Setting EY406218

Report for childcare on domestic premises

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Inspection date 1 August 2018 Previous inspection date 27 October 2015

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This inspection: Good 2

Previous inspection: Good 2 Effectiveness of leadership and management Good 2 Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good 2 Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good 2 Outcomes for children Good 2

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The provision is good

n Staff know the children very well. They recognise each child as an individual and plan carefully to support children's development, in line with their personal traits and interests. Staff monitor children's progress with care. n Staff involve parents greatly in their children's learning. They communicate well with parents and ensure that routines and strategies used to support children are consistent. Parents are informed about how they can continue children's learning at home. n Children, including those who have special educational needs and those who speak English as an additional language, progress well from their starting points. Where extra support is needed, staff work in close partnership with other professionals to boost outcomes. n Staff offer children many opportunities to develop positive attitudes to healthy foods. For example, children help to prepare nutritious meals. Children learn well about how

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The provision is good

to care for themselves. This includes by learning about good dental hygiene. n Managers support staff well to enhance their qualifications and skills. They offer training to help staff meet their personal goals and to use their knowledge well in the setting to improve the outcomes for children.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

n Staff do not consistently use teaching techniques that help children to develop and extend their own thoughts and ideas. n At times, staff do not differentiate activities fully to meet the varying needs of the children present.

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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

n enhance teaching skills further to encourage children to consider and extend their own ideas more consistently n differentiate activities with greater care to ensure the varying needs of the children involved are met equally.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

Inspection activities n The inspector observed activities inside and outdoors. n The inspector looked at children's assessment records and staff planning documentation. She checked evidence of the suitability and qualifications of staff. n The inspector took account of the views of parents. n The inspector carried out a joint observation of children's learning and staff practice, with the manager. n The inspector talked with staff, children and the manager at appropriate times throughout the inspection.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. Managers ensure that all staff understand fully how to safeguard children, including how to recognise if a child's welfare is at risk. They all know what to do if they have a concern about children's well-being. Managers show drive to enhance the setting continually and improve the outcomes for children. They use effective evaluations of practice and focused performance management to drive change. The manager remains very aware of how children are progressing and analyses assessments well to judge the effectiveness of practice. For example, when recognising that mathematics was a weaker area, she took decisive action to improve the quality of teaching and learning.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff engage enthusiastically with children. They provide children with a broad range of experiences, which includes various trips to different environments. These vary from trips to a 'fairy house' to spark the imagination, to regular trips to the park where children meet a range of physical challenges. Staff show skill in planning on the spot, using children's interests to promote learning. For example, when children play with toy animals, these are used to entice children to engage in activities to support their early writing skills, such as painting with the animals. Staff strongly celebrate children's individual qualities and children know well what makes them 'them'. Staff teach them that everyone is different and they offer many opportunities to find out about the wider world. For example, they enable children to experience different languages, foods and customs.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children develop strong attachments to staff and they demonstrate that they feel safe and secure in their care. Staff support children with ongoing sensitivity as they move on to a different part of the setting or to other settings. For example, when children move on to school, staff ensure they understand what is happening and employ tactics suitable for the individual child to help them manage this. Staff successfully promote important values in children. This includes allowing them plentiful opportunities to express their opinions and to learn to respect those of others. Children learn well how to keep themselves safe. As they play, they show a great insight into the risks present and how to manage them.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children engage intently in their play and continually demonstrate that they are effective learners. Older children show active imaginations as they engage in role play that evolves as they share ideas. For example, when 'cooking' in the home corner, children go on a journey to find 'pizzas', which involves problem solving and finding objects to represent the pizza. Children experience numbers as they play and demonstrate early numeracy skills. Babies and toddlers find out about shapes and space with activities, including scooping and pouring messy materials. Older children choose containers where the size suits the purpose. Babies enjoy stories and become involved. Older children represent letters in their artwork and show that they are developing early writing skills.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY406218 Local authority Brighton and Hove Inspection number 10067663 Type of provision Full day care

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Day care type Childcare on domestic premises Age range of children 1 - 5 Total number of places 24 Number of children on roll 40

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Date of previous inspection 27 October 2015

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The provision registered in 2010. The setting is situated in Brighton, East Sussex. It is open each weekday from 8am to 6pm, for 51 weeks of the year. There are seven members of staff. Of these, five have appropriate childcare qualifications, including two who have early years professional status. The setting receives funding to provide free early years education for children aged two, three and four years.

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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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