Cheeky Monkeys

Inspection of Cheeky Monkeys Long Lane, Chapel-en-le-Frith, High Peak, Derbyshire SK23 0TQ

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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 Inadequate

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The provision is good

Children are happy, confident and settled at the nursery. Staff know children very well and provide a safe and stimulating learning environment for children of all ages. Staff in both nursery rooms know the children they care for very well. They are keenly aware of individual children's next steps in learning and skilfully provide activities that capture children's interest and promote these areas.

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The provision is good

Babies are cared for in a comfortable, cosy room, from which they have access to their own outdoor play area. Babies are active and curious; the furniture and toys are at a low level so that they can see what is on offer and can reach it easily. They delight in creative mark making and feeling the texture of paints and other media in their play.

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The provision is good

Older children also have free access to an outdoor play area, which they use alongside the well-planned main playroom. Staff use the outdoor area and the local area well. They make sure older children who prefer to be outdoors have opportunities to hear stories, read books, make marks and experience mathematical and scientific concepts. For example, children mix soil and water to make mud and then paint on fences with their muddy mixture.

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need to do better?

n Babies show they feel secure in the care of the baby room staff. They go to staff for comfort or to ask for activities. For example, a baby gestured that she wanted to use the 'song box' that contains props to use as they sing their favourite songs. Staff freely supported this request. Babies join in with the songs, repeating words and finishing songs with words they enjoy saying, such as 'pop'. n Staff in both rooms take every opportunity to speak to children to develop their language and communication skills. However, at times they use words such as 'doggies', 'birdies' or 'quack quacks', which do not support children to properly develop their vocabulary. n Staff are good at helping children to develop their confidence to explore and move around independently. As babies become mobile staff teach them how to go up and down the step to their outdoor area safely. Older children learn how to balance on beams they have made themselves from planks and blocks.

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need to do better?

n Managers have a strong understanding of how children learn. They work alongside staff and model good teaching. Staff receive prompt feedback on their work. Recent changes to the staff supervision and monitoring systems have been well received. However, they are not embedded fully so managers do not know how effective they are in the long term. n Children are keen to be involved in play. They are attracted to the activities that

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need to do better?

18 September 2019 staff engage with. Staff know this and skilfully deploy themselves to the areas of the nursery that children have not used during a session. Staff manage the next steps for several different children effectively. For example, at the mathematics table, staff had cotton reels, paper and pens. They built towers, counted and sorted with the youngest children. The older children looked at, recognised and named numerals up to five, made good attempts at writing them and placed the correct number of reels with each numeral. n Managers are reflective. In partnership with other professionals they take time to review the nursery and its operation. Staff and children are also consulted and encouraged to share their ideas for improving the nursery. For example, the routine and environment in the older children's room was reviewed. Staff created dedicated play areas such as a literacy area, a construction area and a

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need to do better?

creative area with a range of media and materials. This has resulted in children engaging in purposeful play throughout the day. n Staff understand that children come to them with a wide range of experiences. They work hard to extend children's skills and knowledge. For example, children are specially chosen to go on the weekly visit to the local senior citizens' home to have a social time with the older generation.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Managers and staff have a good understanding of the setting's policy and procedure for safeguarding children. They know who to speak to if they have a concern about a child's welfare or if they think a colleague is a risk to children. Managers have made sure that staff know what might indicate a child is being exposed to extreme views or radicalisation, and other wider safeguarding issues.

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should:

n make sure that staff do not use baby language so that children learn the proper words for things, such as a dog or a duck n embed the processes for staff monitoring and supervision to raise the quality of teaching to a higher level.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY259428 Local authority Derbyshire Inspection number 10103342 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises Registers Early Years Register Day care type Full day care Age range of children 0 to 4 Total number of places 48 Number of children on roll 76 Name of registered person Cheeky Monkeys Day Nursery (Chapel) Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 01298 811731 Date of previous inspection 24 April 2019

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Information about this early years setting

Cheeky Monkeys registered in 2003 and is based in Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire. The setting employs 17 members of childcare staff. Of these, two hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 6, one at level 5, one at level 4 and 10 at level 3. The setting opens from Monday to Friday, all year round. Sessions are from 7.30am until 6pm.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector met with the nominated individual, the manager and the deputy manager. n The inspector spoke to parents of children who attend the nursery and took their views into account. n The inspector carried out a learning walk and a joint observation with the manager and deputy manager to review the planning and delivery of the curriculum. n The inspector spoke to staff and children at appropriate times during the inspection. n The inspector observed activities in two nursery rooms and the outdoor play areas.

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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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