Creative Minds Nursery

Creative Minds Nursery 25 Stanhope Road, Deal, Kent, CT14 6AD

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 1 February 2017 4 November 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

 The manager is enthusiastic and motivated in her role. She strives for continuous improvement and acts upon feedback from parents, children, staff and other professionals to support improvement of the provision and outcomes for children. For example, following parents' feedback, staff use a variety of ways to communicate, engage and involve parents in their children's learning and the setting.  Staff work well together and act as positive role models to the children. They reinforce how to show respect and consideration towards others.  Staff are highly effective at developing children's communication and language skills. For instance, they use hand signs and words together to enhance children's understanding and speaking skills. In addition, they use picture cards and posters to help children understand the daily routine and express their needs.  The key-person system is effective. Staff know the children's and babies' learning and

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This provision is good

development needs very well and provide effective support. Children make good progress in their learning from their starting points.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Opportunities for older children to explore technology are not consistently available to help children build on their interests and awareness of how things work.  Babies do not consistently have as many opportunities to explore and enhance their large muscle skills outdoors as they do indoors.

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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

 develop even further opportunities to interest older children in technology  make better use of opportunities for babies to explore and investigate.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching, children's activities and completed a joint observation with the manager and held discussions about children's progress and learning.  The inspector held conversations with the manager, staff and children throughout the inspection.  The inspector checked evidence of staff's suitability checks and their qualifications, and sampled relevant policies and procedures.  The inspector took into account the views of the parents during the inspection.  The inspector observed staff's planning, children's activities and their assessment records.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The manager helps staff to improve their practice. For example, staff attended training to help them improve how they support children who have special educational needs to progress. The manager monitors children's progress, recognises gaps in their learning and promptly provides support. Since the last inspection, improvements have been made to the provision. For example, the outdoor and indoor environments are now as equally inviting. Older children enjoy exploring with large movable objects and create obstacles and physical challenges for themselves. Staff work well in partnership with parents. Staff effectively implement their safeguarding procedures and know where to refer their concerns for children's welfare on to. Management follows secure recruitment procedures to make sure that staff are suitable to work with children. Safeguarding is effective.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff have a good understanding and knowledge of how to support children's individual learning needs and they track their progress carefully. They teach mathematics well, for example, they effectively challenge children to count objects within their play and daily routines. Staff use a wide range of resources well to engage children. They help children to use their imagination. For example, children used model dinosaurs to explore 'gloop' that represented ice. They talked about how dinosaurs move, and staff responded with enthusiasm, which helped to encourage further discussion and exploration. Staff skilfully support children's thinking skills. For example, they question children about what they need next to reach their desired outcomes in their own creations.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Staff maintain a welcoming, safe environment with a wide range of resources and activities for children and babies to explore. Relationships between staff and babies are sensitive and responsive. Staff build on children's confidence and sense of belonging well. For example, they constantly praise children for their achievements. Staff help children to develop their awareness of healthy lifestyles. For example, they provide a choice of nutritious snacks and engage children in conversations about healthy food choices.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children are very well prepared for the move to school. For example, older children learn to do things for themselves, such as clearing away after snack and putting on their own coats and shoes. Babies make play choices according to their own interests and lead their own play and exploration indoors. Children play cooperatively together and confidently communicate their needs, ideas and views. Children enjoy stories. For instance, they join in and listen attentively as staff read stories the children are interested in. This helps them to develop their attention skills and their early interest in literacy.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY455789 Local authority Kent Inspection number 1063161 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 0 - 5 Total number of places 34 Number of children on roll 70 Name of registered person Creative Minds Nurseries Network Ltd

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Date of previous inspection 4 November 2013 Telephone number 01304 370314

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Creative Minds Nursery is owned and operated by Creative Minds Nurseries Network Ltd and registered in 2012. The nursery operates from a converted building in Deal, Kent. It opens five days a week, from 7am until 6pm, all year round. The nursery receives funding for the provision of free early education for children aged two, three and four years. There are currently 13 members of staff, including the manager, who work with the children. All staff hold recognised early years qualifications. One holds early years professional status, one has a qualification at level 6, one has a qualification at level 5, one is qualified at level 4, eight have qualifications at level 3 and one is 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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