Kids2Day Pre-School

Inspection of Kids2Day Pre-School Kids Today Ltd, 5 Renown Close, Chandler's Ford, Eastleigh SO53 4HZ

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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 Not applicable

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The provision is good

Children are happy to attend this nurturing pre-school. They settle quickly and confidently move around the environment, engaging in play with their friends. For example, they enjoy caring and bathing the dolls together. Staff take the time to get to know children before they start, which creates a smooth settling-in period. Children form strong bonds with the staff, who are kind and caring in their approach. For instance, staff provide children with comfort, cuddles and reassurance as needed. This supports children's well-being.

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The provision is good

Staff plan engaging small group activities that support children's communication and language development. For example, through discussion children enjoy learning about sea life creatures and explore the different toy animals. Furthermore, staff read stories to children that link to their activities to extend and enhance their learning. They teach children other ways to communicate, such as using pictures and Makaton sign language. This helps all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), to become strong communicators.

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The provision is good

Staff have high expectations of children. They encourage them to be independent, such as when hand washing before meals and putting wet weather suits on to go outside. Staff are positive role models. For instance, when children struggle to regulate their behaviour, they are quick to intervene and support them. Staff explain the rules and behavioural expectations clearly. For example, they remind children about using their 'walking feet' indoors and children remind their friends. This supports children to behave well.

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need to do better?

n Staff identify when children have gaps in their development or SEND. They work in partnership with parents and other professionals to make timely referrals and put plans in place. Staff use additional funding that children are entitled to appropriately. For instance, they have purchased resources to support children's communication and language development. This helps children with SEND receive the support they need at the earliest opportunity. n Staff have a clear curriculum in place and plan an overall broad range of exciting activities that generally engage children well and follow children's interests. For example, children enjoy exploring outside for worms and staff use this as an opportunity to extend children's language and introduce new words, such as 'habitat'. However, although staff have a good overview of the children, they do not always have a clear understanding of what it is that they want the children

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need to do better?

to learn. This means that, sometimes, support for children is not consistently targeted at their specific next steps in learning, to fully support their progress.

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need to do better?

25 February 2025 n Staff support children's physical development well. They ensure children have a variety of opportunities to develop physically. For instance, children enjoy having access to the soft play at the start of their day. They have fun climbing up the different levels and laugh as they come down the slide. Furthermore, children enjoy taking part in regular music and movement activities. n Staff help children develop an understanding of new concepts through good- quality interactions. For example, they help children learn when containers are 'full' and 'empty' when playing with sand. Children regularly practise their counting skills, with the encouragement and support of staff. For instance, children use tape measures to measure each other, and staff support them to count. This supports children's mathematical development. n Staff support children to learn about how to keep themselves healthy. For

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need to do better?

example, children learn about oral health and brush their teeth at pre-school. Staff teach children about healthy eating. For instance, at snack time, staff encourage children to eat their healthy snack and talk about healthy eating. This supports children's well-being. n The provider ensures all staff have regular supervisions and supports their professional development well. However, at times, the provider is not fully aware of the stresses of workload on the staff. For example, staff do not always have enough time to complete all of the tasks required of them at the pre-school and resort to doing so outside of working hours. This does not fully promote staff's well-being and morale n Partnerships with parents are effective. Staff seek information from parents about languages spoken at home and their cultural heritage. They provide parents with regular updates about their children's learning and development

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need to do better?

and how they can extend their learning at home. For instance, they have a selection of books in a lending library that children can take home. This supports children's ongoing learning and development.

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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 planning so that staff have a consistent understanding of what they want children to learn from activities and how to build on individual children's next steps n strengthen the arrangements in place to support staff workload and reduce pressure to enhance staff well-being.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2710985 Local authority Hampshire Inspection number 10376001 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises Registers Early Years Register Day care type Full day care

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inspection

Total number of places 12 Number of children on roll 12 Name of registered person Kids Today Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 02380 263999 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

Kids2day Pre-school registered in November 2022. The pre-school is located in Chandlers Ford, Eastleigh. They are open 9am to 3.30pm, Monday to Friday, 51 weeks of the year. The pre-school employs four staff, three of whom have level 3 of above early years qualifications. They provide funded early education for two-, three-and four-year-old children.

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Inspection activities

n The manager and inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the pre-school and discussed the early years curriculum. n The inspector talked to staff at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. n The inspector spoke with the manager and registered individual about the leadership and management of the pre-school. n Staff spoke to the inspector about how they support children with SEND. 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 The inspector and the manager carried out a joint observation of an activity. n Parents and grandparents shared their views of the pre-school with the inspector. 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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