Carousel Day Care

Carousel Day Care The Barn, Moor Road, Middlezoy, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 0PQ

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 13 October 2016 21 October 2013

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Effectiveness of the leadership and management Outstanding 1

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding 1

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding 1

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This provision is outstanding

 The manager is immensely reflective and very successfully makes changes based on the children's needs. For example, she has made excellent changes to the environment to meet the needs of the younger children attending, to provide spaces that meet their developing communication and language skills very well.  The extremely kind and caring staff form exceptionally close bonds with the children, supporting their emotional development superbly through continual praise and reassurance. Children take part in activities with great enthusiasm and become highly motivated learners, deeply involved in their activities.  Staff provide excellent support to children's learning and development, and children make rapid and sustained progress from their starting points. Children engage extremely confidently in the range of highly exciting learning experiences which ignites their imagination and curiosity.  The manager and staff monitor children's learning extremely well and very quickly

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This provision is outstanding

notice gaps in their development. The manager uses funding really well to support children's learning, for example, through training for staff to better understand the youngest children's needs and preferred way of learning. They work extremely closely with other professionals to ensure that all children achieve.

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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

 extend partnership working with parents even more to support them all to extend children's learning further at home.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed staff engaged in activities with the children indoors and outside.  The inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager.  The inspector had discussions with the manager, and looked at a range of policies and children's records.  The inspector talked to parents and children, and took account of their views about the provision.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Safeguarding is effective. The manager and staff have an excellent understanding of their responsibilities and are extremely vigilant. They receive training in child protection and know how to identify children who may be at risk of harm. Staff receive excellent support for their professional development and the manager monitors their performance very effectively. Children benefit enormously from the manager's and staff's huge enthusiasm for training and updating their skills. This has enabled them to focus more sharply on how children at different ages and stages communicate including those with special educational needs. Overall, partnerships with parents are very effective. The manager has identified through excellent self-evaluation the need to encourage all parents to engage more to support their children's learning further at home.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

Staff make insightful observations and precise assessments of children's interests and learning. This helps them to plan extremely effectively for the next steps in children's development. Staff provide interesting ways for children to gain excellent early reading skills. For example, staff skilfully show children how to follow a recipe to make play dough, helping them to understand how print carries meaning, and reinforcing their recognition of letters and numbers. Children enjoy exciting challenges, which support their learning extremely well. For example, outside, they count and match toy snakes to a large number line extremely confidently. Staff extend this expertly as they encourage them to make simple calculations and compare quantities.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Staff provide an extremely nurturing and calm atmosphere where they continually and gently support the children's excellent behaviour. They very sensitively encourage children to think about how their behaviour affects others, and talk about their feelings. Children benefit from regular outdoor play. They enjoy being physically active, developing their excellent coordination and manipulative skills as staff encourage them to use brushes and sticks to create mud pictures with increasing control. Partnerships with other providers and local schools are extremely effective. For example, local schoolchildren join the nursery for outdoor activities in the forest, and staff regularly share children's achievements with other providers to support excellent consistency in children's learning.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children are extremely confident communicators and develop excellent language skills. They are highly independent and manage their care needs very confidently. Children are exceptionally emotionally secure and socialise very well. They excel in the activities on offer, and develop exceptionally strong skills for their future learning and starting school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY319450 Local authority Somerset Inspection number 1061959 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 1 - 5 Total number of places 24 Number of children on roll 22 Name of registered person Susan Caroline Gray

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Date of previous inspection 21 October 2013 Telephone number 01823 698459

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Carousel Day Care registered in 2006 and is privately owned. It operates from a converted barn situated in the rural village of Middlezoy in Somerset. The nursery is open from 8am until 4pm on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. On Monday and Wednesday it opens from 8am to 3pm, according to the needs of families. There are five members of staff who work with the children, including the manager. The manager and deputy manager have an early years degree and early years professional status, and three staff hold a level 3 qualification. The setting provides funded early education for children aged two, three and four years.

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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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