Setting EY490786

Report for Childcare on Domestic Premises

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 14 February 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

 Children are confident and happy at the setting. They develop secure relationships with their key persons. Older children enjoy helping to prepare meals, for example, adding toppings to the homemade pizzas, which all children benefit from and enjoy eating.  Effective communication and close partnerships with parents support staff in knowing children well. Staff meet children's needs effectively, ensuring that they receive consistent care and learning experiences.  Staff monitor children's progress effectively. They quickly identify children who are achieving very well or are in need of additional support. Staff use their knowledge well to identify children's next steps and provide enjoyable activities to promote their learning. Children make good progress from their starting points.  Staff support children well as they encourage them to explore a wide range of materials. They use the opportunities to skilfully introduce and encourage children to

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This provision is good

use new vocabulary.  The provider motivates her staff successfully, while closely monitoring the quality of their practice. She shares her vision of quality care well. The staff are inspired and enthusiastic. They work well as a team.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Staff are not easily and quickly able to note the effectiveness of planned activities in some of the areas of the setting and so evaluation of teaching is not consistent.  Staff miss some opportunities to encourage older children to hold and use a pencil effectively.

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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

 consolidate the system to evaluate the effectiveness of practice across the setting  support children in developing their early writing skills.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed staff and children in the playrooms.  The inspector carried out a joint observation with the provider.  The inspector took account of the views of parents spoken to on the day.  The inspector checked documentation relating to suitability checks and training records and sampled documentation, including planning and children's progress records.  The inspector held discussions with the provider and staff.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The provider's analysis of progress records enables her to quickly identify and address any weaknesses in the educational programme. She encourages staff contributions to developing the ongoing improvement plan and monitors its implementation well. This has resulted in increased focus on delivering mathematics and technology. Safeguarding is effective. The provider and staff are knowledgeable about what to do if they have any safeguarding concerns. They work effectively with other agencies to monitor children's well-being.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff use assessments and their observations well to monitor children's progress and identify their next steps. They work effectively with parents and other providers. They share information to ensure children receive complementary learning experiences. Staff adapt activities to meet children's development levels. For example, young children and babies develop their understanding of vocabulary. Staff sing simple rhymes and songs to them and encourage children to join in. They introduce new words as they talk to the children about what they are doing. Staff encourage older children to develop their confidence, language and vocabulary in focused small-group work. They encourage children to describe a variety of objects, in both the focused work and when children are helping to make pizzas for their lunch. Staff provide enjoyable ways for children to develop mathematical knowledge. Young children learn about and recognise shapes as staff

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

encourage them to print patterns with biscuit cutters and paint. Staff encourage older children to identify and then copy numerals as seen on numbered pebbles.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Staff welcome children and their parents into the nurturing setting. They show concern and sensitivity to new children. They warmly meet their emotional needs, reassure and comfort them and promote children's sense of security well. All children behave well. They follow the good examples set by staff and are familiar with expectations at the setting. Children are aware of and respect differences and diversity, through daily activities. They learn about a range of cultures and talk enthusiastically about their family traditions. Staff promote equal opportunities and diversity well. For example, they display photographs which challenge traditional gender stereotypes and they introduce children to different types of script, such as Chinese writing.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children develop strong communication, social, independence and creative skills. They all enjoy craft activities, experimenting with different materials, and older children confidently talking about what they are doing. Children listen attentively as staff explain what to do. Young children recognise different shapes, and older children recognise and accurately copy numerals and letters. They are curious and enjoy learning about the world. These attitudes and skills help prepare them well for their future learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY490786 Local authority Cornwall Inspection number 1032341 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 - 8 Total number of places 38 Number of children on roll 70

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reference number

Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Telephone number

The Snug Childcare, in Lanjeth, near St Austell, Cornwall is privately owned. It registered in 2015. The provision is open each weekday from 8am to 6pm all year round. There are eight members of staff working with the children. Of these, one is qualified to degree level and six hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 or level 2.

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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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