Childcare on Domestic Premises, Sessional day care in Bury

Report for childcare on domestic premises

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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

The setting is a busy and happy place. Children show that they feel safe in the company of the caring, cheerful staff. There are lots of things for children to do. They play board games with staff and learn to take turns. They build models using interlocking bricks and sit with friends to share books in the book corner. Staff know the children well. This promotes positive interactions that promote children's confidence and well-being. However, the curriculum is not planned well enough to promote the consistently good progress of individual children. Children who are at widely different stages of development often participate in whole-group activities. The impact is that teaching lacks sufficient focus on what individual children need to learn next. Their attention wanes and this does not promote children's positive engagement in learning.

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The provision requires improvement

Parents and carers who spoke with the inspector were unanimous in their praise for the staff. They say that the newsletters help them to hold conversations with children about people and events at the setting. This promotes children's ability to remember and talk about what they did. Parents say that children are pleased and excited to arrive at the setting and that they 'come home dancing'. They also comment on staff's patient approach to supporting them with children's toilet training. This helps children to gain independence before they move on to school.

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need to do better?

n Staff are ambitious for children's well-being and progress. They work well together as a team. However, the curriculum is not designed well enough. Children of all ages participate simultaneously in the same play dough activity, with the same learning intention. Staff do their best to differentiate their teaching. But younger children need more time to explore the play dough and older children find that the task has too little to interest them or to extend their knowledge. This does not promote children's motivation to learn. n Managers provide regular, supportive supervision for staff. They train them to adopt teaching strategies that encourage children's communication. However, there remain gaps in staff's knowledge and the timetable does not include enough planned opportunities for staff to engage children in interactions matched really closely to what they need to learn next. This does not promote

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children's swiftest progress. n The organisation of the day has weaknesses that impact on the quality of what children learn and experience. Several times during the session, staff take all of the children to use the toilet and hand-wash sink at the same time. The procedure is not a good use of children's learning time and minor squabbles occur. It does not promote children's independence and self-control well enough. n Some routines promote children's self-regulation more effectively. Staff give

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need to do better?

17 June 2025 children a 'five-minute warning' that playtime will end and they must tidy up. This helps children to be ready to participate and help. The tidying up gives children daily practise in sorting items that belong together. This promotes their mathematical development from an early age. n Staff plan activities that teach children about the world. Children watch the life cycle of butterflies. They read and revisit 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' story and this helps them to remember the stages of the butterflies' metamorphosis. Staff take children on outings in the local area. Children learn to follow road-safety rules and this promotes their capacity to manage risks. n Older children form friendships. They work together to develop rich storylines for self-initiated role play. The storylines evolve and grow in complexity each time they are repeated. The play promotes children's social skills. They learn to listen

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need to do better?

to other people's ideas and points of view. This helps to open children's minds to new information and learning. n Children's physical development is promoted well. Children stand up to work at tables. This promotes their core strength and balance. Children have great fun throwing beanbags into a hoop on the floor. Staff join in and help children to improve their throwing technique. This promotes the muscle development and hand-eye coordination of children of all ages. n Staff help children to form habits that promote their good health. They remind children to take regular drinks from their individual water bottles. On hot days staff supplement this with cups of water. This means that they know how much fluid the children have drunk. This promotes children's physical well-being. n Children are supervised safely at all times. A recent review of risk assessment prompted staff to introduce colour-coded high-visibility vests for outside play.

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need to do better?

This helps staff to check the whereabouts of the children in their key group. Staff keep required records and share them with parents.

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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

design and deliver a curriculum that builds on what children who are at different stages of development know and can do. 15/07/2025

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should:

n further improve staff's knowledge of language development, to help them to plan and engage in high-quality interactions that continuously promote children's communication skills n check that daily routines promote children's independence and self-control effectively.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2782108 Local authority Bury Inspection number 10401442 Type of provision Childcare on domestic premises Registers Early Years Register Day care type Sessional day care

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inspection

Total number of places 20 Number of children on roll 25

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reference number

Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

Ringform Ltd registered in 2024 and is situated in Prestwich. The setting employs 11 members of childcare staff. Of these, six members of staff hold qualifications at level 3 and one at level 2. The setting opens from Monday to Friday, during school term time. Sessions are from 9am until 3.30pm. The setting provides funded early education.

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Inspection activities

n The deputy manager and the inspector completed a learning walk of the setting. They discussed the intentions for the curriculum. n The inspector conducted a joint observation of practice alongside the deputy manager. n The inspector held meetings with the deputy manager. She spoke with staff and children during the inspection. n The inspector spoke with parents and took account of their views. n Examples of relevant documents were sampled and reviewed by the inspector. She checked evidence of the suitability of staff working in the setting.

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Inspection activities

17 June 2025 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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Inspection activities

17 June 2025 regulates and inspects to achieve excellence in the care of children and young people, and in education and skills for learners of all ages. It regulates and inspects childcare and children's social care, and inspects the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass), schools, colleges, initial teacher training, further education and skills, adult and community learning, and education and training in prisons and other secure establishments. It assesses council children's services, and inspects services for looked after children, safeguarding and child protection.

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