Ofsted

At Carleton Childcare we are registered with Ofsted and understand and respect their standards for care and education and we aim to exceed them. Our registration certificate can be found in the entrance way and you can read a hard copy of the certificate or follow the link below to download a copy.

Click here to view our Ofsted Inspection Report

I am delighted to announce that we have maintained our grade of ‘Good’ for the quality and standards of our provision. I would like to thank everyone for their support, both staff and parents and I am incredibly proud of our result.

Summary of our key strengths

  • The manager has high expectations for the quality of the staffs practice and for what the children can achieve. The manager regularly seeks the views of parents, staff and children, she uses this information to develop ongoing, purposeful improvement plans.
  • The manager establishes strong partnerships with Parents, schools and other professionals.
  • This promotes a consistent approach to support children’s learning and development and helps them be ready for school.
  • All children, make good progress from their starting points.
  • Staff get to know the children well.
  • They complete regular observations and accurate assessments of the children’s progress. They use this information to follow their interests
  • Staff plan experiences that promote what each child needs to learn next
  • Parents say that children settle in quickly and that they thoroughly enjoy attending nursery.
  • The children form strong attachments with the staff and make friends easily.
  • Staff provide a stimulating learning environment with a variety of high-quality resources that ignite children’s interests.
  • The staff are good role models and give gentle reminders about the expectations of behaviour.
  • The children behave very well and play cooperatively with their peers.
  • The children are inquisitive and confident, they are eager to share their views and ideas and contribute to group discussions.

Regardless of the grade Ofsted give in their reports, they always give areas of possible development. We are practiced at self evaluation as it’s something we already do, here are the areas we will concentrate on for future development.

 

  • Development areas
  • The manager does not use strategies for the more skilled staff to share their expertise. – This will be addressed in staff training internally and externally
  • staff do not maximise ways to promote children’s language and listening. – A quiet space outdoors in the form of an outdoor classroom has been built to help with a “quiet area”

 

  • The inspector was very thorough in her assessment of the setting and also made some lovely comments in her feedback, which I would also like to share. The inspector recognised that we have strong working partnerships with parents and that children’s progress is better than typical and that the quality of teaching is consistent. Especially mentions were several staff for their leaching and learning.

If you would like to see a full copy of the report, you can access it at the  link above

Ofsted require

  • ·         Ratios of 1;4 for children aged 2 years old
  • ·         Ratios of 1;8 for children aged 3 and over
  • ·         1 first aider on premises at any one time
  • ·         50% of staff to be qualified to level 3
  • ·         Supernumerary manager
  • ·         Students of 17 or over can be counted to numbers

At Carleton Childcare we insist on

  • ·         Higher than required ratios of staff to children
  • ·         All staff working with the children to have been first aid trained
  • ·         90% staff being qualified to level 3
  • ·         2 staff holding an Early years degree
  • ·         A supernumerary manager or supervisor is always on shift
  • ·         A teacher  or Early years professional working directly with the children
  • ·         No student being counted to numbers