Kids Planet Shrewsbury

Inspection of Kids Planet Shrewsbury Battlefield Road, Shrewsbury SY1 4AN

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Overall effectiveness Requires improvement

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

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The provision requires improvement

Children arrive at the setting happily. Staff greet them attentively and help them to settle in with ease. Most children are very confident. Older children are keen to approach new people and find out about why they are visiting. They seek adults out for cuddles, showing that they feel safe and secure in the nursery.

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The provision requires improvement

The quality of education that children receive is inconsistent. Staff provide children with a wide range of resources to play with. Babies explore sensory materials, such as dry cereal. Older children enjoy plenty of opportunities to practise their physical skills outdoors. However, staff are not always clear about why they provide the experiences for children. They lack understanding about what they intend children to learn through the opportunities available. Although most children are busy throughout their day and learn some new skills, they do not make the progress they are capable of.

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The provision requires improvement

Staff have variable expectations of children. Staff encourage older children's independence. They provide tools for them to serve their own meals. Children competently use ladles and tongs to transfer food to their plates. However, staff who work with babies have low ambitions for them. For example, they do not allow children to access their own water in case they spill it.

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need to do better?

n There have been recent changes in staffing and management. Managers, including those from the wider organisation, are aware that some staff lack knowledge of the curriculum and areas of learning they teach. Although some support is being put in place, this is not yet having enough impact on the quality of education children receive. As a result, the quality of provision has declined since the last inspection. n Managers and staff meet termly to identify learning intentions for children. They have established a current focus on children's communication and language development. However, the curriculum is narrow and is limited to this. Not all staff understand how to sequence children's learning appropriately. For example, they do not support children well enough from a young age to understand how to manage their feelings and behaviours. This hinders the progress that children make. n Staff complete assessments of children's development, including the required

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need to do better?

progress check at age two. However, they do not consistently use this well enough to identify how to support children's individual learning needs. Planning of activities does not always take account of what children need to learn next so that they make good progress in their development. n Staff provide parents with an individual daily handover. They share information

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27 September 2023 about the child's routine. There are books and resources made available for parents to share with children at home. However, parents do not consistently receive enough information about their child's learning to provide continuity in this outside of the nursery. Managers and staff do not always communicate promptly or effectively enough to share information received from parents to ensure consistency in children's care. n Children benefit from a varied and nutritious range of meals and snacks, which include plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables. Older children access their own drinks throughout the day. However, staff do not provide babies with continuous access to fresh drinking water because they limit this to meal and snack times only. They do not recognise the impact this has on children's health and well- being. n Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities receive high levels of

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support. There are designated staff, including from the senior leadership team, appointed to provide support. Staff and managers work together with parents to identify gaps in children's learning. Individual plans are implemented effectively to help close these gaps. Managers know when to seek additional support from other services to help meet children's individual needs. n Staff have given priority to supporting children to learn how to listen and follow instructions, which most children are able to do. They offer plenty of praise and recognition to children when they behave as expected, to further encourage this. n Staff consistently comment that they feel well supported in their roles. They receive regular supervision from managers and frequent feedback about the quality of their work. Managers and staff undertake lots of ongoing training and professional development opportunities. However, managers do not yet fully

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need to do better?

assess the impact of the training staff complete to ensure that this helps to improve the quality of their teaching and practice effectively.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Staff and managers undertake regular training to help them to understand their role in safeguarding children. They are able to identify signs that could mean a child is at risk of abuse or harm. Staff are confident in explaining the procedures to follow to report any child protection concerns to other professionals. Risk assessment is used effectively and is reviewed regularly to provide children with a safe environment. There are rigorous procedures in place to assess the suitability of staff before they start working with children. Staff understand how to keep younger children safe while sleeping. Records of accidents children sustain are maintained and information is shared promptly with parents.

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Due date

ensure that all children, including babies, have access to fresh drinking water at all times 06/10/2023

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Due date

ensure that information is shared effectively between parents, staff and managers to provide continuity in children's care and learning 06/10/2023

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Due date

develop and implement an ambitious and well-sequenced curriculum that provides children with a breadth of knowledge and skills so that they are prepared for the next stage in their learning 31/10/2023

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Due date

ensure that staff use assessment purposefully to identify next steps in each child's learning and to plan suitably challenging activities and experiences so that children make progress in their development. 31/10/2023

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should:

n monitor the impact of training and professional development opportunities that staff undertake to continuously raise the quality of their teaching and practice.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2640674 Local authority Shropshire Inspection number 10310996 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises Registers Early Years Register Day care type Full day care

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inspection

Total number of places 120 Number of children on roll 145 Name of registered person Kids Planet Day Nurseries Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01743 664447 Date of previous inspection 2 March 2023

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Information about this early years setting

Kids Planet Shrewsbury registered in 2021. It is located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. The nursery opens Monday to Friday, all year round. Sessions are from 7am until 6.30pm. There are 27 members of childcare staff employed. Of these, 18 hold relevant qualifications, including one with qualified teacher status and three at level 6. The nursery provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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Inspection activities

n The inspectors discussed any continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic with the provider and has taken that into account in their evaluation of the provider. n We carried out this inspection as a result of a risk assessment, following information we received about the provider. n The acting manager and one inspector completed a learning walk to understand how the provision and curriculum are organised. n The acting manager carried two joint observations with the inspectors to evaluate the quality of teaching. n Parents and children spoke to the inspectors and gave their views of the setting. n The inspectors observed the quality of teaching, indoors and outdoors, to assess the impact this has on children's learning. n One inspector held a meeting with the acting manager, area manager and three representatives from the organisation, and looked at relevant documentation and evidence of staff's suitability.

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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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