Setting EY499882

Report for childcare on domestic premises

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Overall effectiveness Requires improvement

The quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Overall effectiveness at previous inspection Inadequate

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The provision requires improvement

The manager does not always ensure that all staff follow the health and hygiene routines consistently. Some routines in place mean that this does not have a significant impact on children's safety and well-being. For example, children wash their hands before meals and after using the toilet and learn why this is important.

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The provision requires improvement

Children are happy and engaged in the care of the staff. Staff know children well. The information gained from parents helps to settle children when they first start. Children form strong attachments with their key person. They often go for cuddles and ask for help when they need it. Children feel safe and secure. Children engage in stories, songs and rhymes. They sing to themselves while playing. Children learn the words to the stories and rhymes they hear. Staff sing nursery rhymes, and children eagerly join in. Children have favourite stories.

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The provision requires improvement

Staff provide opportunities for children to develop their physical skills. Young babies have tummy time to develop their core strength. Older babies use the resources to pull themselves up. They practise standing and walking. Older children explore the outdoor area. They run, jump, climb and balance on the resources outside. Children persevere to complete a jigsaw. Children have a positive attitude to their learning.

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need to do better?

n Health and hygiene routines are not consistent. Children wash their hands and ask for tissues to wipe their own noses. However, sometimes, staff do not always wash their hands after helping children to wipe their noses. Children put their hands in their mouths, then pass food to their friends at snack time. Babies are sometimes offered the food that they have dropped on the floor. This does not help to stop the spread of infection and promote children's good health. n Staff provide opportunities for children to develop their communication and language. They model language for all children. For example, staff name the fruit children are eating and the animals they are playing with. Children repeat the words back. n Children engage in back-and-forth conversations. Staff use facial expressions when interacting with babies. However, sometimes, they place dummies in babies' mouths for long periods of time, often when they do not need it. This

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need to do better?

means that some children do not always develop their speech as quickly as they could. n Staff plan activities based on the stories children hear. They promote their individual next steps in learning. For example, children learn about growing vegetables. They create circle shapes to represent the caterpillar. Children look at books independently. Young children learn which way to hold a book and how

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9 May 2023 to turn the pages carefully. n Children develop their social skills. They learn to share, take turns and work together with their friends. When young children struggle to do this, staff are on hand to support them. Staff are calm and sensitive to children's needs. They explain why they must not hurt their friends. Children are redirected to another activity. Children's behaviour is good. n Staff provide opportunities for children to make choices. They choose what they would like to drink at snack time and pour their drinks independently. Children choose what fruit they would like to eat. They develop their independence skills. n Children help to solve mathematical problems. They count the number of children at snack time and check how many chairs they need. Staff model the mathematical language and say, 'We need one more chair.' Staff use number names during play and count 'one, two, three', before sliding down the slide.

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need to do better?

n Children explore and develop their creativity and imaginations. They paint with brushes and use objects for printing. Children explore the texture of the paint with their bodies. They paint their hands and arms and make prints on the paper. Children explore how the colour changes when they mix the paint. Children engage in role play and make drinks for the inspector and their friends. n Parents are extremely supportive of the setting. They comment that the setting offers a warm and positive experience for their children. Parents say it is a 'home-from-home environment'. They report that staff are approachable and 'go above and beyond' to support their children. Parents are well informed about their child's learning and development.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The setting is safe and secure. Children are unable to leave the premises unattended. Procedures are in place which ensure that unknown adults cannot enter. Recruitment procedures and ongoing checks are in place. This ensures that staff are suitable to work with children. Supervision sessions provide opportunities for staff to share any concerns about children or adults. The manager supports staff to improve their professional knowledge. All staff complete training in paediatric first aid. They have regular training to update their knowledge on a range of safeguarding topics. Staff have a strong knowledge of safeguarding. They understand how to keep children safe.

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Due date

9 May 2023 ensure that hygiene procedures are consistently implemented to minimise the spread of infection. 19/05/2023

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should:

n consider how young children's communication and language skills can be further supported by limiting the use of dummies when they do not require them.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY499882 Local authority Calderdale Inspection number 10269478 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 14 Number of children on roll 25

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reference number

Date of previous inspection 30 November 2022

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Information about this early years setting

Donna's Daycare registered in 2016 and is based in Halifax, West Yorkshire. The setting employs six members of childcare staff. Of these, one holds an appropriate early years qualification at level 4, two staff hold qualifications at level 3 and two staff hold qualifications at level 2. The setting opens all year round, from 7.30am until 5.45pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays. It provides early years funded education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector discussed any continued impact of the pandemic with the manager and has taken that into account in their evaluation of the setting. n The manager joined the inspector on a learning walk and talked to the inspector about the curriculum and what they want children to learn. n Children spoke to the inspector during the inspection. n The inspector talked to staff at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. n The inspector carried out a joint observation of an activity with the manager. n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact on children's learning. n Parents shared their views of the setting with the inspector. n The manager provided the inspector with a sample of key documentation on request.

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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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