Happy Feet Day Care Limited

Inspection of Happy Feet Day Care Limited Fieldhead Lane, Birstall WF17 9BH

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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 Requires improvement

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The provision is good

Children are excited to arrive at this friendly, welcoming nursery. Staff form positive relationships with children and their families. They offer support and guidance to parents. Children demonstrate they feel safe and secure as they settle quickly. They are eager to explore the environment and quickly become involved in their learning. Staff plan inviting activities to spark children's interests. Children explore the ice activity and try to work out how to get the dinosaurs out of the ice blocks. They use simple tools to chip away at the ice. Staff support children to explore what happens when their warm hands hold the ice. Children have a positive attitude towards their learning. Staff give a high priority to children's literacy development. Children access a range of stories, songs and rhymes.

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The provision is good

Leaders and managers consider the skills children need to be ready for school. They sequence children's learning as children move through the nursery. Children build on what they know and can do. Staff plan learning opportunities based on themes and topics. They think about children's next steps and support their learning through their interests. There is a balance of child and adult led activities. This supports children's learning and development. All children make good progress and are ready for the next stage in their learning.

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need to do better?

n Staff support children's communication and language skills well. They speak clearly and introduce new words as children play. Babies learn basic conversational skills. For example, staff encourage babies to engage in back- and-forth conversations. They talk with babies and then pause to allow them to respond with babbling sounds, before continuing the conversation. Older children speak in small groups. They learn to listen to each other's views. Children are confident speakers. n During some activities, staff do not fully consider what they want children to learn. For example, staff plan an activity for babies to support language but do not consider the key words they will use. Children self-serve at lunchtime, however, staff have not fully considered the equipment they use. Some tongs are too large and difficult for children to manage independently. This means children do not benefit as much as they could from the activities.

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need to do better?

n Snack and mealtimes are sociable times. Staff encourage children to listen to each other and help pass the food around to their friends. Children learn to be kind and considerate of their friends. They ask them if they would like more fruit. Children develop good personal and social skills. n Children are inquisitive and enjoy cause and effect activities. They take delight in rolling the balls down the chutes and race to see them land in the tub at the bottom. Staff support children to experiment sending the balls down together.

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need to do better?

15 January 2025 Children are eager to explore what happens. Staff support children to take turns and children learn to cooperate in small groups. n Staff do not always support children to develop their critical thinking skills. For example, staff quickly fix the chutes when they fall from the stand as children roll their balls down. They do not encourage children to think of how they can solve the problem and fix it themselves. This does not support children to find solutions to their problems. n Leaders and managers use additional funding effectively to meet children's needs. Staff plan opportunities to widen children's experiences. They learn about the life cycle of butterflies, visit the post office, and go on bus rides. Children learn about growing herbs and fruit. They benefit from weekly visits to the library. This helps children to develop a sense of their community and learn about the world around them.

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need to do better?

n Leaders and managers provide parents with information to help them understand more about how children learn and develop. A coat swap station is situated at the entrance, where parents can recycle coats and shoes. Parents are invited to attend play-and-stay sessions. This helps parents to gain a greater understanding of what their children are learning while at the nursery.

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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 staff's understanding of the learning intention for activities, so they can support children's development further n develop staff's knowledge further about how they can support children to develop their critical thinking skills and solve problems, to extend their learning to a higher level.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2728346 Local authority Kirklees Inspection number 10353027 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 52 Number of children on roll 60 Name of registered person Happy Feet Day Care Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01924478338 Date of previous inspection 8 May 2024

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Information about this early years setting

Happy Feet Day Care Limited registered in 2023 and is located in Birstall, West Yorkshire. The nursery employs six members of childcare staff, four of whom hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 and above, including two at level 5. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, all year round, except for bank holidays. Sessions are from 7.30am until 6pm. The nursery offers the government funded places for childcare and receives specific funding for disadvantaged 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 their 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 during a planned activity. n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning. n Parents shared their views of the setting with the inspector. n The inspector spoke with the nominated individual and manager about the leadership and management of the setting. n The manager showed the inspector documentation to demonstrate the suitability of staff.

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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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