Fun 4 Kidz

Inspection of Fun 4 Kidz 28 Moseley Road, BILSTON, West Midlands WV14 6JE

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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 are happy, settled and content in this welcoming setting. Staff provide an environment where children feel safe and comfortable to explore. Staff working with babies are kind, calm and caring. This creates a nurturing learning environment. Toddlers demonstrate high levels of confidence. Staff encourage them to sing nursery rhymes on their own. They beam with pride at the applause they receive from staff and their friends. Pre-school children's overall happiness is enhanced by the friendships they form. They are seen playing happily together, especially as they have fun in the role-play area.

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The provision is good

Children have access to a range of exciting learning opportunities. Pre-school children pretend to build houses out of foam bricks. They use a range of tools to spread shaving foam to cement the bricks together, carefully laying them one on top of the other. Children make links to a familiar story as they huff and puff to blow their house down. Toddlers enjoy opportunities to make marks. They roll cars back and forth in paint, talking about the changes they see as the paint colours mix together. Children are active learners.

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The provision is good

Behaviour throughout the setting is good. Staff are enthusiastic to gain the attention of children and encourage them to tidy up. Staff create 'sensory ladders' for children with special educational needs and/ or disabilities (SEND). These help staff to recognise changes in children's behaviour and support them to regulate their emotions at the earliest opportunity.

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need to do better?

n Leaders have implemented a sequenced curriculum that aims to build on children's knowledge and skills as they progress through the setting. Staff plan activities and experiences aimed at enhancing children's cultural capital and giving them a rich set of experiences. n Leaders and staff conduct regular assessments to ensure that children are making good progress. Staff know children well and plan next steps for them to achieve. That said, staff working with the youngest children do not fully consider children's next steps when providing resources for continuous provision. This means that babies do not always have consistent opportunities to practise their emerging skills. n Staff support children's communication and language development in a number of ways. Staff initiate conversations and sing songs and rhymes with children, all of which helps to extend children's vocabulary. Children actively engage in

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stories, individually or at group times. This helps to promote children's early literacy skills. n Children make good progress with their personal development and

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11 July 2025 independence skills. Babies learn to feed themselves with a spoon. Pre-school children clear their table after lunch and wash their faces independently. Staff provide good support for children to understand the importance of oral care. n Staff understand the needs of children with SEND. Staff work in partnership with parents and other professionals to ensure that children receive the targeted support that they need. Additional funding is used well to support children. For example, a sound-activated traffic light system helps children to know when the noise level in their room is too high for one of their friends. This helps to create an inclusive learning environment where children with SEND make good progress in their learning and development. n Children learn about the diverse world around them. Staff teach them about different religions and festivals around the world. They celebrate the traditions of

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children that attend. For example, children talk about their own cultures and experiences at circle time. Trips to the local library and other areas help children to gain an understanding of the community they live in. n Staff report high levels of well-being. Leaders meet with staff to observe and discuss good practice and identify professional development opportunities. However, there are some minor inconsistencies in the quality of teaching. Staff working with toddlers often interrupt children's engagement at key times. For example, staff interrupt children during story and singing time to wash hands, or staff speak simultaneously to children during group time. This makes children lose focus and means that their engagement and concentration are hindered during important learning opportunities. n Parents speak highly of the setting. They comment on the progress their children have made since attending. They value the feedback that they receive about

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their child's day and feel that it is a two-way partnership. Parents are valued as partners in their child's education.

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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 ensure that staff working with babies fully consider the resources provided during continuous provision to ensure more consistent opportunities for babies to practise their emerging skills n build on staff's awareness to avoid unnecessary interruptions and simultaneous instructions to children, to maximise their engagement and concentration during important learning opportunities.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY430823 Local authority Wolverhampton Inspection number 10410173 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises Registers Early Years Register Day care type Full day care

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inspection

Total number of places 66 Number of children on roll 92 Name of registered person F.4.K. Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 01902 546 113 Date of previous inspection 27 November 2019

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Information about this early years setting

Fun 4 Kidz registered 2011 in and is situated in Bilston, Wolverhampton. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday throughout the year, from 8am to 6pm. It employs 18 members of childcare staff, 16 of whom hold appropriate early years qualifications from level 2 to level 6. The nursery provides funded early education for children.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector viewed the provision and discussed the safety and suitability of the premises. n The manager and the 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 spoke with the manager about the leadership and management of the setting. n Staff spoke to the inspector about how they support children with SEND. n The inspector and the deputy manager carried out a joint observation of a group activity. n The manager and the inspector discussed how the curriculum has been implemented and the impact that this has had on the children's learning. n Parents shared their views of the setting with the inspector. n The manager showed the inspector documentation to demonstrate the suitability of staff.

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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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