Yellow Brick Road Daycare

Inspection of Yellow Brick Road Daycare High Street, Metheringham, LINCOLN LN4 3EA

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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 are warmly greeted when they arrive by their key person, who gets down to their level to hold discussions with them. They benefit from staff following their routines at home and learning new routines in the nursery. For example, children in the toddler room know that when staff ring a bell, it is time to go indoors, take off their shoes and wash their hands before lunchtime. This routine, implemented by staff, helps children to know what to expect next supporting them to feel safe and secure. Children in the baby room laugh and kick their legs in excitement of staff placing them into a swing indoors. They show that they thoroughly enjoy this calming experience, as staff gently push them forwards and backwards.

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The provision is good

Children in the baby room are encouraged to take their first steps. Staff hold out their arms to entice children to walk towards them. When children do this, staff clap their hands to reward children's achievement. This helps to raise children's self-esteem and understand what is expected of them. Children in the pre-school room learn about snakes and spiders. For example, staff help them to understand that some spiders live in different countries, and explain to children that if they see a grass snake, they must tell an adult. This helps children to understand how they can keep themselves safe. Staff introduce new words for children to learn, such as 'venom' and 'prey', helping to extend their vocabulary.

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need to do better?

n The provider and manager show a passion for providing children with quality care and learning experiences. They implement strategies to support staff in their practice. For example, the deputy manager spends time working alongside staff and supporting them to develop their understanding of how to enhance experiences for children. Staff say that they feel supported with their well-being. n The manager and staff implement a curriculum that focuses on supporting children's communication skills. For example, when staff sing and do actions to nursery rhymes in the baby room, they do this slowly to enable children to follow and join in if they wish. Staff introduce songs to daily routines to encourage children to focus and support their speaking skills. For example, staff sing a song about washing hands when children do this independently. n Staff know the children very well. They find out about their experiences at home

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and complement this in the nursery. For example, when children enjoy swimming with parents, staff offer them opportunities for water play. Children use containers to pour and transfer water. This helps children to develop their hand-eye coordination and understanding of measure. n Before children start attending, staff visit children and their families in their home. This is to help develop strong relationships with them from the outset. It helps children to become familiar with staff before they care for them,

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3 August 2023 promoting their emotional security. If younger babies are unsettled, they ask parents to provide an item of their clothing to use to help comfort them. n Staff model using good manners and use sign language when they say 'please' and 'thank you'. This is to support children's understanding for those who struggle to communicate. However, staff do not always implement the manager's expectations of the rules and boundaries for children in the toddler and pre-school room. One example of this is when the expectation is for children in the toddler room to use kind hands. Staff do not fully support them to understand what this means. n The cook offers children a range of nutritious, freshly prepared meals. The manager uses additional funding that some children receive to provide meals for them. This contributes to all children receiving a healthy diet. Children have opportunities to learn how fruit and vegetables grow in the garden. Their

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understanding of how plants grow is developed further when, for example, staff send children home with seeds, soil and pots to grow sunflowers. This is to encourage parents to be involved in their child's learning. n Staff plan activities to support children's learning. For example, they help children to learn about size and numbers. Children are asked to use tape measures to measure themselves and to talk about the biggest and roundest vegetable they see. However, occasionally during these times staff do not manage to maintain some children's focus and attention. This means that they are not able to get the most from the learning experiences being offered.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The manager checks that staff understand their responsibilities to safeguard children. She ensures that each member of staff has information available to secure their knowledge of how to identify the signs and symptoms of abuse and where to report their concerns. All staff have completed safe sleep training and ensure that they check on sleeping children regularly. This includes making sure they are breathing and their faces are not covered. Many staff have completed paediatric first-aid training and are allocated appropriately around the nursery. This is to ensure that a child's medical incident can be dealt with quickly.

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should:

n strengthen the support for staff to implement the expectations of rules and boundaries for toddlers and pre-school children n help staff to maintain all pre-school children's focus and attention during planned activities so they get the most from the learning offered.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY442391 Local authority Lincolnshire Inspection number 10280838 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 125 Number of children on roll 254 Name of registered person Yellow Brick Road Daycare Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 01526 321094 Date of previous inspection 31 August 2017

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Information about this early years setting

Yellow Brick Road Daycare registered in 2012 and is situated in Metheringham, Lincolnshire. The nursery employs 28 members of childcare staff. Of these, 19 hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 2 or above. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, all year round. Sessions are from 7.15am 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 provider, manager and inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the nursery and discussed how the curriculum is implemented. n The inspector observed the quality of education during activities, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this has on children's learning. n Children spoke and interacted with the inspector throughout the inspection. n The inspector spoke with staff at appropriate times throughout the inspection. n The inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager. n The inspector held a meeting with the provider and manager. She reviewed relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery.

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n Parents shared their views on the nursery with the inspector.

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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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