Little Superstars Limited

Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this early years setting?

The provision requires improvement Children are confident and happy in the pre-school and behave well. Staff have implemented strategies to help the children to share with one another.

This helps the children to form friendships and play harmoniously with each other. Staff are polite and kind towards the children. This, in turn, leads children to be kind, considerate, and polite to one another.

Staff offer comfort to children when needed. Children who become upset by leaving their parents soon settle into activities with support from staff. Children are well supported in learning to be independent.

They are encouraged to tidy up their toys when th...ey have finished playing, and attempt to pour their own drinks at snack time. Staff teach them useful tricks to make putting their coats on easier before going outside. However, there are weaknesses in the quality of education.

Although staff are clear about what they want their key children to learn next, they do not implement a curriculum that is fully focused on children's needs and next steps in learning. This limits the opportunities that children, including those with funded places and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, have to make good progress in their learning.

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

Leaders have made progress in addressing the weaknesses identified at the last inspection.

They have sought support from external agencies and have made improvements that benefit the children. The new manager reflects on practice and is aware that further improvements are necessary to raise the quality of education to a good level. She has considered how to achieve this, and has started implementing her ideas.

The manager has put a programme of training, support, and mentoring in place to develop staff practice. However, the improvements are not fully embedded.Staff are now providing a more engaging free play environment for children.

However, they do not yet consider how they can build on children's existing knowledge and skills when planning activities. As a result, the curriculum delivery is not effective enough. Children show an interest in the activities on offer and remain engaged in them for periods of time.

However, these activities are not designed with children's next steps and individual learning needs in mind. This means that learning is incidental rather than purposefully planned to build on children's skills and knowledge over time. This does not help all children to reach their full potential.

There have been some positive changes in the way that staff interact with the children since the last inspection. Staff provide information when children play and ask some simple questions. However, they do not regularly model a wide range of vocabulary or use their interactions to develop children's knowledge to a higher level.

Children play in a safe and secure indoor environment. However, the use of risk assessments outdoors is not fully effective. Staff do not promptly identify and remove all the risks in the outdoor area before the children go outside.

That said, staff deploy themselves effectively to ensure that children are well supervised, so there is minimal impact on children's safety.Staff are encouraged to complete regular training courses and attend development meetings to improve the quality of education provided for the children. They are keen to discuss the improvements they have made since the last inspection.

They can see the benefits that they have made to the children. Staff feel well supported in their roles.The manager is passionate about continually improving partnerships with parents.

She has recently implemented electronic communication methods with the parents so they have a two-way flow of information about children's development. Staff work closely with parents before children start attending. For instance, parents complete 'All About Me' information regarding their families.

Parents are complimentary about the staff and comment on how happy and settled their children are. They value the support and guidance that they receive. For example, they are advised about healthy lunch box ideas.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.There is an open and positive culture around safeguarding that puts children's interests first.

What does the setting need to do to improve?

To meet the requirements of the early years foundation stage, the provider must: Due date ensure that there is an ambitious curriculum that is based on children's learning and development needs, and implemented through planned and purposeful activities 19/03/2024 support staff to strengthen the quality of their interactions to ensure that teaching is responsive to the individual learning needs of children 19/03/2024 improve staff skills in carrying out risk assessments in the outdoor area, to ensure that hazards are identified and removed as swiftly as possible.

19/03/2024