Smilers Ltd

Smilers Ltd Wainscott Road, Wainscott, Rochester, Kent ME2 4JY

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Inspection date 22 February 2019 Previous inspection date 28 April 2016

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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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This provision is good

n Staff establish secure and trusting relationships with children. This helps them settle quickly, happily and confidently into their play. Children have a good sense of belonging. n Staff build and maintain good relationships with parents and keep them informed about their children well. For example, they regularly share helpful advice, such as healthy recipe ideas. n The manager and staff establish positive partnerships with other early years professionals. For instance, they share children's achievements with staff at other settings that the children also attend. This helps provide children with a good consistent approach to their shared care and learning and helps them to continue to make good progress. n Children have good opportunities to develop their creative skills. They explore paint in interesting ways, including making patterns with marbles and conkers. n Children gain a good understanding of the importance of healthy lifestyles. For

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This provision is good

example, they independently choose if they wish to exercise or engage in quieter activities. n There are good opportunities for children to develop their writing skills. Younger children make marks as they draw and older children write their name with confidence. n Occasionally, staff do not give children time to think through their ideas and respond. For example, staff provide the answers to questions too quickly. n The manager and staff miss opportunities to develop the monitoring systems to track the progress of different groups of children more effectively.

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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 create more opportunities to challenge children's thinking and encourage them to come up with their own ideas n review and improve the ways that the manager and staff monitor and track differing groups of children to support their planning even more effectively.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

Inspection activities n The inspector observed the staff interacting with children and assessed the impact this has on children's learning. n The inspector viewed the indoor and outdoor environments. n The inspector looked at written documentation, including evidence of the suitability of all those working at the nursery. n The inspector spoke to the manager, children, parents and staff, and considered their views. n The inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is good

The manager and staff evaluate their practice together effectively. They hold daily discussions to reflect on how well the day's events motivated children to learn. Staff use their findings to support their future activity plans to help keep children interested in their learning experiences. The manager closely monitors the good consistency of care and teaching experiences that staff provide for children. For instance, she regularly observes staff interact with children and provides them with helpful advice to support their future performance. The manager and staff are keen to build on their knowledge and skills even further. They attend a good range of beneficial training. For example, they have learned about the importance of healthy eating and have shared their learning with parents. Staff use additional funding effectively to support the individual learning needs of children. For example, they have purchased more resources to engage children

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is good

in imaginative play. Safeguarding is effective. The manager and staff have a good knowledge of the safeguarding procedures to follow to help protect children's safety and welfare. This includes knowing who to contact to seek advice and follow up any potential concerns.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The manager and staff closely monitor and track children's individual learning. This helps them to quickly highlight any gaps in their development and provide effective support to help children make good individual progress. Staff support children to prepare for their eventual move to school well. For example, younger children enjoy singing number songs and older children confidently count as they play. Staff extend children's interests well. For instance, when children enjoy exploring autumn, they go on to make clay hedgehogs and carry out nature hunts to collect autumnal items.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

All children are polite and behave well. They develop good social skills. For example, they play happily together in team games. Children develop a good understanding of other people's similarities and differences. For instance, they say 'hello' in a range of languages including German and Japanese. There are good opportunities for children to challenge their physical skills. For example, they negotiate obstacles, such as manoeuvring bicycles around cones with confidence.

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Outcomes for children are good

All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, make good progress. Children gain good skills to support their future learning. For example, children are independent and confidently choose their own play. Children are empathetic, caring and kind. They regularly visit older people and share activities and stories with them. Children are excited to help bath and feed 'Dave' the pet tortoise.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 156085 Local authority Medway Inspection number 10072457 Type of provision Childcare on non-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 1 - 10 Total number of places 70 Number of children on roll 123 Name of registered person Smilers Limited

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Date of previous inspection 28 April 2016 Telephone number 01634 297658

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Smilers Ltd registered in 2001. It is located in Wainscott, Rochester, Kent. The setting is open Monday to Friday from 8am to 5.25pm, all year round. It receives funding to provide free early education for children aged two, three and four years. The setting employs 13 members of staff, of whom 10 hold a relevant early years qualification at level 2 and above. This includes two members of staff who have an early years degree at level 6.

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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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