Kiddywinks At The Pear Tree Centre

Kiddywinks At The Pear Tree Centre The Pear Tree Centre, Pear Tree Close, Chipping Campden, GL55 6DB

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 16 April 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

 Managers monitor staff practice effectively to drive development. For example, when they observed that some staff lacked confidence in planning music activities, they provided training. Staff now confidently use puppets with babies and rhythm sticks with older children to create exciting learning opportunities through music and movement.  Staff use sensory experiences well to support learning. For example, children explore size, shape and colour with blocks of ice and observe what happens as the ice melts. Staff talk with children about what they see and encourage their curiosity further.  Managers and key persons take account of parents' views and use these effectively to support individual children's development. For instance, they have provided more low- level equipment for babies to frequently pull themselves to standing.  Children confidently make choices about where they will play. They especially enjoy the

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This provision is good

many opportunities to play and learn outside. Garden areas are separated by low fences. This helps children of different ages easily interact with each other and babies soon become familiar with the adults who will care for them later.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Staff do not provide a wide range of experiences to promote children's understanding of people and cultures beyond their own experiences.  Occasionally, staff do not fully support cultural differences, such as when they do not use the family naming terms that individual children use for family members.

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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

 provide a range of opportunities for children to learn about people and communities beyond their own experiences  make sure that individual children's home cultures are fully supported.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed care and learning practices across the setting and discussed these with the managers, including completing a joint observation.  The inspector spoke to parents, read parents' testimonials and took account of the views expressed.  The inspector spoke with staff and children, and took account of their views.  The inspector examined a range of documentation, including those relating to statutory requirements.  The inspector held a leadership and management discussion with the managers.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Managers and staff understand how to keep the premises safe for children. For example, they complete daily risk assessments. They teach children that they should not talk to strangers when they are in the nursery allotment garden. Safeguarding is effective. Staff know the signs that would alert them to concerns and the actions they should take. All staff frequently update their safeguarding training. Managers have put effective procedures in place to check and monitor the suitability of staff. They fully understand the actions to take if they have concerns about staff. Staff monitor sleeping children very closely. For instance, there is always a staff member in the room when children are asleep.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Managers and staff provide good learning opportunities for children across the curriculum. For example, they carefully plan group activities to build self-confidence, such as when they use sticks to tap out rhythms in songs. Staff give children plenty of time to listen and respond to each other, and children confidently join in with words and actions. Managers are committed to continually developing the provision. They now track the progress of different groups of children and use funding well to meet their learning needs. For example, they identified a need to increase older boys' mathematical learning. They provided big wheels and wood, with which children enthusiastically counted and worked out how many wheels and how much wood they would need to build a car.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Managers and staff quickly establish strong partnerships with parents. For instance, parents know that they can speak to key staff each day. This helps them to be well informed about their child's progress. Staff encourage parents to develop their understanding of how their children are learning at nursery. For example, when they hold open evenings for parents to try activities and discuss how these support learning. Staff have good partnerships with other settings that children attend. For example, they share their assessments of children's learning and discuss their care needs. Staff support older children well to develop independence, ready for their move to school. For instance, children make decisions about how much food to take as they serve themselves at lunchtime. Staff provide gentle encouragement for more-reluctant eaters. For example, they eat slowly themselves so those children who eat more slowly are able to finish their

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Outcomes for children are good

Children are happy and enjoy their time at nursery. They especially enjoy the opportunities that they have to become very involved in their learning. For example, older children enjoy following the words and pictures in a big book at story time. This helps them begin to learn how books work, ready for learning to read. Children have lots of fun acting out their own stories and watching their friends' stories in the outdoor puppet theatre. All children are making good progress from their starting points.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY498308 Local authority Gloucestershire Inspection number 1074197 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 - 8 Total number of places 65 Number of children on roll 125 Name of registered person Kiddywinks (Chipping Campden) Limited

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Date of previous inspection Not applicable Telephone number 01386 848868

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Kiddywinks At The Pear Tree Centre registered in 2016 and is located in Chipping Camden, Gloucestershire. The setting operates all year round from 7.30am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays. There are 23 members of childcare staff. All hold appropriate qualifications at level 3 or above. The setting receives funding to provide free early education for two-, 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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