Brook Babes Little Learners

Inspection of Brook Babes Little Learners Deighton Gates Primary School, Deighton Road, WETHERBY, West Yorkshire LS22 7XL

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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 Outstanding

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The provision is good

Children arrive happy and keen to meet their friends and staff. They are confident and quick to investigate the exciting resources and activities staff prepare. Older children set themselves challenges in the construction corner, building motorways with bridges. Younger children beam as they find toy animals hidden in hay. They bounce up and down and have fun attempting to 'moo' and 'roar' like the animals. Babies snuggle into staff as they look at a book together. This positive environment means all children enjoy their nursery sessions.

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The provision is good

Children behave well and are kind and considerate. Staff are skilful at helping children to learn what is expected of them. They encourage children to talk about their feelings, which helps them feel valued and respected. Staff gently explain the consequences of any negative behaviour. They encourage children to take turns with the resources and include their friends in their play. Staff help children learn to listen to adults as they develop children's awareness of risk and safety ready for school. This means children follow the nursery routines well. For instance, children routinely join staff in a lively clapping song, which gives them a 10-minute warning before tidy-up time for lunch. This helps children prepare for the next activity in a calm and happy atmosphere.

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need to do better?

n Leaders plan and organise the curriculum well. They put children's emotional well-being and communication and listening skills at the heart of everything they do. The manager is skilled at helping staff to fully understand how to put this into practice and sequence children's learning effectively. n Staff have a very effective key-person system. They have a detailed knowledge of the children and their families. This helps children and babies feel safe and know their needs will be met. Staff work closely with parents when children start, and when they transition between rooms. This helps build secure relationships with their new key person. n Parents share how happy they are with the progress their children are making. They express how they value the communication they receive. However, some parents say they would find it beneficial to receive even more ideas on how they can help their children learn at home.

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need to do better?

n Staff build strong links with local schools and professionals. They strive to ensure that children have a positive experience as they move on to school, for example by inviting teachers in and arranging visits to the schools. n Staff work well with families to support those children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. Additional funding the nursery receives is effectively spent to ensure it has the biggest impact on children's learning and development.

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29 June 2023 n Children develop a very good use of language and communication skills. Staff constantly hold conversations with children. They provide ongoing commentary for younger children and introduce new vocabulary for older children. Staff routinely model language and listening skills. They encourage children to talk about what will happen next, for example, while reading a familiar story. This helps children to be confident to speak out and know they will be heard. n Overall, staff's interactions with children are strong. They encourage children to follow their interests and engage them well in play. Staff challenge children's thinking to help them develop their own ideas. However, occasionally, pre-school children who are eager to learn about letters and the sounds they make are not consistently getting the high-quality interactions and challenge they need. This is because not all staff follow agreed approaches to teaching letters and sounds.

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need to do better?

This means that children sometimes do not build well on the literacy skills they already have. n Children enjoy healthy snacks and plenty of exercise. Staff consistently encourage children's understanding of the benefits of a healthy lifestyle. However, sometimes during mealtimes, babies and younger children sit and wait for long periods until all children have washed their hands and the nutritious food has been delivered. Consequently, despite staff's best efforts to sing with them, children are bored and lose valuable time to learn.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The management team have a very good awareness of their responsibilities in meeting the safeguarding and welfare requirements. They carry out rigorous checks on the suitability of staff and have a clear, safe recruitment system. Staff have a secure knowledge about the procedures to follow in the event of having any concerns about children in their care. They confidently describe the procedure they would follow should they have concerns about a colleague's practice or conduct. The management team carry out rigorous checks and reviews of each policy to keep the premises and equipment safe for children. For example, the medication procedure has recently been reviewed and further strengthened. Changes are immediately shared with all staff to ensure their understanding and implementation of the improved practice.

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should:

n improve the strong relationship with parents and carers to share even more ideas with them to help continue children's learning at home n support all staff to follow agreed approaches, so practice is consistent when helping pre-school children to learn about letters and sounds

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should:

29 June 2023 n consider the impact of the times younger children have to sit and wait, so that valuable learning time is not wasted.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY467351 Local authority Leeds Inspection number 10299766 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 52 Number of children on roll 94 Name of registered person Brook Babes Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 01937 580925 Date of previous inspection 5 December 2017

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Information about this early years setting

Brook Babes Little Learners registered in 2013. The nursery employs 16 members of childcare staff. Of these, 12 hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 or above, including two with early years professional status. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, all year round except for bank holidays and a week over Christmas. Sessions are from 7.30am until 6pm. The nursery provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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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 setting. n The manager and the inspector completed a learning walk together. The manager explained how the provision is organised and the focus of the curriculum. n The inspector spoke to children and staff at suitable times throughout the inspection. n A leadership and management meeting was held with the provider and manager. The inspector sampled documentation including medication, accident and safeguarding information. The inspector checked the suitability of staff and looked at qualifications and certificates. n The inspector spoke to several parents and considered their views. n The manager and inspector carried out two joint observations and considered the effect of staff interactions on children's learning.

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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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