Childcare on Domestic Premises, Full day care in Southwark

Report for childcare on domestic premises

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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 are tremendously happy and very eager to start their busy day at this outstanding setting. They are welcomed very enthusiastically by the dedicated and experienced staff team. This helps to promote children's sense of belonging. Children show that they feel safe and emotionally secure.

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The provision is outstanding

Children speak with increasing confidence. They begin to use new words to describe the textures of fruit and keenly share their thoughts and ideas. For example, older children remember plans to learn about Autumn and very confidently talk about 'heavy clouds full of rain'. Children consistently show knowledge they have learned over time.

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The provision is outstanding

Children willingly engage in a superb range of challenging opportunities to help to build on what they already know and can do. For example, children squeeze pipettes as they engage in water play to help build on their mathematical skills, hand strength and coordination. They make marks in sand and notice patterns as they create butterfly paintings. This also helps to encourage children's pre-writing skills excellently.

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The provision is outstanding

Children behave superbly. They keenly share toys and naturally use good manners, such as 'please' and 'thank you'. High numbers of staff provide children with excellent levels of support. Personal, social and emotional development is of high priority and at the heart of the curriculum. Children thrive and make rapid progress.

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need to do better?

n The manager, who is also the provider, is extremely confident and ambitious. Her vision to provide outstanding care and education is shared and understood by staff. Staff very confidently follow her excellent approach and strong values. n The setting ethos and procedures are shared with parents long before children start. This helps them to understand and follow the extremely robust procedures for keeping children healthy and safe. The manager has very high expectations and this is shared reliably among all parents. n The manager consistently provides outstanding support for the recovery of COVID-19. She works closely with parents to help identify gaps in children's learning, such as communication development and social skills. During lockdown, all staff kept in touch with parents and children. Staff encouraged parents to continue children's learning at home. For example, staff emailed parents individualised activities each day so that children did not fall behind

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while they stayed at home. n Staff report excellent levels of support from the manager to help promote their

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5 September 2022 well-being. They say they very much appreciate the superb benefits, including organic meals served every day. Weekly and biannual meetings help to swiftly identify issues when they arise. New staff report high levels of support and training. Staff's well-being is of high priority. n Staff receive focused and highly effective opportunities to help to consistently develop their professional development. For example, following training, staff say they have improved their approach to further support children who have special educational needs and/or disabilities. Furthermore, staff have built on their already excellent teaching skills to further promote children's communication development and vocabulary. n Staff are deployed very effectively to enable them to always supervise children. They consistently follow excellent strategies for managing children's behaviour to help children to feel safe and secure. For example, children ask for a sand

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timer to help them to wait for their turn. Staff are excellent role models. n Wonderful interactions help to promote children's speaking and listening skills, problem solving and confidence. Staff consistently value the views of children to further develop their self-esteem. For example, children confidently ask to play a range of instruments, such as the ukulele, drums, piano and xylophone. They listen closely and skilfully follow a beat. n Staff confidently know what children need to learn next and plan a superb curriculum to meet their individual needs. Children benefit from meaningful learning across all areas of learning. For example, children competently count as they cut cucumber, bananas and kiwi for a snack. They find out how much rain water is collected in watering cans and problem solve as they learn how to turn cogs, keys and locks. They demonstrate extremely high levels of self-esteem as

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they show delight in their achievements. n Parent feedback is extremely positive. They report that high numbers of staff have a positive impact on their children's learning and development. Parents comment 'Children are highly focused, thrive and develop' and 'It is wonderful to see our child thrive'.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The manager ensures that all staff, including new members of staff access safeguarding training to help to keep their knowledge current. They have excellent knowledge of how to identify the potential signs of abuse. Staff know the procedures they will take to report any concerns about a child's safety within the setting and to external agencies. Recruitment is robust and has a very firm focus on ensuring the suitability of all staff who work directly with children. Risk assessments are embedded in practice and provide children with a very safe environment to play and learn.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2550958 Local authority Southwark Inspection number 10221580 Type of provision Childcare on 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 18 Number of children on roll 10

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reference number

Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

Yeeha! Childcare registered in 2019. The setting is located in Dulwich in the London Borough of Southwark. The setting is open from 8am until 6pm, Monday to Friday, for most of the year. There are six members of staff, including the provider who is also the manager. Of these, three members of staff hold a childcare qualification at level 3. The setting offers funding for the provision of free early education for children aged two, three and four years.

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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 provider. n The manager joined the inspector on a learning walk and talked to the inspector about their curriculum and what they want their children to learn. n Children spoke to the inspector about what they enjoy doing. n Staff spoke to the inspector during the inspection. n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning. n The manager and the inspector carried out a joint observation during snack time. n The manager showed the inspector documentation to demonstrate the suitability of staff. n Parents shared their views of the setting through written testimonies.

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Inspection activities

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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Inspection activities

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