Liz Day Care Centre

Inspection of LIZ DAY CARE CENTRE LTD 46 Kempe Road, Enfield, Middlesex EN1 4QS

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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 Not applicable

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The provision is good

Children are happy and safe in this calm and positive environment. Children build warm relationships with staff. They happily engage with them in playful learning opportunities or approach them for hugs or to share their play.

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The provision is good

Children benefit from well-embedded routines. For example, they eagerly join in circle time as they sing, 'Make a circle.' Consistent routines such as these help children to feel secure as they understand what will happen next during the day. Children develop empathy for their peers. For example, they offer their peers a cuddle if they think they may be feeling upset. This helps children to develop their understanding of their own and others' feelings and form friendships.

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The provision is good

Children respond well to the high expectations that staff have for what they can achieve. For example, even younger children use a knife and fork correctly and stay seated at the table until their peers have finished their lunch. These high expectations are threaded through every area of the curriculum and help children to make very good progress on their individual learning journeys. Children develop their independent skills well. Children pour their own water and clean up any spillages themselves. Younger children scrape their bowls well and clear away their dishes. This supports children to develop their self-care skills and builds their self-esteem.

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need to do better?

n Leaders carefully consider what children should achieve through the curriculum for communication and language. Staff communicate in positive, engaging tones with the children. They respond well to children's actions and words, building high-quality, two-way interactions between staff and children. For example, when children are pretending that it is snowing on the toy animals, staff and children discuss together how cold it will be and the clothes they would wear in the snow. This supports children to build their vocabulary and develop their sentence structure. n Staff use stories well to support children's learning. They read children familiar books such as 'We're going on a bear hunt', and children excitedly join in with the words and actions. This helps children to learn new language and develop a love of books. n Staff plan learning opportunities to support children to develop their physical skills. Children develop their hand-to-eye coordination and fine motor skills by

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making marks with pens or chalk, using tongs to serve their fruit, pouring water or sand and building towers. Children develop their gross motor skills by balancing along beams, riding on tricycles, climbing up steps and sliding down the slide. This supports children to make good progress in their physical

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need to do better?

10 May 2023 development. n Staff do not always consider how to support children to develop their gross motor skills indoors. This means that children who choose not to go into the garden do not have enough opportunities to be physically active during the day. n Leaders are passionate about meeting the needs of children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. They carefully consider their needs and next steps and how to support them to achieve these next steps. Leaders work closely with external professionals to ensure these children are getting all the support that they need. Staff implement the strategies that these professionals recommend effectively. This means that every child makes good progress on their individual learning journey. n Leaders understand what good practice looks like. They support less experienced staff by spending lots of time working with the children, modelling good practice to colleagues. Leaders support staff's professional development

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through online training, staff meetings and regular supervision. This leads to good outcomes for children. n Less than half of the staff at the nursery hold appropriate childcare qualifications. This is a breach of the requirements. However, leaders work hard to support staff carefully to ensure that this does not impact on the learning and care of the children. Several staff members are due to complete appropriate qualifications in the next few months. n Leaders and staff build strong parent partnerships. Parents appreciate how well the staff know their children and work together with staff to support each child's individual needs. Staff provide feedback to parents regularly, both verbally and via an app. This keeps parents up to date with what their child has been doing during the day and how to support them at home.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Leaders keep staff's safeguarding knowledge up to date through regular safeguarding training and regularly asking safeguarding questions. Staff understand the processes to follow if they have concerns about a child or member of staff. Leaders display key safeguarding information for staff to refer to if necessary. Leaders ensure that recruitment processes are robust.

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Safeguarding

Children are beginning to understand how to manage their own risks. For example, children explain how to carry scissors safely. This supports children to keep themselves safe.

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Due date

ensure that more than half of the staff members hold appropriate childcare qualifications. 30/06/2023

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should:

n consider how to support every child to be even more physically active every day at nursery.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2613664 Local authority Enfield Inspection number 10288652 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises Registers Early Years Register Day care type Full day care

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inspection

Total number of places 43 Number of children on roll 38 Name of registered person LIZ DAY CARE CENTRE LTD

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reference number

Telephone number 07984308757 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

The nursery registered in October 2021. It is situated in the borough of Enfield. It employs 10 staff members, four of whom hold appropriate childcare qualifications. The nursery provides funded early years education for two-, three- and four-year- old children.

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Inspection activities

n This was the first routine inspection the setting 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 and the inspector completed a learning walk together and discussed the curriculum. n The inspector carried out a joint observation of an activity with the manager. n Children spoke to the inspector about what they enjoy doing in the setting. n The inspector observed the interactions between staff and children. n The inspector had discussions with staff and parents and took their views into account. n The inspector held discussions with leaders about nursery practices and procedures.

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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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