Little Beans Daycare Limited

Inspection of Little Beans Daycare Limited Little Beans Weymouth, 7 Albany Road, Granby Industrial Estate, Weymouth, Dorset DT4 9TH

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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

Friendly and welcoming staff greet children as they arrive. Children separate well from their parents and are keen to enter the nursery and start playing with their friends. Children demonstrate they feel safe and secure. They confidently talk to staff and happily go to them for reassurance and help. Babies in particular build strong bonds with their key person. They smile and giggle as staff dance with them and as they independently explore their environment. Children behave well. They receive praise from staff when they follow instructions, such as helping to tidy up. Children show that they are proud and have a sense of belonging at the nursery. They enjoy showing visitors their own personal trays and confidently explain how they know which tray belongs to them as they correctly recognise their name.

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The provision is good

Children enjoy their time outside. They engage in the wide variety of activities staff have carefully planned for them. For example, older children concentrate for long periods of time as they use chalk to draw spaceships and monsters. Toddlers have fun scooping and collecting Brussels sprouts in the water tray and building towers with pretend bricks. These engaging activities enhance children's skills and knowledge across all areas of the curriculum and encourage children to build positive attitudes towards their learning.

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need to do better?

n The leadership team has designed a curriculum that focuses on children's emotional security. Staff deliver the curriculum well through the trusting and caring relationships they build with children. Staff know their key children well and plan activities based on each child's interests. This approach to planning allows staff to provide play experiences that excite and motivate each individual child. n Children show they are learning how to play cooperatively with others. Staff skilfully use a range of teaching strategies to help children take turns and share with each other. For example, staff encourage children to use a sand timer and remind them to use the phrase, 'It will be my turn when the sand runs out.' Staff play dominoes with children and sensitively remind them to wait patiently for their turn. This enhances children's social skills and helps children learn how to build relationships with others.

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need to do better?

n Staff have high expectations of children's behaviour. Children listen to staff, follow instructions and join in with the daily routines. However, at times, the organisation of these routines means the environment becomes noisy, and children find it difficult to concentrate. There are also times when routine tasks interrupt children's play and distract them from learning. n Relationships with parents are positive. Parents appreciate the information they receive about their children's care and learning. Staff regularly share updates

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need to do better?

11 July 2025 about children's progress and suggest activities parents can do with their children at home. Parents are invited to attend special events, such as 'Graduation Day.' Grandparents visit the nursery to read to the children. This helps create a family atmosphere where everyone feels valued and supports continuity of learning for children. n Children benefit from staff's caring and supportive interactions. Staff enthusiastically join children's play and consistently praise children. They give children 'high fives' and say 'good job' when children persevere or succeed at a task. Staff who work with babies clap and cheer when babies attempt to take their first steps. Babies beam when they hear these words of encouragement. This builds children's confidence and self-esteem. However, staff do not always focus their interactions on what it is they want children to learn. This means staff sometimes miss opportunities to fully extend children's learning.

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need to do better?

n The leadership team supports staff well. They identify areas they wish to improve and provide training that has the biggest impact on children. The leadership team understands the importance of working with other professionals when staff identify gaps in children's learning. Staff work closely with local schools to share important information about children's strengths, needs, interests, likes and dislikes. This helps children transition into school smoothly. n Staff regularly monitor and assess children's progress. They use this alongside their knowledge of how children learn to develop next steps for each child. However, these next steps do not always have a clear enough focus to support children in reaching their full potential as effectively as possible.

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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 routine activities are organised effectively to minimise interruptions to children's play and learning n support staff to build on their positive interactions with children to focus on what it is they want children to know and be able to do to fully extend children's learning n make sure children's next steps have a clear focus to better support children in reaching their full potential as effectively as possible.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2729099 Local authority Dorset Inspection number 10398096 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 80 Number of children on roll 62 Name of registered person Little Beans Day Care (Garland) Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01202 942630 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

Little Beans Daycare Limited registered in April 2023. It is situated in Weymouth, Dorset. The setting is open from 7.30am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, all year round. It employs 15 members of childcare staff. The setting provides government-funded places.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector viewed the provision and discussed the safety and suitability of the premises with the manager. n Staff talked to the inspector throughout the inspection and discussed how the curriculum is planned and implemented and how the children's progress is monitored. n The manager joined the inspector on a learning walk and talked about her curriculum and what she wants the children to learn. n The inspector spoke to parents and took their views into account. n The children spoke to the inspector. n The manager and the inspector carried out a joint observation of a physical development activity. n The inspector observed interactions between staff and the children throughout the inspection.

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Inspection activities

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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