Hoglets Daycare

Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this early years setting?

The provision is good

Children achieve well in this welcoming and stimulating day-care setting. They are happy and well behaved. Children respond quickly to staff's instructions and help to tidy and organise their toys.

Babies carefully follow staff's movements as they join in enthusiastically with their favourite action songs. Staff help children to develop their social skills and work together. For example, children help each other to plan and build woodland dens or create their own dinosaur-themed role play.

Children are polite and considerate towards others. Children have lots of fun during sessions and staff build warm relationships wi...th them.Children enjoy learning.

They are inquisitive and keen to achieve. For example, they ask their own questions to more deeply understand the plot of a story and use their imagination to put themselves in the character's place. Children feel safe and well cared for.

Staff build good relationships with parents from the start. This helps babies, and other new starters, settle smoothly into the day-care routines and enjoy themselves from the start. Children learn to play safely.

For example, they look around them as they ride their tractor and loaded trailer to avoid other children. They know the importance of road safety and looking after each other when they play in the woodland area or go on visits.

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

Staff strongly promote children's early communication skills and carefully plan for the development of their speech and vocabulary.

For example, staff introduce babies to new sensory experiences as they play in green icy jello, crispy cereals, sand and mud. They emphasise the crunchy and squelchy sounds that the babies hear and build on sounds they have heard before. Staff repeat babies' early speech back to them, praise them and help to clarify the sounds.

Staff introduce older children to a wide vocabulary through carefully chosen stories, songs and activities. Children, including those who speak English as an additional language, achieve well. Staff build on children's vocabulary, for example as they hatch out dinosaurs hidden in ice eggs.

They introduce words, such as 'scaly' and 'spiky', and encourage children to use them. Staff systematically help older children to identify the sounds that letters make and to spell their own names.The well-qualified staff have high expectations for all aspects of children's achievements.

Overall, they plan effectively to help children progress in all aspects of their learning. Staff speak clearly to children with good expressions and an engaging manner. However, they do not consistently respond to children's different learning needs during activities, and ensure that children are as fully challenged and engaged as they could be.

For example, staff read a story which some children find difficult to understand, and consequently, they start to lose interest.The manager provides strong leadership and a clear drive for improvement. With the support of the owner of the setting, she has built a close and collaborative staff team.

Staff constantly aim to improve opportunities for the children in their care. They have access to good levels of training, including higher education, and guidance to help fulfil their roles. Staff regularly reflect on their practice and gather the views of children and parents to plan effectively for the day-care setting's further development.

Parents fully recommend the day-care setting. They appreciate the close contact and regular communication they receive. Parents particularly appreciate how happy and eager to learn their children are.

They welcome the good guidance that staff provide and the promptness of their response to any concerns they may have. Parents feel that their children are well prepared for their future learning.Staff strongly promote children's healthy lifestyle and well-being.

They prepare nourishing meals and snacks and help children to understand the importance of healthy eating. Staff help children to be physically active. Children develop their coordination skills and enjoy the outdoors.

They enjoy dancing, pushing and pulling toy vehicles and safely climbing trees.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.Staff have a good understanding of the child protection procedures and day-care setting's policies.

Staff are vigilant. They know the signs that indicate a child may be at risk of abuse and neglect. Staff are clear about the action to take if they have a concern.

The safeguarding lead makes sure that staff receive the training they need to keep their knowledge up to date. She regularly sets further challenges and tests staff's knowledge to deepen their understanding.

What does the setting need to do to improve?

To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: focus professional development on helping staff respond sharply to children's different learning needs during activities, to ensure that they are fully challenged and engaged.

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