Busy Bodies Child Care Centre

Inspection of Busy Bodies Child Care Centre Bishop Mascall Centre, Lower Galdeford, Ludlow, Shropshire SY8 1RZ

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Overall effectiveness Outstanding

The quality of education Outstanding Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Overall effectiveness at previous inspection Not applicable

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The provision is outstanding

Children excitedly enter the welcoming nursery environment. They build exceptionally strong bonds with staff and demonstrate that they feel safe and secure with them. Staff nurture the individual personalities of babies and support their sense of security superbly. Key persons provide highly flexible settling-in sessions and ensure consistency for babies when they move to other rooms. The excellent progress that children make stems from the secure attachments that they have with staff. There is a wonderful ambience of positivity throughout this nursery. Children are at the very heart of this setting, in every aspect of their well- being. Children love being outdoors and competently construct, using real tools. They confidently share the rules they need to follow to stay safe, with each other and the inspector. Children are highly confident and independent learners.

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The provision is outstanding

Children's behaviour is excellent. Staff are clear about expectations for children to be kind and to share. Children show these very good social skills in abundance. For instance, in the garden, they take turns on equipment, offer to share resources and help their friends with tasks. When cooking, children patiently wait their turn and share out the dough mixture and cutters with their friends. Staff demonstrate consistent and thoughtful role modelling. Children develop excellent self-help and independence skills. They develop a secure understanding of good hygiene routines. For instance, they explain that they must cover their mouths when they cough to prevent them spreading germs to others.

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n Staff plan and provide an extremely clear and well-sequenced curriculum that the manager monitors as he works alongside them. Staff know the children exceptionally well and pay meticulous attention to building on their learning, using their interests, in a way that excites and inspires children. n Management and staff create an inspirational environment where children are eager to explore and experiment. Children engage in arts and music festivals where they learn about different artistic techniques, local and cultural music and hear the sounds made by the 'violin', 'ukulele' and 'Tibetan' bells. The nursery is at the heart of the community it serves. Children and parents take an active part, for example, by providing donations for the local food bank. n Outdoor provision offers an ambitious and innovative curriculum. A newly extended outdoor space further extends imaginary play for children of all ages.

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Children choose to spend much of their day outside. They play enthusiastically with water trays with guttering to create moving water. Children use a whole variety of containers to move, scoop and catch the water. They develop their large-muscle skills as they climb, balance and run in the large outdoor space. For instance, they stack plastic milk crates and add wooden planks to create a small

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2 August 2022 obstacle course. n Small-muscle skills are superbly promoted. There are daily opportunities for children's mark making across the indoor and outdoor provision. For example, children can freely access clipboards and a range of art and mark-making materials when they need them. n Teaching is excellent. Staff never miss an opportunity to extend children's vocabulary. They introduce new words and ask meaningful questions to support children's thought processes. Extra-curricular activities, such as yoga and dance, provide children with opportunities to develop and gain skills required for their future learning. n The learning programmes incorporate a wealth of interesting and meaningful learning experiences. For example, children help to grow vegetables in the nursery garden and enjoy cooking and eating them. They thoroughly enjoy their weekly cooking sessions, which promotes healthy eating. Recipes are then

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shared with parents. n The manager fosters a culture of reflective practice throughout the nursery. His regular reflections allow the provision to continually improve to ensure that children excel from their experiences at nursery. The manager is extremely passionate and has a clear vision and engages staff and parents for the continued development of the nursery. n The excellent partnership between parents and staff greatly benefits children's learning. For example, parents receive detailed information about their child's progress in written and verbal reports. The verbal and written comments from parents are extremely positive. Parents find staff 'amazing' and 'nurturing'. They say the nursery's efforts to communicate and involve parents in every step of their child's learning are admirable.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Safeguarding is given very high priority at this setting, and children are kept very safe. All staff attend regular safeguarding training. They have an up-to-date knowledge of the local safeguarding partnership procedures. Staff demonstrate a secure awareness of the signs and symptoms that may indicate a child is at risk of abuse. They are confident in what they would do with the information and where they would go with it. Recruitment is robust and has a very firm focus on ensuring the suitability of all staff who work directly with children. In addition, effective supervision ensures staff's ongoing suitability is monitored regularly.

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n continue to enhance the systems for monitoring staff members' practice to

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2 August 2022 consistently encourage and sustain the already outstanding teaching practice.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY561581 Local authority Shropshire Inspection number 10191255 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 22 Number of children on roll 123 Name of registered person Busy Bodies Child Care Centre Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01584877654 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

Busy Bodies Child Care Centre opened in 2018. The setting employs 12 members of childcare staff who hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 2 and above, including one with early years professional status. The setting opens from Monday to Friday, all year. Sessions are from 7.30am until 5.30pm. The setting 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 provider and has taken that into account in her evaluation of the provider. n The manager and the inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the setting and discussed the early years curriculum. n The inspector talked to staff and children at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning. n The inspector carried out a joint observation of a focused activity with the manager. n The inspector spoke to parents during the inspection and took account of their views. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation and reviewed evidence of the suitability of staff working at the setting.

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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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