Tiny Thinkers Tudor Drive

Inspection of Tiny Thinkers Tudor Drive 192 Tudor Drive, Kingston Upon Thames KT2 5QH

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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 eagerly wait at the door, looking through the glass panel, and excitedly respond when they see their familiar adults. They separate easily from their carers and enter the nursery. The staff team greets them, smiling and reconnecting, ready to start the day together.

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The provision is good

Supporting children's emotional well-being is a strength of the nursery. Staff skilfully recognise children's cues and respond with calmness and empathy. The children are encouraged to care for themselves and others and delight in looking after the nursery pets. The impact of this approach is clear. Children are learning how to acknowledge and manage their own feelings and understand their impact on others. They show high levels of confidence within the setting and are chatty, competent and engaged learners.

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The provision is good

Leaders and staff implement a curriculum that is based on children's individual learning needs and interests. They know where each child is in their learning and plan a range of activities that help children to build on what they already know and can do. Staff make learning fun, and children thoroughly enjoy participating in the activities on offer. For example, older children explore different textures and smells, such as oats, cinnamon and honey as they make 'Gruffalo crumble'. Younger children take part in singing sessions and enjoy the repetition of the familiar well- loved songs. Music is an integral part of the curriculum and can be heard all around the building.

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n Parents report high levels of satisfaction. They appreciate the passion and dedication of the friendly staff team and talk highly of a successful key-person system. They share that these arrangements help to make their children feel safe and secure. They express that they have seen their children progress well, particularly in their confidence. Additionally, parents appreciate that the online platform allows them to be fully involved in their children's learning. n Staff share thoughts and feelings with the children on a regular basis. They introduce children to things of cultural significance to them and others, whether this is sharing their home language through singing, providing a diverse menu with family favourites or through general conversation. Children delight in recalling this information, such as their favourite fruit and vegetables. This promotes children's understanding of diversity, teaches children about the world

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need to do better?

around them and broadens their experience of modern Britain. Children delight in sharing their own individual experiences. n Staff benefit from regular supervision sessions and training to support their ongoing professional development. Training opportunities are plentiful, as is

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need to do better?

31 January 2025 support from the management team. Staff benefit from regular 'in the moment' role modelling and knowledge-sharing as well as online and face-to-face training. Staff talk about the impact of training, such as the role of the key person and how that helped to develop this role further. Staff speak highly of leaders. They feel well supported in their role. n Children readily access an exciting range of opportunities and experiences that support all areas of learning. Staff adapt these to the age and stage of individual children. This allows children to develop a good range of skills to support their future learning and make good progress. Staff encourage children to think critically, allowing them to be curious about the world around them. However, at times, staff do not always give children enough time to respond to questions or to formulate their own ideas, to further extend their skills.

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n Physical activity is highly valued and well planned. Children build their core strength through indoor and outdoor play and small-group sessions. Younger children benefit from a well-resourced space that provides plentiful opportunities to pull to standing and cruise around the furniture. They stretch and climb over and under apparatus in the sensory room. Children develop their small muscles as they use tweezers, squeeze and roll play dough and use various-sized brushes to paint. n Children's behaviour is supported well, and staff are positive role models. Even the youngest children can sit and wait for their turn. Older children learn about emotions and can express how they feel. Older children participate in small- group activities and learn the rules of developing friendships and turn-taking, alongside the benefits of healthy eating as they participate in a cooking activity. However, at times, staff do not share information effectively with each other to

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need to do better?

support a smooth transition for children from play to mealtimes.

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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 improve strategies used to further support and extend children's learning n strengthen communication between staff, to support a smooth transition for children, particularly as they move from play to mealtimes.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY541655 Local authority Kingston upon Thames Inspection number 10368254 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 35 Number of children on roll 40 Name of registered person Prates, Christiane De Souza

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reference number

Telephone number 0203 441 2450 Date of previous inspection 13 March 2019

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Information about this early years setting

Tiny Thinkers Tudor Drive registered in 2017 and is located in the London Borough of Kingston and Richmond. The nursery employs 14 members of childcare staff. Of these, 10 hold appropriate early years qualifications ranging from level 2 to qualified teacher status. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, from 8am until 6pm, all year round. It offers the government funded places for childcare for children aged two, three and four years and offers funding for disadvantaged children.

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Inspection activities

n The management team and inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the nursery 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 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 spoke to several parents during the inspection and took account of their views.

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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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