Childcare on Domestic Premises, Full day care in Shropshire

Report for childcare on domestic premises

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Inspection date 21 January 2019 Previous inspection date 15 March 2013

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This inspection: Good 2

Previous inspection: Outstanding 1 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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This provision is good

n Leadership and management reflect carefully on the quality of the provision and identify further areas for development. They value the contributions that parents make to this progress. For example, they made changes to the arrangements for completing children's two-year-old progress check to include parents more fully. n Staff have a good understanding of how young children learn, and they skilfully help children to achieve success in their learning. Children make good progress. They gain a wide range of useful skills that prepare them well for school. n Staff support children's communication and language development well. Older children learn the meaning of new words, such as farm machinery. They confidently contribute to discussions about their home lives, listen to what others have to say, and ask questions to find out more information. n Staff provide children with many opportunities to help with everyday tasks, and

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This provision is good

children gain good levels of independence. Older children learn to manage their personal needs and eagerly help to serve drinks to their friends. Babies enjoy feeding themselves with a spoon and explore the setting confidently. n The manager has not identified some inconsistencies in staff practice in order to be able to maintain the quality of teaching and learning at the highest level. n Some staff do not share assessment information fully when a new key person is allocated to children, which does not help to ensure continuity in children's learning and maximise their progress.

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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 monitor the quality of teaching more closely to identify how practice can be improved even further to achieve the highest level of learning experiences for all children n review and extend information-sharing between staff to further improve the continuity of children's learning and help them to make the best possible progress.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

Inspection activities n The inspector spoke to parents during the inspection and took account of their views. n The inspector observed teaching practices and the impact these have on children's learning. n The inspector read some of the setting's documentation, including the safeguarding policy and procedures. n The inspector sampled children's development information and records. n The inspector carried out joint observations with the manager.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. Leaders and staff have a good understanding of how to protect children, and they understand the procedures to follow if they have any concerns. Leaders have a clear understanding of notifications that need to be made to Ofsted. Partnerships with parents are strong. Staff update parents on their children's progress regularly and share ideas to help their continued learning at home. They gather detailed information from the parents of new children to establish their starting points. Leaders manage any complaints successfully. They review and improve policies and procedures regularly. Leaders provide staff with effective support to help them to improve their teaching skills. For example, recent training helped staff to deepen their understanding of how to support children's mathematical understanding.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff use children's assessment information to plan successfully for the next steps in their learning. They provide children with a wide range of stimulating activities that motivate them to explore and to make new discoveries. For example, children progress well with their literacy skills. They enjoy seeing their names formed out of spaghetti. They know that letters can be combined to make words, and they announce that 'B-i-n- g-o makes Bingo'. Children recreate familiar stories in their role play. Staff support children's physical development well. Children eagerly practise hopping, jumping into hoops, and travel using bicycles and scooters. Children benefit from opportunities to use a range of tools safely.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Staff help children to learn about making healthy food and drink choices. Children enjoy nutritious food and drink, and learn about good hygiene routines. They gain an understanding of keeping themselves safe, such as during online activities. Staff support children's behaviour well, and children gain good social skills. They play together harmoniously and form close friendships. Staff help children to explore their differences, and they value their opinions. For example, children confidently express their ideas about how vouchers can be used to buy new resources.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children are happy, secure, and form close attachments with the friendly staff. They use their imaginations well as they play and explore their creative ideas. For example, children talk confidently about their paintings and have good ideas, including painting dragons, caves and sunsets. They mix colours together and make changes to their artwork to create a desired effect. Children gain good levels of mathematical understanding. They join in with number rhymes, make simple calculations and add extra numbers to a hopscotch grid.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY453798 Local authority Shropshire Inspection number 10092237 Type of provision Childcare on domestic premises

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Day care type Full day care Age range of children 0 - 9 Total number of places 20 Number of children on roll 29

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Date of previous inspection 15 March 2013

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Julie's Family Daycare registered in 2012. It opens Monday to Friday all year round. Sessions are from 8.30am until 6pm. The setting employs six members of childcare staff. Of these, one member of staff has qualified teacher status, one holds a relevant qualification at level 6, two hold qualifications at level 3, and two staff hold qualifications at level 2. The setting provides funded early education for 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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