Care Inspection report for Spring Kinloss

“Supporting very good outcomes for children and families”, the resounding theme for Spring Kinloss during their recent Care Inspectorate evaluation.

We are so pleased to share the amazing results from the inspection below and have highlighted some of our favourite key messages about the setting and the team.

Key Messages

• Children experienced warm, caring and nurturing approaches which contributed to them feeling loved and secure.
• Play experiences supported children’s developing language, literacy and numeracy skills.
• Resources took account of children’s age and stage of development, supporting them to develop a broad range of skills.
• Temporary arrangements for management of the service had contributed to positive outcomes for children and families.
• Interactions between staff were respectful, which supported a positive ethos and impacted positively on children’s experiences.

Highlights

“Personal planning information was used effectively, supporting children’s overall wellbeing. Parents and carers regularly shared information that may have impacted on their children. One parent commented “The staff are very approachable and go out of their way to support the individual needs of each child”. Staff recorded significant information to ensure that all staff were aware of individual children’s circumstances. We discussed with the management team ensuring that any strategies in place to support children were clearly recorded, to further ensure consistency in approaches to care.”

“Quality assurance and self-evaluation processes and procedures were supporting improved outcomes for children and families. The acting manager and the staff team were using best practice guidance, such as Realising the Ambition and How Good is our Early Learning and Childcare, to evaluate their practice. They worked with other professionals, and had made links with other settings to support them in developing their practice. This meant that children were receiving care and support based on relevant evidence and best practice.”

We spoke with Pauline, Nursery Manager, who was over the moon with the result:

“After a challenging time with our manager leaving the staff have all stepped up and supported each other in which could have been a very challenging time- so proud of their passion to ensure that the children in our care continues to have high quality care and learning experiences.”

We hope you join us in congratulating team Kinloss on their wonderful report.

If you would like to read the full evaluation please click here https://springchildcare.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/CI-report-final.pdf