Children's Place Barkerend

Inspection of Children's Place Barkerend 365 Barkerend Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire BD3 8QX

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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 Outstanding

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The provision is good

Children arrive happily, separate confidently from their parents and greet key staff with hugs and a smile. Children feel safe and know that adults will look after them. They start by having a strong bond with their key person. Quickly, they form positive relationships with other adults. All staff are good role models and help children to learn to manage their feelings and behaviour. Children grow into confident and independent learners. They are eager to participate in a range of activities that foster their enjoyment of learning. For example, babies show curiosity as they enjoy sensory experiences, such as spreading shaving foam on the table using their hands. Toddlers relish having their feet covered with paint. They explore the paint further with their fingers and paintbrushes. They make marks with the paint on the paper and observe what happens when they mix colours together. Children's language development is fostered very well. Staff

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The provision is good

consistently narrate children's play and learning and spend time talking and listening to them. They introduce new words, such as 'squelch' and 'squeeze', encouraging children to repeat them as they make their own play dough. Staff help children to develop their physical skills. For example, they support babies to practise their walking and negotiate ramps. Older children learn how to use scissors to cut paper and hold a pencil to practise their early writing.

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need to do better?

n Staff personalise the curriculum to suit every child. Children follow their interests. They choose what they want to do and select their own resources. As a result, children are highly engaged. They concentrate for appropriate periods of time. When staff are working with children, they notice what children can do and what they need to do next. This information is used well to plan learning activities that draw on children's interests and ensures children are excited by the experiences on offer. n Staff support children's communication and language development well. They help babies to build a wide vocabulary and support them well as they begin to combine words to form sentences. Older children use language confidently to express and share their ideas. For example, they describe how they can make slime by adding water to the flour and then can change the colour by adding powder paint. n Children who speak English as an additional language are well supported. This

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includes the help of bilingual staff and close liaison with parents to keep everyone informed about language development. n Staff use positive methods to support and manage children's behaviour and are good role models. Children are respectful of each other and demonstrate the ability to take turns and share. Staff develop ways for children to learn about the wider world, for example through outdoor play, participation in forest school

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need to do better?

21 February 2020 sessions and opportunities to visit residents in the local care home. n Staff have strong partnerships with parents. They work closely with parents of new children to establish children's starting points and needs. Staff continue to keep parents well informed about their child's development. Parents appreciate the useful ideas and activities staff provide them with, such as a lending library. They comment that they are highly satisfied with the quality of the provision. However, partnerships with other settings are less effective. For instance, children's progress and experiences are not consistently shared between the nursery and staff at other settings children attend. n Overall, staff support children's early mathematical skills well. They weave counting into children's play and teach children mathematical language, such as 'big' and 'small'. However, occasionally, some adult-led activities that focus on

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need to do better?

recognition of numbers exceed children's experiences and level of understanding. n The manager holds regular supervisory meetings with staff and identifies ways to help to support their professional development. This helps to ensure their teaching practice is consistently good. n The manager regularly seeks the views of parents, children and staff. As a team, they reflect well on the quality of the nursery and have a clear vision for the future. They identify areas to develop to ensure continuous improvement. For example, they plan to enhance even further the already good opportunities for children's outdoor play experiences.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

All staff have a good understanding of safeguarding procedures and know how to identify a child who may be at risk of harm. Staff are aware of the procedures to follow should they have concerns about a child's welfare. They are alert and vigilant to the wider safeguarding issues. Clear policies, procedures and risk assessments are in place and implemented effectively by staff to ensure children play in a safe environment. Staff are deployed effectively to make sure children are always supervised well.

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should:

n enhance the already good practice in teaching early mathematics by ensuring that activities consistently take account of children's prior learning experiences and levels of understanding n strengthen partnership working and communication links with other settings children attend, so that children benefit from a shared understanding and common approach to supporting their progress.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY293724 Local authority Bradford Inspection number 10131574 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 0 to 6 Total number of places 62 Number of children on roll 80 Name of registered person The Children's Place Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 01274 667 553 Date of previous inspection 14 December 2015

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Information about this early years setting

Children's Place Barkerend registered in 2004 and is located in the Barkerend area of Bradford. The nursery employs 11 members of childcare staff. Of these, all hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 2 or above. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday all year round. Sessions are from 7.30am to 6pm. The nursery provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector carried out a learning walk with the manager and discussed how the curriculum is delivered. n The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities and assessed the impact this has on children's learning. She spoke with staff and children during the inspection. n The inspector completed a joint observation with the nursery manager. n The inspector held a meeting with the nursery manager. She looked at relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery. n The inspector spoke with parents during the inspection and took account of 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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