Children's Corner Childcare LLP (Bardsey)

Inspection of Children's Corner Childcare LLP (Bardsey) Bardsey Primary School, Woodacre Lane, Leeds LS17 9DG

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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

Staff offer children a caring and friendly greeting. This helps children to settle on arrival and happily say goodbye to their parents before playing contentedly in the bright and welcoming nursery. Overall, staff plan effective educational programmes that help all children to make good progress and get ready for school. For example, children enjoy sociable daily routines that promote their independence. They brush their teeth to fun songs, serve the healthy lunch, pour drinks and peel fruit. Children can freely access the nursery garden, which staff have recently developed. Staff support tidy-up time through photos and labels, helping children to learn where things belong.

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The provision is good

Three- and four-year-old children who have been attending the nursery for some time show particularly high levels of confidence and are engrossed in activities. For example, they make different concoctions in the 'potion station', showing great imaginations and language skills. Staff encourage them to smell the herbs they have been growing, such as mint, while learning about nature. Two-year-old children, including new children who are still settling in, enjoy experiencing different textures as they curiously explore tactile media, such as green rice.

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The provision is good

Staff model and encourage important social skills. This is reflected in children's very positive behaviour and friendships. For example, boys share ideas as they work collaboratively while building with construction toys and children work together to look for hidden beans. Staff sensitively reinforce sharing and taking turns. They build on children's self-esteem and confidence through ample praise.

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n Staff plan a broad and stimulating curriculum, especially for three- and four- year-old children, and demonstrate generally good-quality teaching. They build on children's knowledge, experiences and interests, such as a story about a boy and a beanstalk, with many follow-up activities, such as planting beans. n After an increase in two-year-old children, staff have not fully adapted their teaching and curriculum thinking and planning. This means that some activities, care routines and interactions do not optimise younger children's learning and development. n Staff enrich children's experiences and understanding of the world, such as through outings. For example, children go on the bus to a nursing home where they engage in singing and craft activities. Regular visitors deliver signing and story sessions, which further supports children's early communication skills. n Through their rigorous assessments, staff swiftly identify and support children

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need to do better?

with gaps in their development. They put in place excellent early interventions, including meticulous support plans, and work in superb partnership with other

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30 August 2024 professionals and parents. Staff work exceptionally closely with parents to support children's emotional well-being during changes at home, such as a new baby in the family. n Parents share extensive information with staff in readiness for children starting nursery. Each child has a key person and they are generally well settled throughout the day. However, staff do not always recognise when their key children require more attention and support to engage in activities and build a greater attachment to them. n Staff work in outstanding collaboration with the reception teacher to support children's transitions on to school. Once children start school, excellent partnership working continues. For example, the manager of the wraparound club plans activities that support children's individual learning targets and complement school topics. n Staff constantly share children's progress with parents electronically and face to

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face. For example, they plan parent consultations, share monthly summaries and provide daily snapshot posts and photos. Staff involve parents in supporting children's learning, such as through shared initiatives, activity packs and events in the nursery. Parents speak very highly of the nursery. n Staff encourage parents to support children's love of reading, to help reinforce language and literacy skills. For example, staff share the book of the month, which is currently a much-loved story about an alien who loves underpants. Parents read the same story and share photos which staff display. n Children have many opportunities to develop their physical skills. For example, older children skilfully use pipettes in the 'potion station' and younger children fill and pour during water play. Children confidently use exciting and challenging physical apparatus in the school playground. n Children learn about diversity in some inspiring ways, such as by taking part in

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video calls with children in Malawi. However, staff do not consistently represent the diversity of children and the families who attend, within the nursery. n Staff's qualifications, continued professional development and excellent support for their emotional well-being by leaders has an overall positive impact on practice. Staff invite parents to share their views, for instance, through questionnaires.

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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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30 August 2024 n plan and differentiate the curriculum and teaching more sharply, to take greater account of two-year-old children's individual learning needs and interests n strengthen the key-person system, so that staff provide increased levels of support for newer children, to promote their engagement and emotional well- being further n develop the ways in which the nursery represents the children who attend, in order to help children to feel valued and included to the highest level through opportunities to observe and celebrate their own uniqueness.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY501747 Local authority Leeds Inspection number 10357630 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 50 Number of children on roll 131 Name of registered person Children's Corner Childcare LLP

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reference number

Telephone number 01937573999 Date of previous inspection 18 December 2018

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Information about this early years setting

Children's Corner Childcare LLP (Bardsey) registered in 2016. The nursery and wraparound provision is independently run and operates from within Bardsey Primary School. They operate Monday to Friday, from 7.30am until 6pm, all year round, except for Christmas and bank holidays. The setting employs eight members of childcare staff. Of these, five staff hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3. The nursery provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year- old children. The wraparound provision solely accommodates the children of the host school.

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Inspection activities

n This was the first routine inspection the setting received since the COVID-19 pandemic began. The inspector discussed the impact of the pandemic with the nursery manager and has taken that into account in their evaluation of the setting. n The inspector held discussions with the management team, including the organisation's operational managers. She carried out a learning walk with the nursery manager. This helped the inspector to understand how staff organise the early years provision and the curriculum. n The inspector observed the quality of education and assessed the impact on children's learning. n The nursery manager and the inspector carried out a joint observation of an activity taking place. n The inspector spoke with children, parents and staff during the inspection. She also spoke with the reception teacher at the onsite school. n The leadership team shared relevant documents with the inspector, including

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those related to 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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