Kiddisafe Day Nursery

Inspection of Kiddisafe Day Nursery 109 Coleman Road, LEICESTER LE5 4LE

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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 Good

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The provision requires improvement

All children are warmly welcomed into this inclusive nursery. When children first start, staff give them the individual time they need to settle. Children understand the routines and expectations within the nursery. Staff provide a clear explanation before a group activity so that children know it is time to listen and pay attention.

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The provision requires improvement

Children enjoy choosing resources to play with, which are carefully chosen by staff to promote their interests. Staff help children to develop their physical skills, for example, as they use the equipment in the garden. Staff frequently include maths in activities and routines, such as counting and weighing, to support children's learning in this area. However, the support for children's communication and language is not strong enough. Although staff identify particular words they want children to learn, they do not consistently support this or regularly prompt children's responses during play. Children are often very quiet. In addition, staff assessments of children's stages of development vary across the team, and delays in children's learning are not progressed quickly enough. Children are not being supported to make the progress they are capable of.

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The provision requires improvement

Staff encourage children's exploration and perseverance and will often tell children to 'have a go' or 'you can do it'. Younger children watch staff and then attempt to blow bubbles. Older children pour water with control from one container to another. Staff praise children for their efforts and achievements.

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need to do better?

n Leaders ensure that the curriculum provides children with a broad range of activities and experiences. They plan outings into the community, such as posting letters or visiting the shops. They arrange for visitors to come into the nursery to talk to children about their different roles, such as a dentist or firefighter. They include parents and carers in celebrating different festivals to promote a sense of inclusion. n Staff know the children well and keep up to date with any changes to children's home lives that could affect their needs. Leaders are proactive in guiding parents and carers to ensure children's health and well-being is promoted. Staff carry out regular observations to assess children's development and progress. However, the accuracy of children's assessments varies across the staff team. As a result, staff have differing views of children's level of development and where they need support. Leaders are not ensuring that children are making the best

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need to do better?

possible progress. n Staff plan small group activities and provide one-to-one focus for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities to help them to make some progress. They use additional funding to purchase specific resources to support

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23 May 2025 this. However, leaders do not always swiftly identify when a child needs a referral to external professionals. In addition, they do not ensure they have all of the relevant information needed in order to inform the referral. Consequently, some children do not progress quickly enough. n Staff interact positively with children. Children respond well to this and show enthusiasm for the activities on offer. However, staff are not consistent in supporting children's communication and language skills. Leaders have identified this as an area of development for several staff and are rolling out a programme of training across the nursery. The process for supervising staff is also being developed. Leaders undertake regular observations of staff practice. However, they are not yet supporting staff to identify what it is about their own practice they could improve upon. n Children benefit from healthy practices and activities within the nursery. They

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need to do better?

learn about the importance of brushing their teeth, and parents explain how this is extended to home. They have a range of healthy meals and snacks. Parents comment on how children are now enjoying a greater variety of foods as a result of the menu at the nursery. n There are robust recruitment procedures for the appointment of new staff. Careful consideration is given to the process to ensure that chosen candidates have appropriate knowledge and skills for the role. Staff have a confident understanding of how to recognise and manage safeguarding concerns about children.

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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

ensure that staff provide effective support for children's communication and language development 23/06/2025

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Due date

undertake accurate assessments of children's development to clearly identify what they need to learn next and ensure they make the best possible progress 23/06/2025

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Due date

23 May 2025 ensure that delays in children's development are quickly identified and that they are given appropriate support to help them to make rapid progress. 23/06/2025

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should:

n improve the procedures for the supervision of staff to clearly identify where they need to improve their practice and provide appropriate support to raise the quality of teaching.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY402808 Local authority Leicester Inspection number 10393633 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 46 Number of children on roll 106 Name of registered person Kiddisafe Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 01162762422 Date of previous inspection 9 December 2019

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Information about this early years setting

Kiddisafe Day Nursery registered in 2010 and is in Leicester. The nursery employs 20 members of childcare staff. Of these, one holds an appropriate early years qualification at level 6, one at level 4 and 16 at level 3. The nursery is open from 7.45am until 6pm, Monday to Friday, term time and 8am to 3pm during school holidays. The nursery provides funded early education for children aged ten months to four years.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector viewed the provision and discussed the safety and suitability of the premises. n The manager, pre-school room lead and inspector completed a learning walk 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 spoke with the nominated individual, marketing manager and manager about the leadership and management of the nursery. n The special educational needs coordinator spoke to the inspector about how they support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. 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 carried out joint observations of activities with the manager. n Parents and carers shared their views of the nursery with the inspector.

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n The nominated individual provided the inspector with a sample of key documentation on request.

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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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