Joeys At Milnthorpe Family Centre

Joeys At Milnthorpe Family Centre Firs Road, Milnthorpe LA7 7QF

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Inspection date 10 September 2018 Previous inspection date Not applicable

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Previous inspection: Not applicable 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 The manager is ambitious, highly committed and demonstrates a strong drive to promote the best outcomes for children. She successfully creates a culture of evaluative practice within the nursery. Staff, parents, children and other professionals are all involved in the self-evaluation processes. This helps to inform incisive and targeted improvement plans that help to drive continual improvement. n Staff accurately assess children's learning and together with information from parents, plans spontaneously to enhance children's knowledge. Parents are highly valued as co- educators and are widely involved in all aspects of their children's learning. n Monitoring of children's progress is rigorous and swiftly identifies where children may be slow to develop key skills. As a result, specific programmes of support are implemented. Monitoring shows the exceptional progress made by the children attending in receipt of funding and the gaps in all children's learning closing swiftly.

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The provision is outstanding

n The key-person system is extremely effective in helping children form highly secure attachments, greatly promoting their emotional and physical well-being and firm confidence to explore. Children display excellent social skills. They inquisitively ask questions to visitors to the nursery and invite them to join in with their play.

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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 extend the already highly effective partnership working with all other professionals involved in children's care and learning.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

Inspection activities n The inspector observed the quality of teaching and the impact this has on children's learning, during play inside and outside. n The inspector carried out a joint observation with the nursery manager. n The inspector spoke to members of staff and children at appropriate times during the inspection and held a meeting with the nursery manager. n The inspector took account of the views of parents spoken to on the day of the inspection and other written comments. n The inspector looked at children's records, evidence of the suitability of staff and a range of other documentation, including policies and procedures.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is outstanding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The nominated individual and manager have an exceptional knowledge and understanding of all areas of safeguarding. They create a culture of vigilance through ongoing high-quality training and updates, ensuring all staff have a comprehensive understanding of their individual responsibilities to protect children. The manager highly values the staff team and provides excellent systems of support and performance management. Professional development of the staff team is sharply focused and helps to maintain the exceptional quality of teaching already in place. The manager is conscientious to build closer partnerships with the host school in order to promote even more effective partnership working with regards to children who attend both settings.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

Staff effortlessly differentiate their teaching as they skilfully and sensitively join in with children's ideas. Staff's excellent questioning and expert ability to steer children's learning in different directions, provides tremendous support and extends children's learning across all areas. For example, children draw staff's attention to the trees outside. Staff respond by encouraging children to compare their size to that of the trees, wonderfully promoting children's thinking skills and mathematical language. They go on to talk about growing big and strong like the trees and the importance of a healthy diet. Staff further promote children's thinking and understanding of health as they talk about how they could give the trees a 'drink', before finding watering cans to water them.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Staff help children to develop a highly positive attitude and understanding towards others. They reflect on their differences and learn about themselves and the wider world. For example, children enjoy trips to the local market to buy local produce, learn about different family dynamics and explore African instruments and costumes. Children demonstrate extremely positive behaviour and high levels of self-control. They learn the language of feelings and have many opportunities to explore their emotions and reflect on the consequences of their actions. Children are kind and considerate towards one another and display excellent manners.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children are articulate communicators who listen extremely well and make valuable contributions to discussions. Older children learn to form the letters of their name and begin to link letters to sounds. Babies show a strong exploratory impulse and use sounds in their play, demonstrating excellent early speaking skills. They learn about risk and keeping themselves and other's safe. They competently count, recognise numbers, measure, estimate and problem solve. All children show confidence in new and social situations, they are widely independent and extremely well prepared in readiness for school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY536987 Local authority Cumbria Inspection number 10076891 Type of provision Full day care

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Day care type Childcare on non-domestic premises Age range of children 0 - 11 Total number of places 74 Number of children on roll 134 Name of registered person Milnthorpe Family Centre

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Date of previous inspection Not applicable Telephone number 015395 64090

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Joeys At Milnthorpe Family Centre registered in 2016. The nursery is open Monday to Friday from 7.45am to 6pm, all year round. In total, 14 staff work at the nursery, all of whom hold relevant qualifications. The nursery receives funding to provide free early education for two- and three-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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