Setting EY485922

Report for Childcare on Domestic Premises

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 7 September 2017 Not applicable

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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

 The provider monitors the quality of her service effectively. She seeks the views of parents regularly and drives continuous improvements to help maintain good standards.  Leaders use support meetings with staff effectively to help enhance the quality of teaching and practice. This contributes to the good progress that all children make in their learning.  Children behave well and staff support them to understand the feelings of others. Children share, negotiate and take turns as they play. This contributes to their good social and emotional development.  Staff support children's mathematical development well. For example, children are provided with opportunities to count, sort and recognise patterns during activities throughout the day.  Children have access to the well-resourced garden daily. This effectively supports children who learn best outdoors.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 There are few opportunities for children who speak English as an additional language to see and hear their home language in the nursery.  Partnerships with parents and local schools can be developed further so that children's learning is supported more at home, and when they move on to school.

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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

 enhance further the opportunities for children to recognise and use their home language during play and learning  improve the existing partnerships with local schools that children attend, and parents, to support continuity of care further.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector reviewed documents, including learning records for children, documentation relating to staff, accident records, and policies and procedures.  The inspector jointly observed and discussed an activity with the deputy manager. She observed the quality of interactions between staff and the children and the impact on children's learning.  The inspector took account of the views of parents as part of the inspection.  Discussions were held with staff at appropriate times.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. Leaders and staff complete training that helps them understand how to keep children safe. They know what to do if they are concerned about a child or an adult working with children. Leaders are clear about their roles and responsibilities. They give advice and support to staff so that children's learning needs are met well. Children's progress is monitored to ensure that any gaps are promptly addressed by staff, including in different groups of children. Staff work with parents well when children do not progress as expected. They seek advice and support from other professionals when necessary. This helps all children to make good progress, given their starting points.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff provide a range of activities that children enjoy. Pre-school children use their imaginations as they pretend to cook and sort vegetables during role play. Staff contribute to children's understanding of numbers. For example, as they count pieces of fruit together during snack time. Staff help children to notice patterns, such as when they show them how to use moulds to make models and shapes in wet sand. This contributes to children's good mathematical development. Babies smile and develop physical skills as they practise taking early steps, walking across the floor with increasing confidence. Staff keep children of all ages engaged in activities, for example, by using props and puppets as they read familiar stories to them. Staff work well with outside professionals to address any learning needs with the support of the lead practitioner.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Staff are good role models for children. They support children to play well together and manage their behaviour well. For example, staff choose helpers each day to help lay tables and prepare for lunch. Children listen and follow instructions as they assist staff to lay out mats for sleep and rest. They learn how to stay healthy and maintain good diets. For example, staff speak with children about the benefits of eating fruit and vegetables as they water the tomato plants outdoors. Staff provide opportunities for very young children to develop self-care skills, for example, as babies look for their shoes and try to put them on before going outdoors to play.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children develop the small muscles they will need for early writing well, such as when they pinch and manipulate dough. Pre-school children communicate effectively with each other as they play outdoors. Toddlers show increasing confidence as they take part in larger group activities with older children. Babies move confidently around the room. All children are well prepared for their next stages in learning and for school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY485922 Local authority Lewisham Inspection number 1008294 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Domestic Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 4 Total number of places 22 Number of children on roll 19

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reference number

Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Telephone number

Bright Clouds Nursery registered in 2015. The nursery is situated in the Lee area of the London Borough of Lewisham. The nursery is open from 8am to 6pm on Monday to Friday, all year round. There are six staff working directly with children. The manager holds a relevant childcare qualification at level 4, and four staff are qualified at level 2 and level 3. They nursery provides free early education places to 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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