Kiddiwinx Ltd

Inspection of Kiddiwinx Ltd 21 Brockman Road, Folkestone CT20 1DJ

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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 create a warm and welcoming environment where children feel safe and secure. Children enter the nursery with ease and excitement and are delighted to greet staff and their friends. They settle quickly as they are instantly absorbed in their self-chosen activities.

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The provision is good

Staff plan a broad and stimulating curriculum that is carefully sequenced and builds on what children already know and can do. For example, the younger children use simple images to express their feelings and emotions. Older children make reference to a much-loved story where colours represent a range of feelings and emotions. Children are fully supported to reach their potential and achieve good outcomes. Children thrive in this inclusive and stimulating environment.

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The provision is good

Staff work well as a team and are very good role models. They help children to develop positive relationships with one another. Children are extremely well behaved and demonstrate good turn-taking skills. They listen carefully and respond with positivity to instructions. Children demonstrate a good understanding of safety procedures. For instance, staff teach children how to keep safe on stairs. Children demonstrate their understanding of safety rules as they hold on to handrails and navigate stairs with care. Staff support children effectively to develop the skills they will need for moving on to school.

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need to do better?

n The whole team is very committed and strives to continually improve and develop the provision. The manager works collaboratively with staff and other professionals to provide children with good support and engaging learning experiences. For example, careful consideration has been given to the organisation of the space available to the youngest children. This helps to effectively meet their care and learning needs. Staff access training and work effectively with other professionals to provide early interventions and meaningful support, helping children to make good progress. n Staff plan enjoyable opportunities that build on what children know and can do. They identify children's individual next steps in their learning, knowing what they want to teach them next and why. This enables children to strengthen their knowledge. However, occasionally, staff do not use all opportunities to follow children's lead and extend their learning. For instance, when children offer

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need to do better?

information to them during activities, the staff do not consistently provide more or new information to extend children's knowledge. n Staff place a strong focus on developing children's communication and language skills. For instance, they emphasise new and key words during interactions to help enhance children's understanding. Staff use gestures and clear

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27 November 2024 demonstrations to help children make links between new words and the word meaning. n Staff provide lots of opportunities for children to develop their physical skills. They support children to balance, climb and use ride-on toys in the spacious nursery garden. Children have lots of opportunities in the 'messy room' to practise their fine motor skills as they make independent choices from a range of tools and materials available to them. For instance, children have fun modelling dough, carefully using scissors to cut their creations, and use pump dispensers to help themselves to different-coloured paints. n Children develop positive relationships with one another and staff. Staff use mealtimes as an opportunity to promote children's social skills. For example, they sit with children and initiate meaningful conversations. Children gain a good understanding of healthy lifestyles. For instance, they routinely follow good

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need to do better?

hygiene routines, such as washing their hands before snack and mealtimes. Children are learning about healthy food choices as they engage in mealtime discussions with staff and their friends. n Parents value the care and attention that staff provide for children. They comment that children have 'come on in leaps and bounds' since attending the nursery. Parents receive information about what their children have been doing each day and how they are progressing. n Staff gain some relevant information from parents and carers when children start at the nursery and during daily handovers. This helps them to plan around children's interests and their individual learning and development needs. However, information about children's backgrounds is not always shared with the staff, enabling each key person to develop a thorough understanding of children's family backgrounds. Children are not consistently encouraged to

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need to do better?

reflect on their similarities and differences and celebrate what makes them unique.

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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 staff to recognise more opportunities to extend children's learning further, particularly when they offer information during activities n strengthen information-sharing to help staff fully understand children's individual backgrounds, reflecting on their differences and celebrating what makes them unique.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY479930 Local authority Kent Inspection number 10363971 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 40 Name of registered person Kiddiwinx Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01303 258555 Date of previous inspection 17 January 2019

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Information about this early years setting

Kiddiwinx Ltd is run by a limited company and registered in 2014. The nursery operates from two floors of a converted house in Folkestone, Kent. The nursery is open each weekday, from 8.30am to 4pm, term time only. It provides funded early education places for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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Inspection activities

n The manager joined the inspector on a learning walk and talked to the inspector about their curriculum and what they want the children to learn. n The inspector talked to staff at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. n The manager and the inspector carried out a joint observation. n The inspector observed the interactions between staff and children. n Parents shared their views of the setting with the inspector.

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Inspection activities

27 November 2024 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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