Kids Start Ltd

Kids Start Ltd Baguley Sure Start, Ackworth Drive, Manchester M23 1LB

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Inspection date 26 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 well-qualified management team has a wealth of experience and is dedicated to raising outcomes for children. They regularly reflect on the quality of the provision and set ongoing targets and actions for improvement. This contributes to children's good progress. n Children's physical well-being and understanding of good health are well promoted. For example, children regularly play outdoors and access fresh air and exercise. They are provided with a varied and healthy diet and brush their teeth daily at the setting. n Staff gather information from parents to inform their assessments and parents are updated about children's progress. Staff provide different ways to help parents to extend children's learning at home. For example, they offer books for parents to take home and read with children in a range of languages. This helps to support children's communication and language skills further. n Children demonstrate good self-care and independence in relation to their age. For

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The provision is good

example, two-year-old children help to serve snacks and confidently put on their coats for outdoor play. n Staff spend time getting to know children when they first start and children settle quickly. Children's moves within the setting are carefully planned to meet their individual needs. This helps to support children's emotional well-being and confidence.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

n Although new children are settled, staff do not use highly effective strategies to help to build on their awareness of their own feelings and the feelings of others. n The organisation of some group sessions does not fully promote older children's listening and attention skills to the highest levels.

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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 explore ways to build on new children's awareness of their own and other children's feelings n consider the organisation of group sessions and help older children to develop their good listening and attention skills further.

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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 observed planned activities and jointly evaluated the teaching with the nursery manager. n The inspector spoke to staff and children at appropriate times during the inspection. She held a telephone conservation with another professional who liaises with the nursery and held a meeting with a local authority adviser. n The inspector held meetings with the management team. She looked at relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of staff working on the premises. n The inspector spoke to parents on the day of the inspection and viewed written feedback. She took account of their views.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is good

The strong senior management team support staff well. For example, they work alongside new staff and model best practice. The manager meets regularly with staff and provides in-depth supervisory sessions. She uses her expertise to help staff to identify gaps in children's learning and provides timely interventions, if required. Links with external agencies are strong and this helps staff to effectively support children who have special educational needs and/or disabilities. The manager makes good use of additional funding that children receive. For example, she uses information from data to identify areas that children require the most support. She focuses staff's professional development plans based on these findings. Recent funding was spent on communication and language training for staff. This has had a positive impact on staff practice and children's progress. Safeguarding is effective. Required staffing ratios are

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is good

met and all staff hold a paediatric first-aid qualification. Staff have a clear understanding of how to identify and report safeguarding concerns.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Well-qualified staff are deployed in accordance with their experience and demonstrate good teaching skills. Staff working with one-year-old children focus strongly on their communication and language development. For example, they encourage children to request their favourite songs and rhymes. Children delight at joining in with the actions as they sing along with staff. Staff working with two-year-old children provide them with many opportunities to develop their balance and coordination. For instance, staff challenge children to walk carefully along a low length of wood. Children concentrate and are excited to succeed. Staff enthusiastically play alongside three-year-old children as they play with dough. Children use their hands to shape the dough and pretend that they have made sausages. They use tongs to pick them up and place them on a baking tray. Staff sing a counting song about sausages with children. This helps children to

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

practise their subtraction skills and helps to strengthen their hand muscles in readiness for early writing.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Staff offer children opportunities that raise their awareness of differences and similarities between themselves and others. For instance, children enjoy looking through photographs from home. Children talk in small groups and ask each other questions about their families and experiences. Overall, children's behaviour is managed well. Staff act as positive role models and gently remind children of the rules. Staff work very closely with parents of children who speak English as an additional language. For example, they learn how to pronounce words in children's home language. This helps to ensure that children hear and develop the correct pronunciation of words.

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Outcomes for children are good

All children make good progress from their starting points and are well prepared for their move to school. For instance, three-year-old children recognise their names and start to form familiar letters. Children enjoy solving problems and are determined to succeed. For example, they explore a range of magnets and are self-motivated to test out their ideas.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY537526 Local authority Manchester Inspection number 10077195 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 56 Number of children on roll 62 Name of registered person Kids Start Ltd

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Date of previous inspection Not applicable Telephone number 0161- 998-9082

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Kids Start Ltd registered in 2016 and provides childcare from designated areas within Baguley Children's Centre. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday all year round. Sessions are from 7.30am until 6pm. The nursery employs eight members of childcare staff. Of these, one holds an appropriate early years qualification at level 6, five hold level 3 and one holds level 2. The organisation employs two early years teachers and a staff member with qualified teacher status, who work closely to support the setting. 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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