Zizu's Children's Day Care

Inspection of Zizu's Children's Day Care 79 Cambridge Road, Middlesbrough TS5 5NL

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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 kind, caring and nurturing towards children. They focus on meeting their care needs and helping children to settle into the nursery so that they feel safe and secure. Children, including those who are new to the nursery, form close bonds with staff. They benefit from the specific, regular praise from staff and begin to learn about behavioural boundaries and expectations. The manager has worked closely with the staff team to reflect on the curriculum and tailor it to meet children's learning needs. Staff know what children need to learn next and help them develop the skills they need for the next stages in their learning, such as moving on to the next room in the nursery and eventually to school.

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The provision is good

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the manager and staff team have focused on supporting children and families to feel welcome in the new nursery and providing flexible visits to help staff get to know children. Parents have completed evaluations of the nursery, and the manager has responded to their feedback. Staff provide regular phone calls to discuss children's learning and development with parents and families. This helps them to feel included in their children's learning and promotes continuity. In addition, extra rooms have been used to provide smaller groups, which are based on children's developmental stages. Parents are keen to leave feedback for the inspection. They say staff are wonderful, they genuinely care for their children and the environment is fantastic.

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need to do better?

n Staff are experienced and knowledgeable in their role. They demonstrate a thorough understanding of child development and the different ways children learn. For example, staff understand why children need to fill, tip, empty and transport toys. They provide activities that enable children to carry out these actions in their play. Children benefit from a sequenced curriculum, which builds on their existing skills and helps them to build secure foundations in their physical, communication and emotional development. n Children show that they have fun at nursery. They are keen to join in with activities and show enthusiasm in their learning. Babies explore the tastes and textures of vegetables, and staff encourage them to stand up at the table to develop their physical skills. Toddlers play imaginatively in the mud kitchen outdoors, and staff encourage them to extend their vocabulary. Older children eagerly recall stories and count how many arms and eyes their 'alien' will have.

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n Staff are very good role models for children. They model excellent teamwork and communicate with each other to provide support. Children learn to share and take turns with others. Older children learn about how they feel and the impact this can have on others. Children are very polite and develop good levels of self- confidence and self-esteem. Staff help them to work together and develop good

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8 October 2024 social skills. n Staff teach children about nature and encourage them to explore the garden with interest. Young children thoroughly enjoy searching for bugs and shapes in the environment and use magnifying glasses and picture cards to help identify features. Although staff make excellent use of the garden and learning opportunities here, they have not started to take children out into the wider community or fully implemented ways to reflect young children's own culture and diversity inside the setting. n Overall, staff focus their teaching on children's individual next steps and provide high-quality interactions. For instance, staff support children to develop their communication and language skills through every aspect of their play. They swiftly identify areas of potential concern and delay and access professional support quickly to close gaps. However, there are large numbers of children

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need to do better?

settling into the nursery currently, which has an impact on how much time staff have for teaching. n Children develop a good understanding of what it means to be healthy. They grow their own vegetables, which are later served at lunchtime. This encourages children to try a wider range of healthy foods. They show pride in the produce and understand where food comes from. In addition, staff promote children's oral health, and children brush their teeth daily at nursery. n Leaders are strong, supportive and passionate about their work with children. They demonstrate commitment to providing high standards of care and learning for all children. For instance, they regularly gather feedback from parents to help drive improvements forward and ask staff to contribute to development plans. Staff develop and maintain good partnership working with families and other professionals who work with children. This helps to promote continuity for

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children. n Staff say they feel happy and that their well-being is prioritised by the management team. They benefit from regular supervision and have access to training that helps them to meet children's needs, such as the Early Talk Boost training. Staff attend professional development opportunities with the local authority and other settings. They share good practice and evaluate on the impact of their training for children.

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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:

8 October 2024 n consider ways to support children's growing understanding of the world around them and how to further learn about children's own cultures in the setting n enable staff to provide children with consistently high-quality learning opportunities, particularly when there are larger numbers of children settling in.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2713135 Local authority Middlesbrough Inspection number 10360572 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 69 Number of children on roll 61 Name of registered person Zizu's Day Care Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01642 061201 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

Zizu's Children's Day Care re-registered in 2022. It is situated in Linthorpe in Middlesbrough. The nursery employs 19 members childcare staff. The manager has early years professional status, and a further member of staff has qualified teacher status. There are two members of staff with appropriate early years qualifications at level four, and 12 remaining staff hold qualifications at level 3. The nursery opens Monday to Friday, from 7.30am until 5.30pm, with the exception of bank holidays. They provide funded early education places.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this has on children's learning. n A joint observation was completed by the manager and inspector during a planned activity indoors. n The inspector held a discussion with manager in relation to the leadership and management of the nursery. She looked at relevant documentation, such as evidence of recruitment, staff's qualifications and their suitability to work with children. She discussed children's learning and development with the staff team and nursery manager. n The inspector spoke to parents and obtained written feedback for the inspection.

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Inspection activities

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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