Britannia Fields Blossoming Butterflies

Inspection of Britannia Fields Blossoming Butterflies Britannia Fields Blossoming Butterflies, 1st Floor Britannia Buildings Coventry Road Burbage, Hinckley LE10 2HL

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Overall effectiveness Requires improvement

The quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Overall effectiveness at previous inspection Not applicable

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The provision requires improvement

When all children, including children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), walk with staff in the street, their safety is promoted well and they hold staff's hands. Children know the routine to get ready to go outdoors. They wait at the door for staff, anticipating what will happen next. However, other daily routines are not managed as effectively. Children are not supported by their key member of staff to listen to and follow instructions during snack time. This includes staff not being consistent in their approach for children to sit down when they eat. This results in children moving away from the snack table with food in their hands and mouths and playing with toys.

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The provision requires improvement

When children first start attending, staff use different strategies to help children to feel secure in their care and to settle, including offering children toys they like and taking them outdoors. Younger children show they are happy, especially when they access the outdoor area. They smile when they go through the entrance gate. Staff give children plenty of praise for their achievements. They clap their hands when older children show good balance and coordination as they walk across different levels of surfaces in the garden. The additional funding that some children receive is used effectively to meet their individual needs. This includes providing children with equipment to follow their interest in movement indoors.

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need to do better?

n Staff have a good knowledge of their key children's learning and development needs, especially for children with SEND. However, the provider does not ensure that staff understand their roles and responsibilities to establish routines for children to follow at snack time. This includes staff not implementing the provider's expectations for children to sit around tables when they eat. n Staff carry out checks in the environment to ensure that hazards are identified and removed to promote children's safety. They ensure that the garden gates and all doors in the playroom are securely locked to stop unauthorised people having access to the children. n The new team of staff say that they feel supported by the provider in their professional development. For instance, staff attend meetings with the provider to discuss individual children and how to support their individual needs. Staff say that this helps them to identify how to help children with SEND to concentrate

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and to identify the different ways in which they may learn. n The provider and staff implement a curriculum that focuses on supporting children's communication, social and physical skills. This includes staff helping children to develop their early speaking skills. For example, staff sing nursery rhymes and share books with children to extend their vocabulary. n Staff help children to manage their behaviour. They show children how to share,

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28 March 2025 including how to look at books with their peers. Staff also redirect children's attention to change their behaviour. For instance, when children show good hand-and-eye coordination as they pour water on the floor, staff splash the water in a tray in front of them. This encourages children to pour the water into the tray instead. n Staff offer children a range of nutritious snacks to help promote healthy eating. They encourage children to try new fruits to help to expand their diet. Children have access to drinking water to keep hydrated. However, staff do not fully support children to learn about the importance of taking care of their teeth and how this can contribute to their good health. n Staff play alongside children well indoors. For example, they sit with children to look at books, helping them to feel the different textures on the pages to build on their sensory development. However, the interactions children receive from

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staff outdoors are not always the same quality. For example, sometimes staff supervise children instead of supporting them to follow their interests or build on what they already know and can do. n Staff work in partnership with parents and other professionals to meet children's needs. They share information about children's development with parents and talk about ways in which parents can continue children's learning at home. Staff work closely with other professionals to identify and implement targets to help support children with SEND.

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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

ensure that staff understand their roles and responsibilities in establishing safe routines for children at snack time. 31/03/2025

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should:

n support staff to develop further opportunities for children to build on their knowledge of how to be healthy, for example their oral health n strengthen staff's interactions with children during outdoor play to help to build

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should:

28 March 2025 on children's interests and challenge their learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2817123 Local authority Leicestershire Inspection number 10392031 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 10 Number of children on roll 8 Name of registered person Roberts, Jacqueline

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reference number

Telephone number 07986321247 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

Britannia Fields Blossoming Butterflies registered in 2024 and is situated in Burbage, Leicestershire. The playgroup employs five members of childcare staff. Of these, three hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 and the provider has qualified teacher status. The playgroup opens on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, during term time. Sessions are from 9.15am until 2.15pm. The playgroup provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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Inspection activities

n The provider and the inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the playgroup and discussed how staff implement the curriculum. n The inspector observed the quality of education during activities, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this has on children's learning n Children interacted with the inspector during the inspection. n The inspector spoke with staff at appropriate times throughout the inspection. n The inspector and the provider carried out a joint observation. n The inspector held a meeting with the provider. She reviewed relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of staff working in the playgroup. n Parents shared their views about the playgroup with the inspector.

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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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