Kiddies Playhouse

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About Kiddies Playhouse


Name Kiddies Playhouse
Inspections
Ofsted Inspections
Address 33 Lincoln Road, WALSALL, WS1 2DZ
Phase Childcare on Non-Domestic Premises, Full day care
Gender Mixed
Local Authority Walsall
Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this early years setting?

The provision is good

Children settle well, including those who speak English as an additional language. They greatly benefit from staff who actively play and model how things work. This helps to build children's confidence during their independent play.

Furthermore, language is used as a key tool to ensure children's enjoyment and participation. For example, when children learn how to make a sandcastle, they receive guidance and support to dislodge the sand, and give the bucket a 'magic tap'. Children have time to consider what they know and can do.

For instance, toddlers actively partake in a story about a wolf. They have time to think wh...at the wolf might do next, and they 'blow' to demonstrate their understanding of the storyline. This positively heightens children's communication skills.

Staff nurture children's ideas. This helps children to develop their own safe and healthy habits within a secure environment. For example, babies express themselves through role play.

They spontaneously sing as they pretend to pour themselves a drink from the teapot. Staff have high expectations for what children can achieve. They are tuned into children's developmental needs and unique ways of learning.

For example, when babies engage in parallel play, staff adapt their teaching to promote babies individual next steps. This positively supports children's interests and promotes their good behaviours.

What does the early years setting do well and what does it need to do better?

Children benefit from a wealth of literature to enhance their communication and language skills, such as songs, technological resources and story books.

Younger children learn a 'word of the week', which links to the stories they enjoy. As children get older, staff introduce a 'book of the week' to further promote children's understanding of sentences. This helps to build children's vocabulary.

Sign language is embedded in staff practice. This gives children of all ages consistency in their learning. For example, staff sign the 'welcome song' as they greet children, and they sign key words when they read children familiar stories.

This prompts children to say the word alongside the action to strengthen their communication skills.Teaching highly motivates children's self-help skills. Their learning is sequenced to ensure they develop the skills they need to be independent from an early age.

For example, staff purposefully plan opportunities for babies to strengthen their fine-motor skills. This means babies develop strength in their grasp which later enables them to drink from a cup.Children benefit from experiences which promote their understanding of people and communities, such as speaking to a farmer online about where their food comes from.

The manager identifies the need to further incorporate culture and diversity into the curriculum in addition to the festivals staff celebrate with children on a specific day.Staff share copious amounts of information with parents about their children's achievements. For example, parents benefit from 'homework packs' to enhance their children's learning at home, and there is a designated area within the setting where they can read to their children.

This helps parents to have a supportive role in their children's early education.Parent's views positively influence how the setting is organised. For example, the manager encourages parents to complete a 'setting evaluation form' to share their ideas of what the setting does well, and what it can do better.

This helps the manager to reflect on parents' expectations and plan next steps to drive improvement.Staff attend regular supervisions to discuss areas of improvement. They receive focused support to advance their continuous professional development.

Staff say they learn from each other and they feel supported. This demonstrates a positive working environment where staff thrive.The manager networks with a wealth of organisations and professionals to share good practice.

She observes what works well and measures the impact it has on all children's outcomes. For instance, although currently there are no children with special educational needs and/or disabilities, staff continue to use the valuable teaching methods which were used to benefit the specific needs of these children. For example, 'now and next' boards continue to help all children to understand the routine in place.

Although the manager constantly evaluates teaching methods, she has not fully evaluated how structured routines at times can interrupt children's learning. For example, on occasion, staff stop children's play and move them onto the next activity. This means their learning does not always come to a natural end.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.The manager has robust procedures in place to ensure staff are deemed suitable to work with children. Staff benefit from regular training, quizzes and meetings to discuss safeguarding and child protection.

Additionally, information highlighting the procedures to follow to safeguard children is visible in all rooms. This helps staff to retrieve and remember their responsibilities. As a result, the manager and staff demonstrate secure knowledge of the signs and symptoms that might indicate a child is at risk of neglect or abuse.

They understand their roles in relation to the 'Prevent' duty guidance and safeguarding issues, such as female genital mutilation and online safety. Staff are confident in their knowledge of whistle-blowing procedures.

What does the setting need to do to improve?

To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: continue to embed plans to further incorporate culture and diversity into the setting to broaden children's understanding of people and communities nevaluate routines to ensure children's independent play and learning comes to a natural end before they move on to the next activity.

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