Tiny Bubbles @ Jesters

Inspection of Tiny Bubbles @ Jesters Jesters Adventure Play, Beversbrook Industrial Estate, Calne, Wiltshire SN11 9PL

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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

Children are eager and excited to arrive at this nursery. Staff greet children warmly, and children show good levels of confidence, as they happily engage in their play. Staff work closely with families to support new children and babies to settle. This helps them to feel safe and secure. Staff working with babies are gentle and nurturing, supporting their well-being. For example, staff offer reassurance and cuddles and recognise when babies are becoming tired.

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The provision requires improvement

Children have access to continuous provision offering familiar play experiences that children enjoy. They demonstrate independence and a sense of belonging, as they self-select toys and enjoy imaginative play with friends. Babies excitedly pop bubbles, and staff repeat 'pop', helping to develop babies' language skills. Older children make dens under the tables and invite their friends to join them. However, staff do not support children to become sufficiently stimulated to enable them to immerse themselves in purposeful play and learning.

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The provision requires improvement

Staff encourage children to behave well using gentle reminders, such as 'kind hands'. This supports children's understanding of behavioural expectations. Staff praise children and recognise when they have helped others. This builds children's growing self-esteem.

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need to do better?

n Leaders and staff know what they want children to learn. However, leaders do not support staff effectively to deliver an ambitious curriculum that targets children's individual needs. Staff know children well, and children enjoy activities, such as puppets, musical instruments and the use of the soft playroom. However, staff do not consistently extend children's play to help them know and remember more. This means that learning experiences for children are not always successful in maintaining their interest or extending their knowledge beyond what they already know and can do. n Babies begin to develop their love of books. They practise turning the pages and show interest in stories. Older children and staff bring their favourite books from home, and staff intend to implement more consistent story times to share these. This aims to develop children's listening, focus and attention skills. However, this

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is not consistently effective, and during these times, staff do not model listening and attention skills well. Staff who are not directly teaching, interrupt children's learning by talking over the activity or ask children to complete other tasks. These distractions make it difficult for children to concentrate and they lose focus on their learning. n Staff recognise the importance of supporting children's communication and language skills. Babies explore different textures, and staff use key words such

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22 September 2025 as 'furry' and 'scratchy'. However, leaders have not ensured that staff are supported to gain the skills they need to consistently provide high-quality interactions. Staff's interactions with children are not always effective in meeting children's individual needs or motivating them to learn. For instance, staff's responses to children are often basic and, at times, limited. This restricts children's ability to develop conversational skills and limits opportunities to challenge and extend children's language development, ideas or thinking processes. n Despite weaknesses, leaders and staff place value on children's independence and confidence. Babies begin to feed themselves, and staff encourage older children to undertake some tasks independently. For example, older children enjoy washing their own plates after snack, attend to their own toileting needs and wash their own hands independently. Staff are caring and attentive role

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models. This helps to begin to prepare children for their transition on to school. n Staff help children to learn about the world around them. Babies benefit from walks around their community, and children visit the local shops. Leaders have previously organised visitors into the setting, such as policemen. n Children benefit from daily outdoor play, and staff promote physical development well. Older children run, jump, balance and learn to negotiate space in the garden as they ride on the scooters. n Leaders and staff have effective procedures in place to identify and seek appropriate guidance for children who may need additional support. They understand the importance of partnership working with parents and other professionals to support the continuity of care. n Parents provide positive feedback about their children's time at the nursery. They comment that their children form warm relationships with staff and enjoy

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need to do better?

attending. Staff share updates with parents about their children's care and learning regularly.

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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

improve the delivery of the curriculum to ensure that staff build succinctly on what children know and can do 30/01/2026

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Due date

22 September 2025 improve the frequency, quality and consistency of staff's interactions with children to better support all children's communication and language. 30/01/2026

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY486437 Local authority Wiltshire Inspection number 10414976 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 17 Name of registered person Jester's Adventure Play Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 01249 824973 Date of previous inspection 1 November 2023

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Information about this early years setting

Tiny Bubbles @ Jesters was registered with Ofsted in 2015 and is based in Calne, Wiltshire. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, all year round. Sessions are from 7.30am to 6pm. The nursery employs five members of staff who work directly with children. Of these, two hold early years teacher status, one holds a qualification at level 5 and two hold a relevant early years qualifications at level 3. The setting offers government funded places.

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Inspection activities

n The leader and the inspector completed a learning walk across all areas of the setting to understand how the early years foundation stage curriculum is organised. n Leaders, staff and children engaged in discussions with the inspector at appropriate times during the inspection. n The leader and the inspector carried out a joint observation in the setting. n The inspector observed the quality of education during activities, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this has on children's learning. n Parents and carers shared their views of the setting with the inspector. n The special educational needs coordinator spoke to the inspector about how they support children with special educations needs and/or disabilities. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation and reviewed evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery.

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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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