Witty Kiddies Preschool

Witty Kiddies Preschool St Barnabas Church Hall, 1 Churchdown, Bromley BR1 5PS

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Inspection date 11 September 2018 Previous inspection date Not applicable

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This inspection: Good 2

Previous inspection: Not applicable 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 The provider works closely with parents to gather their views on practice in the nursery. Parents recently suggested more outings and staff now take children to the local library, to help support their literacy development further. Partnership working with parents also helps to provide good continuity of learning for the children. n Staff are consistent in their approach to behaviour management. They support children to work together and to share resources. Children behave well. n The provider reviews staff practice and identifies areas for further improvement. Recent changes have been made to how staff use resources to make activities enjoyable and exciting for children. For example, they use cars and trains to make patterns in play dough. This helps to support children's imagination. n Staff provide good-quality activities, helping children to make good progress with their learning and development.

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The provision is good

n Staff work in good partnership with other professionals caring for the children. They share developmental reports with teachers, helping them to know what stages children have reached when they move up to school. This helps to provide good continuity of care and learning.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

n At times, staff do not consistently provide enough challenge for the most able children during activities, to help extend their learning further. n Staff do not consistently support children's mathematical development well, to help develop their number skills and understanding of different shapes.

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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 provide more-challenging activities for children to extend on their learning further n develop further the use of mathematical resources to extend children's learning and understanding of numbers and shapes.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

Inspection activities n The inspector observed children playing in the main play areas. n The inspector spoke with the provider, deputy manager, staff and children at appropriate times during the inspection. n The inspector gathered the views of the parents. n The inspector spoke with the provider and deputy manager on how they maintain good practice. n The inspector sampled documents, including accident records, children's files and safeguarding policies.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The provider and staff have a clear understanding of the procedures to follow if they have any safeguarding concerns regarding children's welfare. Staff work with parents to keep them informed of any accidents and/or incidents. After recent first-aid training, staff taught children what to do in the event of an emergency. They also taught children about people who help them. This all helps to keep children safe. Staff supervise the children well and keep them safe. The provider makes sure staff are deployed effectively so they can see children at all times, helping to support children's learning, and to be close by to keep them safe.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff provide good-quality activities to support children's learning and development. Staff work closely with parents to assess children's starting points and effectively use these to plan activities to help progress children's learning. The provider tracks children's progress and uses this to help her and staff to identify and close gaps in their learning. They work with parents to identify any areas of concerns regarding children's development, and work together to get extra help and support for them. This greatly helps to develop children's learning. Staff make sure that circle time is enjoyable for children, for example, staff teach them the days of week and weather. Staff support children how to recognise the days and how they are spelled. This helps them build on their early reading skills.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Staff support children's emotional development very well. Children arrive eager and settle extremely quickly, ready to start their day. Staff are close at hand to offer reassurance to new children and this helps them to enjoy and try new experiences. Children are skilled in dressing and undressing themselves, such as during role-play activities. This supports children's independence skills well. Children gain further skills during mealtimes as they serve themselves their own food. Snack times are also social occasions and are used well to help develop children's language further. Children talk with staff about their favourite fruit and its taste. Children explain how they prefer green apples, but the red they are eating are still tasty.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children make good progress with their learning and development. They are ready for the next stage of their learning and subsequent move to school. Children thoroughly enjoy learning letter sounds. They excitedly join in singing along, sounding out letters and carrying out actions that match the letter sounds. Staff match this eagerness with praise, helping children to sound out more letters. Children are skilled in identifying letters and finding objects in the hall to match, for example, 'W' for 'windows' and pointing to the ones in the hall. This greatly helps to support children's literacy development. Children are also skilled in problem solving. They look at the labels and work out which ones need moving in order to fit a large sun onto the board.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY549056 Local authority Lewisham Inspection number 10068053 Type of provision Sessional day care

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register

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Day care type

Age range of children 2 - 4 Total number of places 44 Number of children on roll 21 Name of registered person Witty Kiddies Nurseries Ltd

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Date of previous inspection Not applicable Telephone number 07947599089

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Witty Kiddies Preschool registered in 2017 and is located in the London Borough of Lewisham. It operates for five days a week during term times, from 8am to 3pm. There are six staff working with the children, all of whom have appropriate childcare qualifications at level 2 or above. The nursery is in receipt of funding to provide free early 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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