Setting EY497427

Report for Childcare on Domestic Premises

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 11 January 2018 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

 Since registration, the registered person and staff team continue to strive for improvement, to ensure they meet children's individual needs. They provide a wide range of enjoyable activities that promotes children's development. Staff continue to develop professionally through a commitment to training and achieving qualifications.  Teaching is consistently good. Staff know the children well and engage with them in a positive way during play. They demonstrate how things work and encourage children to try new experiences as well as extending their interests. Children make good progress.  Children's safety is a high priority. The premises are well maintained and secure. Staff supervise children closely and regularly check children who are sleeping. Thorough procedures are in place for administering medication and for managing children's personal care needs.  There is effective monitoring of the progress of individual and groups of children. This

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This provision is good

results in the provision of extra support if required. Close partnership working with parents and other professionals, ensures that staff meet children's specific needs well.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Although children have plenty of opportunities to play outside, the large amount of play equipment restricts their ability to spontaneously explore the natural environment.  Occasionally, staff do not make the most of all opportunities to extend children's emerging interest in weight, measure and comparing quantity.

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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

 extend the opportunities for children who prefer to learn outdoors  focus more precisely on enhancing children's interest in mathematics during play.

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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 joint observation with the registered person.  The inspector held meetings with the registered provider and with two members of staff. She looked at a range of documentation and evidence of the suitability of staff working in the setting.  The inspector spoke with staff and children during the inspection.  The inspector spoke to a number of parents on the day of inspection and took account of their views. She also took account of written feedback provided by parents.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. Staff have a secure awareness of how to keep children safe and protect their welfare. They understand the procedures to follow in the event of child protection concerns, and they complete updated training in safeguarding. Children begin to learn how to keep themselves safe through discussion with staff. The registered person has implemented successful monitoring of staff practice, to help her make improvements. For example, she makes regular observations of staff interactions with children and provides constructive feedback, to help staff reflect positively on what they do. This commitment to the staff results in a growth in their confidence, an understanding of how children learn and improves staff teaching skills.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Children are eager to take part in the activities because staff use their interests and next steps to inform their planning. Staff respect children's ideas and suggestions and involve children in the planning of activities. For example, pre-school children thoroughly enjoy a favourite story, so staff bring in a wide range of activities that reflect aspects of the story, to support children's developing literacy skills very well. Toddlers are keen to explore musical toys and are encouraged to construct tracks for a variety of vehicles. Staff are skilled in their teaching. They consider how to extend children's interest further, by making suggestions during play. For example, during a play dough activity, staff encourage children to add lolly sticks to their models of an aeroplane and a snowman. Effective use of observation and assessment promotes children's progress well.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children are confident and settled. The setting is welcoming and has a good range of stimulating play materials. Staff enable children to develop close attachments to them, because they work very closely with parents to ensure they can meet children's needs. Children behave very well. They enjoy their activities because staff they take account of their interests. Children respond positively to the clear, calm and consistent approach from all staff. They show a secure sense of well-being because they know about the daily routines. Staff promote children's developing understanding of healthy lifestyles. They provide a good range of nutritious food and drink and opportunities to play outside in the fresh air. Children begin to learn to manage their own self-care. For example, they attempt to change their clothes after they get wet when playing in the garden.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children progress well from their unique starting points. Staff support them to continually build on what they know and to develop skills that help to prepare them for the next stage in their learning and for starting school. Children develop independence as they feed themselves, and older children serve themselves at meal times. They find their coat and shoes for outside play and make choices about what they do. Children make friendships, developing their respect for one another as they share and work together.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY497427 Local authority Northamptonshire Inspection number 1036819 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 0 - 11 Total number of places 16 Number of children on roll 30

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reference number

Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Telephone number

Mini Minds registered in 2016 and is privately owned. The provision employs seven members of childcare staff, six of whom hold early years qualifications between level 2 and 5. The provision opens from Monday to Friday, for 51 weeks of the year. Sessions are from 7.30am to 6.30pm. Mini Minds provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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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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Telephone number

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Telephone number

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