RAFA Kidz Walters Ash

Inspection of RAFA Kidz Walters Ash 98b Greenwood, Walters Ash, High Wycombe HP14 4XB

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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 Not applicable

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The provision is good

Children flourish at this welcoming and homely nursery. Staff are highly responsive and attuned to children's individual care needs. They gather detailed information from parents when children start, and use this effectively to replicate routines, especially for babies. The impact of this successful approach is evident at breakfast time, when children happily engage with staff and each other. The atmosphere is joyful with singing, sharing books and lively conversations. This well-established morning routine, sets a positive tone for the busy day ahead.

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The provision is good

Throughout the day, children display a true sense of belonging and enjoy free access to the well-resourced indoor and outdoor environments. They respond well to staff's clear expectations and consistently demonstrate positive behaviour.

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The provision is good

The rich and varied curriculum is tailored to reflect children's needs, interests and abilities. Leaders have carefully prioritised children's communication and language development, social and emotional growth and physical skills. The well-planned activities provide ample opportunities for all children to explore, develop and grow. Staff remain close by and actively engage in children's spontaneous play. For example, babies pretend to go to the shops to buy 'groceries'. They wave goodbye, and expertly carry a basket across their arm. Toddlers use a variety of tools to collect and transfer mud to a planting area. Pre-school children build dams in the water tray and proudly show how they manage to stop the water flow. All children progress well at this setting.

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n Developing children's communication and language is given the utmost priority, for example, dedicated staff foster a love for books across the nursery. Children independently select their favourite books for staff to read. They sit close and become immersed when staff read the story, with warmth and enthusiasm. Babies keenly show their books to new visitors and point at pictures. Toddlers practise familiar words and phrases and giggle at the funny parts. Pre-school children retell their favourite stories as they reenact the events through role play. All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, develop a good knowledge of words and grow in confidence. n Children of all ages are extremely friendly and sociable. They readily welcome new visitors, ask thoughtful questions and show genuine interest in finding out more about them. They eagerly share their ideas and achievements with staff,

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who celebrate alongside them. Babies initiate simple games on soft mats, while older children collaborate in activities like play dough modelling. They confidently discuss and test out their ideas together. These experiences promote children's cooperative learning and shared decision-making.

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12 May 2025 n Children develop their independence skills from a young age. Staff provide plenty of opportunities throughout the day for children to manage their self-care needs. For instance, they encourage children to wash their own hands, eat with cutlery and drink from open cups, without spilling. They support children to try and complete tasks for themselves, before asking for help. This helps to boost children's self-esteem and prepares them well for their eventual move to school. n Leaders and staff care deeply about children and show a genuine commitment to do their best for them. Their interactions with children are warm and responsive. However, while staff carefully consider the curriculum and children's next steps, they sometimes introduce skills that are too advanced for children's stage of learning. On occasion, they do not sufficiently take account of the developmental sequence to reach these end goals. During these times, staff's

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planning and delivery are not always precisely aligned with what children already know and can do, in order to enable them to maximise their learning. n Overall, arrangements for supervision and professional development of staff are good. Leaders carry out room observations and supervisions to monitor staff's practice. However, minor inconsistencies in staff's practice have not yet been addressed fully. That said, leaders are keen to implement clearer and more targeted plans to support individual staff, and ensure an even higher standard of education across the setting. n Leaders and staff work incredibly hard to continually involve and engage parents in their children's learning. They offer parents a variety of engaging home learning packs for different ages and abilities, such as story packs with puppets and activities to strengthen children's fine motor skills. Parents welcome these and highly value the support staff provide. Planned initiatives, such as a

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'deployment box' specifically for military families, shows an ongoing commitment from leaders to support children's emotional well-being when their parents are away from home.

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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 all staff to sequence the planning and delivery of the curriculum more effectively to ensure they precisely build on individual children's existing knowledge and skills n enhance staff supervisions and provide targeted support for individual staff to address minor inconsistences in their practice more sharply.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2732043 Local authority Buckinghamshire Inspection number 10398148 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 44 Number of children on roll 35 Name of registered person Rafa Kidz Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01494 413666 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

RAFA Kidz Walters Ash registered in 2023. It is situated in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. The setting is open Monday to Friday, from 7.45am to 5.45pm, for most of the year. It employs 10 members of staff, eight of whom hold relevant childcare qualifications between level 3 and level 6. The setting receives funding to provide free early education for children aged nine months to four years.

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Inspection activities

n The deputy manager, 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 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 the manager carried out joint observations of outdoor activities. n Parents shared their views of the setting with the inspector. 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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