Kids Adventures Prestwich - Forest School

Inspection of Kids Adventures Prestwich - Forest School Garden Needs, 1 Radford Street, Salford M7 4NT

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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 Outstanding

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The provision is good

Staff create a natural environment for children to explore and develop confidence in leading their own play. The atmosphere in the setting buzzes with children's excitement. Staff build trusting relationships with children. They are highly attuned to children's individual needs. For example, staff offer children cuddles for reassurance. This helps children to feel emotionally secure. Staff are positive role models and encourage kindness and respect and demonstrate good manners. Children listen to staff and follow their instructions. For example, they help to tidy up their resources. Children work together to carry the large tubes. They discuss how they can manage this task effectively. Children have respectful attitudes towards their surroundings. Staff offer positive praise to children to recognise their achievements. This immediately boosts children's self-esteem. Children respond with a smile and a thumbs up. They develop a positive attitude towards their

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The provision is good

Staff provide an ambitious curriculum, which supports children's emotional needs. They support children to understand different feelings and emotions through a story about a monster. Children make connections with the emotions of the different monster characters. For example, they stomp their feet and cross their arms for 'angry' or give others a cuddle for 'love'. Children talk about what makes them feel happy. Staff build on this and explain how different situations may make them feel, such as when they go to school. Children engage in back-and-forth conversations about their feelings. They are confident communicators and make good progress in their language development.

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need to do better?

n Staff have boundaries in place to allow children to manage their own safety. They undertake thorough risk assessments with children to minimise any hazards. For example, children recognise that they need to wear safety gloves when using palm drills. They remind their friends of waiting outside of the 'boundary line' when they are using tools. Children demonstrate a clear awareness of how to keep themselves safe. n Staff support children to develop their independence. For example, children learn how to dress themselves and put on their own waterproof suits so they can embrace all learning experiences outdoors. In addition, children wash their own hands and serve their own meals. Children develop a range of important skills that they will need for the future. n Children display a love for books. Staff use stories to help embed children's early literacy skills. Children seek out their key person regularly to sit and read stories

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need to do better?

together. Staff support children to take care of books by holding them and turning the pages carefully. These experiences promote children's early literacy

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need to do better?

11 April 2025 skills. n The daily routine is generally planned well. Staff support children to transition through daily activities with gentle interactions. However, some parts of the routine are not organised effectively to sustain children's attention. For example, during some transitions to mealtimes, children wait for long periods. This causes disruption to children's routine, and they become disengaged from their learning. n Staff are passionate about supporting children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). They identify any emerging needs quickly and put interventions into place to support children. Staff work closely with parents and the local authority to develop individual support plans. Children with SEND make good progress in their learning. n Partnerships with parents and carers are superb. Staff share 'golden moments' with parents to recognise children's achievements. Parents say the

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communication is excellent and they are regularly kept up to date with their children's development. Furthermore, staff support children's learning at home. They provide a lending library and share core books with parents to read at home. This helps to promote a consistent approach to children's care and learning. n Staff's well-being is given high priority, and morale across the setting is high. Leaders provide regular feedback, coaching and training to support staff's professional development. Staff are completing forest school training, which has further strengthened their understanding of how to minimise risks in the outdoor area. This helps to keep children safe. n The provider previously notified Ofsted about a significant event. This means that the provider has met their legal responsibility to notify Ofsted as set out in the early years foundation stage. Leaders discussed this event during the

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need to do better?

inspection and have reviewed staff training, policies and risk assessments around supervising children and accidents. They have implemented changes to ensure that children are supervised effectively at all times. The provider has taken swift action to address the breach of requirements.

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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 consider the organisation of transitions to minimise children's waiting times and better support their engagement.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY547293 Local authority Salford Inspection number 10392734 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Day care type Full day care

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inspection

Total number of places 44 Number of children on roll 40 Name of registered person Social Adventures Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01612124980 Date of previous inspection 5 November 2019

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Information about this early years setting

Kids Adventures Prestwich - Forest School registered in 2017. It is run by Social Adventures Limited and is located in Salford. The setting employs five members of childcare staff. Of these, one member of staff holds early years professional status, one member of staff holds early years teacher status, two staff hold a level 6 qualification and one member of staff holds a level 3 qualification. The setting is open all year round, from 7.30am until 6pm, Monday to Friday, except for Christmas and bank holidays. It provides government funded childcare.

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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 manager and inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the setting and discussed the early years curriculum. n Staff spoke to the inspector during the inspection. n The inspector observed the interactions between staff and children. n The inspector spoke to several parents during the inspection and took account of their views. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation and reviewed evidence of the suitability of staff working in the setting.

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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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