Adorable steps childcare limited

What is it like to attend this early years setting?

Staff support children's emotional well-being by creating a nurturing environment where children feel safe, valued and supported in their development. Staff are calm, respectful and sensitive towards the needs of children. Children are confident and feel safe in the setting. Staff set clear expectations for children's behaviour. They are good role models to children and encourage turn-taking. This helps children learn how to positively interact with others. Staff promote the development of children's physical skills. Children engage in regular dance classes and use bikes, scooters and climbing frames outdoors. Children are learning how to control their bodies.

Staff provide an ambitious curriculum that supports all children, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds and children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) to make good progress in their learning. Staff plan learning experiences that build on children's interests and developmental needs. Children demonstrate positive attitudes towards their learning and are well prepared for their next stage in education. Children are inquisitive and demonstrate curiosity. They enjoy mixing together cornflour, water and paint and feeling the different textures. Children show interest, are keen to explore and investigate.

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

• Staff engage in continuous professional development opportunities, which helps them to improve their practice and interactions with children. They access training, engage in reflective discussions at staff meetings and observe each other working with the children. This helps staff to increase their confidence and competence in their role.
• Children with SEND are given good support. Staff understand the individual needs of children and adapt their interactions to include and support those who might need extra help. They show children objects, such as nappies, to help them understand parts of the routine, such as nappy change time. They recognise and celebrate the individual achievements of children. This helps to provide an inclusive environment and meet the individual care and education needs of children.
• Staff increase children's breadth of words. They help all children, including those with English as an additional language, to develop their speech. Staff engage children in stories and use language to help children connect words to objects. Children are developing their speaking skills.
• The setting collaborates effectively with external professionals to support the diverse needs of children. The setting works closely with speech and language therapists and other professionals to support children's specific needs. This benefits children as they receive targeted interventions based on the things they need to learn next.
• Staff do not always extend children's understanding effectively. They do not consistently enhance children's knowledge about the concepts being explored. This means, on these occasions, while children are engaged and happy, they do not fully benefit from new knowledge.
• Staff teach children about diversity and the importance of respecting differences. They provide activities and experiences where children learn about different cultures and traditions. Children have access to books in different languages, and they talk about different buildings around the world. This helps children to appreciate and show respect for different backgrounds and beliefs.
• Staff consistently promote children's independence. They encourage children to feed themselves at mealtimes, wash their own hands at the appropriate times and put on their own coats. This builds children's confidence in undertaking tasks for themselves.
• Staff place a strong emphasis on building children's confidence and self-esteem. They offer praise and encouragement to children, recognising the efforts that they make. This helps children become self-assured in their own abilities, and they are willing to try new experiences.
• Staff build effective relationships with parents. They actively involve parents in their children's learning through regular communication, meetings and discussing the needs of children. This helps to provide continuity for children between home and the setting.

What the setting must and should do next

The provider should:

• extend opportunities to increase children's levels of understanding.