Little Learners Childcare

Little Learners Childcare Occupation Road, Corby, Northamptonshire, NN17 1EE

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 25 October 2017 14 August 2013

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Effectiveness of the leadership and management Outstanding 1

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding 1

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding 1

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This provision is outstanding

 The management team share the same determined ambition to maintain and continue to provide outstanding provision. Self-evaluation is exceptionally thorough and involves the entire staff group, parents and children. It identifies and pinpoints specific actions to support and drive continuous improvement.  Management and staff meticulously monitor the learning and development of children. They scrupulously analyse the information they gather about the progress of each child to ensure high levels of achievement are maintained.  Staff are highly vigilant and carefully deployed to assure children's safety and supervision, indoors and outdoors and on outings. Stringent risk assessments are in place. These are reviewed immediately in the light of any event and rapid and effective action is taken to prevent possible reoccurrence.  Staff provide an extremely welcoming, imaginative and rich learning environment for

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This provision is outstanding

children. They pay the same extremely high regard to the indoor and outdoor classrooms and spaces. Children consistently participate in an extensive range of exciting and challenging activities wherever they choose to play.  Partnerships with parents are highly effective. Staff use a range of creative methods to help engage parents in their children's care and learning. Parents comment highly about the nursery and how their children benefit from the excellent range of experiences.

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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

 continue to build on the use of mathematical language during children's play to maintain their very high level of learning and understanding.

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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 completed a number of joint observations with the manager.  The inspector held a meeting with the management team. She looked at relevant documentation, such as policies and procedures and evidence of the suitability and qualifications of staff working in the nursery.  The inspector spoke to a number of parents during the inspection and took account of their views.  The inspector visited the forest school area with the manager, staff and a number of children.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Safeguarding is effective. The management team have extremely high expectations of staff. They implement rigorous recruitment and induction procedures. This ensures staff have a full and confident understanding of their roles and responsibilities and are suitable to work with children. Staff are constantly provided with targeted guidance and training that successfully influences the quality of their teaching. Excellent use is made of qualified staff's skills, they are deployed effectively to enhance children's learning further. Through an effective mentoring system less experienced staff receive excellent levels of support and coaching to help them rapidly develop their practice. Managers check regularly that all staff confidently understand safeguarding policies and procedures. Staff and managers know how to identify and report any concerns about another member of staff or a child's welfare. Staff are extremely clear about their responsibilities to ensure that all records,

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

such as those relating to accidents and incidents, are completed accurately and shared with parents.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

Children's learning is meticulously planned and is informed by the regular and precise assessments of their development. Staff constantly reshape activities to help children to develop their concentration skills and to motivate them to keep trying. They are also looking at ways to further enhance their use of mathematical language during children's play. Children have access to an abundance of natural resources and objects that help to inspire their sense of curiosity and desire to explore. Staff are skilled and confident in knowing when to allow time for children to lead their own learning. Staff talk with young children as they squash and squeeze clay between their fingers and use pine cones to make patterns and marks. Older children play cooperatively with their friends in different role-play areas. In one, they use fresh fruits and vegetables to make a snack for a member of staff. Another becomes a shopkeeper as play dough is moulded into cupcakes

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Extremely high levels of care and attention are paid to children's health, emotional and physical well-being. Staff take time to get to know children. They work very closely with parents and other staff to support children when they start and as they move on to different base rooms. Staff are excellent role models and supervise children well at all times. They support them to take risks within safe limits that provide challenge, and help them to manage and understand their own safety. For example, during forest school activities they learn about safe behaviour and boundaries with fire and when using tools.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

All children make rapid and sustained progress in all areas of learning and are extremely well prepared for school. Children develop a love of books from a young age. Older children recognise their name and pick out their initials on pebbles from a basket.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY417494 Local authority Northamptonshire Inspection number 1116035 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 - 12 Total number of places 91 Number of children on roll 224 Name of registered person Little Learners Childcare LLP

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reference number

Date of previous inspection 14 August 2013 Telephone number 01536 264422

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Little Learners Childcare registered in 2010. The nursery follows the Reggio Emilia educational principles. It is situated in converted premises on the site of Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Primary School in Corby, Northamptonshire. The nursery employs 38 members of childcare staff. Of these, 32 hold appropriate early years qualifications at levels 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, two hold early years professional status, one holds early years teacher status and one holds qualified teacher status. The nursery opens Monday to Friday, 51 weeks of the year, from 7am until 6.30pm.

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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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