Tiny Toes Childcare

Inspection of Tiny Toes Childcare Evreham Community Centre, Swallow Street, Iver, Buckinghamshire SL0 0HS

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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

Overall, children feel happy and secure in the nursery. On arrival, most children cheerfully choose from the activities set out for them. However, while staff comfort new children who become upset, these children do not always benefit from having an assigned key person to help them settle.

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The provision requires improvement

While there are some inconsistencies in the quality of teaching, on the whole, children progress well. Their communication and language skills are promoted effectively by staff. For example, older children hold lively discussions with their friends at breakfast. They use knowledge they have gained at the nursery to debate intelligently about where different fruits grow. They conclude that strawberries grow on plants in the ground and not on trees.

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The provision requires improvement

Staff provide an interesting outdoor learning environment. Children develop their gross motor skills well. They love to climb trees, run around and make up their own games, such as hide and seek. Although there are some weaknesses in the support for younger children's behaviour, older children generally play well together, form strong friendships and support each other's learning. For instance, during their independent play, older children notice when their friends need more help to count accurately. They count together, ensuring the correct sequence of numbers.

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need to do better?

n Managers have an appropriate overview of the strengths and weaknesses of the provision. However, although they have accurately identified areas of development, they have not fully embedded suitable strategies to address these. For example, there are weaknesses in the arrangements to ensure that all children are supported by a key person who knows them well and with whom they have developed a secure bond. Managers do not always assign children with a key person when they first start, and there is not an effective system in place to cover when a child's key person is absent. This means that there are some times when children do not receive the high level of support intended. n While there are many strengths in the quality of teaching, some inconsistencies exist. In general, staff understand and implement the curriculum well. For instance, they plan activities to strengthen children's small hand muscles and

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develop their hand-eye coordination. Younger children scoop up sand, squash play dough and pick out pasta shapes in sand. Older children build structures with different construction toys by carefully balancing and fixing pieces together. Staff encourage them to consider the best shapes to use, for instance, to replicate the wings of an aeroplane. This helps children develop their early writing skills and also helps to promote their growing critical thinking skills. However, managers do not always monitor closely enough to recognise when the

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31 July 2024 interactions of some staff are less effective in supporting children's learning and, therefore, do not put targeted support in place. n The provision for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) is well thought out and a strength of the nursery. Staff work closely with other professionals and parents to support children. They also share detailed information with other settings the children move to. This targeted and shared approach means that children with SEND progress and settle well. This promotes their continuity in care and learning. n Staff encourage children to learn to manage their self-care needs, for example when washing their hands after garden play and before mealtimes. Older children know 'it washes germs away', which helps promote their good health. Staff ensure children take regular drinks of water. They talk to them about how exercise affects their bodies. At lunchtimes, staff talk to children about the

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contents of their lunch boxes. This leads to interesting discussions about healthier food options. In this way, children learn ways to stay healthy and keep fit. n There are inconsistencies in the approaches used to support children's behaviour. At times, for example when children want the same toy as another child, staff intervene to manage the situation. However, they do not consistently provide children with enough support to understand what behaviour is expected, how their behaviour has an impact on others and how to resolve conflicts independently. n Partnership working with parents of children with SEND is strong and effective. Information is shared effectively to promote continuity when helping to address any gaps in these children's learning and development. For example, parents are signposted to training relevant to their children's individual needs. However, this shared approach is not as well established with all other parents.

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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 the children's interests first.

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should:

n enhance the key-person arrangements to coordinate the support for individual children more fully n strengthen arrangements to identify and address inconsistencies in the quality of teaching and interactions n support all staff to promote children's good behaviour consistently n provide a more consistent approach to sharing information and working in

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should:

31 July 2024 partnership with all parents.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY452766 Local authority Buckinghamshire Inspection number 10354970 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 40 Number of children on roll 26 Name of registered person Iver Community Childcare C.I.C.

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reference number

Telephone number 01753654546 Date of previous inspection 13 November 2018

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Information about this early years setting

Tiny Toes Childcare registered in 2012. It is situated in Iver Community Childcare, in Iver, Buckinghamshire. The nursery is open Monday to Friday, from 8am to 6pm, all year round. It receives funding for the provision of free early education for children aged two years and is eligible to receive this funding for children aged three and four years. The nursery employs 11 members of staff, seven of whom hold relevant childcare qualifications from level 3 to level 6.

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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 manager and has taken that into account in their evaluation of the provider. n The manager and the inspector completed a learning walk together of all the areas of the nursery and discussed the early years curriculum on offer. n Children, parents and staff spoke to the inspector at appropriate times during the inspection. 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 inspector carried out a joint observation of a group activity with the manager. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation and reviewed 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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