Elohims Little Angels

Elohims Little Angels Queens Walk Community Centre, Queens Walk, Nottingham, NG2 2DF

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 16 May 2017 Not applicable

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management Good 2

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3

Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good 2

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3

Outcomes for children Requires improvement

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

 Staff do not yet have a strong knowledge as to whether children are progressing quickly enough in their learning and development. This is because newly revised systems for monitoring children’s progress are not yet embedded into practice.  Leaders have deployed a new staff team with the intention of improving the quality of teaching. However, the extent to which this is having a positive impact on the progress of children’s learning and development is not yet known.

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It has the following strengths

 Opportunities for staff development are provided by leaders to help staff to improve and develop their practice. This means their knowledge in important areas such as safeguarding policy and procedure is up to date. This approach to training also allows staff to satisfy their interests in specific subjects relating to their work and helps to improve their practice.  Recruitment and vetting procedures are effective in making sure that all people looking after children are suitable to do so and that they are able to fulfil the requirements of their role.  The key person system is effective as parents are aware of how their children are developing and children show they have strong bonds with their key person.  Children are developing useful skills to support the next stage in their learning. They know and understand the routines of the setting and they get themselves ready for going outside by independently putting their own coats and shoes on.

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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

 ensure that checks on children's learning help staff to identify the precise steps to help children make good progress. 14/07/2017

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Due Date

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

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Due Date

 continue to improve the systems for monitoring the performance of the staff team to ensure there is a positive impact on the quality of teaching and the progress of children’s learning and development.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector spoke to parents and took account of their views.  The inspector completed a joint evaluation of an activity with the manager.  The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector reviewed documentation in particular evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The manager and her staff know the possible signs of abuse and have a secure knowledge of procedures to follow should they be concerned about a child or another adult working with children. Staff are able to talk confidently about the safeguarding training they have undertaken which includes equality, diversity and the promotion of British Values. The manager seeks support for families who speak English as an additional language so that there are no communication barriers which could affect information sharing about children's welfare or development. For example, they have made links with an interpreter to ensure parents understand what additional support their children need. Children with special needs and/or disabilities are well catered for and thought is given to the provision of resources and activities designed to help them make good progress. Leaders know what the setting needs to do to improve.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

Weekly planning of children's activities cover the seven areas of learning and these take into account children's interests. Monitoring and assessment of children's progress has been variable in quality. While this weakness has now been identified and is being addressed by managers there has not been enough time to demonstrate that children are making good progress. Staff communicate well with children and support those who speak English as an additional language. For example, during an activity a member of staff asks a child questions about the seeds they were weighing using repetition and encouragement. This enabled the child to engage well with the activity, naming which seed was heavier or lighter. This helped them to understand and communicate in English as well as supporting their development in mathematics.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The staff are friendly and have created positive relationships with children. In some cases these relationships have been established in a very short space of time. The staff promote children's physical development and awareness of risk. For example, the children enjoy going for a walk around the local area and staff show them how to cross the roads safely. The staff talk to children about the importance of eating healthily and being hygienic. For example, the staff sat with the children while they ate and talked to them about the food and how it provides them with energy and vitamins to help them grow. Staff also monitor the quality of food contained within packed lunches and discuss concerns with parents when the food provided is felt to be unhealthy.

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Outcomes for children require improvement

Adults are keeping a closer eye on children’s progress and record their assessments on weekly basis. While leaders are ensuring that these are accurate and are helping to inform the next steps in learning, children are not yet making good progress across all areas of learning. Children engage particularly well with writing and mark making activities, which helps them to develop their fine motor skills. This is preparing them suitably for the next stage of their education.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY496844 Local authority Nottingham City Inspection number 1077604 Type of provision Sessional provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 3 Total number of places 14 Number of children on roll 10 Name of registered person Joan Merlene Richards

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reference number

Date of previous inspection Not applicable Telephone number 01158495887

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Elohims Little Angels was registered in 2015 and is privately owned. The nursery employs four members of childcare staff. Of these, three hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday term time only. Sessions are from 9am until 12 noon and then 12 noon until 3pm. The nursery provides funded early education for 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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