Children 1st @ Shepshed

Inspection of Children 1st @ Shepshed 55 Forest Street, Shepshed, Loughborough, Leicestershire LE12 9BZ

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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 show positive relationships with staff. For instance, when staff play a game of peekaboo with very young children, they copy staff and give them good eye contact and smiles.

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The provision is good

Staff implement a curriculum that focuses on supporting children's communication and language skills. Very young children hear staff singing songs that introduce new words for them to learn and copy. Younger children share books with staff. They point to and name images on the pages. Older children use new words in their play, such as 'obsessed'. Staff help them to understand what the word means and how to use it in a sentence. This contributes to children understanding how to use the word in context. Furthermore, staff share books with children to help them understand feelings and emotions. Children link colours to different emotions, identifying that red is for anger. Older children say that if they are angry, they could manage this by counting to 10 and taking some deep breaths.

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The provision is good

When children hold conversations with staff and their peers, they are supported by staff to listen to the views of others and take turns to speak. For instance, older children put their hands up to answer questions staff ask them. This helps children learn skills in readiness for their move on to school.

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need to do better?

n Staff offer children a wide range of snacks and meals to help promote a healthy diet. Staff help children to learn where fruit and vegetables grow. Children are supported to understand that foods make them big and strong. n Staff help children to learn about the world around them. For instance, staff show and talk to younger children about lady birds they find in a tree. Younger children stop what they are doing when they hear a helicopter in the sky. Staff show younger children a toy helicopter and explain how the propellors spin around, helping to build on their learning. n Staff promote children's safety well. For instance, they remind older children to hold onto the banister when they move down stairs. Children learn how to promote their own safety. Staff talk to children about not talking to strangers and to stay close to their parents when they are away from the nursery. n Staff are supported with their practice and well-being. For instance, they attend

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staff meetings that help them to develop their knowledge of the newly implemented curriculum. This helps to provide consistency across the staff team. Part of this curriculum includes supporting children to follow their interests so they are more engaged in learning. n Overall, partnerships with parents are effective. Staff share with parents their children's achievements and care routines. However, not all parents receive the

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16 July 2025 same support from staff to help them build further on their children's learning at home. n Staff promote positive behaviour. For example, they sing a song with younger children before they eat to remind them to use good manners. Children use good manners when they ask for food and receive praise from staff to help them recognise their kind words. When very young children stack blocks on top of each other, staff clap their hands to praise their achievements. This encourages children to persevere and keep trying. n Children are keen to join activities staff plan for them. Staff understand what they want children to learn from activities they offer them. However, sometimes, during planned activities, staff do not support older children to build on what they already know and can do. Therefore, children are not able to make as much progress as possible in their development. n Prior to children moving on to school, staff invite teachers to see the children in

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the nursery. This helps children to become familiar with the person who will be caring for them. Additional funding that some children receive is used effectively, such as to purchase uniforms for them to wear when they move on to school. n The management team reflect on their practice. Recent changes include making refurbishments to the environment. These changes have a positive impact on allowing children to access more areas in the playrooms. This enables all children to make more independent choices in their play.

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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 strengthen partnerships with parents and support them to continue their children's learning at home n support staff when they implement planned activities to help older children to build on what they already know and can do.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY406765 Local authority Leicestershire Inspection number 10394577 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 120 Number of children on roll 241 Name of registered person Breedon House Nurseries Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01509 505 555 Date of previous inspection 13 September 2019

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Information about this early years setting

Children 1st @ Shepshed registered in 2010 and is situated in Shepshed, Loughborough. The nursery employs 29 members of childcare staff. Of these, three hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 2, twelve at level 3, one at level 6 and one with early years teacher status. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, all year round. Sessions are from 7.30am until 6pm. The nursery provides funded early education for children age nine months upwards.

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Inspection activities

n The manager and the inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the nursery and discussed how staff implement the curriculum. n The inspector observed the quality of education during activities, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this has on children's learning. n Children spoke to the inspector throughout the inspection. n The inspector spoke with staff at appropriate times throughout the inspection. n The inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager. n The inspector held a meeting with the management team. She reviewed relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery. n Parents shared their views about the nursery with the inspector.

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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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