Setting EY488974

Report for childcare on domestic premises

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Overall effectiveness Outstanding

The quality of education Outstanding Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Overall effectiveness at previous inspection Good

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The provision is outstanding

Staff use their expert knowledge of child development to provide children with meticulously planned education programmes. This ensures that children benefit from opportunities to fully secure their knowledge and understanding across the areas of learning and prepare them exceptionally well for school. Pre-school children express their ideas articulately and with great confidence. For example, they understand the rules and boundaries, such as having three children only in the tree house. They use their mathematic knowledge of 'one more' and 'less' to work out when they have the maximum number of children.

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The provision is outstanding

The manager and staff have created a unique curriculum that helps babies to quickly achieve their developmental milestones. They plan their learning environment to precisely focus on enhancing babies' knowledge, understanding and skills. For example, staff make timely changes to the learning environment throughout the day to challenge babies' physical skills even further. When babies show an interest in stacking blocks, staff set up further opportunities to practise this skill, using smaller blocks that require greater precision.

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The provision is outstanding

The manager and staff prioritise children's emotional security, safety and well- being. They provide children with positive role models, warm interactions and opportunities to learn about keeping themselves safe. Pre-school children sing a song to remind them about risks when they go for a walk. They know not to touch mushrooms and red berries because they will make them poorly.

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need to do better?

n Strong leadership and management ensures a high quality of practice throughout the setting. The manager, who is also the provider, is fully committed to making ongoing improvements to their practice and the service they provide. She has focused on supporting staff to maximise learning opportunities as children play. Staff receive extensive professional development opportunities and direct support from the manager, which supports their career progression. This includes opportunities to gain further qualifications. n The manager values the partnership working with parents and other settings where children also attend. This ensures that transitions between home and other settings are seamless and provide continuity in children's care and learning. Parents say how the manager and staff love and cherish their children. They feel that staff take the time to get to know and understand their children. n Staff make excellent use of their observations of children's achievements to

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identify what they have already learned so they can extend this further. The support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) is excellent. The manager and staff use their expert knowledge of child

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26 September 2023 development to identify promptly when children are not meeting their developmental milestones. They work closely with parents and outside agencies to implement bespoke education programmes for children. The manager and staff have constructed a speech and language curriculum that focuses precisely on helping children with communication delays. n Staff are highly skilled teachers and enhance children's play expertly. They use questions that enable children to use their deep thinking skills to solve problems. For example, pre-school children plan what they will need to construct a den. They explain what they will do first and next. n The manager and staff have developed an exciting curriculum that promotes children's literacy and love of books. Babies learn to sit down when they are reading a book, and they know to return it to the shelf when they have finished exploring it. Staff weave books seamlessly into children's play, which captivates

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their interest and intrigue in the events and characters. n Children are highly motivated and engaged in the exciting range of play experiences that staff provide them with. Pre-school children concentrate as they learn how to operate a syringe to suck water up and squirt it on letters and shapes on the wall. They investigate a range of techniques and pressure needed to hammer nails, screws and golf tees into a pumpkin. n The curriculum for communication and language is planned and sequenced meticulously. Staff identify key words they want babies to learn, such as cat, dog, pig and duck. They enhance the learning environment with resources to encourage children to use the animal names and sounds. Pre-school children listen intently as they respond to instructions, such as putting one finger on their chin and two fingers on their nose. Children know the difference between one and two and develop secure understanding of mathematics.

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n Staff have purposeful teaching strategies that focus on helping children learn to manage their feelings and behaviour. This begins with babies, such as supporting them to transition to sleeping in cots and then sleep mats. Staff help babies learn to take turns. Babies sit down to share a toy they both enjoy playing with. Pre-school children learn how to resolve conflicts for themselves.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The manager rigorously reviews their safeguarding policies so that children's safety is always prioritised. This includes keeping safeguarding training a continual focus for all of the staff team and keeping updated about local safeguarding concerns. The manager and staff are highly trained to identify signs that may indicate a child is at potential risk of harm. Staff understand about extreme views and how these can impact on children and their families. The manager and staff know what to do if they have any concerns about a child, including managing allegations about staff. The manager understands about partnership working with other agencies to help keep children safe. Staff carefully prepare food to minimise the risk of choking, and they understand about safe sleeping practices.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY488974 Local authority Worcestershire Inspection number 10305162 Type of provision Childcare on 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 26 Number of children on roll 49

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reference number

Date of previous inspection 13 February 2018

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Information about this early years setting

Meadows Childminding registered in 2015. The setting employs 14 members of childcare staff. Of these, 12 hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 and above, including the manager, who holds early years teacher status. The setting operates all year round. Sessions are available Monday to Friday, from 7.30am until 6pm. The setting 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 manager joined the inspector on a learning walk and talked to the inspector about their curriculum and what they want their children to learn. n The inspector viewed the provision and discussed the safety and suitability of the premises. n Children interacted with the inspector during the inspection. n The special educational needs coordinator spoke to the inspector about how they support children with SEND. n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning. n The inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager. n Parents shared their views of the setting with the inspector.

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n The manager provided the inspector with a sample of key documentation on request.

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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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Inspection activities

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