kGems Day Nursery

Knowledgems Day Nursery Valentines Park, Cranbrook Road, Ilford, IG1 4UA

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 6 October 2017 25 October 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

 The leadership and management team and staff safeguard children well. They implement effective procedures to promote children's safety, security and health.  Children settle quickly because staff work closely with parents and fully understand the importance of supporting children's move between home and nursery.  Staff make effective use of their ongoing assessments of children's abilities and their interests to plan purposeful activities to extend children's development and learning.  Children demonstrate good independence skills. They attend to their personal needs and make decisions about their learning and play.  Babies' and children's physical skills are developing well. They have daily access to outdoor play for fresh air and exercise, which contributes to promoting their good health.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 At times, staff miss opportunities to support children's understanding and use of mathematical language during activities.  Staff do not make the best use of all opportunities to extend children's awareness of diversity.

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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

 increase opportunities for children to develop their understanding and use of mathematical vocabulary to extend their early mathematical skills further  develop further the range of opportunities to increase children's awareness of diversity.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector held discussions with the provider and manager about practices and procedures, and spoke to staff and children at appropriate times.  The inspector observed the staff's interactions with the children during their play indoors and outdoors.  The inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager.  The inspector examined documentation, including a sample of children's assessment records, staff's files and training records, and the record of the risk assessment procedures.  The inspector took account of the views of parents spoken to during the inspection.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The leadership and management team uses efficient systems to monitor staff's practice and encourage their professional development. This includes regular one-to-one sessions and training opportunities that help staff to enhance their practice. For example, staff have a secure knowledge of safeguarding issues, including the reporting of concerns about the welfare of a child. The leadership and management team consistently reflects and evaluates the quality of the provision. It regularly encourages and responds to the views of staff and parents to make changes that improve the quality of care and learning for children. The leadership and management team monitors children's assessments to help staff identify and close possible gaps in children's learning. These improvements have helped children to make good progress. Safeguarding is effective. The leadership and management team has robust recruitment processes to ensure staff are suitable to work

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

with children. They ensure staff are vigilant about children's safety.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff provide children with a well-organised environment that enables them to have easy and safe access to a variety of resources and make choices about their play. Staff encourage children's communication and language skills in meaningful ways. For example, by naming objects and repeating words when supporting babies' language development. They also ask older children questions during play, which encourages them to give an explanation and share their ideas with others. Staff offer good support to children learning English as an additional language. For example, staff learn words in the children's home languages to communicate with them and provide opportunities to help the children learn new words in English. Parents spoken to during the inspection spoke positively about the staff. They commented that staff inform them about the progress their children make and provide ideas to enhance their children's learning at home.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Staff keep parents fully informed about their children's day, which helps to promote continuity of care for children. Key persons reassure new children during settling-in times and help them become familiar with daily routines and make friends with other children. The environment is clean and tidy. Staff help babies and children to learn and follow good hygiene practices. Children learn about healthy lifestyles. For example, they make healthy choices when selecting snacks. Children eat nutritious foods and develop healthy eating habits.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children make good progress from their starting points. Babies learn to use their sense of hearing, touch and observation to explore everyday resources and their surroundings. Children use their imagination well when taking part in role play and express themselves creatively during painting, drawing and model-making activities. Older children can recognise their names, and some are learning to write their names. Children acquire skills in readiness for their move to new rooms and school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY497332 Local authority Redbridge Inspection number 1078272 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register Age range of children 0 - 4 Total number of places 42 Number of children on roll 52 Name of registered person Knowledgems Global Ltd

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Date of previous inspection 25 October 2016 Telephone number 020 3490 0670

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Knowledgems Day Nursery registered in 2016. The nursery is situated within Valentines Park in Ilford, in the London Borough of Redbridge. It operates Monday to Friday from 8am to 6pm, for 51 weeks of the year. The provider receives funding for the provision of free early years education for children age two, three and four years. The provider employs 10 members of staff and the majority hold relevant early years qualifications.

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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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