Kiddies Korner Nursery

Inspection of Kiddies Korner Nursery Quarry Village Hall, 67 Quarry Road, Headington, OXFORD OX3 8NX

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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 are happy and settled in this warm and welcoming provision. All children, including those who are new, are well supported by staff who are kind, welcoming and caring. Staff know the children well, and they offer good assurances to help children to feel secure. Effective key-person arrangements are in place to ensure that all children are well supported, and their individual needs are met. This helps children to have a strong sense of belonging.

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The provision is good

Staff plan and provide a curriculum that is fun and interesting. Overall, staff support children's learning well. For example, they promote children's communication and language development effectively through singing songs, discussions and small-group activities. This helps to build children's vocabulary and promotes their listening and attention skills. All children, including those in receipt of additional funding and those in need of specific support, make good progress.

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The provision is good

Staff are good role models. They positively remind children of the provision's boundaries, such as using 'kind hands' and 'walking feet'. Children have built some good friendships and are seen to play games, such as hide and seek, together. Children share, play alongside others and cooperate well overall.

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need to do better?

n The management team and staff work together effectively to provide an inclusive learning environment for the children. Staff are well deployed in the provision. They ensure that their time is spent well supporting children in activities that interest them and boost their curiosity. n Staff have a clear understanding of what they want children to learn. They provide a curriculum that is well sequenced to help children build on their learning over time. Staff are confident in the areas of learning. They skilfully adapt their teaching to ensure that children's next steps in learning are fully supported. n Children benefit from regular opportunities to be physically active. Staff provide a wealth of outdoor experiences to enhance children's large-physical skills. For example, children enjoy regular forest school sessions, which help to support risk-taking, play and exploration. Children have good fun in the garden daily,

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need to do better?

where they practise their coordination and balancing skills as they explore on ride-on toys and use balancing beams. n Staff support children's exploration skills well, and they provide children with a wealth of media and materials to support their creativity and imagination. For instance, children enjoy creating and playing with dough, sand, water and arts and crafts. This gives them opportunities to build the muscles in their hands ready for writing as they use tools, such as scissors, stickers and cutters.

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need to do better?

10 October 2024 n Staff communicate well with the children. They talk and interact with them about what they are doing and ask them questions to support the children's listening skills. However, at times, staff do not fully consider children's ages and stages of development when communicating with them. This means that, occasionally, staff do not give children time to think and solve problems themselves to enable them to respond with their ideas. n Staff are respectful of children. For example, they ask for permission to change children's nappies before doing so. Staff support children's behaviour well with consistent positive praise and encouragement. However, on occasion, some staff do not provide sufficient guidance or explanations to children to help them develop a deeper understanding of the rules and learn about consequences and expectations. n Partnerships with parents are good. Staff provide regular updates to parents

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need to do better?

about their children. Parents comment positively about the progress their children make at the provision. In addition, they praise the staff and comment that they are friendly and are supporting their children to learn. Staff build effective working relationships with external agencies to ensure that children receive early help and support as required. n The management team ensures that staff recruitment is robust and that staff are suitable to work with children. Staff comment that they feel well supported through appraisals, team meetings, training and various informal communications.

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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 support children further to consider their own thoughts and ideas to help them express these and solve problems for themselves n build on the good behaviour management strategies to help support children's understanding of the rules and boundaries even further.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY366264 Local authority Oxfordshire Inspection number 10364142 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 44 Number of children on roll 23 Name of registered person Kiddies Korner Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01865 766762 Date of previous inspection 28 January 2019

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Information about this early years setting

Kiddies Korner Nursery initially registered in 1974 and was re-registered in 2007. It is based in Headington, in Oxford. It operates Monday to Friday, from 8am to 3pm, term time only. It provides funded early education for children aged two, three and four years and is in receipt of early years pupil premium funding. The nursery employs five staff. Three members of staff hold a qualification between levels 3 to 6 in childcare.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector spoke with the nominated individual about the leadership and management of the provision and together they carried out a learning walk. n The inspector observed activities in the main base room and garden. She talked to staff about the progress individual children are making and what they want the children to learn. n A joint observation was undertaken with the manager and inspector. The inspector observed interactions between staff and the children and the impact these have on children's learning. n The inspector spoke to parents and children 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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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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