The Tots Team (LS6)

Inspection of The Tots Team (LS6) Headingley Station Building, Kirkstall Lane, Leeds LS5 3LD

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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 Not applicable

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The provision requires improvement

Overall, children arrive happy and are greeted by their key person. Staff form caring relationships with children, particularly those who are new to the nursery. Children settle and approach staff when they need support or a reassuring cuddle. Staff meet the individual care needs of children. They ask the youngest children if they can change their nappy or wipe their nose. Children show that they begin to feel safe and secure.

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The provision requires improvement

While leaders plan a suitably ambitious curriculum, they do not ensure that all staff are implementing this effectively to enable children to make prompt progress in their learning. This particularly impacts the youngest children. Leaders do not provide the support needed to ensure the curriculum delivery meets the babies' learning and development needs as well as it could. Overall, interactions between staff and babies provide comfort but do not consistently extend and challenge the babies' learning effectively.

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The provision requires improvement

Older children benefit from staff who can implement a more sequenced curriculum that meets children's learning needs. Staff interactions develop children's social skills. Staff support children to take turns, and they enjoy sharing and playing together, chatting excitedly. Children behave appropriately for their age.

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need to do better?

n Leaders know what they want children to learn; however, they do not ensure that babies benefit from the same quality interactions and teaching from staff as the older children. At times, some staff seem unsure of what they want the youngest children to learn from an activity. This means children are not fully supported to make the progress of which they are capable. n Staff working with the babies do not successfully provide the youngest children with the opportunities they need to be curious and engaged. For example, as children explore the shaving foam and sand tray, staff sit with them and observe. They do not effectively engage with the babies to build on their inquisitiveness. There are limited supporting resources available around the room and within activities to help interest and motivate children. n Staff build positive relationships with parents and carers. They share daily updates with parents regarding care routines. Staff communicate with parents

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verbally and via an online platform. Parents feel the nursery is a welcoming space. They love to see the photos of their children being creative and enjoying messy play. Overall, parents feel their children are happy and safe. n Children have daily access to outdoor play and opportunities to develop their physical skills. Staff plan outside play sessions to ensure children have access to fresh air. Older children draw pictures with large chalks, supporting their early

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4 March 2025 writing skills, and they transport sand and soil to the mud kitchen, where they pretend to cook. Babies access their own outside play space. They enjoy posting balls down a large pipe and there is a dedicated water wall to use during the warmer weather. n Staff caring for the older children are motivated and enthusiastic in their interactions. This means that children are keen to join in with the activities. Children eagerly help to make play dough by taking turns to add ingredients and mix them together. Children make worms with the dough, linked to a current theme, and they sing along to a song about a worm as they play. However, occasionally children have to leave an activity they are busy with to follow a daily routine, for instance to have a snack or take part in a yoga session. This means children's learning and enjoyment are sometimes interrupted. n Children enjoy meals freshly prepared on site. They can access drinking water in

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need to do better?

their own water bottles throughout the day, and staff encourage them to do so. Procedures for allergy management are effective. Staff use a colour-coded system of plates when necessary to ensure vital information is known. Staff supervise children when they are eating to ensure their safety. Babies learn to feed themselves with a spoon and, as they get older, children are supported to use a knife and fork and begin to serve themselves.

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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 provide staff with the support they need to effectively deliver the curriculum, in particular for the youngest children n ensure staff receive targeted guidance to improve the quality of teaching to enable them to consistently engage children in meaningful play and learning n ensure an enabling environment for the youngest children where resources are purposefully placed to interest and engage children n ensure older children have enough time to complete their play before being moved on to a different routine activity.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2808483 Local authority Leeds Inspection number 10389785 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 52 Number of children on roll 45 Name of registered person THE TOTS TEAM (LS6) LTD

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reference number

Telephone number 07710576561 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

The Tots Team (LS6) registered in 2024 and is located in Headingley, Leeds. The nursery employs eight members of staff including the manager. Of these, two hold appropriate childcare qualifications at level 6 and four have qualifications at level 3. The nursery is open from 7.30am to 6pm Monday to Friday, for 51 weeks of the year, and is closed for one week at Christmas and during bank holidays. The setting provides funded early education for children aged nine months to four years old.

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Inspection activities

n We carried out this inspection as a result of a risk assessment, following information we received about the provider. n The nominated individual, manager and inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the nursery and discussed the early years curriculum. n Children spoke with the inspector during the inspection. n The inspector talked to staff at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. n The inspector spoke with the nominated individual and manager about the leadership and management of the setting. 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 manager carried out a joint observation of a yoga session with children. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation and reviewed evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery.

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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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