Tilly Tots Daycare

Inspection of Tilly Tots Daycare Bostock Village Hall, London Road, Bostock, Cheshire CW10 9JP

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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 welcomed into the warm and nurturing nursery by caring staff. They happily separate from their parents and demonstrate that they feel safe and secure. Children's behaviour is good. Younger children watch and learn from their older peers and confidently join in their play. Older children are caring and considerate as they share toys and offer them support when they drink from a cup. Children create great friendships as they talk about their 'special friends'. They are well mannered and show great respect for the nursery environment as they tidy resources away after use. Children are developing countless skills that will support their understanding of good morals and values.

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The provision is good

Children enjoy a wide range of stimulating activities and experiences that support all areas of learning. Younger children immerse their hands into gloop and are mesmerised as they watch it run through their fingers and drip onto a tray. Older children make bird feed and add different ingredients, such as lard, to alter the consistency and texture. They press, roll and mould the mixture to make their desired shape. These learning opportunities help to strengthen children's hand and finger muscles to support their early writing skills.

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need to do better?

n The staff are passionate and dedicated to providing the best care and learning opportunities for children and their families. They constantly reflect on what is working well and make ongoing adaptions and improvements. Staff attend regular one-to-one meetings and discuss their key children's development and any training they need to support their professional development. They feel very well supported by the manager and say that the nursery is a lovely place to work. This helps staff to have a positive attitude towards supporting children to achieve the best learning outcomes. n The staff work together to plan and deliver a well-designed curriculum that supports children to acquire the skills that they will need in readiness for school and beyond. They follow children's interests and provide activities that will support them in their next stages of development. As a result, children are motivated to learn more and are making good progress.

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need to do better?

n Generally, staff interact well with children and support them so that they enjoy taking part in activities. However, at times, some staff are less aware of when it would be beneficial to extend children's learning or when to allow children to test out their own ideas for themselves. During these times, children's individual learning needs are not always met. n Staff promote children's communication and language skills well. Children enjoy listening to stories and singing songs and rhymes. Furthermore, they think of other ways to describe the word 'big'. They suggest words such as 'gigantic',

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need to do better?

21 June 2023 'enormous' and 'huge'. This helps to broaden children's knowledge of words and vocabulary. n Overall, partnerships with parents are good. Parents comment that staff meet their children's emotional and developmental needs well. They are informed of the things that their children do throughout the day and receive termly updates of their children's progress. However, staff are less consistent with providing parents with ideas or suggestions on how they can further support their children's learning at home. n Staff place a high value on children's opinions and views. For instance, they are involved in the decision-making of the menu and what healthy meals they would like to eat. Furthermore, children create charts and record their votes of what snack they would like and confidently explain how they must go with the majority. This results in children learning to negotiate and compromise in certain

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situations. n Staff teach children about the importance of equality and diversity. For example, children talk about different parts of their bodies and what makes them unique and different. Additionally, great emphasis is placed on children learning about different countries and they taste traditional dishes, such as Turkish moussaka. Children are developing a greater awareness and understanding of the world around them and different cultures.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Staff have a good knowledge of the safeguarding policy and procedures to follow if they have any concerns regarding children's welfare. They understand the importance of being alert to changes in children's behaviour and any potential issues regarding illegal activities in their local area. Staff and children carry out risk assessments throughout the day to ensure that the environment is safe for them to play. For example, children assess the outdoor area before accessing it and identify the risks of the slide being wet and slippery. This results in children deciding that the best way to minimise the risk is to wipe the slide down before use.

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should:

n support staff to further develop their teaching skills so that they are skilled at recognising when to adapt their practice to meet children's individual learning needs n strengthen communication with parents further to enable them to fully extend their children's learning at home.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY459915 Local authority Cheshire West and Chester Inspection number 10295482 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 16 Number of children on roll 21 Name of registered person Ellis, Natalie Jane

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reference number

Telephone number 07803 419 376 Date of previous inspection 19 December 2017

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Information about this early years setting

Tilly Tots Daycare registered in 2012 and is located in Bostock, Cheshire. The nursery employs seven members of childcare staff, all of whom hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 2 or above. The nursery is open for 51 weeks of the year, Monday to Thursday, except for bank holidays. Sessions are from 8am to 6pm. The nursery provides funded early education for three- and four-year-old children.

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Inspection activities

n This was the first routine inspection the nursery received since the COVID-19 pandemic began. The inspector discussed the impact of the pandemic with the managers and has taken that into account in their evaluation of the nursery. n The manager and the inspector had a learning walk together of all areas of the nursery and discussed the early years curriculum. 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 on children's learning. n The inspector carried out joint observations of a group activity with the manager. n Parents shared their views of the nursery with the inspector. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation and reviewed evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery.

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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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