Puddleducks of Liss Ltd

Puddleducks of Liss Ltd Newman Collard Playing Fields Pavilion, Hill Brow Road, LISS, Hampshire, GU33 7LE

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 8 March 2017 9 February 2015

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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

 Parents value the nursery and praise the warm and friendly environment. They are well informed about their children's care and learning needs. Staff regularly seek their views and provide ideas for them to continue children's learning at home.  Staff carefully monitor children's learning, make accurate assessments and use these to plan children's next steps. Staff identify where children may need additional input and quickly arrange for more support to help them catch up.  All children, including those who require extra support, those who speak English as an additional language and those in receipt of additional funding make good progress.  Babies and children settle in quickly. They benefit from secure relationships with staff and develop high levels of self-esteem and confidence. Children enjoy learning and behave well. Staff plan a wide range of motivating activities which keep all children

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This provision is good

interested.  The management team continually evaluates the service provided to improve children's learning, taking into account the views of parents, staff and children.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Opportunities for children to explore technology are not consistently available to help children build on their interests and awareness of how things work.  At times, staff do not fully extend pre-school children's understanding of letter sounds to further encourage their early literacy development.

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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 opportunities to interest children in technology even further  extend pre-school children's awareness of the sounds that letters represent to further support their literacy development.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed activities and staff interactions with children, including in the outside environment.  The inspector held meetings with the provider and manager and spoke to staff, children and parents.  The inspector sampled a range of documentation, including children's records, safeguarding procedures, written policies and procedures.  The inspector conducted a joint observation with the manager.  The inspector took account of the views of parents spoken to during the inspection, as well as their written comments.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The manager is committed, capable and effective. She leads a cohesive and well qualified staff team. She monitors their practice and supports them to improve their performance. She provides coaching and training opportunities. For example, staff have attended training to help them improve how they support children who have speech and language difficulties. There have been improvements since the last inspection. For example, parents now receive comprehensive information about their children's progress. Safeguarding is effective. Staff have a thorough understanding of child protection matters and know what to do if they have any concerns about children's welfare. Partnerships with other providers are actively sought and are particularly strong with local schools.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Skilled staff provide a broad range of stimulating activities for children of all ages. Babies have plenty of space to practise crawling or walking. Staff promote children's emerging language and communication skills well. They repeat words and use gestures when babies babble and begin to talk as they bang objects in the shiny, noisy area. Staff encourage children to explore and to try new things. For example, toddlers excitedly found out how to create different colours when potato printing. Staff encourage children to develop mathematical skills. Pre-school children count out play money when selling snacks in their pretend café. Additional funding is used well. For instance, extra staff support has enriched children's social, language and physical skills.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Staff undertake thorough risk assessments of the indoor and outdoor environments to identify and minimize hazards and keep children safe. Staff are suitably deployed and very attentive to babies' and children's care needs. Staff play alongside children, teaching them sensitively to share and take turns. Children are kind and behave well. They steadily learn to manage their personal care tasks and develop good understanding of hygiene and levels of independence. Children have lots of opportunities to be physically active and play outdoors in the well-equipped outdoor area.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children are well prepared for the next stage in their learning, including school. Children and babies are keen to learn and are busy throughout the day. Children's communication skills are good and they can express themselves successfully to staff and friends alike. Children of all ages enjoy books and use different media to make marks. Children learn to count and recognise numbers effectively. For example, they carefully count and clap the number of birthday candles on birthday cakes or recognise numbers as they play hopscotch in the outdoor area.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY348337 Local authority Hampshire Inspection number 1085866 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 - 8 Total number of places 45 Number of children on roll 87 Name of registered person Puddleducks of Liss Limited

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Date of previous inspection 9 February 2015 Telephone number 01730 893472 or 893472

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Puddleducks registered in 2007. It is situated in the pavilion at Newman Collard Playing Fields in the village of Liss near Petersfield in Hampshire. The nursery is open each weekday from 7.45am to 6pm all year round, with the exclusion of bank holidays. The before-school breakfast club operates from 7.45am to 8.45am while the after-school club operates from 3pm to 6pm, term time only. There are 15 members of staff who work with the children, 14 of whom hold a relevant early years qualification at level 3 or above. One is qualified to level 2. The nursery receives funding to provide free early education for children aged two, three and four years. It also receives additional funding to support some children at risk from educational disadvantage.

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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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