Jo Jo's Day Care Nursery

Jo Jo's Day Care Nursery 118 Sea Street, Herne Bay, Kent, CT6 8QZ

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 9 May 2017 23 June 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 have worked hard since their previous inspection and have put in place effective strategies to help monitor the safety and quality of the practice.  Staff are positive role models. They encourage children to understand the routine. For example, staff give them a warning before there is a change of activity. Staff are good role models and help children to behave well, be polite and take turns.  Children, particularly babies, develop good emotional attachments with their key person. This helps them to feel secure and explore their environment.  Staff complete good observations of children's play. They use these to develop interesting activities to help extend children's learning. Children make good progress in their development.  Partnerships with parents are good. Parents appreciate the good settling-in procedures and regular exchange of information about their child's achievements and the next

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Staff do not always make full use of all opportunities to help children to understand the similarities and differences between people and their cultures.  Staff sometimes overlook opportunities to engage children in physical 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

 provide more opportunities for children to learn about the similarities and differences between people, languages and cultures to reflect diversity within the setting further  increase opportunities for children to complete in more active physical play.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed activities and the quality of interactions and teaching indoors and outdoors.  The inspector sampled a range of documentation, including key policies and procedures, for example, safeguarding and children's development records.  The inspector took account of parents' views through discussions.  The inspector spoke to members of staff and children at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector and deputy observed and discussed a planned activity together. She held meetings with the provider in relation to observations of children's play, learning and progress since the previous inspection.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. Staff have a clear understanding of the procedures to follow should they have any concerns about a child's welfare or a member of staff. Management regularly monitor any safeguarding concerns. Comprehensive risk assessments help to ensure the safety of children on the premises and during outings or school pick-ups. Management have improved their monitoring procedures and regularly review the supervision of children, ratios, quality of teaching and children's progress. The manager has good recruitment and monitoring arrangements to help support staff and ensure they remain suitable to work with children. Staff complete training to help develop the consistency and quality of their teaching. Self-evaluation is accurate. The views of staff and parents are sought through questionnaires and discussions. The deputy effectively monitors all groups of children's development, which helps to ensure all age groups make

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

good progress from their starting points.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff use termly assessment of children's development to help support home learning and to exchange information with other settings that children attend. Staff provide good support for children's language and communication skills. For example, they make eye contact with babies and use words with hand signs to encourage understanding. Staff extend children's early reading skills well. For example, they encourage babies' interest in books as they point out the details in the pictures. Pre-school children enjoy repeating phrases in their favourite books.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Staff deployment is good throughout the setting and there is a calm, relaxed atmosphere. Children develop a good awareness of keeping themselves safe. For example, pre-school children wear hard hats in the construction area and learn to use real tools safely. They develop a good understanding of healthy food. For example, pre-school children help to prepare snack and toddlers learn the names of different vegetables during role-play in the pretend kitchen. Staff support children to develop their small-muscle skills. For example, children use pipettes to draw up liquid for an experiment.

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Outcomes for children are good

All children gain the skills they need for the next stages in their learning and the move to school. They are independent, confident learners who are eager to engage with the wide range of resources available and keen to play with friends. For instance, toddlers enjoy playing together and making marks on the wall with water and paintbrushes. All children show high levels of confidence, self-esteem and develop good listening skills.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY452691 Local authority Kent Inspection number 1095865 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 7 Total number of places 45 Number of children on roll 95 Name of registered person Jodine Margosia McCann

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Date of previous inspection 23 June 2016 Telephone number 01227361377

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Jo Jo's Day Care Nursery originally registered in 2008 and re-registered when it moved to new premises in 2012. It is located in Herne Bay, Kent and opens each weekday from 8am until 6pm for 50 weeks of the year. The provider receives funding to provide free early education for children aged two, three and four years. There are 16 members of staff, including two volunteers, a cook and administrator, nine of whom have early years qualifications at level 3 and five have early years qualification at 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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