Little Rascals

Inspection of Little Rascals Little Rascals Nursery, 425 Halifax Road, SHEFFIELD S6 1AF

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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, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), make a strong start to their learning in this warm and nurturing nursery. Babies are helped to build strong bonds with the experienced staff team, and they smoothly settle into nursery life. Children make good progress overall and are well prepared for the next stage of their learning, including starting school. Staff make good use of their knowledge of children's interests and abilities to plan for their learning and help them become independent and confident. For instance, children learn how to work together and create their own challenging obstacle courses to ride their trikes and scooters through.

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The provision is good

Children feel safe, learn to behave well and show concern for each other. They rise to staff's high expectations and are polite and thoughtful to others. For instance, they encourage other children to join in their counting and number matching game, take their turn and listen to each other's answers. Children learn to take sensible risks and challenge themselves. Babies become increasingly confident, for example to explore new sensory activities. Parents appreciate how children have learned to cross the road safely through their play in the exciting outdoor spaces.

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need to do better?

n Staff promote children's speaking and listening skills well overall. Babies enjoy singing rhymes such as 'Round and round the garden' and excitedly anticipating the ending. Staff engage children in friendly conversations as they play. However, staff do not always fully enrich and extend children's vocabulary. For instance, using words that are too simple and not as exciting as they could be. n The nursery strongly supports children with SEND. They identify gaps in children's learning and development at an early stage. Staff work closely with children's parents and other professionals, such as speech therapists, to plan future learning. They make good use of additional funding to, for example, offer sensory play experiences to help children's emotional well-being or training to support children's specific needs. n Staff support children's love of books. They build children's experiences as they progress through nursery by, for example, introducing them to new and

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need to do better?

different fiction and non-fiction in the 'Book of the week'. Staff read stories in ways that engage and stimulate their further learning. For instance, two-year-old children are inspired by the story of 'The Gingerbread Man'. They create their own gingerbread-shaped pancakes with gingerbread-scented play dough they have mixed. n Staff promote children's good behaviour and personal development well. Staff successfully encourage children to say 'please' and 'thank you' throughout their play and healthy snack times. They support children to make decisions and

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need to do better?

11 July 2023 persist in activities. They skilfully help children who find it hard to manage their emotions to learn to play with others and control their behaviour. n Staff help children to develop their physical control and body management. Children are encouraged to make patterns in their water wall painting and in paints and sand. Babies love to immerse themselves in paint and water. Children use thick and fine paint brushes and pens in their drawings and paintings. They develop their use of scissors from, for example, simple snips on the edge of the paper to following lines as they make their imaginatively decorated kites. These skills help to prepare them for their later writing development. n Parents highly recommend the nursery. They very much appreciate the warm and caring attitudes the staff show towards their children and themselves. They welcome the guidance they are given on supporting their children's learning at

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need to do better?

home and involvement in nursery life through, for instance, parent workshops and the leavers' picnic.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The designated safeguarding lead supports staff to ensure that they have a full and up-to-date knowledge of how to keep children safe. She makes sure that staff are trained and that their safeguarding knowledge is regularly reviewed through supervision sessions, discussions, quizzes and staff meetings. Staff have a good understanding of how to care for children and protect them from harm. They are aware of changes in children's emotions or behaviour that suggest a concern. Staff know how to record safeguarding information and to whom concerns should be reported. Staff are vigilant and support children to play and learn safely.

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should:

n focus staff's professional development on strongly supporting children's development of a rich and exciting vocabulary.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY374347 Local authority Sheffield Inspection number 10301293 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 53 Number of children on roll 99 Name of registered person KW051 Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01142 852440 Date of previous inspection 10 January 2018

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Information about this early years setting

Little Rascals registered in 2008 and is located in Sheffield. The nursery employs 14 members of childcare staff. Of these, 11 hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 and one holds a qualification at level 4. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday all year round. Sessions are from 8am 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 provider. n The inspector conducted a learning walk with the manager and deputy manager to review children's learning experiences. n The manager and the inspector conducted a joint observation of children's activities. n The inspector discussed the management and organisation of the nursery with the manager and deputy manager and reviewed relevant documents. n The inspector spoke to staff and children during the inspection. n The inspector spoke to parents and read their written comments to ascertain their views.

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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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