Little Bundles Of Joy

Inspection of Little Bundles Of Joy 35 Wellington Road, Bilston, Wolverhampton WV14 6AH

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Overall effectiveness Requires improvement

The quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Overall effectiveness at previous inspection Requires improvement

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The provision requires improvement

Children are happy and settled in this nursery where staff establish warm and affectionate bonds with them. This helps children to feel safe and secure. In the pre-school room, children are excited to take their turn as the daily helper. They know the routine and the tasks they need to carry out. For example, they collect the plates and cutlery and set the table for lunch. However, not all children are supported to manage their own personal care.

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The provision requires improvement

Children respond positively to the praise they receive. They play cooperatively. They behave well and use good manners. They learn about the benefits of a healthy lifestyle. They demonstrate their understanding as they talk about the effect of different foods on their bodies. Children discuss how they care for their teeth at home and why. Outside, children take part in high-energy activities. They stretch and run as they attempt to catch bubbles.

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The provision requires improvement

Staff support children to develop their own identity. For example, children are excited as they arrive to find photographs of themselves on toy cars, set out by staff for them to use for a mathematics activity. All children, including children in receipt of early years funded education develop a positive attitude towards learning.

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need to do better?

n The manager and staff have high expectations for children's behaviour. They use effective behaviour management strategies consistently. Children listen, respond to instructions and behave well. n Staff do not support children under two and a half years of age to begin toilet training, despite them being developmentally ready. The acting manager reports this is due to the lack of toilet facilities on the ground floor of the nursery. This does not support children to learn to become independent and manage their own personal care. n The acting manager monitors staff performance and provides ongoing support and training. She carries out regular peer reviews and supervisions. Staff now undertake regular observations of children's learning, make accurate assessments of what children know and what they need to learn next. However, she does not ensure that staff provide support for children in the ground floor

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rooms, to acquire toileting skills. n Staff have a good understanding of how children learn and provide activities linked to children's interests and learning needs. However, less-experienced staff do not always know how to extend children's learning during play. This does not help children to sustain interest and during these times they become less engaged.

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22 February 2022 n Staff place an emphasis on promoting children's speech and language skills. In the pre-school room, staff help children to build sentences and extend their vocabulary. They engage children in interesting conversations and encourage them to use their developing language to express their ideas and opinions. Younger children become familiar with a wide range of rhymes and confidently join in with action songs. n Staff promote children's mathematical development in a fun and interesting way. Younger children build their mathematical understanding as they sing number songs. They learn to recognise simple shapes. Older children begin to solve simple number problems. For example, they work out how many more cups they need so that everyone can have a drink. n The acting manager undertakes self-evaluation of the nursery. However, she has failed to recognise a gap in the curriculum with regard to supporting children to

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need to do better?

acquire toileting skills. She has, however, identified areas for improvement. For example, to further enhance the outdoor area. She has plans to create an area where children can learn how to grow vegetables and fruit to further extend their knowledge of healthy lifestyles and knowledge of the world. n Staff in the room for two-year-old children, do not work in partnership with parents to support their children's acquisition of toileting skills. This does not support children to become independent and manage their own personal care.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The manager and staff have a secure knowledge of the signs and symptoms of abuse and neglect. They know how to make a referral to the relevant agencies in the event of a concern about a child's welfare. Children are supervised well, indoors and outside. Staff assess risks regularly to identify and remove any potential hazards to children. Children learn how to keep themselves safe, such as how to use stairs safely. The manager has robust recruitment in place to help to ensure staff are deemed suitable to work with children.

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Due date

ensure toilet training is introduced when children are developmentally ready and not delayed due to operational restraints 25/03/2022

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Due date

work closely with parents and share strategies to help accelerate children's acquisition of toileting skills. 25/03/2022

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should:

n enhance the monitoring of the curriculum to ensure that all areas of learning are implemented, with particular regard to toileting skills n provide more guidance and support for less-experienced staff on how to extend activities that further promote children's learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY563495 Local authority Wolverhampton Inspection number 10107134 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 32 Number of children on roll 20 Name of registered person Little Bundles Of Joy Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 01902 496389 Date of previous inspection 3 May 2019

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Information about this early years setting

Little Bundles Of Joy registered in 2018. The nursery employs six members of childcare staff, five of whom hold early years qualifications at levels 2 to 3. The nursery opens Monday to Friday from 7.30am until 6pm, all year round. It provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children

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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 acting manager and has taken that into account in their evaluation of the provider. n The acting manager led the inspector on a learning walk and told her what they wanted the children to learn at the nursery. The acting manager and the inspector carried out a joint evaluation of an activity together. n The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities and assessed the impact this has on children's learning. n The inspector held discussions with the acting manager, the owner, and staff throughout the inspection. She looked at relevant documentation, including qualifications and first-aid certificates. She viewed evidence of the suitability of those working with children. n The inspector took account of the views of parents spoken to on the day. She

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also spoke to children about their experiences in the nursery.

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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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