Rks Brightsparks

Inspection of Rks Brightsparks Community Centre, Balne Lane, Wakefield, Yorkshire WF2 0DP

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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 Good

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The provision is good

Children arrive eager and enthusiastic, ready to begin their day at this welcoming and nurturing nursery. They separate easily from their parents and carers and become quickly engaged in their learning environment. Children feel safe, secure and happy in this inclusive setting. They seek comfort and reassurance from their key staff, who respond with genuine warmth and attentive care.

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The provision is good

The nursery provides children with a curriculum that is based on their interests and next steps in learning. Staff arrange the learning environment to spark children's interests. From the moment children arrive, they show positive attitudes and engagement as they explore their surroundings. For example, children enthusiastically engage in imaginary play together and take turns to be the driver. Other children pretend to make ice creams and sodas as staff positively join them in their play. All children make good progress.

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The provision is good

Staff are dedicated to delivering high-quality care and education for all children, with particular attention to those who are disadvantaged or with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). They make effective use of additional funding to provide extra staff, tailored resources and experiences, such as visits from the farm. Staff collaborate closely with parents and a range of professionals, including educational psychologists, speech and language therapists and social workers. They also engage in ongoing training and develop individual learning support plans to meet the specific needs of children with SEND.

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need to do better?

n Managers are reflective. They evaluate what works well within the nursery and what could be improved. Managers communicate effectively with staff through daily conversations and frequent meetings. They observe staff during activities and share feedback on teaching strengths and areas for development. This is linked to targeted training, such as specific baby room training. This ensures that staff keep their skills and knowledge up to date. n Children behave well. Staff act as positive role models and maintain high expectations for children's behaviour. They consistently encourage the use of good manners, sharing and taking turns. Children follow routines and understand the structures of the day. Staff promote a kind and calm environment, allowing children to explore confidently. They provide appropriate praise, reinforcing children's understanding of the behaviour that is expected of them. n Partnerships with parents are mostly effective. Parents speak very highly about

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need to do better?

the nursery and value the opportunities that staff provide their children. Staff use an online app and face-to-face communication to keep parents informed

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need to do better?

8 May 2025 about what their children have been doing. However, staff do not yet provide tailored guidance to parents about how they can build on their individual children's specific next steps in learning at home. In addition, parents are not aware of who their child's key person is. n Staff support children to develop an understanding of healthy lifestyles. Children have daily access to outdoor physical play and enjoy walks to the local park, where they use larger play equipment. They bring their own packed lunches, and staff work closely with parents to promote healthy lunch choices. Children have daily opportunities to brush their teeth. Each child is provided with their own toothbrush, and they brush their teeth at set times during the day. n Staff consistently promote children's independence during daily routines. For example, younger children and babies are supported to feed themselves, while older children serve their own meals and clear their plates afterwards. Staff

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need to do better?

thoughtfully arrange the learning environment to allow children to make choices in their play and learning. These opportunities help to build children's confidence in their own abilities. n All children develop good communication and language skills. Staff ask a broad range of thoughtful questions and allow children time to respond, effectively supporting their thinking and language development. Children show enthusiasm for reading stories alongside staff. Through consistent modelling, staff repeat and clearly pronounce words, helping to reinforce the correct language use. n Overall, children benefit from high-quality interactions with staff during activities. For example, children learn to work together as a team as they keep balls rolling on a parachute. Staff encourage children to coordinate their movements and raise the parachute higher or lower. However, on occasion, during outdoor play, the interactions children receive from staff outside of group activities are not

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need to do better?

always of the same quality. This means that some children spend periods of time without meaningful engagement from staff.

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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 develop partnerships with parents to ensure that all parents are aware of who their child's key person is and how to build on their child's learning at home n support staff to enhance their interactions during outdoor play with all children to fully support and extend their learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2495772 Local authority Wakefield Inspection number 10392754 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises

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Registers

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

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inspection

Total number of places 27 Number of children on roll 34 Name of registered person Rksbrightsparks Partnership

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reference number

Telephone number 07914137083 Date of previous inspection 27 September 2019

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Information about this early years setting

Rks Brightsparks re-registered in 2019 and is located in Wakefield. The nursery employs eight members of childcare staff. Of these, six staff hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, during term time. Sessions are from 8.45am until 3.30pm. The nursery offers the government funded places for childcare and receives specific funding for disadvantaged children.

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Inspection activities

n The manager and inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the nursery and discussed the early years curriculum. 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 on children's learning. n Parents shared their views of the setting with the inspector. n Children spoke with the inspector during the inspection. 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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