Daisy Chains

Daisy Chains Henderson Avenue Childrens Centre, Henderson Avenue, Scunthorpe, North Lincs DN15 7RW

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Inspection date 20 September 2018 Previous inspection date 17 August 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 The manager and her senior staff establish a clear direction for the nursery's continued improvement They convey this well to their well-qualified staff. Staff work well as a team to develop the provision. n Staff create a friendly and a caring environment. They support all children to settle in well and to make a strong start to their learning. n Staff provide imaginative and often engaging activities to help children learn and develop. They build learning on children's interests and enthusiasms. n Staff are good role models and help children to behave well and be aware of the needs of others. They strongly support children to develop independence in their play and learning and to make positive decisions for themselves. n Children, including those who speak English as an additional language, make good progress in their learning. Staff identify any gaps in children's learning and take positive steps to address them. Children are well prepared for the next stage in their education.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

n Staff do not consistently support children to express their own thoughts and ideas. n The range of books and other visual stimuli accessible to the children is limited.

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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 enrich the range of books and visual stimuli accessible to children n strengthen strategies to help children to express their own thoughts and ideas.

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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 learning. n The inspector spoke with staff and children during the inspection. n The inspector completed a joint observation with the deputy manager. n The inspector spoke to parents during the inspection and took account of their views. n The inspector held a meeting with the deputy manager. He looked at relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of staff working in the setting.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is good

The management team is reflective and carefully evaluates the quality of teaching and learning the nursery provides. Managers take good account of the views of staff and parents through regular discussions, questionnaires and personal development meetings. There are good procedures to develop the quality of teaching, including observations of staff's progress and robust analysis of children's progress. Staff take advantage of training on assessment and planning procedures to strengthen the provision. Arrangements for safeguarding are effective. Staff are deployed well to carefully supervise babies and children. They ensure that children always play in a safe environment. The safeguarding leads regularly test staff's knowledge through discussions, quizzes and role play.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff provide rich and varied activities to help children acquire the skills they need to build their own learning. For example, they help children to make decisions about the toys they want to play with or to choose the songs and rhymes to sing together. Staff make good use of detailed information from parents to accurately assess children's individual starting points. They help children to develop confidence and self-awareness through, for example, well-chosen words of praise and support. Staff build on children's interests and link different aspects of children's learning. For example, children strengthen their mathematical vocabulary and develop their physical skills when they measure ingredients and mix them together when they bake buns and cakes. Babies learn to listen and anticipate when they play a game of 'peekaboo' with a range of different coloured and textured fabrics.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children build strong relationships with staff, particularly their key person. Staff successfully support children to develop their social skills. For example, they help them to take turns and to work as a team when they build wooden towers together. Staff promote children's understanding of fairness and diversity. For example, they make good use of games, jigsaws and role play to portray positive images of gender equality. Children learn to play safely and recognise signs of danger. For example, they put on their hard hats when they play in the construction area and find out about the emergency services through visits and visitors. Children are encouraged to eat healthily and try new taste experiences at lunch and snack times. They develop independence through, for example, learning to fasten their own coats and putting away their toys, singing a cheerful tidy-away song.

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Outcomes for children are good

All groups of children have positive attitudes to learning. Children are curious and persist in their tasks. Children develop their mathematical skills in interesting ways. For example, they try to guess how many bubbles will come out of a bubble blower and count them as they do. They extend their emerging physical skills. For example, babies learn to manipulate small toys and to pull themselves up on the furniture. Children learn to mix colours from their observations of autumnal leaves and create their own pictures.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY391692 Local authority North Lincolnshire Inspection number 10065050 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 - 4 Total number of places 36 Number of children on roll 45 Name of registered person North Lincolnshire Council

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reference number

Date of previous inspection 17 August 2015 Telephone number 07881311733

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Daisy Chains registered in 2009. The nursery employs 11 members of childcare staff. Of these, all hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 or higher with three at level 6, including one with early years professional status. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday all year round. Sessions are from 8am 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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