Bumble Bells - The Happiness Project Childcare

Inspection of Bumble Bells - The Happiness Project Childcare Greenwood Centre, 4 High Street, Green Street Green, Orpington BR6 6BQ

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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

Children are content and enjoy their time at the nursery. Staff greet children warmly and support them to settle, which supports children to feel emotionally secure. Children confidently find their peg to hang up their coats and settle to activities provided. Children are supported to manage their behaviour and to consider the impact of their behaviour on others. For example, staff have gentle discussions with children about using toys safely so that others do not get hurt.

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The provision requires improvement

Older children play cooperatively as they work together to build a shared model out of construction and navigate where pieces can go. Staff provide younger children with close support and engage in their play. Babies enjoy the repetition of familiar games, such as using posting boxes, and staff use opportunities to teach children animal names. Babies enthusiastically respond and join in imitating the sounds that animals make.

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The provision requires improvement

Although the staff team is new, it gets to know the children and has some aims for children's future learning. However, insufficient consideration is given by staff to what children need to learn and why. Although children make some progress in their development, the curriculum planning and teaching are not focused enough to help them make the progress they are capable of.

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need to do better?

n Leaders are focusing on establishing a more stable staff team. They recognise the importance of this to secure future improvements and to provide more consistency in children's care. However, the key-person arrangements are not always effective. At times, there is insufficient oversight of children, which means children do not always receive consistency in their care. n Following recent notified incidents, leaders have implemented additional procedures to improve children's safety. This has included reviewing risk assessment arrangements and providing additional training for staff. Although positive steps have been taken to minimise the risk of further incidents, the new arrangements are yet to be embedded. n The curriculum provided is not targeted enough on providing children with a wide range of meaningful learning experiences. There is a lack of challenge for the older and most able children, particularly with their large physical

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development. Children are not provided with sufficient opportunities to develop their gross motor skills and coordination. There are extended periods of time when younger children play with limited resources and do not have sufficient opportunities to explore using their senses. n Staff liaise closely with parents and other professionals to support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. Staff link with other settings that

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need to do better?

8 April 2025 children attend to provide consistency in children's care and learning. n Staff support children to understand the routines through songs and rhymes. Children help to tidy up resources when the 'tidy up' song is sung. They put things back in boxes and know to place them on the shelves. This supports them to care for their environment. Children generally behave well because they know what staff expect of them, such as using 'kind hands' and 'walking feet'. n All children have opportunities to listen to stories, which supports their language and communication. Babies sit with staff to look at picture books, and staff reinforce key words and phrases. Story time for older children provides some opportunities for children to share their own experiences. However, story sessions are not always planned well enough to ensure that all children remain engaged. n Children benefit from a range of nutritious meals and snacks to support their

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good health. Older children confidently serve their own meal, which supports their independence in preparation for their move on to school. Staff ensure that children wash their hands prior to eating to support effective hygiene routines. n Parents provide positive feedback about the setting. They say that staff are friendly and caring and have supported their children to settle. Parents like the feedback they receive about children's progress via the nursery app, and they enjoy receiving photos of children's experiences.

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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

develop the key-person system to ensure that every child's care is tailored to meet their individual needs 23/05/2025

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Due date

ensure staff plan and implement an effective curriculum which provides all children with sufficient challenge to meet their learning needs and enables them to make consistently good progress. 23/05/2025

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should:

8 April 2025 n embed the revised risk assessment arrangements to ensure that children's safety is consistently assured.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2766824 Local authority Bromley Inspection number 10390636 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 20 Number of children on roll 20 Name of registered person Bumble Bells Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 07739369741 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

Bumble Bells - The Happiness Project Childcare registered in 2024. The nursery is located in Green Street Green, within the London Borough of Bromley. The nursery employs six members of staff. Three staff hold appropriate childcare qualifications from levels 3 to 6. The nursery is open Monday to Friday, from 7.30am to 6.30pm, for 50 weeks a year. The nursery provides funded early education for children.

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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 provider and deputy manager joined the inspector on a learning walk and talked to the inspector about their curriculum and what they want the children to learn. n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact on children's learning. n The inspector held discussions with the provider and staff and gained feedback from parents. n The deputy manager and the inspector carried out a joint observation in the over-twos' unit. n Children spoke to the inspector about what they like doing while they are at the nursery. n The inspector sampled some of the nursery's documentation, including risk assessment arrangements and evidence of how staff suitability has been assessed.

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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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