Two Little Dickie Birds Nursery And Fun Club with St Paul's Pre-School

Two Little Dickie Birds Nursery And Fun Club with St Paul's Pre- School St Peters Catholic Academy, Northumbrian Road, Cramlington, Northumberland NE23 6DB

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Inspection date 10 April 2019 Previous inspection date Not applicable

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This inspection: Good 2

Previous inspection: Not applicable Effectiveness of leadership and management Good 2 Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good 2 Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good 2 Outcomes for children Good 2

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This provision is good

n The provider regularly reviews the quality of the staff's teaching abilities. This helps to identify appropriate training needs and to raise the quality of their teaching. n Staff frequently praise and encourage children's efforts. This positively helps promote children's personal and social skills as they explore the learning environment. n Children, parents and visitors receive a very warm welcome when they arrive at the nursery. Children settle quickly and concentrate well on their chosen activity. n Children confidently interact with staff and other children. Close friendships are evident, which helps support children's emotional well-being. n Staff demonstrate a secure understanding of how children learn and develop. They effectively adapt activities to suit the needs of all children. For example, when singing nursery rhyme songs, staff use 'signs' to enable non-verbal children to participate with

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This provision is good

the activity. n Older children concentrate very well. They play cooperatively together and are beginning to understand the rules of different games. n The provider has failed to ensure that all required documents and records are easily accessible and available for inspection. n Sometimes, lunchtime routines do not provide younger children with a sufficiently engaging environment. Subsequently, they become a little bored and restless. 2019 2 of 5

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

To meet the requirements of the early years foundation stage and Childcare Register the provider must: Due date ensure records are easily accessible for inspection purposes and seek prior permission from Ofsted if these are to be kept off the premises. 23/04/2019

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

To further improve the quality of the early years provision the provider should:

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

n review the organisation of lunchtime routines so that younger children remain fully engaged.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

n The inspector observed staff's interactions with children indoors and outdoors, and spoke to them at appropriate times during the inspection. n The inspector sampled a range of children's learning files, policies and procedures, fire safety logs and risk assessment procedures. n The inspector spoke to parents on the day of the inspection and took account of their views. n The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities and assessed the impact on children's learning.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. Staff have a good knowledge and understanding of child protection and safeguarding procedures. They know the correct reporting requirements should they have any concerns about a child's welfare or safety. Partnerships with parents are strong. Parents say they feel involved in their children's learning and that they enjoy receiving regular feedback from staff. The provider uses a variety of methods to evaluate the provision, including seeking the views of all staff, parents and children. This helps to identify some areas for further improvement. For instance, one of the outdoor areas is scheduled for improvement.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Effective teaching helps ensure all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, make good progress in their learning. Staff undertake regular observations and accurate assessments during children's play. Children demonstrate high levels of physical skill. For example, they carefully cross the balancing bar, with minimal adult help. They use good spatial awareness as they play outdoors. Children enjoy creative activities. For instance, they use good control as they use shape cutters to make play dough people. They carefully roll out little buttons, confidently count them and carefully stick them on.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Staff work well as a team and are supportive and positive role models. They gently remind younger children to use 'kind hands' and 'soft words' when a little overexcited. Children are polite and display delightful manners. They are gaining a good understanding of healthy foods. This is evident as they eagerly eat a selection of fresh fruit at snack time. Older children are aware to let staff know when they are going to the toilet and independently wash their hands afterwards. This promotes a good understanding of hygienic procedures.

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Outcomes for children are good

The provider and staff have developed close working relationships with the host school. Children are invited to join in with a variety of school activities. Children's communication skills are very good. They listen intently when staff read stories and excitedly join in with key lines. They use good recall skills to link past events to the storyline. Overall, children are gaining the key skills needed for the next stages in their learning, such as school. 2019 4 of 5

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY541806 Local authority Northumberland Inspection number 10089712 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 Age range of children 0 - 8 Total number of places 16 Number of children on roll 28 Name of registered person Southgate, Donna Maria

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Date of previous inspection Not applicable Telephone number 07811 973 027

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Two Little Dickie Birds Nursery And Fun Club with St. Paul's Pre-School re-registered in 2016 and is situated in the grounds of St Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary Academy in Cramlington, Morpeth. There are nine members of staff. Of these, the manager holds both qualified teacher status and early years professional status, six members of staff hold an appropriate early years qualification at level 3 and two members of staff hold an appropriate early years qualification at level 2. The club opens Monday to Friday, 51 weeks a year, from 7.30am until 6pm. The pre-school opens Monday to Friday, during term time only, from 9am to 3pm. The setting provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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This inspection was carried out by Ofsted 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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