Childcare on Domestic Premises, Full day care in Leicestershire

Report for childcare on domestic premises

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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 extremely well cared for in this secure and welcoming environment where staff know them well and respect their individuality. They are involved in a broad range of activities and experiences, inside and outdoors. Children throughout the nursery are happy, settled and confident. They enjoy their time at nursery, making good relationships with staff and peers. Children behave well and play happily with their friends. Staff have high expectations for their good behaviour.

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The provision is good

Toddlers enthusiastically join in with songs. They are beginning to have favourite songs. They join in with actions and know the words. Children follow daily routines with confidence and show good levels of independence, even at a young age. Babies have a lovely time outdoors, using their senses to explore the activities. The nursery has a family approach as the staff take the babies to the local parent and toddler group. This ensures that they do not miss out on such experiences. Pre- school children enjoy imaginative play, demonstrating their caring skills as they care for the baby dolls.

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The provision is good

Children's concentration is good. Toddlers concentrate very well as they help to prepare their own snack by cutting up the cucumber and pepper. This is with good supervision and support from the staff to keep children safe while using knives. Pre-school children concentrate as they draw their own pictures and talk with their friends about what they have drawn.

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need to do better?

n The managers and staff have worked very hard to address the actions raised at the last inspection. Staff have improved the way they monitor children's progress and now plan effectively for children's individual learning. They have changed the whole nursery to improve the organisation and provision for children. Staff have done research around improving children's communication and language skills and they now support children to learn and use new words as they play. n The manager offers staff regular supervision meetings and opportunities to observe each other's practice. However, the manager does not monitor staff's engagement and interactions with children. This means that she is not able to use this information to help target precise development opportunities for staff. n During an activity in the pre-school room, a staff member showed children two balloons, and lots of excitement was had as she blew the balloons up and let

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them go. However, during such activities, staff do not always adapt their interactions with children to reflect their different ages and needs. This means that, occasionally, staff do not offer sufficient challenge to the most capable children to extend their thinking about what they are seeing and how things work.

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need to do better?

10 March 2020 n Children's independence is promoted very well. Babies are encouraged to feed themselves independently using cutlery. Toddlers manage to change their own wet clothing after playing outdoors, with support from the staff. Pre-school children go and help themselves to their own snack when they are ready. They follow good hygiene routines, ensuring their good health. n Staff actively promote positive behaviour. For example, they remind children to turn on their 'listening ears' before they give them instructions. They prompt children to use good manners and give them lots of praise for their achievements. Younger children tell each other to use their manners. Children behave well and are polite. n Staff, through discussions with the children, identified that some children do not have pets at home. In order to broaden children's experiences of caring for animals, they took the pre-school children to the local pet shop and bought

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need to do better?

some fish. The children enjoy the responsibility of looking after the nursery fish, for example, cleaning the tank and feeding the fish. n Staff consider partnerships with parents to be instrumental in supporting children's learning and to secure the ongoing development of the nursery. The staff team regularly seeks parents' views for improvements to the nursery. Staff exchange information with parents about children's care and education. This contributes to plans that staff make in the nursery to support children's learning and meet their care needs. Parents are very positive about the staff and the provision. They state that staff communicate very well with them.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Staff demonstrate a good understanding of their responsibilities to safeguard children. They know the signs and symptoms which may indicate a child is at risk of harm. Staff update their training to support their knowledge of child protection and wider safeguarding concerns. This helps to promote children's safety and well- being. Managers follow robust recruitment procedures. They carry out in-depth checks to make sure staff are suitable to care for children. Staff complete safety checks in each of the rooms in the nursery and on the toys they offer children. This helps to provide a safe environment for children to play in.

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should:

n monitor staff's practice more closely to support their professional development, in order to raise the quality of education to the highest level n ensure the most able children in the pre-school room are offered consistent challenge to build on their skills and learning further.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY554935 Local authority Leicestershire Inspection number 10126522 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

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inspection

Total number of places 33 Number of children on roll 50

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reference number

Date of previous inspection 25 September 2019

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Information about this early years setting

Green Acres Childcare, located in Hinckley, Leicestershire, re-registered in 2018. The nursery employs 12 members of childcare staff. Of these, eight hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3, one holds a qualification at level 5 and three hold qualified teacher status. The nursery opens from 7.30am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, all year round.

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Inspection activities

n The inspectors completed a learning walk across all areas of the nursery. The inspectors spoke with the managers and staff to gain an understanding of how the early years provision is planned and the curriculum is implemented. n The inspectors completed a joint observation with one of the managers. The inspector and the manager evaluated the education and learning that took place. n The inspectors held a meeting with the managers. They reviewed relevant documentation, including evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery and staff training. n The inspectors held discussions with the parents, staff and children at appropriate times throughout the inspection. n The inspectors observed the quality of interactions during activities and assessed the impact on children's enjoyment and engagement.

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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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