Kids Planet Butterfly Lodge

Inspection of Kids Planet Butterfly Lodge 502 Lytham Road, Blackpool, Lancashire FY4 1JH

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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 Not applicable

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The provision is good

Staff are warm and caring. The curriculum focus is well matched to support the children currently on roll. Leaders and the wider staff team aim for children to be confident to express themselves and to communicate their needs. Overall, staff know how to implement the curriculum. They position themselves at babies' eye level, so they can see their facial expressions and develop non-verbal communication skills. While toddlers transfer water between containers in play, staff provide them with new vocabulary to give meaning to their actions. Staff working with older children give them time to process their answers to questions and test out their knowledge.

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The provision is good

Staff use their observations of what children choose to play with and take account of what children and their parents tell them, to help to shape the learning experiences. This keeps children engaged and eager to take part. Leaders thoughtfully organise the environment into small intimate areas. This helps children to feel safe. Staff enable children to play and interact together in small groups. Consequently, children show positive behaviours and concentrate well. Lunchtime is organised so that children eat together in smaller groups. They can practise their conversation skills in a relaxed and calm environment. Staff role model good manners and habits, which children then repeat in their play. Children know what is expected of them. For example, when they transition from inside nursery to the garden, they safely use the stairs and learn how to independently put on puddle suits to play outdoors. Children make good progress in relation to their starting

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need to do better?

n The nursery has an embedded key-person system. Staff recognise how their positive relationships with children and their families contribute to children's emotional resilience over time. This partnership working assures parents that their child's needs are met. Children's emotional well-being is supported. n Children have many opportunities to be physically active. The curriculum supports children to learn to skip, hop, jump, reach and balance. Children enjoy practising these skills while they listen to exciting stories, such as travelling to different planets in a rocket. Children develop a full range of large-muscle physical skills in an imaginative way. n Staff assess children's learning well. They use assessment effectively to inform their understanding of children's communication development. They know how to support this further and plan appropriate next steps. Staff are effective at helping children to develop their communication skills.

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need to do better?

n Although leaders plan a broad curriculum, which includes lots of outings, visitors and music and movement sessions, some parts of the curriculum are not

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need to do better?

14 May 2024 delivered as effectively as others. Leaders do not always ensure staff are confident of what they want children to learn during these activities. They do not always ensure staff know how to adapt the activities to maximise children's progress. Sometimes, these activities do not precisely support children to make progress in their individual next steps in learning. n Opportunities for parents to contribute to their child's learning at home are provided. Children borrow resource bags to help them to make sense of new experiences, such as going to the dentist. Parents are offered 'toddler talk' cards and mini activities to try at home to help to support children's talking skills. This supports parents to be able to continue and embed the core curriculum feature of developing children's communication and language skills, at home. n Staff continually give praise to children to help them to feel proud of their

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need to do better?

efforts. They use Makaton signs, along with language, to help children to remember and reinforce their polite manners when they say 'thank you' and 'more please'. This helps children to develop a positive sense of self, while they develop their awareness of respect for others. n Additional funding is used well. For example, funding is used to purchase new resources that leaders know will interest children, such as resources that are similar to what children have at home or, conversely, something brand new to ignite new interests. This positively contributes to children's overall good progress and narrows the gap in their learning. n Partnership working with other professionals is effective. Leaders have a great depth of understanding of multi-agency working. They are committed to seeking help to benefit children's progress and meet their needs. As a result, children get external help as and when they need it.

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need to do better?

n Training opportunities are available for staff. Staff recently completed training on improving their interactions with children. This is evidenced clearly by how much focus staff place on how they communicate with children effectively. Children benefit from receiving quality interactions from staff that are knowledgeable and committed to their continuous professional development.

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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 support staff to more closely tailor all aspects of the curriculum, to focus on continually building on individual children's prior knowledge.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2669498 Local authority Blackpool Inspection number 10339465 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises Registers Early Years Register Day care type Full day care

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Total number of places 54 Number of children on roll 86 Name of registered person Kids Planet Day Nurseries Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01253347087 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

Kids Planet Butterfly Lodge registered in 2022. It is situated in Blackpool. The nursery employs 21 members of staff. Of these, 10 hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 or above. The nursery operates between 8am and 6pm all year round. 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 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 and inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the nursery and discussed the early years curriculum. n The manager provided the inspector with a sample of key documentation, including evidence to demonstrate the suitability of staff. Required training arrangements were checked and deemed suitable. n Discussions were held with staff, parents and children at appropriate times during the inspection. n The inspector observed a sports session in the garden and evaluated the quality of activities together with the manager. n The inspector tracked the experiences of children to determine the progress they make. n Meetings were held with the manager, area manager and childcare director to

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discuss their evaluations of the provision.

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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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