Kidstreet Nursery

Kidstreet Nursery Unit E, 29-38 Jenkins Dale, Chatham, Kent, ME4 5RD

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 13 April 2018 13 July 2017

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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 manager and staff effectively evaluate their current practice together. For example, they observe each other's interactions with children daily and provide helpful advice to support their future performance. This helps keep children engaged in their learning.  Staff support children to develop good communication and language skills. For instance, they reinforce the correct pronunciation of words respectfully. Babies respond positively to a good range of facial expressions and different tones of voice.  All staff get to know individual children well and establish positive relationships with them. This helps children settle quickly, happily and confidently into their play.  Children learn how to behave and understand the expectations for behaviour. For example, they are polite and older children remind each other of the rules.  There are many opportunities for children to develop good mathematical skills as they

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This provision is good

play. Younger children enjoy number songs and older children complete simple sums.  Staff establish good relationships with parents and keep them fully informed. For instance, they regularly share helpful ideas, such as tips on toilet training.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The manager and staff do not monitor the progress made by groups of children as effectively as possible to track their progress even more precisely.  Staff do not make the most out of communication with other settings that children also attend to strengthen the consistency of children's care and learning 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

 review and improve the systems to monitor the progress of different groups of children, to develop the accuracy of reviewing their progress even more effectively  build on the partnerships with other early years professionals at settings children also attend to develop the consistency of their shared care and learning opportunities.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the staff interacting with children and assessed the impact on children's learning.  The inspector viewed the indoor and outdoor environments.  The inspector looked at written documentation, including evidence of the suitability of all those working at the nursery.  The inspector spoke to children, parents and staff and considered their views.  The inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The manager closely monitors the consistency of care and learning that staff provide to children. She ensures that staff provide challenging and motivating experiences to help keep children interested to learn. For example, she holds one-to-one meetings with staff to discuss their performance and together they evaluate the activity plans. Staff attend a good range of training to help keep their skills and knowledge up to date and build on them further. For instance, they have learned different ways to help children manage their emotions to enhance their good behaviour. Safeguarding is effective. The manager and staff have a good knowledge of the safeguarding procedures to follow to help protect children's safety and welfare. They know when they are required to follow up concerns and know whom to contact. Staff ensure that they follow good health and hygiene practices and keep the setting safe. For example, they carry out regular risk assessments.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The manager and staff effectively monitor the progress of individual children, identifying any gaps in their development promptly. Staff provide children with good individual support to help them catch up in their learning. Staff effectively support children to prepare for their eventual move to school. For example, children learn good early reading skills. Babies enjoy a good range of books and older children recognise letters and simple words with confidence. Staff build on children's interests effectively. For example, children who enjoy a story about a bear, go on to retell it in their own words. They explore their senses, for example, when they bring the story to life using interesting materials, such as walking through jelly to represent the feeling of mud.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children develop a good understanding of healthy lifestyles. For example, they have an independent role in serving their own healthily balanced meals. All children have good opportunities to challenge their physical skills. For example, they explore different ways to move as they confidently negotiate obstacles, such as stepping stones, and babies develop confidence to walk, climb and balance. Children have good opportunities to develop their understanding of other people's similarities and differences from around the world. For instance, they make clay diyas to celebrate Diwali, the festival of light.

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Outcomes for children are good

All children, including those who speak English as an additional language, make good progress. Children learn good skills to support their future learning. For example, they write their names with confidence. All children are independent. For instance, they confidently choose their own play. Children have a good sense of empathy and learn about the natural world, such as when they help care for the Guinea pigs 'Superman' and 'Lilly'.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 103774 Local authority Medway Towns Inspection number 1110240 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 - 4 Total number of places 82 Number of children on roll 116 Name of registered person Kidstreet Limited

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Date of previous inspection 13 July 2017 Telephone number 01634 848222

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Kidstreet Nursery registered in 2004. It is located in Chatham, Kent and is open Monday to Friday from 7.30am until 6.30pm all year. The setting receives funding to provide free early education for children aged three and four years old. The setting employs 25 members of staff, 21 of whom hold relevant early years qualifications at level 2 or above. This includes one member of staff who has a relevant early years degree.

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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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