Melton Creche Services

Melton Creche Services Cover & Desire, Unit 7-8, The Old Dairy, North Street, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 1NL

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 11 July 2017 8 November 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

 Managers and staff have made many improvements since the last inspection. For example, staff now plan and implement, well-resourced activities, which effectively support children to make good progress. Children arrive happily to the welcoming nursery and are emotionally secure.  The key-person system is effective in providing children with individual support. Babies happily go to their key person for comfort and reassurance if upset.  Staff observe and assess children's learning successfully. They provide children with planned activities to help them achieve what they need to learn next.  Staff support children who have special educational needs and/or disabilities well. For example, they visit and observe children in their home environment to gather a clear picture of children's all round development.  Managers support staff well. Supervision and staff meetings help staff to review their practice, to support their consistently good teaching practice.

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This provision is good

 Staff promote children's safety effectively. For example, when they take children in the nursery vehicle, they provide children with appropriate safety equipment.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Staff do not gather detailed enough information from parents about what their children already know and can do upon entry, to support planning from the outset.  Staff have not fully developed partnerships with schools children attend to help them to consistently complement children's learning.

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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

 gather more information from parents about children's prior learning to support planning from the outset  strengthen partnerships with schools that children attend, to work more closely together to consistently complement children's learning.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector spoke with staff and children during the inspection.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the nursery manager.  The inspector held a meeting with the nursery managers. She looked at relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery.  The inspector spoke to several parents during the inspection and took account of their views.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. Managers and staff have a good knowledge and understanding of child protection issues and are clear on their responsibilities to report any concerns. Staff risk assess the rooms thoroughly prior to children arriving and remove any potential hazards. They help older children to learn how to keep themselves safe. For example, they talk to them about walking safely in the street and provide high-visibility jackets for them so they can see them easily. Staff gather some information from parents when children first start, such as children's dietary needs and persons with parental responsibility. This helps staff to promote children's safety and welfare. Staff share information about children's learning with other nurseries they attend to support consistency. Managers gathers feedback from parents, staff and children to identify ongoing improvements to the nursery. Staff attend training to extend their professional development. This has

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

successfully developed their understanding of how to provide more opportunities for boys to extend their learning more effectively.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff share information with parents about children's ongoing achievements and learning in the nursery. They play alongside children and listen to them well, during conversations. Children effectively learn about their local community. For example, staff take them to a market to see and learn about animals. Children say that they look at, 'moo cows' and 'tractors'. Children develop their communication and language skills successfully. Staff provide opportunities for babies and children to sing songs and play musical instruments to develop their awareness of how to make sounds. Staff read stories to children and encourage eye contact to maintain their attention. This promotes positive behaviour. Staff praise children's achievements effectively, which helps to raise their self-esteem. They provide babies with opportunities to explore different textures to help develop their senses.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children are confident and sociable. Staff sit with children during snack and mealtimes and talk about what they are eating. They provide children with opportunities to be independent. For example, children help to prepare their own lunch and put cutlery on tables prior to eating. Resources and toys are at a low level so children are able to make choices about their play successfully. Children play outdoors in the nursery garden or go for walks in the community, to local parks. They develop their physical skills well, when they kick balls and roll hoops across the ground and babies climb on soft shapes.

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Outcomes for children are good

All children, including those in receipt of funding, make good progress. They learn key skills in readiness for their move on to school. Older children freely express themselves and follow their interests. For example, they put shredded paper on the floor and pretend it is snow. They use their imaginations well as they lay on the floor, moving their arms and legs to move the paper.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY493639 Local authority Leicestershire Inspection number 1079528 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 40 Number of children on roll 29 Name of registered person Melton Creche Services Limited

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reference number

Date of previous inspection 8 November 2016 Telephone number 07341 812405

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Melton Creche Services registered in 2015. The nursery employs 10 members of childcare staff. Of these, five hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3. The nursery opens Monday to Sunday, all year round. Sessions are between the hours of 7am and 10pm.

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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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