Kindred Hainault

Inspection of Kindred Hainault The Learning Centre, 114 Huntsman Road, Ilford IG6 3SY

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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

Staff work hard to embed routines and expectations that support children to develop their independence skills very well. Children excitedly explore the different activities, which staff carefully plan to promote children's development and skills across all areas of the curriculum. Children particularly benefit from accessing activities that enable them to enhance their physical development. Children enjoy taking risks and use a climbing frame to play on the slide. Younger children receive support from their key person to practise learning to walk.

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The provision is good

Children thoroughly enjoy selecting different books and reading them in very cosy reading areas. Staff ignite children's curiosity by reading stories in a very animated manner. Children are encouraged to join in and repeat key phrases. They enjoy using role play to retell stories. Children benefit from growing different plants and explore the natural world around them. Outside, they enjoy digging and watering plants. They particularly enjoy picking plants, as part of their 'planting to plate' initiative, where they grow different fruits and vegetables and then pick them. These are then used to prepare nutritious, healthy meals for children to eat for lunch.

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The provision is good

Staff plan activities to teach children about different emotions. This helps children to manage their emotions and behaviour well. Staff create an environment that is calm, purposeful, safe and friendly, where all children are happy. This enables children to develop their skills and knowledge across all areas of the curriculum.

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n Children are confident and possess good communication skills. Staff act as good role models, encouraging children to behave well and follow routines. They remind children to pronounce words correctly and introduce them to a wide range of vocabulary. Staff ask children questions to check their understanding. However, at times, staff do not provide children with enough time to respond to the questions. n Staff pride themselves in developing children's knowledge of leading a healthy lifestyle. The nursery has been accredited through a government initiative for their nutritious, healthy and balanced meals. Staff plan opportunities to teach children about the benefits of different fruits and vegetables. They also plan exciting activities to support children to learn about dental hygiene. n Staff implement a 'curiosity approach' and support children to express themselves well. This also empowers children to take ownership of their

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learning. For example, children use crates and boxes to build a car, which benefits their critical thinking and creative skills. n Staff have constructed a curriculum that is child-centred. They tap into each

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14 August 2023 child's interests and use in-the-moment planning to help children to make good progress and achieve positive outcomes. Staff review children's next steps in learning regularly and work in partnership with parents to set children targets. Parents speak highly of the strategies that key persons share for them to support their children at home. Some parents express that staff are 'exemplary'. n Each room has its own set of curriculum goals to prepare children for the next stage in their academic journey. Staff ensure that children can build on their skills and knowledge sequentially. For example, staff support children to begin to develop their independence skills. In the toddler room, staff support children embed these skills, and in the pre-school room, children demonstrate increasing confidence and independence. Staff prepare children to be ready for school. n Managers and staff work in close partnership with external professionals, such

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need to do better?

as with staff from the children's centre, schools and the local authority. This enables staff to support children effectively with their learning and development, securing positive outcomes for the children. Managers use monitoring visits from the local authority's early years advisor to reflect on and evaluate their areas of development. This enables them to plan additional training and supervision session to support staff to develop their skills. Staff feel very well supported and appreciate the additional support that they receive from managers to develop their practice. n The diverse staff team supports children to use their home languages to work on their English language development. Children's and staff's identities, cultures and beliefs are celebrated throughout the year. This supports children to develop respect and understanding towards different beliefs, cultures and ethnicity.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Staff know how to identify different indicators of abuse. They know the processes to follow to report any concern they may have about a child being at risk of harm. Staff understand how and where to report any concerns. Managers ensure that staff complete mandatory training related to safeguarding. They regularly quiz staff on their safeguarding knowledge and direct staff to additional training to enhance this. Staff carry out 10-minute checks on sleeping children to ensure that they are safe. They recognise the importance of carrying out risk assessments and do this for all the learning environments, including the resources, to make sure that they are safe and suitable for children to use.

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n ensure that staff give children time to reflect on and answer questions.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY491652 Local authority Redbridge Inspection number 10304837 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Day care type Full day care

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inspection

Total number of places 80 Number of children on roll 131 Name of registered person Kindred Education (Essex) Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 02085005285 Date of previous inspection 2 February 2018

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Information about this early years setting

Kindred Hainault registered in 2015 and is located in Hainault, in the London Borough of Redbridge. The nursery is open each weekday, from 7am until 6pm, all year round. It employs 17 staff, 15 of whom hold suitable early years qualifications at level 2 or above. The nursery provides funded early education for children aged two, three and four years.

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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 manager and has taken that into account in their evaluation of the nursery. n The inspector carried out a learning walk of the nursery and discussed the activities set up with the manager. n An observation of lunchtime routine was carried out by the inspector. n The outdoor provision was observed by the inspector, with the manager. n The inspector observed the different areas of the nursery independently. n The inspector held a leadership and management meeting with the manager. n Staff's, parents' and children's views were sought by the inspector. n Samples of policies, certificates and other essential documents were observed by the inspector. n A joint observation of an activity was carried out by the inspector with the manager.

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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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