Happy Hawks Childcare

Happy Hawks Childcare Seaton Primary School, Harepath Road, Seaton, Devon EX12 2HF

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Inspection date 12 September 2018 Previous inspection date 15 February 2016

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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 Not Applicable

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The provision is good

n Children are motivated to play and learn. They arrive excitedly and immediately choose what to do from a good range of interesting resources and activities. Children engage well and show determination and concentration during play. n The manager offers good professional development opportunities to staff to increase their skills. For example, staff have completed recognised playwork qualifications and use their new knowledge to improve children's play experiences further. n Staff support children's understanding of leading a healthy lifestyle well. For example, they provide healthy snacks and encourage children to follow good hygiene practices, including handwashing procedures. n Children behave well. Staff are good role models and treat children with kindness and respect. They gently remind children about the rules to help them to understand and follow expected behaviours. Children share and take turns in games.

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The provision is good

n Staff form positive partnerships with parents and keep them well informed of the activities offered to their children.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

n Staff have not considered further ways to gain more in-depth information about children's interests and achievements from school, in order to plan activities which complement children's learning and enjoyment more. n Staff do not consistently gather the views of parents to help them improve the setting even further.

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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 strengthen the arrangements to gather information about what children enjoy and do at school to increase the opportunities to complement children's learning and activities n obtain parents' views to help develop the improvement of the setting even further.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

Inspection activities n The inspector observed the quality of staff's interactions with children during activities, both indoors and outdoors. n The inspector discussed the manager's self-evaluation and looked at relevant documentation, including policies and procedures, and checked evidence of the suitability of all staff. n The inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager. n The inspector took account of the views of parents spoken to on the day of the inspection.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is good

Arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The manager and staff have a good understanding of their role in safeguarding children. All staff have received safeguarding training and know the procedure to follow should they have a concern about a child's welfare. Staff position themselves effectively when children play outside so that they can see all areas. The manager has secure risk assessment procedures in place, which helps to minimise potential risks and keep children safe from harm. The manager generally uses self-evaluation effectively to identify areas for development accurately and involves the views of staff and children in the process. She reviews staff performance and provides guidance to support them in their role. Staff share ideas and suggestions, helping to build on the quality of the activities offered to children. For example, following on from training, staff allow children to take acceptable risks during their play, to

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is good

increase their ability to keep themselves safe.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Children have lots of fun and say they enjoy their time at the setting. Staff provide them with many opportunities to make independent choices in their play, follow their own interests and become active learners. For example, children decide they want to make slime and staff provide the ingredients in order for them to do so. Children chose what colour their slime will be and show great delight as they carefully mix the ingredients together. They enthusiastically prod, squeeze and stretch the slime, which helps develop the muscles in their hands and support their small-muscle skills well. Children make interesting shapes and are proud of their achievements. Staff enable them to develop a growing awareness of information technology and children enjoy playing games with each other on a computer console.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children are happy, settled and secure. They thoroughly enjoy mixing and socialising with children from different year groups and build good friendships. Staff use praise effectively to boost children's self-esteem and children form strong attachments with staff. This supports children's emotional well-being successfully. Children enjoy the responsibility of carrying out small tasks. For example, they help to risk assess the outdoors before they play outside and check that the gates are secure. This encourages children to think about safety and builds on their own knowledge of how to stay safe and identify potential dangers. Staff provide plenty of opportunities for children to exercise, enjoy fresh air and develop their physical skills. Children confidently climb trees, play football together and have ample space to run around. Staff support children well to develop their independence and to do things for themselves. For instance, children pour

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

their own drinks and safely use knives to butter their own bread.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY482175 Local authority Devon Inspection number 10076295 Type of provision Out-of-school 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 4 - 8 Total number of places 30 Number of children on roll 89 Name of registered person Hawkins, Faye Elizabeth

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Date of previous inspection 15 February 2016 Telephone number 07792271621

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Happy Hawks Childcare registered in 2014. It operates from a separate building at Seaton Primary School in Seaton, Devon. The setting is open Monday to Friday from 7.30am to 9am and from 3pm to 6pm in term time. It also operates Monday to Friday from 7.30am to 6pm during school holidays. The setting employs 11 members of staff. Of these, one holds qualified teacher status, one has a qualification at level 5, eight have a qualification at level 3 and one is unqualified.

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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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