Happy Kids East Dene

Inspection of Happy Kids East Dene Mowbray Gardens Community Centre, Mowbray Gardens, ROTHERHAM, South Yorkshire S65 2UH

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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. Children who are new to the nursery are very well supported by skilled and knowledgeable staff who help them to feel quickly at home in their new surroundings. 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 concentrate as they search in the mud trays for hidden toy insects and share them with their friends.

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The provision is good

Children feel safe and build good relationships with staff and other children. They learn to behave well and show concern for each other. They rise to staff's high expectations and are polite and thoughtful to others. Children, including children with SEND, learn to recognise and manage their own emotions. They learn to take sensible risks and challenge themselves. For example, children progress from balancing on simple wooden beams and bridges to exploring the more challenging climbing wall. Parents comment very positively on how staff support their children to become happy and confident learners during their time in the nursery.

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need to do better?

n Staff promote children's communication skills well overall. For instance, they strongly support children who find it hard to concentrate to increasingly focus their attention and maintain eye contact with the person who is speaking to them. Staff engage children in friendly conversations as they play and during snack and mealtimes. However, staff do not always fully enrich and extend children's vocabulary. For instance, they use words that are sometimes too basic and not as exciting as they could be. n The manager provides passionate and purposeful leadership. She has led staff in developing a clear and focused curriculum to help children to progress in all areas of their learning. The curriculum is based on a deep understanding of the community the nursery serves and well-researched approaches to teaching. Staff morale is high. They are supported well to access a wide range of training and feel their contributions are valued.

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need to do better?

n Staff strongly support children with SEND and other children in challenging social and economic circumstances. Staff identify gaps in children's learning and development at an early stage. They work closely with parents and other professionals, such as speech therapists and educational psychologists, to plan and support children's learning. The manager makes good use of additional funding to, for example to purchase books and other resources and to offer staff training to support children's specific needs.

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8 September 2023 n Staff positively encourage children's love of books. They build children's experiences as they progress through nursery by, for example, introducing them to new and different fiction and non-fiction books in the 'book of the month' and lending library. Children learn about family relationships and becoming independent, such as when they follow the story of the 'Owl Babies'. Staff read stories in ways that engage and stimulate children's further learning. They help children to plan and make up their own stories through their role play and other activities. n Staff promote children's good behaviour and personal development very well. Staff successfully encourage children to say 'please' and 'thank you' throughout their play and healthy snack times. Following the COVID-19 pandemic, staff identified that many children found it difficult to mix with other children. Therefore, staff provided strong support to help children to learn to play with

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need to do better?

others and build friendships. Parents comment very positively on the guidance they receive to support children's social and play skills. n Staff help children and their parents very effectively to appreciate the value of a healthy lifestyle through, for example, the 'toothbrush club' and growing and preparing their own vegetables. Staff's commitment to supporting parents and children in this is recognised in the nursery's achievement of a recognised gold award for healthy foundations. n Parents highly recommend the nursery. They very much appreciate the warm and caring attitudes that staff show towards their children and themselves. They welcome the guidance they are given on supporting their children's learning at home.

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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. Staff are trained well and their safeguarding knowledge is regularly reviewed through supervision sessions, discussions 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 who to report concerns to. Staff are vigilant and support children to play and learn safely.

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should:

n focus staff's professional development on further enriching and enhancing children's vocabulary and language development.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY470193 Local authority Rotherham Inspection number 10301371 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 40 Number of children on roll 49 Name of registered person Happy Kids Childcare Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01709 838954 Date of previous inspection 25 January 2018

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Information about this early years setting

Happy Kids East Dene registered in 2013 and is based in Rotherham. The nursery is open during term time, Monday to Friday. Sessions are from 9am to 3pm. The nursery employs 11 members of childcare staff. Of these, nine hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 or above, including two at level 4 and one at level 5. There are two apprentices working towards qualifications at level 3. 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 nursery 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 nursery. n The inspector had a learning walk with the manager to review children's learning experiences. n The manager and the inspector carried out a joint observation of children's activities. n The inspector spoke to staff and children during the inspection. n The inspector discussed the management and organisation of the nursery with the manager and reviewed relevant documents. n The inspector spoke to parents during the inspection to ascertain their views.

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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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