Peekaboo Childcare

Peekaboo Childcare Peekaboo Childcare, 7 Collaton Road, Torquay, TQ2 7HH

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 26 April 2018 Not applicable

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Outcomes for children Requires improvement

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This provision requires improvement. It is not yet good because:

 The manager does not monitor staff performance effectively to ensure that they provide consistently good-quality learning experiences for children. She does not ensure that funding for children is used appropriately, especially for children who have special educational needs (SEN), to ensure all children make the progress of which they are capable.  The quality of teaching is variable. The manager does not consistently monitor organised group and planned activities to ensure staff pitch the learning and support at the right level to meet children's individual needs. Although children enjoy and take part, they do not always engage and benefit well from the learning opportunities.  Staff do not make the most of opportunities to teach children about how to use mathematics as part of their everyday lives, especially counting.

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It has the following strengths

 Children develop skills to help them become independent. For example, they change their footwear for outdoor play and prepare their own toast for snack.  Children benefit from a wide range of equipment and materials that helps to support their creative skills. For example, they explore and experiment with a variety of textures and materials, such as plants, water and paint.  The manager follows secure procedures to recruit new staff. She ensures new staff undergo suitable vetting procedures and that they all continue to be suitable through ongoing checks and updates.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

To meet the requirements of the early years foundation stage the provider must:

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Due Date

 monitor staff performance more effectively to ensure they provide good-quality learning and development experiences for all children, to help children make good progress 29/06/2018

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 ensure those children who receive funding, especially those who have special educational needs (SEN), benefit from targeted support to help them achieve and make better progress 29/06/2018

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 improve staff interactions to ensure they use planned activities effectively, to support all children to engage and benefit from the learning opportunities based on their individual next stages in learning. 29/06/2018

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To further improve the quality of the early years provision the provider should:

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 make better use of experiences to support children to learn how to use everyday mathematics, especially counting.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children playing in different learning environments, with staff and with their friends.  The inspector completed several joint observations with the owner/manager and discussed learning outcomes for children.  The inspector spoke to parents, staff and children at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector held a meeting with the owner/manager about how she organises staff and monitors children's progress.  The inspector sampled a range of documents, including children's records, information exchanged with other providers and staff qualifications.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management requires improvement

Safeguarding is effective. The manager and staff confidently identify and know how to report any concerns they have about children's safety and welfare. They complete ongoing child protection training and keep up-to-date contact details, so they can report concerns quickly. Although the manager meets with staff regularly to monitor their individual practice, she does not do this effectively enough to ensure they consistently provide good- quality learning experiences for children. For example, she is unaware that the organised activities are too challenging for some children and not challenging enough for others. This means some children lose interest. She is also unaware that although staff prepare a range of activities for children to explore, some staff do not support children effectively enough to extend their interests or build on spontaneous learning opportunities, for example, when out in the garden, and counting. The manager does not make good use of

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management requires improvement

specific funding to benefit children, including those who have SEN, which limits the progress and learning opportunities. Although the manager identifies weaknesses and plans for improvements, her procedures are not effective enough to identify and address inconsistencies in the quality of teaching.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

Staff prepare a range of activities, which children enjoy investigating when they first arrive. They observe children as they play and appropriately identify their next steps in learning to help them organise and plan activities. However, not all staff interact consistently well with children or pitch the teaching at the correct level, which limits children's engagement and achievements. For example, while some staff enthusiastically encourage children to mix vinegar and soda to re-create a volcano, others ask children to take turns to dig in a small sand tray to search for dinosaurs. As the tray is too small and children wait, they become bored and uninterested. The manager and staff monitor children's progress and share this with parents, to contribute to the targets they set.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare require improvement

Overall, children are happy and confident. They move around the setting and choose the activities they want to do. Staff support their welfare needs well, such as providing a variety of fruit at snack time, which helps children learn how to make healthy choices. Staff keep children safe and are vigilant. They complete daily checks to help ensure the play spaces are safe and secure so that children can enjoy playing safely. Staff praise children as they play together, which helps to build some positive self-esteem and eagerness to take part. However, learning experiences are not consistently personalised to children's needs, which affects children's motivation to learn.

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Outcomes for children require improvement

Children enjoy a range of experiences that covers all areas of learning. They are curious and inquisitive. However, they do not make as much progress as they could, because activities do not always engage and motivate them, and the inconsistencies in staff teaching do not consistently extend learning further. Children develop some skills that help to prepare them for their eventual move to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY500121 Local authority Torbay Inspection number 1049935 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 2 - 4 Total number of places 40 Number of children on roll 65 Name of registered person Peekaboo Childcare (Torquay) Ltd

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Date of previous inspection Not applicable Telephone number 01803614786

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Peekaboo Childcare registered in 2016. It is located in Torquay, Devon. The setting is open each weekday from 7.30am to 5.30pm, during term time only. There are 10 members of staff, most of whom hold a relevant early years qualification; one at level 6, four at level 3, two at level 2, and the manager holds qualified teacher status. An administrator and handyman are also employed. The setting receives funding to provide free early education for children aged two, three and four years old and supports children who have SEN.

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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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