Setting EY296039

Report for Childcare on Domestic Premises

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 23 January 2017 23 January 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 have a strong understanding of how children learn and develop. They skilfully support them to build and develop their own ideas. Staff use children's interests well to help inspire and motivate them to learn.  Children have good opportunities to access outdoor play. For example, staff support children's choices to be outside throughout the day, including from their time of arrival. This helps children to learn about the importance of leading a healthy lifestyle.  Staff help children to learn about risk in their play to support their understanding of how to keep themselves safe. For instance, they help children understand that if they shine their torches into their eyes it may hurt and damage them.  The manager and staff monitor children's development well. They have a clear understanding of children's strengths and next steps in learning. Children make at least good progress in their learning and development from their individual starting points.

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This provision is good

 The manager monitors the quality of the provision and teaching securely to ensure children receive good quality experiences.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Sometimes, children need further support to help develop their growing awareness of how to consider other people's needs and feelings.  Children do not have a wide range of opportunities to explore other languages they speak during their play.

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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

 build on the support provided for children to develop their further understanding of other people's needs and feelings  provide more opportunities for children to explore other languages they speak during their play.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector spoke to parents and took their views into consideration.  The inspector observed the quality of teaching indoors and outdoors and assessed the impact on children's learning.  The inspector jointly observed an activity with the manager and discussed children's learning. She also held a meeting with the manager.  The inspector spoke to children and staff at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector reviewed the nursery's self-evaluation, policies and procedures and children's learning records.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. All staff understand their role to protect children well. They are aware of the issues that may affect vulnerable families and what to do if they have concerns about children's welfare. Staff work with other professionals effectively, such as speech and language therapists and specialist teachers. Additional funding is used well to support children's individual needs. This helps staff to provide effective support to help all children develop their skills ready for the future. Self-evaluation is effective. The manager and staff work well together to implement positive changes to their practice. They identify clear improvements to continue to ensure that outcomes for children are good or better. The manager provides the qualified staff team with good support to develop their practice. For example, through individual meetings and professional discussions to share good practice and review their training needs. This has helped staff to implement new and

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

effective ways to plan activities to support children's learning.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff have good relationships with parents. For example, they invite them to share children's achievements and interests from home. Staff encourage parents to take resources home to enable them to further support their children's learning. Staff provide good opportunities to develop children's early writing skills. For example, children use clipboards and pens to 'write' shopping lists, and staff teach older children to form letters. Younger children enjoy taking part in role play based on their own experiences. For example, they bath dolls, take them for walks in the garden and play in the sandpit with them.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Staff provide an inviting and stimulating environment. Children enjoy the company of staff and form secure attachments with their key person. Staff support children well to explore a range of foods. For instance, they talk to the children about the names of the real vegetables in the role-play area. Children instinctively smell and touch the food and share their opinion on what they think it might be. Staff help children to learn about the world, including celebrating festivals from a range of cultures. Children enjoy social mealtimes and the opportunity to be independent. For example, children happily chat to each other and enjoy pouring their own drinks and washing up.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children develop an interest in reading. For example, they talk about which books to find on the shelf and their favourite pages. Older children, in particular, are confident communicators. For instance, they voice their ideas about what they would like to do and make. Children learn a good range of skills to help them become ready for school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY296039 Local authority Kent Inspection number 1061838 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Domestic Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Age range of children 2 - 4 Total number of places 24 Number of children on roll 20

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reference number

Date of previous inspection 23 January 2013

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Telephone number

Stay and Play registered in 2004 and is located in Ramsgate, Kent. It is open weekdays from 8.30am to 4pm, term time only. There are five members of staff who all hold recognised qualifications. Of these, the manager holds early years professional status and the other staff hold early years qualifications from level 3 to level 4. The nursery receives funding to provide free early years education for children aged two, three and four years.

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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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