Piglets Day Care

Inspection of Piglets Day Care The Old Piggery, Bradshaw Road, Honley, HOLMFIRTH HD9 6RJ

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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

Children arrive happy and excited to begin their day. They separate from their parents and carers with ease as friendly staff welcome them inside. Children feel safe and secure. They build sensitive relationships with staff, who know them well. Children have access to a variety of toys, resources and well-planned activities. For example, toddlers explore sand and soil, and use different tools to scoop and pour. Older children learn to sound out words and learn to recognise different shapes and colours. Staff engage with children as they practise their mark-making skills. Children make marks that have a meaning to them and proudly show their creations to their key person. Staff encourage younger children to take their first steps and congratulate them enthusiastically as they achieve their goal.

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The provision is good

Staff have high expectations for children's behaviour and encourage them to be kind and respectful to each other. Children listen attentively to staff and their behaviour is very good. The close partnerships established with parents, as well as the effective key-person system, mean that children's needs are well known and understood. This, in turn, creates trusting relationships between children and staff that help children to feel safe and secure. When upset or unsure, children seek comfort from staff, who readily provide it. When children achieve something, they share this proudly with staff.

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need to do better?

n Staff use a variety of strategies to monitor children's learning and development, including observing children's play and gathering feedback from parents. The manager consistently monitors the development of all children to ensure that any learning gaps are being addressed promptly. All children make good progress, including children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). n Staff support children to develop strong physical skills. They arrange climbing equipment and balancing beams to challenge children's abilities. Children build their confidence as they climb, jump and balance. Staff adapt their support, depending on children's level of ability. Children develop good decision-making skills, such as when they learn to manage risks for themselves. n The manager and staff establish positive partnerships with parents, who speak fondly of them. Staff involve parents well and keep them informed about their

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children's development and what they have been doing, including their next steps in their learning. They share helpful advice with parents, such as toileting tips. Parents state that their children 'thrive and flourish'. n Staff take part in a variety of training to support their development. However, the supervision of staff is not yet highly effective at ensuring their practice is monitored and continually enhanced. Managers do not fully evaluate staff's

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12 July 2024 practice to help to ensure it is of the highest standard. n The manager and staff plan a broad and interesting curriculum that inspires and motivates children. Staff know children well and plan for the next steps in their learning. Occasionally, during activities, staff do not recognise when to use incisive questioning techniques to help extend children's learning even further. n Children communicate their needs well. Older children confidently vocalise their thoughts and needs to staff. Staff are responsive to this and provide activities that encourage children's communication and language development, such as sharing familiar songs. Children confidently join in with singing and using the actions, such as for 'The Wheels on the Bus' song, and excitedly create their own pretend bus outside. n Staff provide opportunities for children to use their senses. Children explore play dough and smell lavender and mint. Staff talk to children about the different

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textures and smells. They model how to use the rolling action with play dough and encourage children to move forwards and backwards with rolling pins. This help children to develop their fine motor skills. n Staff promote children's independence skills to support their transition to school. Children carry out hygiene routines themselves, such as washing their hands and toileting. Staff perform care routines sensitively. They promote positive conversations during nappy changing and explain each step to children. This helps to increase children's knowledge of positive personal care routines. n Children enjoy healthy and home-cooked food and snacks each day. Staff support children to grow their own vegetables in the nursery garden and help to cultivate their crops. Children excitedly tell visitors about the pumpkins and beans they are growing.

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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 enhance the supervision of staff so that it is highly focused on helping staff to continually enhance their practice n develop staff's questioning techniques to provide greater challenge to children and extend their learning further.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY366015 Local authority Kirklees Inspection number 10351435 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Day care type Full day care

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inspection

Total number of places 23 Number of children on roll 52 Name of registered person Hobson, Jeanette

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reference number

Telephone number 01484 662363 Date of previous inspection 6 September 2018

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Information about this early years setting

Piglets Day Care registered in 2007 and is located in Kirklees. The nursery employs seven members of childcare staff. Of these, four staff hold childcare qualifications at level 3 and two staff hold childcare qualifications at level 2. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, all year round, except for one week at Christmas and bank holidays. Sessions are from 7.30am to 6pm. The nursery provides early funded 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 joined the inspector on a learning walk and talked about the curriculum and what they want children to learn. n Staff and children spoke to the inspector during the inspection. n The special educational needs coordinator spoke to the inspector about how they support children with SEND. n The inspector spoke to several parents during the inspection and took account of their views. n The manager showed the inspector documentation to demonstrate the suitability of staff.

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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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