Clever Clogs Day Nursery Ltd

Inspection of Clever Clogs Day Nursery Ltd 186 Sandringham Road, Doncaster, South Yorkshire DN2 5JE

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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, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), make a strong start to their learning and are supported by warm, nurturing staff. Babies are helped to build strong bonds with the staff who care for them, and they settle smoothly into nursery life. Children make good progress overall and are well prepared for the next stage of their learning, including starting school. Staff use their knowledge of children's interests and abilities well to systematically develop their skills and understanding. For instance, babies learn to develop their fine hand movements as they squeeze and squash play dough. Older children confidently use knives when they cut fruit in their kitchen role play or spread butter on their crackers at snack time. These skills lay the foundations for their later writing experiences.

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The provision is good

Staff help children to feel safe and behave well. Children rise to the high expectations of the staff. For instance, children politely give instructions to each other as they put on their hard hats and work together to join large ramps and blocks in their construction play. Babies explore their environment indoors and outdoors safely. For example, they learn to climb up and down the nursery stairs with increasing confidence. Parents are very appreciative of the positive impact staff have on their children's independence, confidence and social skills.

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need to do better?

n Staff plan well overall to help children build sequentially on their previous learning, particularly for their communication, personal and physical skills. Leaders and staff have precise expectations for children's development at each stage of their learning. However, the planning is not as sharply developed for mathematics. As a result, staff do not finely match activities to children's learning needs. For example, they do not fully support them to understand that quantities can be matched to numbers, or the properties of shapes. n The nursery strongly supports children with SEND and disadvantaged learners. They identify gaps in children's learning and development at an early stage. Leaders are very proactive in working with parents to ensure children receive the highest levels of support. They make good use of their staff's many skills, partnerships with other professionals, such as speech therapists, and the use of

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need to do better?

additional funding to prepare children well for their further learning. n Staff's engagement with children is positive and supportive overall. They join in with children's role play and other activities and are expressive, gentle and clear. However, they do not consistently make full use of interactions with children to extend and deepen learning. For instance, they do not use a wide range of questions to fully explore children's ideas. n Staff place the development of children's language and enjoyment of books and

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need to do better?

20 November 2024 songs at the centre of much of their learning. They support children, including those who speak English as an additional language, to enjoy a carefully considered range of fiction and non-fiction that introduces them to exciting new vocabulary and experiences. Staff regularly read stories such as the 'Bumble Bear' in highly engaging ways, which builds children's concentration and anticipation and leaves them with memorable words and phrases. n Staff promote children's good behaviour and personal development well. Staff successfully encourage children to say 'please' and 'thank you' throughout their play and healthy snack times. They support children to make decisions and persist in activities. They skilfully help children who find it hard to manage their emotions to learn to play with others and control their behaviour. n Leaders are ambitious to ensure all children leave the nursery as happy,

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need to do better?

confident and eager learners. They are well-qualified and are strong role models to staff and children. They support staff's professional development well. Staff are passionate about their roles and work well as a team, sharing their training and experiences. There is very low turnover of staff and morale is high. n Parents recommend the nursery very strongly. They appreciate the warm and sensitive nature of all staff and the positive contribution they make to children's social and personal development. Those who have children with SEND comment particularly on the high level of support support they receive to help them understand and support learning at home.

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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 strengthen the curriculum for mathematics to ensure that activities are matched to children's learning needs in order for them to consistently extend their knowledge of mathematical concepts n support staff to enhance their interactions with children so that they fully explore children's ideas and understanding and continually build on children's learning to help them make the best possible progress.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY420311 Local authority Doncaster Inspection number 10371822 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 60 Number of children on roll 92 Name of registered person Clever Clogs Day Nursery Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01302 215 243 Date of previous inspection 16 April 2019

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Information about this early years setting

Clever Clogs Day Nursery Ltd registered in 2011. The nursery employs 13 members of childcare staff. Of these, 11 hold relevant early years qualifications at level 3 and above, including one at level 6 and one at level 5. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday all year round. Sessions are from 7.30am until 6pm. The nursery provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children, including funding for disadvantaged children.

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Inspection activities

n The deputy manager joined the inspector on a learning walk and talked to the inspector about their curriculum and what they want children to learn. n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact on children's learning. n The inspector talked to staff at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. n The deputy manager and the inspector completed a joint observation of an activity and evaluated the observation together. n The inspector spoke with the deputy manager about the leadership and management of the nursery. n The deputy manager provided the inspector with relevant documentation, including evidence of the suitability of staff. n The inspector spoke to parents during the inspection and took account of their views.

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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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