Kids Zone

Inspection of Kids Zone 103 Clapton Common, LONDON E5 9AB

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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

Managers and staff greet children and parents enthusiastically as they enter the nursery. Staff encourage parents to send a 'good deed note' which highlights a good deed their child has performed at home. This is often related to the children's learning, for example 'shared well with his sister'. The key person shares the good deed with everyone, and they all show delight in celebrating and praising the children. This supports children to settle in well and helps to build their self-esteem and emotional well-being successfully.

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The provision is good

Staff observe and plan exciting activities based on children's interests. For example, staff plan projects such as 'Water' to develop children's interests around rain. They introduce children to vocabulary such as 'cloud' and 'rain drops'. This supports children to develop their communication and language well.

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The provision is good

Staff provide children with a wide range of activities and experiences. They plan an array of visits to support children's development of understanding the world around them well. For example, children enjoy visits to the library and the local park. Staff have high expectations of children's learning and behaviour. They act as positive role models and promote children's positive attitudes to learning well. The impact of this is that all children demonstrate good behaviour and achieve positive outcomes in their learning and development.

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n Staff promote children's positive behaviour well. They encourage children to include others in their play. For example, staff ensure that children form a line and take turns as they climb up the stairs to use the slide. Children allow their friends to go before them in the line when they have already had a turn. This ensures that children behave well and demonstrate a positive attitude to learning. Staff regularly praise the children for sharing well and being considerate of their friends. This helps to develop children's positive behaviour and social skills well. n Staff provide a wide range of activities and experiences that children enjoy. This is based on what staff know about children and what they can do, also their individual interests and needs. Managers ensure that activities are relevant and based on what children need to learn. n Staff speak positively about the manager and value the additional staff training

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they have access to. This helps to develop their practice. Managers are supportive and work well with external professionals to support staff, and children build on their knowledge and skills well. This ensures that all children make good progress. n Partnership with parents is strong. Parents are complimentary about the support

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7 May 2024 they receive to support their children's learning at home. They speak positively about the different events the manager and staff plan to keep them informed about their children's progress and development. For example, parents share that they thoroughly enjoyed attending an event to celebrate their children's achievements. n Children benefit from activities to support their mathematical understanding. Staff successfully prioritise children's number and counting skills. They skilfully plan opportunities, through their daily routines, to support children to learn about numbers. For example, children are encouraged to count the number of steps as they climb up and down. n Staff plan lots of opportunities to help children to develop their physical skills. Children enjoy their time outdoors, where they take part in balancing activities and complete obstacle courses, developing their core muscle and coordination

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skills well. Staff also plan activities where children thread mini hoops on a spaghetti tower to develop the small muscles in their hands. n Staff support children to develop a love for books. Children benefit from weekly visits to the library. This helps to develop children's vocabulary and understanding well. n Overall, children benefit from some good opportunities to practise doing things for themselves. However, some staff, at times, step in and offer support as children try to master practical skills such as pouring their own drink. At these times, some children do not always benefit from having the time and encouragement they need to fully develop their independence.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

There is an open and positive culture around safeguarding that puts children's interests first.

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should:

n provide more opportunities for children to try to do things for themselves to support their developing independence skills even further.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY536127 Local authority Hackney Inspection number 10339245 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 46 Number of children on roll 43 Name of registered person Lowy, Rachel

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reference number

Telephone number 02088007940 Date of previous inspection 5 July 2018

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Information about this early years setting

Kids Zone registered in 2016. The nursery is located in the London Borough of Hackney. It is open Monday to Thursday from 8.45am to 4.30pm and Friday from 8.45am to 12.30pm. It operates throughout most of the year. The provider, who is the manager, holds a level 3 childcare qualification. She employs a further nine members of staff, who hold relevant childcare qualifications at level 2 or 3. The provider receives funding to provide free early education for children aged two years.

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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 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 talked to children and staff at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. n The manager showed the inspector the premises and discussed how they ensure that they are safe and suitable. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation and reviewed evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery. n The manager and the inspector discussed how the manager organises their early years provision, including the aims and rationale for their early years foundation stage curriculum.

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n The inspector spoke to parents 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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