Setting EY476439

Report for Childcare on Domestic Premises

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 22 June 2017 21 May 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

 Children feel happy and safe. They eagerly attend the welcoming and homely provision, forming strong relationships with adults and friendships with other children.  Staff accurately establish children's starting points, assess their progress and identify and address any gaps in their learning, to support children to achieve their next steps.  Children choose where they will play, moving freely between the playroom and garden, using a wide range of interesting toys and equipment. Staff interact well to spark children's curiosity, for example, by offering exciting activities to ignite children's learning outdoors.  Staff establish effective partnerships with parents and other providers, to support shared learning and ensure they meet children's care needs well.  The manager uses self-evaluation well, taking account of the views of staff, children and parents to monitor the effectiveness of the provision and make improvements.

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This provision is good

 The manager ensures that staff follow good procedures to monitor and assess risk, which helps them to effectively safeguard children at all times.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Staff do not consistently support children's understanding of healthy eating, so they can learn about and enjoy eating nutritionally balanced foods more frequently.  Staff miss some opportunities to increase children's positive awareness of people's similarities and differences further during child-initiated 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

 help children to learn more about healthy eating to support their understanding about managing their own health and well-being  extend children's understanding of their similarities and differences between themselves and others during everyday play.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector engaged in discussion with the manager, staff and children.  The inspector viewed the premises, toys and equipment.  The inspector took account of recently written parental feedback and children's questionnaires.  The inspector observed interactions between the staff and children.  The inspector sampled documentation, including self-evaluation, safeguarding procedures and children's records.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The manager ensures that all staff are confident to identify any concerns about a child and to follow the local safeguarding procedures if required. She follows effective procedures to recruit, induct and supervise staff, which helps her to ensure their ongoing suitability and identify any specific training needs. The manager and staff regularly extend their knowledge, for example, through reading research. This has helped them to increase children's independence skills further, such as enabling them to make more choices about with what they will play. Staff teach children well how to keep themselves safe. For example, they learn road and beach safety, and practise regular fire drills. The provision has made good progress since the last inspection, such as increasing children's understanding of their own goals and supporting their learning at home.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The manager and staff know the children well and plan good activities to support learning. They enthusiastically act on children's suggestions, preferences and abilities to offer interesting and challenging play experiences. Children choose what they will do and staff interact successfully to support their play and add additional challenge. For example, when building a toy train track, staff encourage children to solve problems, such as choosing the correct shape of track that will successfully complete a circuit. Staff listen attentively to children and respond well to support their vocabulary and mathematical understanding. For example, they compare the size of the sunflowers children have grown and introduce words, such as 'bigger', 'smaller', 'tallest', 'shortest', 'higher' and 'lower'.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The manager and staff organise the environment successfully to create a welcoming and stimulating learning place. Children move freely between the main playroom and garden to enjoy a broad and balanced range of interesting activities. They have good opportunities to develop their increasing mobility skills. For example, babies begin to move across the soft sand to reach for favourite toys placed just out of reach. Older children increase their physical skills further during activities, such as leaping into the air to burst soap bubbles blowing in the breeze. Children learn about the world around them through activities, such as visiting the zoo, beach and school, and growing plants, fruit and vegetables.

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Outcomes for children are good

Older children very confidently engage in conversations. They keenly explain what they are doing, and share and celebrate their achievements. Younger children follow the positive examples set by older children and staff, displaying good manners, helpfulness and kindness to others. Children develop good early writing skills. For example, they begin to write letters and create patterns and pictures using chalks, pens and paint. They interact well with others to achieve a harmonious and happy atmosphere. Children develop good skills for future learning and for their move to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY476439 Local authority Cornwall Inspection number 1095536 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Domestic Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 11 Total number of places 24 Number of children on roll 38

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Telephone number

Wendy Butterfield Monster Minders registered in 2014. It operates from the provider's home in Goonhavern, near Truro, in Cornwall. The setting opens from 7am until 7pm on Monday to Friday, all year round. There are six members of staff working with the children, including the provider and her daughter. The manager holds a level 3 qualification, one member of staff holds an early years degree and two staff are qualified to level 2. The provider is also registered as a childminder. The setting receives funding for the provision of free early education for children aged two, three and four years.

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Telephone number

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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Telephone number

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Telephone number

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