Kinder Care Day Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this early years setting?

The provision is good

Children demonstrate that they are happy and safe at this inclusive setting.

They behave well and play happily alongside their peers. Staff remind children of the 'golden' rules throughout the day. This helps children to know and understand the boundaries in place to keep them safe.

Staff build warm and positive relationships with the children who they care for. Children receive an abundance of genuine praise and encouragement throughout their day. This is received with delight from the children and helps to build their confidence and self-esteem.

A range of planned activities and easily accessible resources e...nable children to select activities that interest them. This allows children to guide their own play. Pre-school children practise their mathematical skills as they make gingerbread men out of play dough.

They count the number of buttons that they have made and recognise that they need 'two eyes' and 'one nose', just like them. They identify numbers and colours in a building block activity and use mathematical language as they identify 'big' and 'small' objects. Younger children demonstrate high levels of engagement as they use a range of tools to free the animals trapped in the ice.

Children enjoy learning and exploring through play.

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

Managers and staff have developed a curriculum that builds on what children already know and can do. Staff establish children's starting points through the settling-in process.

They use observation and assessments to monitor children's learning and plan challenging next steps. As a result, children are making good progress in their learning.The setting has a well-established leadership and management team.

The manager holds regular supervisions, allowing opportunities for staff to discuss training needs and other issues. The setting implements a step-by-step induction process for new staff members. However, the manager's systems for monitoring teaching practices are not fully embedded to continually raise the quality of teaching to a consistently high level and fully support new staff.

Overall, staff support children's communication and language development well. Toddlers enjoy singing along to familiar nursery rhymes. Pre-school staff introduce descriptive words as they describe different textures in a painting activity.

However, staff do not make the best use of the daily routines to fully support the youngest children to enhance and practise their growing vocabulary.All children have access to healthy, balanced and nutritious meals. They learn about healthy foods, oral hygiene and making healthy choices in a fun way.

Children have plenty of opportunities to practise their physical skills in the outdoor area.Children learn about a variety of festivals and cultures. They have the chance to try culturally diverse foods.

This helps to raise children's awareness of diversity and cultures represented in modern Britain.Staff support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities to make good progress in their learning. Staff work in partnership with other agencies to ensure that they get the additional funding and support that the children need.

Staff encourage children to be independent. Children are well motivated to attempt everyday tasks for themselves. They put on their own coats and eat independently at mealtimes.

All staff encourage children to use their manners, and staff model positive relationships well. Pre-school children learn essential personal skills in preparation for school.Staff use a variety of effective teaching methods when interacting with children.

For example, they play alongside children and offer support when needed. They model how to use the resources provided and then allow children to be creative and use their own imaginations.Parents describe being happy with the care that their children receive.

Staff use an online platform to keep parents updated about their child's day at the setting. They keep parents informed about their children's next steps and provide guidance on how to support children's learning at home. Parents value the feedback they get about their child's progress and describe the staff at the setting as being 'amazing'.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.The managers have effective risk assessments in place to ensure that the premises are safe and secure indoors and outdoors. All staff demonstrate a secure knowledge and understanding of the signs and symptoms that could indicate that a child is at risk of harm.

They know the processes to follow to keep children safe. Their knowledge covers a range of safeguarding and child protection issues. Staff know the signs that a child may be exposed to radicalised or extremist views, or if a child had undergone female genital mutilation.

Furthermore, staff know what processes to follow if an allegation was made against themselves or another member of staff. The management team follows safer recruitment guidelines and checks the ongoing suitability of staff to work with children.

What does the setting need to do to improve?

To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: support staff to enhance the quality and consistency of interactions with the youngest children to extend even further their growing vocabulary and language skills strengthen the current systems in place to monitor teaching practice to provide more-frequent and focused support for all staff and continually raise the quality of teaching to the highest level.