Puddleducks Under Fives Ltd

Inspection of Puddleducks Under Fives Ltd Lawley Community Centre, Lawley Village, TELFORD, Shropshire TF4 2PR

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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 Inadequate

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The provision is good

Children are happy and generally settled. They enjoy their time at the setting. Staff use children's interests and their next steps to help plan a range of stimulating activities. This helps to ensure all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), thrive at the setting. Children enjoy their time outside. They use a range of different movements as they climb and balance on the play equipment. Children work well together. For instance, they help each other make it across the obstacle course. Children regularly seek out staff when they are in need of assistance. Staff share key information with other settings children are due to attend. This helps to ensure children receive consistency in their care and/or learning.

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The provision is good

Children are provided with lots of opportunities to test out their ideas and make predictions. They enjoy the cause and effect as they add different materials together to make their own play dough. Staff have lots of discussions with the children about what else they need to add when the mixture is 'too watery'. They also encourage children to use a range of their senses as they add different smells and spices to the mixture. Children show lots of concentration as they play. For instance, when they stack using the blocks or when they are attempting to fit puzzle pieces together. Staff are on hand to assist the children where required. Children enjoy sensory activities, such as paint play. They use the different brushes and their fingers to explore the paint. That said, staff are not consistent with how they manage children's behaviour. This does not support all children to start to understand right from wrong.

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need to do better?

n Leaders use the feedback from others to help make continued improvements. This has helped to raise the overall quality of the setting, since the last inspection. Leaders are keen for children to leave their setting ready for the next stage of their learning. n Leaders find out key information about the children from their parents. This includes the children's likes, interests and individual care routines. However, some staff do not fully utilise what they know about the children to help encourage them to settle swiftly, when they become upset. n The curriculum is rich. It is sequenced well to build on what children know and can do over time. Staff plan a range of purposeful activities for children to engage with. However, at times staff do not think carefully enough about the organisation of activities. They do not ensure there is always enough resources for all the children who wish to access the activities. This does not enable all

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need to do better?

children to become fully immersed in the learning experiences on offer. n Leaders place focus on supporting children's communication and language

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need to do better?

9 October 2023 development. They have introduced a range of strategies since their last inspection to help improve children's vocabulary. Staff speak clearly to children. They remodel children's language well. Staff provide children with lots of space and time to think about their responses to questions. n Staff find out children's starting points from parents. They then regularly observe and assess children's development. Staff use this information to help identify where a child requires additional support. They then seek support from other professionals. This helps to ensure that children with SEND receive the specialist support they require. n Staff remind children of the rules where needed. They also ask the children to 'stop' when they display negative behaviours. However, staff do not speak to the children about their actions or how this affects others. This does not ensure all children fully understand what is expected of them.

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need to do better?

n Staff talk positively about the support they receive from leaders. This includes how leaders support their own well-being. Leaders hold regular meetings and supervisions with staff. This helps them identify any training needs. n Parents speak highly of the setting. They share that they can see the progress their child has made in their development. Staff keep parents informed of their child's learning and ways they can support their child at home. n Leaders are keen for children to learn about their similarities and differences. They find out about each child's background and use this to provide resources that represent the children and their families. Staff celebrate a range of festivals throughout the year. This helps children to learn about the wider world. n Staff provide children with a range of balanced snacks. They encourage children to wash their hands regularly. Staff also talk to the children about the

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need to do better?

importance of oral hygiene. This helps children to learn how they can stay clean and healthy.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Leaders have made changes to their whistle-blowing and complaints procedures, since their last inspection. This has helped to develop leaders' and staff's knowledge of the action they should take if an allegation is made against them. Leaders and staff are also aware of the action to take if concerned about a child's welfare. Leaders have also taken steps to maintain effective records to ensure the safe and efficient management of the setting. Staff are fully aware of the action they should take if a child suffers an accident at the setting. Leaders now keep a record of the identification checks that are checked as part of their vetting processes. The setting is safe and secure. It is clean throughout.

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should:

9 October 2023 n support staff to manage children's behaviour in a consistent manner, to help children understand right from wrong n review and strengthen the arrangements for how staff settle children to further promote children's well-being n enhance the organisation of activities, to enable all children to become fully submerged in the learning experiences on offer.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2670644 Local authority Telford & Wrekin Inspection number 10301889 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 26 Number of children on roll 33 Name of registered person Puddleducks Under Fives Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 01952872080 Date of previous inspection 8 June 2023

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Information about this early years setting

Puddleducks Under Fives Ltd registered in 2022. It operates from a community centre, in the Lawley area of Telford. The setting has six staff employed, all of whom are qualified to level 3. It opens Monday to Friday, term time only. Sessions are from 7.45am until 11.45am and midday until 2.45pm. The pre-school offers funded early education places for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector discussed any continued impact of the pandemic with the manager and has taken that into account in their evaluation of the setting. n The inspector viewed the setting and discussed the safety and suitability of it. 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 special educational needs coordinator spoke to the inspector about how they support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. n The inspector observed the interactions between staff and children. n The inspector spoke to several parents and children during the inspection and took account of their views.

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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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