The Academy Child Care Centre

The Academy Child Care Centre The Mill, Yorkshire Mill, 418 Bradford Road, BATLEY, West Yorkshire, WF17 5LZ

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 17 May 2017 17 November 2016

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Outcomes for children Requires improvement

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This provision requires improvement. It is not yet good because:

 The programme of professional development is evolving and not fully established to support all staff to have a secure and robust understanding of all aspects of safeguarding.  Arrangements for performance management to support staff to improve their teaching skills and personal effectiveness are not rigorous enough to promote good outcomes for children.  Planning of activities is not always purposeful and when engaging in group activities, children’s individual learning needs are sometimes overlooked.  The approach for monitoring and assessing children’s progress and learning is not consistent across the staff team.

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It has the following strengths

 Staff have worked hard to address actions raised at the last inspection. Recruitment and vetting procedures are more robust, especially in regard to checking the ongoing suitability of staff.  Children are happy, busy and engaged in a varied range of activities. They make safe and independent choices in their play.  Children behave well and staff explain to them why it is important to be kind towards others. As a result, children play well together and they form positive relationships with their peers.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

To meet the requirements of the early years foundation stage the provider must:

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Due Date

 continue to implement the training plans and programme of professional development in relation to safeguarding so that all staff improve their knowledge and understanding 14/06/2017

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 improve the arrangements for performance management to ensure that staff receive the individualised support and training they need to improve the quality of their teaching skills 14/06/2017

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 improve planning, especially for group activities, to ensure that activities are purposeful and offer appropriate challenge and support to all children taking part. 14/06/2017

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To further improve the quality of the early years provision the provider should:

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 continue to develop the arrangements for checking the accuracy of assessments and monitoring how children’s learning needs are identified, assessed and tracked to promote a consistent approach across the staff team.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed activities in all playrooms as well as the outside play space.  The inspector spoke to members of staff and children at appropriate times during the inspection and held a meeting with the manager and nominated person.  The inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager.  The inspector took account of the views of parents spoken to on the day of the inspection.  The inspector looked at children's records, planning documentation, evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery and a range of other documentation, including policies, procedures and improvement planning documents.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management requires improvement

Overall, arrangements for safeguarding are effective. However, managers recognise that they still have areas to improve in further developing staff’s understanding of all aspects of safeguarding and through their action plans they show a commitment to put this right. Following the last inspection, the setting’s designated lead for safeguarding has completed training to develop their understanding of their role. Staff are able to recognise the possible signs of abuse and neglect. Managers have recently introduced a training programme to help staff to gain a deeper understanding of a wider range of safeguarding issues. Managers understand that performance management arrangements have not given clear direction to staff to improve their teaching skills. Managers monitor different groups of children and they use additional funding well to support children’s communication and language skills. Staff supervise children’s play and they assess risks to ensure children play

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

Following the last inspection, staff now regularly observe children’s play and use their observations to assess what children can do. However, despite managers introducing systems to monitor children’s learning records and ensure the accuracy of assessment, the approach by staff is still inconsistent. Key persons plan and provide a varied range of activities to support their key children. However, not all children’s individual learning needs are considered when planning group activities. In addition, the ‘themes’ staff choose to base children’s activities on are not always relevant to children’s learning needs. Therefore, not all activities provide the right level of challenge for children. Staff have positive relationships with children. Babies and younger children curiously explore their environment. They have great fun banging the tubes on the floor, laughing with excitement as they make noises. Staff interact well with children. They take time to

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

explain sounds and letters when older children show an eagerness to write words.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare require improvement

Children develop some of the skills they need for school, although gaps in planning mean that children’s development is not rapid enough, particularly during group activities. Children confidently enter the nursery and they settle quickly. Children feel safe at the setting and older children confidently explain the safety rules when going on an outing. Key persons work well with parents and other agencies to meet children’s individual needs. Key persons know children well and they meet their basic needs and routines, such as offering comfort, settling children to sleep and nappy changing. Children show independence and they are eager to learn. Children’s health is promoted well. Children enjoy playing outdoors and they are offered a varied range of healthy meals and snacks.

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Outcomes for children require improvement

Children make steady progress in their learning. However, because of gaps in planning and teaching, children do not progress at a fast enough rate. Older children speak confidently and eagerly initiate conversations and ask questions. Younger children enjoy engaging in imaginative play. They copy staff and repeat words when playing at picnics.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY458791 Local authority Kirklees Inspection number 1097772 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 41 Number of children on roll 53 Name of registered person The Academy Child Care Centre Limited

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Date of previous inspection 17 November 2016 Telephone number 01924426677

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The Academy Child Care Centre was registered in 2013. The nursery employs eight members of childcare staff. Of these, all staff hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 2 or above. The nursery opens Monday to Friday, 51 weeks of the year. Sessions are from 8am until 6pm. The nursery provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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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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