Seedlings

Seedlings Central Childrens Centre, Welcome Way, Doncaster, DN1 3LE

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 21 December 2017 Not applicable

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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 manager and staff team make excellent use of self-evaluation. They clearly identify areas to improve and value input from parents and other professionals. This helps them to maintain the quality of the provision at the highest of levels.  Gaps in children's learning are swiftly identified by highly experienced staff. They continuously assess children's development and provide activities that focus on each child's individual needs. This significantly helps all children make exceptional progress.  Support for children with special education needs and/or disabilities is exceptional. Staff work with a number of other professionals to help children to achieve their full potential.  Partnerships with parents are highly effective. Parents are closely involved in the care that their children receive. A collaborative and cohesive approach is used very successfully to build fully on children's learning.

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This provision is outstanding

 Children behave superbly due to the excellent support from staff. Children thrive at the setting and staff are extremely nurturing and responsive to their needs. Children form excellent relationships with their key person. This helps to support children's emotional well-being significantly.  High-quality teaching supports children who are keen and motivated to learn. Staff's enthusiasm and passion for working with children is infectious.

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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 innovative support given to parents to help them guide their children’s communication and language development.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector viewed all areas of the premises used by the children. She observed the quality of teaching during activities and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector spoke to a number of parents and carers during the inspection and took account of their views.  The inspector engaged in discussions with the children and staff throughout the inspection at appropriate times. The inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager.  The inspector looked at children's records, observation and assessment files, planning documentation and a selection of policies.  The inspector checked evidence of suitability and qualifications of staff working with children and discussed self-evaluation and the impact this has on the setting.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. Staff have an exceptional understanding of the procedures that they should follow if they have concerns about a child's welfare. Safeguarding training is ongoing, establishing a culture of vigilance in the staff team to help keep children safe. The infectious enthusiasm of the management team and staff means that children's learning experiences are continually evolving and improving. Evaluations of staff's teaching practice and staff supervisory sessions are given the utmost priority. The management team places a strong emphasis on continued professional development. This ensures the highly qualified staff team use all their expert skills and knowledge to the fullest potential. Parents are highly appreciative of the quality of care and support that they and their children receive.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

Staff make extremely good use of opportunities to review the learning environment to provide activities that focus on children's individual needs. For example, they provide scented play dough to help children to explore, using their senses. A member of staff is always close by to join in to help drive the activity forward. Staff use resources to stimulate young children's impulse to explore. For example, young children delight in investigating real food as they role play making soup. Staff play alongside children and extend their communication and language skills, for example, through excellent use of sign language. Staff recognise that they can explore further strategies, perhaps using their sign language skills, to continue to involve all parents more actively in supporting children's communication and language at home.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Settling-in arrangements are very flexible and individual to children's and parents' needs. Children are extremely confident and self-assured in the setting. Staff give an exceptionally high priority to children's well-being. Children form extremely warm and secure relationships with staff. Staff consistently praise children, regardless of how small their achievement may be. This helps to significantly raise children's confidence and self- esteem. Children delight in being outdoors and use the area well. For example, children increase their awareness of mathematical concepts as they choose magnetic numbers and match them to numbers displayed. In addition, children are provided with excellent opportunities to help develop their physical and exploratory skills.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children are making excellent progress in relation to their starting points and individual needs. They develop high levels of independence and confidence. For example, on arrival they confidently identify their names to self-register and choose what they want to play with. Children develop exceptional skills for their future learning and eventual move on to nursery or school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY492985 Local authority Doncaster Inspection number 1025023 Type of provision Sessional provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Age range of children 2 - 4 Total number of places 10 Number of children on roll 8 Name of registered person Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council

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Date of previous inspection Not applicable Telephone number 01302 862103

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Seedlings registered in 2015 and is a specialist provision for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. They employ seven members of childcare staff, all of whom hold appropriate early years qualifications, including the manager who has a level 8 qualification and the deputy manager has qualified teacher status. All staff hold additional qualifications in special educational needs. The setting opens from Tuesday to Thursday. Sessions are from 9am until 12pm. The setting provides funded early education for three- and four-year-old children.

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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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