Twixus (Garland Hill) Limited

Inspection of Twixus (Garland Hill) Limited Garland Hill House, Sandy Lane, St. Pauls Cray, Orpington, Kent BR5 3SZ

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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 Good

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The provision is good

Children are happy, confident and secure. They are warmly greeted when they arrive at the setting for different sessions during the day. This helps children to settle quickly. Children are encouraged to explore and experiment. For instance, toddlers use their senses to explore a wide range of textures during messy play. Staff discuss how things feel rough and smooth. Children extend their learning as they search for different objects which they link to familiar stories. They sit and read to themselves, and they snuggle up with adults to hear stories being read to them. All children, including those who receive additional funding and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), make secure progress in their learning from their starting points.

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The provision is good

Children demonstrate a positive attitude to learning. For example, they take great delight in brushing the pretend teeth with real toothpaste and toothbrushes. Young children are developing good hand-eye coordination. In addition, they are developing an understanding of how to keep healthy. From a young age children listen and follow instructions. They respond positively to adults and each other. Staff have high expectations of children's behaviour. As a result, children behave well. For example, during the fire-drill practice, children confidently follow staff to the outside area. Children are learning how to keep themselves safe.

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need to do better?

n Managers and staff work closely with parents. For instance, they gather information about children before they start. They create portfolio displays to help support the staff's knowledge for individual children. Staff display babies' daily milk routines, likes and dislikes. Babies form good attachments with staff. However, managers and staff do not consider how to create opportunities for children to extend their awareness of different families, languages and cultures to gain a greater appreciation of the world around them. This would build on their understanding of their diverse community and world. n Overall, staff support children's learning and development well through a broad and varied curriculum. They interact with children and ask questions to broaden their knowledge. However, on occasion, daily routines and group activities do not focus clearly on encouraging children to develop their independence skills. In

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addition, staff in the pre-school do not consider further challenging experiences for children during planned activities. n The ambitious managers provide a curriculum with a broad range of activities for all children, both inside and outside. For instance, older children have the opportunity to go swimming. Children explore nature and develop their physical skills in the well-resourced garden areas. Children take risks and learn how to keep safe. For example, they learn how to build fires and climb trees. This builds

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12 September 2022 on their confidence and resilience skills. Children's behaviour is good. n Leaders have developed effective systems to monitor children's progress and identify any gaps in learning. Parents comment on how well children with SEND are supported. Managers work closely with other settings and professionals to support children's development and transitions to the next stage of their learning and school. n Children are supported to develop their vocabulary. From the start of the day, staff repeat words and discuss with children what they are doing. They also ask questions to support children's conversation skills. For instance, pre-school children talk about the images they are cutting out and sticking from magazines. Children confidently identify 'mangos' in the pictures. Babies babble and join in songs as they explore different colours and textures, such as ripped tissue paper, in the garden. Children receive lots of positive praise for their efforts.

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n Children develop their creative skills as they use paint, brushes and different resources during group activities. Staff encourage children to use their imagination and explore their ideas. Young children enjoy making their own choices about what to add to their creations. For instance, children count how many wiggly eyes they want to stick on their monster. Young children count 1,2,3,4,5, developing their early mathematical skills. n Managers support staff to continue their professional development. They carry out peer observations and hold regular meetings to review the setting. This helps staff to develop their teaching of the curriculum.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Managers ensure that safeguarding procedures are in place to help keep children safe. They are aware of their responsibility to report any allegations against staff and have safe recruitment procedures in place. Staff are aware of their roles and responsibilities to safeguard children. They are confident about the process to follow to raise a concern about a child or staff member. Staff know the signs that may indicate a child is at risk of harm. Staff have procedures in place to regularly check the environment and children's registers. This helps to ensure the safety and welfare of children at all times.

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should:

n strengthen opportunities for children to learn about cultural diversity outside their own community n extend opportunities for children to develop their independence skills and do more things for themselves n improve the implementation of group activities to provide appropriate challenge

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should:

12 September 2022 for pre-school children.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 137253 Local authority Bromley Inspection number 10234189 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 127 Number of children on roll 125 Name of registered person Twixus (Garland Hill) Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01689 821033 Date of previous inspection 19 October 2016

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Information about this early years setting

Twixus (Garland Hill) Limited registered in 1995 and is situated in St Pauls Cray, Kent. The nursery is open each weekday, from 7am to 6.30pm, for most of the year. The provider employs 38 members of qualified and unqualified staff. Of these, one member of staff holds early years professional status, and one has qualified teacher status. Staff also hold relevant level 4 and 3 qualifications. The nursery receives funding to provide 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 Managers and the inspector completed a learning walk together. They discussed the curriculum and what it is that the managers want children to learn. n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning. n Joint observations were completed. The managers discussed the aims for the activity and the impact on children's learning. n Children, parents and staff spoke to the inspector during the inspection. n The inspector held a meeting with the nursery managers. She looked at relevant documentation and reviewed evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery. n The special educational needs coordinator spoke to the inspector about how

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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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