Kiddywinks Neighbourhood Nursery And Pre School

Inspection of Kiddywinks Neighbourhood Nursery And Pre School 40 Cooks Cross, South Molton, Devon EX36 4AW

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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

The management team and staff have made positive changes to the curriculum. Staff plan activities and experiences that build on what children know and can do. They have made changes to the play spaces to encourage children to be creative, develop physical skills and learn about the wider world.

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The provision is good

Staff interact with children, helping them to maintain attention and concentration as they play. Support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities is great. Staff use interventions well to make sure all children are included. They use signs as well as words to support children's talking. All children make good progress with their communication.

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The provision is good

Staff take advantage of spontaneous events, such as the arrival of the sand for the sand tray. Children find the buckets and spades and go outdoors with staff to collect the sand. Older children learn about the planets after noticing the moon was out during the day. Staff help children look up facts about the planets. Children make models and create displays to show what they have learned.

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The provision is good

Younger children enjoy their newly refurbished play spaces. They explore natural materials, mix foam and paint together, and pretend that cardboard boxes are trains. Staff encourage children to keep trying. They help children to put on coats and shoes to go outdoors. Children smile as they receive praise for their efforts.

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need to do better?

n The management team has improved support for all staff. Staff understand their roles and access professional development to enhance practice. They feed back on training they complete and use it to build on teaching skills. Staff share information with each other about what children need to learn next. They include children's interests in plans to help make activities engaging and challenging. n Babies are inquisitive and develop physical skills. Staff help them as they try to free toy animals frozen in ice. The children use hands to melt the ice. Staff comment on how the heat from the children's hands turns the ice into water. They provide a hammer and help children to use this to break the ice. Staff hold the hammer with the children and model how hitting the ice breaks it apart. Children extract the animals and notice that the toy camel has lost one leg. They tell staff they need to hit the ice hard to break it up.

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n Children behave well and show consideration for others. Older children share the scissors and glue, saying 'please' and 'thank you' to each other. They work together to build with the large wooden blocks. Children take turns to add blocks onto their construction. They discuss what they are doing and make decisions

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need to do better?

25 February 2022 about what they will add next. Staff talk with the children, encouraging them to explain what they are making. Sometimes, staff miss opportunities to enhance children's learning. They do not encourage children to think deeper about what they are doing and to further extend ideas. n The manager and staff have improved how they share information with parents. Staff tell parents what children are learning in the nursery and provide laminated cards about what they need to learn next. Staff provide 'home packs' for children and parents to do at home. The packs contain activities to support children's communication, mathematics and emotional development. Parents have recently been to an 'open evening'. Staff shared the new curriculum as well as showing parents the changes to the play spaces. Parents comment that staff provide excellent support for children. They talk favourably about the way staff

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need to do better?

work with other professionals to help children make progress. n Children make choices about how they want to play and learn. They know where to find the toys and equipment to play with. However, sometimes, staff do not encourage children to care for the play spaces effectively. For example, at tidy up time, staff are distracted by children talking and asking questions. Children continue to play as they are not encouraged to put the toys away. n Children enjoy listening to stories. Staff ask questions to encourage children to recall characters and the sequence of events. Children recall names and remember letter sounds matching them to the word in the book. Younger children copy staff as they tell them new words or use signs to let them know that they want a drink or more snack.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Staff have good understanding of what might put a child at risk of harm. They know how and when to refer concerns about the welfare of children, to keep them safe. The manager and staff carry out risk assessments on play spaces and sleep areas. They minimise or prevent hazards. There are good systems in place for the recruitment of staff. The manager makes sure she checks the suitability of staff to work with children. Staff receive regular training and support for their mental health and well-being. They know and understand the procedures to follow in the event of allegations.

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should:

n provide clearer support for children to help them understand how they can care for their play environments and toys n continue to build on interactions with children in ways that enhance learning and development.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY485375 Local authority Devon Inspection number 10209165 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 49 Number of children on roll 84 Name of registered person North Devon Childcare Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01769 574 969 Date of previous inspection 25 August 2021

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Information about this early years setting

Kiddywinks Neighbourhood Nursery And Pre School registered in 2014. The setting is situated in South Molton, North Devon, and is one of two privately owned settings. It is open Monday to Friday from 8am to 5pm, all year round. There are 13 members of staff employed to work directly with children. Of these, one holds an appropriate childcare qualification at level 6, eight hold level 3 and two hold level 2. The setting receives funding to provide free early education for children aged two, three and four years.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector discussed any continued impact of the pandemic with the provider and has taken that into account in their evaluation of the provider. n The manager joined the inspector on a learning walk and talked to the inspector about their curriculum and what they want the children to learn. n The inspector carried out a joint observation of a story time activity with the manager. n Parents shared their views of the setting with the inspector. n The inspector spoke to children and staff at appropriate times during the inspection to gather their views. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation and reviewed evidence of the suitability of staff working 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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