Care With Cuddles

Inspection of Care With Cuddles Pack Horse Inn, Lead Road, Greenside, Ryton, Durham NE40 4BS

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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

Parents and children are greeted warmly at the door by a member of staff. Children enter the nursery happy, relaxed and ready for their day. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, parents no longer come into the nursery. Despite this, children are confident to leave their parents at the door. The manager has clear intentions for children's learning. Staff's interactions with children are good and activities are interesting. For example, younger children experiment with oats, flour, spoons and different sized containers. Staff talk to children about the marks that they can see. They encourage children to use mathematical vocabulary when they talk about filling and emptying. Staff encourage children to explore and use their imagination. For example, older children enjoy stretching, pulling and manipulating play dough. They pretend to make birthday cakes and add dry spaghetti as candles and cereal as cake toppings.

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The provision is good

Children behave well and are kind to each other. Staff build on children's self- esteem and confidence through praise and encouragement. They support children to be independent. For example, younger children select their own resources such as spoons and scoops to use in the creative area. Older children help to set the table for lunch and make choices about their own drinks and fruit at snack time. Staff provide children with a variety of activities, including time in the garden, singing, dancing and pretend play games.

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n Staff think carefully about how children are introduced to nursery, and they have good settling-in procedures in place. This helps children to develop secure relationships with staff. n Parents speak highly of the manager and her team. They comment about how much progress their children have made at nursery. For example, parents comment on how much language children now have and how their physical skills have developed. n The manager reflects on the needs of children. For example, she says that during the pandemic, some children have not had the opportunity to be independent or develop friendships. Staff follow a curriculum that supports children's emotional development. The impact of this is evident. Children are happy, know about routines and enjoy the company of others. n Staff well-being is of paramount importance to the manager. She keeps in regular contact with her team, supports them through individual supervision

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sessions and identifies a number of professional development courses. Staff comment that they feel supported and valued. n Support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities is well coordinated. Staff work well with parents and other professionals, such as

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27 January 2022 portage and speech and language therapists. This helps them to implement specific strategies to help children to make the best possible progress. n Children experience regular French lessons. Younger children enjoy singing and dancing to the familiar French songs and rhymes. Older children show how they understand and talk about the use of languages from other countries. For example, they use words such as 'bonjour', 'au revoir' and 'merci' in the right context, and talk about their plate at lunchtime being 'red' or 'rouge' in French. n Staff talk to children about how to safely use resources. For example, they explain why they need to be careful when moving the large wooden construction bricks around. Children respond by lifting and moving them gently. n Staff provide and implement a broad and balanced curriculum. They observe and assess children's learning regularly. Staff generally have a good understanding

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of how children learn, and use this to provide appropriate experiences. n Staff help to develop children's communication skills by modelling the correct pronunciation of words and adding extra words. For example, when children talk about the spoons, staff repeat 'yes the big spoon'. However, sometimes, staff ask too many questions in quick succession and do not give children the chance to think and respond. n Staff do not always share precise information about learning and development for those children who spend time between toddlers and pre-school. This can sometimes lead to some children not being consistently challenged in their learning.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The manager and staff team have a secure knowledge of how to keep children safe. The manager makes sure staff have access to regular child protection training, including information on identifying those at risk of being exposed to extreme views and behaviours. Staff can recognise the signs and symptoms of abuse and have a secure understanding of where and when they would report any concerns. They can confidently explain procedures to follow if there was an allegation made against a member of staff. The manager has kept in regular contact with families during the pandemic and has a secure procedure in place if children do not attend. This helps to keep children safe.

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should:

n build on staff's questioning techniques so that they consistently give children time to respond and develop their thinking and language skills more effectively n refine transition arrangements for children moving between rooms, to ensure all staff are aware of what they want children to learn, know and do.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2550207 Local authority Gateshead Inspection number 10215713 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

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inspection

Total number of places 65 Number of children on roll 65 Name of registered person Richardson, Lorraine Amanda

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reference number

Telephone number 01914471646 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

Care With Cuddles registered in 2019. It is located in Ryton, Gateshead. The setting is open Monday to Friday from 8am until 6pm, all year around. It receives funding to provide free early education for children aged two, three and four years. The setting employs seven qualified members of staff.

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Inspection activities

n This was the first routine inspection the setting received since the 2020-21 COVID-19 pandemic. The inspector discussed the impact of the pandemic with the setting and have taken that into account in their evaluation of the setting. n The inspector carried out a learning walk with the manager. The inspector assessed the impact of the learning opportunities staff provide children, including the quality of their interactions. n The inspector viewed the indoor and outdoor learning environments. n Written documentation was reviewed. This included safeguarding and child protection policies and procedures. n The inspector spoke to the manager, children, parents and staff at convenient times and considered their views. n The manager and inspector carried out a joint observation on a small-group 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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