Tots Care

Inspection of Tots Care Harden Road, Walsall WS3 1RQ

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Overall effectiveness Good

The quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Overall effectiveness at previous inspection Good

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The provision is good

The manager and staff team know the community exceptionally well. They identify the individual needs of children and provide many experiences that help to prepare them for their future learning and eventual move to school. Staff have created imaginative spaces that spark children's interests. Children act out roles that are familiar to them, such as being a doctor, caring for poorly babies, being a parent cooking dinner or pretending to be a shop keeper counting money. Children show a real eagerness to take part in activities and are proud of their achievements. For example, they take care and time to create pasta pictures, with cooked and dried pasta. They enjoy creating pictures with chalk and give meanings to the marks they make.

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The provision is good

Children's language is fostered well as staff engage them in conversations, model words, sing their favourite nursery rhymes and read stories. Children's behaviour is good and they appear confident in their surroundings. They build secure relationships with their key persons, who take the time to get to know them well. Children are very happy. They show enjoyment as they interact with staff and their friends.

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need to do better?

n The manager is passionate about providing every child with the best start in life. She is well known in the community and recognises the needs of families. The manager and staff work well together and go above and beyond to provide advice and support to all of the families. This helps to promote the welfare of children and their families. n The manager completes supervision meetings and offers coaching and support to all staff. She identifies training needs and ensures all staff complete mandatory training. Staff have received some in-house training to develop their knowledge of how best to support children to learn. However, the manager does not fully recognise how to further share staff's skills. The monitoring of staff's practice is not highly focused on raising the quality of teaching to the highest level. n Staff continually evaluate how children use the lovely, exciting and inspiring spaces inside and outdoors to support their ongoing engagement in learning.

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need to do better?

Children's imaginations are fostered well. They have lots of opportunities to explore their own ideas and initiate their own play. Staff join in with children's creative play effectively and encourage them to link their play to experiences from home. n Staff value and respect every child. They gain lots of information about children's backgrounds when they first start. Staff share children's experiences, traditions and religions to help all children to learn about people, places and

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need to do better?

15 October 2019 communities beyond their own. This helps children and families to gain respect and tolerance for others and the world they live in. n Staff complete baseline assessments and ongoing observations to build up a picture of each child's learning. They use this information to identify children's next steps, plan experiences to consolidate their learning and generally build on their skills. However, some staff do not use the information as effectively as others in order to precisely tailor their teaching and provide children with the highest levels of challenge, so that all children have the opportunity to excel in their learning. n The curriculum is generally broad and varied. For example, children have lots of opportunities to handle tools and make marks to support their early writing skills. Staff introduce counting, numbers and shapes to develop children's early mathematical development. Staff help children to foster a love of books as they

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need to do better?

share their favourite stories with them. n Partnerships with parents are a particular strength of the setting. Staff provide them with ongoing information and give them activity ideas to support some home learning. Staff share children's progress and encourage parents to take books home to read to their children. They are currently helping parents to gain a better understanding of how they can contribute further to supporting children's language development at home. n Staff support children's good health and physical well-being really well. Children have lots of opportunities to be physically active as they play outdoors with a wide range of equipment. Staff make good use of the local field to provide more opportunities for children to explore and investigate. Staff work with parents to support children who are toilet training and they encourage children to become independent with managing their self-care skills.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Staff have a good understanding of their responsibility to protect children from harm. They identify the signs and symptoms of abuse and neglect and know how to report concerns if they are worried a child is at risk or suffering. Staff are aware of social issues in the local community and wider safeguarding concerns. They implement robust policies and procedures to promote children's welfare. Staff complete risk assessments and ensure strict security measures are in place to help keep children safe.

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should:

n strengthen the monitoring of staff's practice and identify ways to share staff's skills and expertise to raise the quality of teaching to the highest level

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should:

15 October 2019 n help all staff to make even better use of what they know about children when planning activities in order to provide more challenge and support for every child to reach the highest levels of attainment.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY469596 Local authority Walsall Inspection number 10066503 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 2 to 4 Total number of places 24 Number of children on roll 30 Name of registered person St. Aidan's Care Team

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reference number

Telephone number 07590463453 Date of previous inspection 12 October 2015

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Information about this early years setting

Tots Care registered in 2013. The pre-school employs five members of childcare staff. Of these, four hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3. The pre- school opens Monday to Friday during term time only. Sessions are from 8.30am until 11.30am and from 12.30pm until 3.30pm. The pre-school provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector completed a learning walk with the manager. They discussed the setting's curriculum and how this is implemented to support children's learning. n The inspector completed a joint observation with the manager and evaluated the quality of teaching and impact on children's learning. n A meeting was held with the manager and deputy manager to discuss the evaluation of the setting. The inspector viewed staff's records, including suitability checks and training certificates. n The inspector completed observations indoors and outside to capture what it is like for a child to attend this setting. n The inspector spoke to staff, parents and children at appropriate times during the inspection to gain their views.

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Inspection activities

We carried out this inspection 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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Inspection activities

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