Rahma Childcare

Inspection of Rahma Childcare Somali Development Service, 39-39a Abingdon Road, LEICESTER LE2 1HA

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Overall effectiveness Requires improvement

The quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Overall effectiveness at previous inspection Inadequate

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The provision requires improvement

Children willingly separate from their parents on arrival and are greeted by the kind and caring staff. When children need reassurance staff are quick to respond. Overall, children settle quickly and demonstrate that they are comfortable in the setting. Staff know what children are interested in what they want them to learn next. However, they do not use this information well enough to plan or adapt activities that help all children to make good progress. At times, staff's interactions with children are not of high enough quality to ensure they are consistently and meaningfully involved in learning. That said, children enjoy building with plastic bricks and using art and craft equipment.

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The provision requires improvement

Children demonstrate positive relationships with staff and are beginning to form friendships with their peers. They play harmoniously alongside each other as they explore small-world resources. Staff encourage children to share and take turns with toy cars. Outdoors, children and staff demonstrate a shared sense of fun as they chase and try to catch bubbles. Staff offer lots of praise and encouragement and enthusiastically acknowledge children's achievements, contributing to their self- esteem. Children respond positively to staff's request to help tidy away toys before snack time.

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need to do better?

n Since the last inspection, leaders have taken steps to make some necessary improvements and address the safeguarding actions raised. The appropriate recruitment of qualified and experienced staff has begun to have a positive impact on the quality of the provision for children. All staff complete training to ensure that they have a secure knowledge and understanding of safeguarding procedures. Risk assessments are effective in helping staff to identify and manage risks to children. n Overall, leaders and staff understand what they want children to learn next. They provide resources that they know children will enjoy playing with. Additionally, staff have made changes to the environment to enable children to access some of these independently. However, staff do not always plan activities well enough to ensure that children are offered an appropriate level of challenge. Consequently, children do not sustain their interest for long and are

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need to do better?

not consistently engaged in meaningful learning. n Staff's interactions with children are, at times, positive. However, staff do not always pay enough attention to those children who need more support in their learning. At times, children are left to wander around without staff intervention. Additionally, there are occasions during activities when staff's interactions with children are over directive. Sometimes, staff do not adapt their teaching to meet the individual learning needs of all children. Consequently, not all children

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need to do better?

10 December 2024 benefit from consistent and high-quality interactions to ensure they make the progress they are capable of. n Children's well-being and physical development is appropriately supported by staff. Children enjoy daily access to the outdoor play space. They choose to ride bicycles, explore sand and practise their balancing skills. Children wash their hands before eating their snack of fruit and crackers and are offered a choice of water or milk to drink. Staff communicate with parents to ensure that they remain informed about children's individual routines and care needs. n Staff talk to children as they play in both English and children's home language to help support their understanding and speaking skills. Staff introduce and repeat new words, such as juicy, when talking about the oranges at snack time. They regularly sing songs and rhymes. Staff have created a space where children can independently access books. However, staff are not proactive in

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need to do better?

encouraging children to explore and develop a love of books and stories. They do not routinely read to children to further support their communication and language skills. n Staff gather some relevant information from parents when children first start. They engage in a two-way exchange of information on children's arrival and collection to help keep parents informed. Parents comment that they are satisfied with the care provided. Staff liase with other professionals to help them to implement appropriate strategies so that children receive the support they need. n Staff invite children to explore different materials and take part in art and craft activities. They show children how they can use rolling pins to roll play dough. Staff encourage children to try for themselves and offer praise when they are successful. Staff ask children to name the colours of pom-poms that they have chosen to decorate a Christmas tree picture. Staff introduce some simple

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need to do better?

mathematical ideas as they describe how some pom-poms are bigger than others.

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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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Due date

10 December 2024 improve staff's understanding of how to plan and implement meaningful learning experiences that build on what children already know and can do 17/02/2025

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Due date

support staff to improve their knowledge and teaching skills to help ensure that all children, particularly those who need more support, benefit from consistent and high-quality interactions. 17/02/2025

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should:

n strengthen staff's skills in supporting children to develop a love of books and stories.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY393154 Local authority Leicester Inspection number 10366904 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Day care type Full day care

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inspection

Total number of places 50 Number of children on roll 10 Name of registered person Somali Development Services CIC

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reference number

Telephone number 01162855888 Date of previous inspection 9 July 2024

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Information about this early years setting

Rahma Childcare registered in 2009. The nursery employs four members of childcare staff. Of these, one holds appropriate early years qualifications at level 6 and two at level 3. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday during term time. Sessions are from 8.30am until 12.30pm on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, and from 8.30am until 11.30am on Thursday.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector and manager completed a walk around the nursery and discussed the manager's plans and reasoning for the early years curriculum. n The inspector observed the quality of the curriculum during activities, both indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this has on children's learning. n The inspector spoke with staff and children during the inspection. n The inspector completed a joint observation with the manager. n The inspector held a meeting with the provider and manager. They reviewed relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery. n The inspector spoke to a small number of parents during the inspection and considered 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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