Pippa's Barn

Report for childcare on domestic premises

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Inspection date 19 October 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 Outstanding 1 Outcomes for children Good 2

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The provision is good

n The manager is eager to enhance the setting and is passionate about providing high- quality experiences for the children. She encourages staff to gain skills and knowledge, including nationally recognised childcare qualifications. Staff use their new knowledge well to provide stimulating experiences for children. Children are keen and motivated to learn. n Staff form secure relationships with children and parents. They offer staged settling-in sessions for new children and provide ongoing support that meets children's needs well. Children develop superb confidence and exceptional self-esteem. n Key persons know children well and make accurate assessments about children's achievements. Children make good progress in their learning. n Staff focus on supporting children's language well. They talk with the children, use their names so they know who staff are talking to, and offer new words to help extend

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The provision is good

their vocabulary. All children's communication is developing well.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

n On occasion, staff adapt activities or add in extra resources in ways that miss opportunities to allow children to explore or experiment in their own way. n Sometimes, staff are too eager to ask more questions and do not give children sufficient time to think and develop ideas that enhance children's learning and development.

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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 enhance the ways that staff adapt activities for children, to help children engage well and support their learning and development further n encourage staff to give children time to process and think of answers to questions before staff offer alternative suggestions.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

Inspection activities n The inspector observed the quality of teaching indoors and outdoors, and talked to staff and children at appropriate times. n The inspector took into account the views of parents spoken to on the day of the inspection and through written testimonials. n The inspector had a leadership and management meeting with the manager. n The inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager. n The inspector looked at samples of paperwork, including policies for safeguarding, staff qualifications, and children's records.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is good

The manager responds to suggestions from staff, children and parents to make positive changes to the setting. She has added a dedicated outdoor play space for the babies and toddlers, as staff noticed some children preferred outdoor learning. She intends to add a cover to this to make sure children can use it in all weathers. Managers track young children's progress to make sure they are achieving well. Safeguarding is effective. The manager has made sure all staff have attended training for keeping children safe and for handling personal data. Staff know how to react if they have concerns about children's well-being and safety.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff involve children and parents in planning the learning, and find new ways to include them. For example, the manager is recording a 'virtual tour' of the outdoor spaces, so parents can see what children learn and experience. Staff help young children's early mathematics. For instance, they encourage children to count the number of spades of sand they need to fill the bucket, reaching 11, and recognise when one sandcastle is bigger than another. Toddlers concentrate well on activities and experiment with textures. For example, they mix flour and shaving foam together, noting that combining them makes it stick to their fingers. Babies and toddlers are creative. They enjoy painting with different colours and then use cotton buds to add dark blue spots, being careful not to smudge them.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Staff provide exciting and highly stimulating environments, with all toys and resources easily accessible to the children. Toddlers are highly confident in finding the toys they want and making choices about how and what they want to play. Staff are excellent role models and support the young children to share and consider others extremely well. For instance, staff remind toddlers to use words rather than actions when they want something, and give them excellent verbal praise to let babies and toddlers know how they have been kind to others. The young children's behaviour is exceptional. Babies and toddlers start to manage their own clothes and learn about nature. For instance, when staff take them outdoors or on walks round the farm, they attempt to put on their boots and coats, and know it is important to feed the horses and pigs.

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Outcomes for children are good

Young children come into the setting eager to explore activities indoors and outdoors. Toddlers share a story with the staff, commenting on the different things they can see, counting items and repeating words. Babies experiment with sounds as they shake and bang musical instruments, and join in with simple nursery rhymes. Outdoors, children fill containers with sand and recognise when they have reached the top. They turn the container over to make a sandcastle, which they have fun knocking down. They balance well along tyres, jump off the end and look to staff for praise to celebrate their success. Younger children get the chance to see and play with the older children and are well prepared for their move to pre-school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY543529 Local authority Gloucestershire Inspection number 10077824 Type of provision Full day care

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Day care type Childcare on domestic premises Age range of children 0 - 3 Total number of places 20 Number of children on roll 14

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Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Pippa's Barn registered in 2017 and is situated in Lechlade, Gloucestershire. The setting offers care from 7.30am to 6.30pm on Monday to Friday, all year round. There are six members of staff who work with the children. Of whom, one holds an appropriate childcare qualification at level 4, two hold appropriate childcare qualifications at level 3 and three hold appropriate childcare qualifications at level 2.

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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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