Country Kids Day Nursery

Country Kids Day Nursery Old Village Hall, Main Street, Kneesall, NEWARK, Nottinghamshire NG22 0AD

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Inspection date 2 November 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 Risk assessments and daily checks help to ensure that the premises are safe and suitable for children's use. Staff are deployed effectively to ensure children are supervised at all times. n The manager monitors how well individual children, and different groups of children, are progressing in their development and uses this to inform practice and enhance their learning. n Staff create a warm, nurturing and child-centred environment. Children have a wide range of resources to select independently indoors and outdoors that engages and motivates them to explore and learn. Staff interact positively with children and join in with them as they play. n Staff are good role models, who have high expectations of all children. They use praise appropriately. Children's behaviour is very good. They play well together, show kindness and consideration for others, and share and take turns. n Staff promote children's speech and language skills effectively. They use signing and

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The provision is good

visual aids to support spoken language. All children, including those who speak English as an additional language, make good progress in relation to their individual starting points.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

n The monitoring of staff practice is not rigorous enough to identify clearly how individual staff can raise the quality of their practice and teaching to the highest level. n Staff do not consistently use a range of highly successful strategies to engage parents fully in their child's learning at home.

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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 monitoring of staff practice to help raise the quality of teaching to the highest level n find more ways to engage parents in guiding their child's learning at home.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

Inspection activities n The inspector spoke with parents during the inspection and took account of their views. n The inspector spoke with members of staff and children at appropriate times throughout the inspection. 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 completed a joint evaluation of an activity with the nursery manager. n The inspector held a meeting with the nursery management team. She looked at relevant documentation, such as the self-evaluation and evidence of the suitability of staff working at the nursery.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is good

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. All staff understand their responsibility to safeguard children. They are trained in child protection and wider safeguarding issues, and know the procedure to follow if they have any concerns about the welfare of a child. There are robust recruitment and vetting systems in place to ensure staff are suitable to work with children. The manager is passionate about providing high-quality childcare. Self-evaluation is an ongoing process and takes into account the views of all staff, parents and children. The manager has implemented effective action plans that help to target priorities for further improvement. Parents speak positively about the nursery and many have recommended it to others.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The well-qualified and experienced staff are knowledgeable about child development. They regularly observe children and make accurate assessments of their development. Staff use this information well to provide appropriate experiences for children, based on their interests, to improve their learning. They encourage children's love of books and stories from an early age. Older children enjoy listening to stories, eagerly pointing at the pictures and repeating familiar lines. Babies and toddlers take turns to choose familiar nursery rhymes using props. They enjoy singing as staff play the guitar to accompany them.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Staff warmly welcome children and parents as they arrive at the setting. Children arrive excited and happy, and settle quickly. The key-person system is well established and effective. Staff are extremely caring and sensitive, and provide babies and children with a homely, nurturing environment. Staff encourage children to be physically active and lead a healthy lifestyle. Children have good opportunities to develop their physical skills. They skilfully negotiate obstacles as they ride wheeled toys. Older children have opportunities to climb, balance and take manageable risks. Staff promote good hygiene routines and children know that washing their hands stops germs making their tummies poorly. Freshly prepared food and snacks meet children's dietary requirements. Children make independent choices as they serve their own food and drinks at mealtimes.

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Outcomes for children are good

All children, including those receiving additional funding, are developing the skills and attitudes they need for their future, including school. They recognise their own name, give meaning to the marks that they make with paints, pens and chalks, and show increasing dexterity in handling tools. Children communicate confidently with adults and their peers. They demonstrate friendly behaviour and seek out others to share experiences. Children count and correctly identify numbers as they play, and show an interest in solving problems.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY543785 Local authority Nottinghamshire County Council Inspection number 10082329 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 47 Number of children on roll 102 Name of registered person Geldard, Jeanette

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Date of previous inspection Not applicable Telephone number 01623706100

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Country Kids Day Nursery registered in 2017. The nursery employs 15 members of childcare staff. Of these, eight hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 and above, including two who have qualified teacher status. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, all year round. Sessions are from 7am until 6pm. The nursery provides funded early years 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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