Club Kingswood Nursery

Inspection of Club Kingswood Nursery Club Kingswood, Clayhill Lane, BASILDON, Essex SS16 5JP

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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

The manager is committed to ensuring all children are warmly welcomed by happy, caring staff. The team is attentive and is genuinely pleased to see children as they arrive. Staff plan a curriculum based on the areas of learning, children's interests and seasonal themes. However, the quality of teaching is not yet good. While the staff know their key children well, they are not clear about what they want children to learn next and do not implement a curriculum that is fully focused on children's individual needs. Children are not always sufficiently challenged to extend their learning and build on what they already know. For example, staff do not consider potential learning opportunities or provide appropriate resources to broaden children's learning or challenge their thinking, when planning activities.

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The provision requires improvement

Despite this, children settle quickly and are keen and eager to have a go at the activities provided. They relish their time in the garden. Children have established close bonds with the staff, who offer them cuddles and reassurance when needed. Staff treat children with respect. They encourage and praise children throughout the day. Children are confident and happy in the nursery and behave well. There is a calm atmosphere in the baby room. Staff are sensitive to babies' needs and follow their individual routines. For example, they soothe babies and make them comfortable when they are tired and need a sleep.

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n Managers and staff plan the curriculum based on children's interests, but they do not have clear intent about what they want individual children to learn. Therefore, while children enjoy some activities, these are not always appropriate, challenging or inspiring for children's learning. n Some staff lack knowledge about how to help children build on the key skills they need to support their future learning. For example, the lack of knowledge and training means that when staff plan activities they do not have a comprehensive understanding of the intentions for learning and how to challenge children's understanding sufficiently. n Staff interact well with the children. They talk to them with respect and engage them in conversations. Babies thoroughly enjoy sensory activities, such as painting with their hands and mixing colours. Older children are excited to help make dough. They use simple mathematics as they count spoonfuls of flour and

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make some predictions, for example whether more water or flour is needed to make the right consistency. n Children are initially interested in the experiences on offer. However, staff's presentation of the activities does not ignite children's curiosity sufficiently or offer appropriate challenge. The accessibility of some resources means children cannot always initiate their own play and learning.

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14 June 2024 n Children demonstrate they feel safe and secure in the nursery. They arrive happy, leave their parents with ease and settle quickly. They play in a calm atmosphere and demonstrate good behaviour. Staff praise them for their efforts. n Parents comment that they have complete trust in the 'supportive and friendly staff', who they consider an extension to their family. They say their children have grown in confidence and the staff 'go above and beyond' their expectations. n The management team does not use staff supervision, training opportunities and monitoring systems effectively. Weaknesses in practice are not identified and actioned swiftly. As a result, not all staff have the best knowledge and understanding about how to provide children with opportunities and challenges to extend their learning. This has an impact on the progress children make. n Children enjoy stories in the garden. They gather for a group story and many

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show excitement and sustained concentration as they listen. However, staff have not considered how they can inspire children's interest in books that help contribute to the development of their language skills. n Staff promote children's good health and encourage them to be physically active. Children enjoy lots of outdoor play in the fresh air. n Children follow sensible hygiene routines and understand the importance of washing their hands before eating. Some older children manage these tasks independently.

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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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Due date

develop the curriculum to ensure that it clearly identifies what it is that children need to learn, how this reflects their individual needs and offers appropriate challenge to help them make at least good progress 29/07/2024

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Due date

14 June 2024 put in place effective arrangements for supervision of staff to provide coaching, guidance and professional development opportunities to raise the quality of teaching to a consistently good level. 29/07/2024

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should:

n improve the monitoring of staff practice to develop their knowledge and understanding of how children learn so that all children benefit from consistently good-quality learning experiences n help staff to enhance opportunities for children of all ages to expand their enjoyment of books.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY440996 Local authority Essex Inspection number 10344412 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 49 Number of children on roll 103 Name of registered person Kingswood Sports Centre Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01268522954 Date of previous inspection 27 September 2018

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Information about this early years setting

Club Kingswood Nursery registered in 2012. The nursery employs 14 members of staff, of whom, 12 hold appropriate early years qualifications from level 2 to level 5. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday all year round. Sessions are from 7.30am until 6.30pm. 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 nursery. n The manager and the inspector completed a learning walk together and discussed the curriculum and what it is that the team wants the children to learn. 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 manager and the inspector carried out a joint observation together. n The inspector spoke with staff and children at the inspection. n Parents provided the inspector with verbal and written feedback. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery.

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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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