff know children well and they assess children's progress accurately. Staff interaction with children is consistently good. Staff skilfully focus on helping children who have special educational needs to catch up and they plan well for all the children. Staff support children's physical skills effectively. For example, children competently ride wheeled toys, climb, run, jump and enjoy splashing in and out of puddles. Staff provide children with good opportunities to develop their creativity and imagination. For example, children mould and knead the play dough to make cakes. Children have good opportunities to learn about the world around them. Staff provide children with magnifying glasses so that they can observe living creatures in the garden and talk about them.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Staff use successful strategies to continually encourage children's positive behaviour. For example, they consistently praise and encourage them. Children share, take turns and listen well. They successfully learn about different communities to help them understand and respect differences. Staff celebrate festivals with the children and provide resources that help them learn about diversity as they play. Staff teach children about healthy lifestyles. For example, they encourage children to plant and grow vegetables, such as sweetcorn, and they provide a healthy choice of snacks. Staff help to prepare children well for school. They invite school teachers into the provision to meet the children before they start school and they share relevant information to help children settle.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children attend to their personal needs well. For example, they follow good hygiene routines and put on their coats for outside play. Children have good levels of self-esteem. They make their own decisions and they are independent. Children communicate well, and those who speak English as an additional language make rapid progress.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 100229 Local authority Barking & Dagenham Inspection number 1037367 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 - 3 Total number of places 56 Number of children on roll 53 Name of registered person Kinder Kapers Too Committee

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Date of previous inspection 21 January 2016 Telephone number 0208 592 1708

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Kinder Kapers Too registered in 1993. The pre-school is located in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. The provider receives funding to offer free early education for children aged two, three and four years. The setting is open each weekday from 8am to 6pm, for 48 weeks in the year. The provider employs 12 staff. All staff hold appropriate qualifications in early years. One member of staff is qualified to level 4, nine are qualified to level 3, and two staff are qualified to level 2.

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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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