Number 1 Day Care Limited

Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this early years setting?

The provision is good

Children are happy and keen to attend this lively and bilingual setting. They settle back in quickly following the seasonal break and are excited to see their friends. Children enjoy songs and rhymes in English and Spanish.

Toddlers grin with delight as they complete the actions and responses to a Spanish welcome song. Staff are extremely kind, caring and respond quickly to children's needs. Staff create a secure and safe environment, which gives children confidence to explore a variety of resources and activities.

Children generally engage well in their play, especially when staff join in and chat with them. Staff hel...p children to extend their ideas and develop their physical skills. For example, they provide extra resources for children to scoop porridge oats into pots during role-play games, which helps to develop their coordination.

Children generally learn to regulate their behaviour well. Staff teach children to keep themselves safe. For example, they remind children not to run indoors.

The provider has high expectations for children's learning. There is a strong focus on children's personal, social and emotional development. Staff support children to develop a sense of self, learn to do things for themselves and be ready for school.

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

Children make friends and play well together. They give each other cuddles and enjoy dancing in small groups. Staff help them to resolve disputes, such as how to share the toys and take turns.

This supports children's personal, social and emotional development.Staff know children well from the start. Each child's key person observes children closely to identify the progress they make and plan next steps to extend their development and learning.

Staff share children's progress with parents and carers regularly via a digital app, along with suggestions for how to continue to support their children's learning at home. All children make good progress.Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) receive good support.

The provider has developed partnerships with other professionals to gain advice around supporting children's learning needs. They implement effective care plans that staff understand well.In general, staff use their interactions to support and extend children's learning well.

For example, staff offer children chalk when they notice children are curious to make marks on the chalkboard with their wet hands. Staff encourage children to persevere and praise their achievements, saying, 'You did it!' This supports children to develop positive attitudes to their learning.However, this good practice is not consistently implemented throughout the day.

There are times when the organisation of routines mean that children are left with little to do. As a result, they become unsettled and wander aimlessly, which impacts on how well children learn to regulate their own behaviour. However, this does not significantly impact on the good care that children receive.

Pre-school children are highly independent. For example, children confidently help themselves to craft materials to draw and cut out pictures of dragons. They learn to blow their own noses and wash their hands before meals.

This prepares them well for starting school.Children develop good communication and language skills. Staff engage children in back-and-forth conversations.

Children show that they remember vocabulary in English and Spanish. For example, toddlers name the body parts as they make face collages.There are strong partnerships with parents.

Parents speak highly about staff's 'arms open' approach and the warmth with which they welcome the children. The provider creates a sense of community. Parents enjoy attending informative meetings about their children's development and social events, such as sports days.

Staff say they are well supported by leaders and managers. They receive regular training and feedback to develop their knowledge. Leaders and managers are reflective and use a variety of methods to evaluate and develop their provision, such as parent questionnaires and staff feedback.

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 further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: develop the planning of the daily routines so children learn to regulate their behaviour consistently.