Kids World Kimberworth

Inspection of Kids World Kimberworth Wortley Road, Rotherham, Yorkshire S61 1QN

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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 Not applicable

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The provision is good

Children form secure attachments to staff. This is because staff recognise the importance of children, especially babies, forming a secure bond with their key person. Babies and older children feel safe and secure as they approach staff for cuddles and reassurance when needed. Staff encourage families to share photographs from home and these are transferred into a photograph album. Babies enjoy looking through this with staff who talk to them about who each person is. When babies recognise familiar family members, they excitedly point them out.

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The provision is good

Staff are skilled at responding to children's interests. They use their knowledge of what they want children to learn next when they engage in children's chosen play experiences. This helps children to make progress in their learning. Children are supported to develop their communication and language skills. When babies babble, staff show an interest in what they are saying. Staff maintain eye contact as they positively respond to the babies' attempts at communication. Older children confidently express what they are doing as they play. As staff engage with children, they talk to them and ask lots of questions. This encourages children to develop simple conversations with staff.

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The provision is good

Since the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, staff have recognised that children have missed out on celebrating special occasions. A party is now held every month to help all children whose birthdays fall within that month to celebrate. Staff understand that this promotes children's emotional well-being and their social skills.

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n Staff work closely with parents and carers from the outset. They obtain clear information to ensure children's individual needs are met and to build on their prior knowledge and skills. Parents confirm that they feel well informed about their children's daily experiences and ongoing learning and development. n Managers and staff monitor children's progress well. They quickly identify any areas where children are not making quite as much progress. Staff work with other professionals to ensure children who have special educational needs and/or disabilities receive the support they need to achieve. Funding for children in receipt of early years pupil premium is carefully spent on where it is needed most. Staff provide additional resources and targeted support to help children to catch up in their learning. n Staff take account of children's interests when planning and setting activities up for the next day. They consider what they want children to learn from these

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experiences. However, some staff are not as familiar with the learning intention for these activities. While children, therefore, enjoy these experiences, the activities do not always sufficiently challenge all children.

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13 July 2021 n Staff place a keen emphasis on encouraging children's independence, confidence, and social skills as the foundations to support children's future learning. Babies are supported to learn how to feed themselves. Older children learn how to serve their own lunch and clear their plates when they have finished eating. A small group of children are chosen by staff to join the children's council. Children are encouraged to share their views and opinions. Staff take account of these when looking to increase resources or when planning future events. n Staff provide opportunities for babies to develop confidence as they learn how to move. For babies who have recently progressed to walking, staff help them to safely negotiate the stairs and ramp on the activity centre. However, at times, the room becomes cluttered with toys and resources. This reduces the space available for children to move around without obstruction.

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n Older children are supported to develop their physical skills during a planned 'squiggle and wiggle' activity. For example, children use scarfs as they sing the wheels on the bus song. Staff encourage them to make large circular movements with their arms to represent the wheels turning. Children then use chalks to draw big lines on the floor to represent the people on the bus moving up and down. This fun activity helps children to develop control and coordination in preparation for when they begin to learn to write. n Children of all ages enjoy siting and listening to stories and engaging in singing activities. Staff understand how the use of story time helps children to hear more words and sounds, which extends their vocabulary. Planned group story time sessions are used with older children to develop their listening and attention skills. Staff regularly sit with babies, sharing a range of board and

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, changes have been made to protect children's health and safety. Parents no longer routinely enter the nursery during drop off and collection times. Visits to the nursery are arranged for outside of normal opening hours for prospective parents and their children. The nursery takes the temperate of visitors who must attend the nursery during working hours prior to letting them enter. Staff are deployed well to ensure children are consistently supervised and supported. Any concerns about a child are quickly identified due to staff having a clear knowledge of indicators of abuse. Staff understand the procedures to follow when they have concerns about a child and the manager ensures immediate and appropriate action is taken. Records are maintained and shared with other professionals to ensure children always remain protected.

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should:

13 July 2021 n support all staff to understand the learning intention of planned activities so that they can consistently support and challenge all children n consider how to better plan the use of space so that babies can move around in areas, free from obstructions.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2521964 Local authority Rotherham Inspection number 10202255 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Day care type Full day care

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inspection

Total number of places 100 Number of children on roll 88 Name of registered person Kidsworld-Childcare Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 07834094926 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

Kids World Kimberworth registered in 2019. The nursery employs 14 members of childcare staff. Of these, 12 hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 or above. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday all year round. Sessions are from 7.30am until 6pm.

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Inspection activities

n This was the first routine inspection the provider received since the COVID-19 pandemic began. The inspector discussed the impact of the pandemic with the provider and has taken that into account in their evaluation of the setting. n The manager and the inspector completed a learning walk where the manager explained the skills and knowledge she wanted children to learn. n The inspector spoke with several parents during the inspection and took account of their views. n The inspector spoke with the manager, staff and children during the inspection. n The inspector and the manager carried out a joint observation, evaluating the quality of education during a planned activity.

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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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13 July 2021 regulates and inspects to achieve excellence in the care of children and young people, and in education and skills for learners of all ages. It regulates and inspects childcare and children's social care, and inspects the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass), schools, colleges, initial teacher training, further education and skills, adult and community learning, and education and training in prisons and other secure establishments. It assesses council children's services, and inspects services for looked after children, safeguarding and child protection.

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