Caring Kindergartens

Caring Kindergartens 369 Birmingham Road, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire CV37 0RF

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Inspection date 23 August 2018 Previous inspection date 17 June 2015

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Previous inspection: Good 2 Effectiveness of leadership and management Outstanding 1 Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding 1 Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding 1 Outcomes for children Outstanding 1

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The provision is outstanding

n Staff provide an exceptionally challenging learning environment for children with extensive opportunities and resources for play, exploration and discovery. The outdoor environment is an asset to the nursery. Children are extremely confident, enthusiastic and highly motivated to learn. n Staff know children exceedingly well. The highly effective key-person system fully supports children's emotional well-being and helps them to develop secure and trusting relationships. Key persons make highly effective use of information about children's development to plan meticulously for their individual needs and interests. n Children behave exceptionally well. They have an excellent understanding of what staff expect and treat their friends and staff with great care, consideration and respect. n Partnerships with parents are exemplary. Parents are very positive about the nursery and comment favourably about the excellent progress that their children make.

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The provision is outstanding

Comprehensive information sharing enables parents to have an accurate understanding of their child's level of development. Consequently, parents are empowered to continue their child's learning at home. n Self-evaluation superbly captures the views of management, staff, children and parents. The management team uses this information precisely to identify any gaps in practice and draw up detailed plans for improvement. In addition, rigorous audits are completed to assess the impact on outcomes for children.

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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 continue to provide professional development opportunities for staff, in order to maintain the already high-quality standards of care and education children receive.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

Inspection activities n The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this has on children's care and learning. n The inspector spoke with members of staff and children at appropriate times during the inspection and held meetings with the manager and providers. n The inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager and acting manager. n The inspector sampled a range of documents, including risk assessments, health and safety procedures, staff's records of suitability and qualifications, and safeguarding procedures. n The inspector spoke to several parents during the inspection and took into account the views of other parents from their written feedback.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is outstanding

Safeguarding is effective. Children are protected from harm because managers and staff are highly trained to recognise the indicators of child abuse or neglect. They understand the importance of responding appropriately to different safeguarding concerns. In addition, the manager regularly tests staff's knowledge through daily quiz-style questions. The provider implements rigorous recruitment and induction procedures to help ensure the continued suitability of staff. Highly qualified and experienced staff are ambitious to continue their learning. The management team recognises the importance of continuing to provide professional development opportunities, in order to help maintain the outstanding provision. Highly effective monitoring by the early years lead and managers ensures that all aspects of the provision are of a high quality. Immediate action is taken to address areas for further improvement, including monitoring and

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is outstanding

checking the quality of teaching and learning.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

Children's progress is tracked meticulously using an electronic system. The managers and staff provide swift, targeted support for individuals and groups of children. This helps to close gaps in learning and ensure that all children make the best progress possible. Staff plan challenging activities that captivate children's interest and help them to achieve excellent levels of learning. Staff make learning greatly enjoyable and exciting. Children love the outdoor environment where they have opportunities to explore the natural world and the creatures that live within it. For example, children enjoy searching for bugs and they talk about going on an adventure as they use magnifying glasses and binoculars to hunt for creatures in the garden. Children are excited as they learn how vegetables grow and they enjoy picking them. The outdoor classroom is a favourite of the children as they engage in creative activities, painting,

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

making collages and dressing up as pirates.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children learn how to keep safe. They enjoy completing safety checks to ensure the garden is safe and ready for use, and delight in showing visitors their badge and clipboard. Staff place a highly significant focus on supporting children's good health and well-being. They use routines and a variety of innovative play experiences, such as planting, cooking, dance or movement sessions and group time, to talk to children about the benefits of eating well and taking exercise. Staff highly value children's home languages and encourage children particularly well to learn from each other. For instance, children thoroughly enjoy listening to stories and learning songs in each other's home languages.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children make consistently high rates of progress in relation to their starting points. They develop excellent skills that prepare them superbly well for school. Children are extremely confident and articulate communicators, willing to approach adults and ask questions. Children show an exceptional interest in books and excitedly use props and puppets to retell their favourite stories about a witch and her broomstick.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 200548 Local authority Warwickshire Inspection number 10059392 Type of provision Full day care Registers Early Years Register Day care type Childcare on non-domestic premises Age range of children 1 - 4 Total number of places 55 Number of children on roll 60 Name of registered person Caring Kindergartens Limited

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Date of previous inspection 17 June 2015 Telephone number 01789 298563

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Caring Kindergarten registered in 1997. The nursery employs 11 members of childcare staff, all of whom hold appropriate childcare qualifications at level 3 and above, including two staff who hold level 6 qualifications. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, all year round. Sessions are from 7.30am until 6pm. The nursery provides funded 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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