Overndale Nursery

Overndale School 19 Chapel Lane, Old Sodbury, Bristol, Avon, BS37 6NQ

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 24 February 2015 14 April 2014

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This inspection: Good 2

Previous inspection: Requires Improvement How well the early years provision meets the needs of the range of children who attend Good 2

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This inspection: Good 2

The contribution of the early years provision to the well-being of children Good 2

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This inspection: Good 2

The effectiveness of the leadership and management of the early years provision Good 2

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This inspection: Good 2

The setting meets legal requirements for early years settings

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This provision is good

 The educational programmes are well planned by enthusiastic and passionate staff who provide a wide range of challenging and motivating experiences for all children. Consequently, children are developing positive attitudes to learning, which prepares them well for the next stage in their learning, such as starting school.  Staff in the kindergarten room are highly effective teachers of phonics. Therefore, the children in this room are learning a wide range of skills for reading and writing.  Caring staff meet children's needs very well because there is an effective two-way flow of information sharing between the home and nursery from the outset.  The leadership team implements good staff supervision and ongoing self-evaluation, which means there is a well-established programme of professional development and continuous quality improvement to enhance the quality of teaching. This promotes positive outcomes for children.

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This provision is good

 Staff skilfully add commentary as children play. This helps children to make sense of language and effectively expands their widening vocabularies.  Staff are effective teachers of mathematics and maximise opportunities during play to extend children's mathematical knowledge.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Staff do not always fully maximise the outdoor areas to promote a wide range of play opportunities that cover all areas of learning.  Staff miss some opportunities to promote children's physical skills and independence at snack and mealtimes.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

To further improve the quality of the early years provision the provider should:

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

 enhance the outdoor play areas to incorporate further learning opportunities, which cover all areas of development  extend the meal and snack time routines to build on children's physical and independence skills.

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Inspection activities

 Leadership and management discussions took place at suitable times during the inspection, and in a meeting with the nominated person and both managers.  The inspector observed activities and staff interactions with children in all of the play rooms, the dining room and the outside learning environment.  The inspector looked at documentation including a sample of children's records, planning and records, and checked the suitability of staff.  The inspector took account of the views of children, staff and parents spoken to on the day of the inspection, and of the provider's self-evaluation.  The inspector completed a joint observation with one of the managers of the nursery.

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who attend. This is good

Children are enthusiastic and highly motivated explorers in this exciting environment. Good use is made of the playrooms to help children think, investigate and explore. For example, staff build anticipation and delight as babies splash in water by role modelling and y adding the words, 'Splash', and, 'Splosh', as their hand hits the water. This creates a sustained exchange where babies respond and copy, developing their listening and attention skills, and helping them learn new words. In the outdoor environment, children gain fresh air and exercise, and experience the wind and the cold. This is because staff provide regular outdoor play experiences that develop children's understanding of the weather. However, the garden is less well equipped and planned for so there are limited opportunities to promote children's learning across a wide range of areas. This does not support those children who prefer to learn outside. Children use their imaginations to

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who attend. This is good

create their own representation of famous buildings they have learnt about from around the world using a range of wooden building blocks. This challenges the children to think deeply and they are highly stimulated as they match shapes and sizes.

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good

Staff promote children's individual needs effectively. For example, staff ensure that up-to- date information about each child's needs, routines and stage of development helps their move, from room to room and then on to school. This enables children's ongoing, emotional well-being. Mealtimes are a social occasion when staff dedicate time to be with children talking to them about themselves, their interests and their families, and this helps staff get to know children even better. Independence is well promoted at the nursery and staff teach children to do things for themselves, which helps them to build confidence in their own abilities and manage their own personal care. However, on occasions at mealtimes, staff miss some opportunities to develop this further. For example, staff serve meals on to plates rather than encouraging children to serve themselves.

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provision is good

Leaders have a secure knowledge of how to promote children's learning and development, and keep children safe. They implement robust recruitment and vetting procedures. This means all those who work at the nursery are suitable. Staff who are qualified in first aid are deployed effectively so that they are on hand to provide first-aid treatment in the event of an accident or incident. Managers regularly observe staff interactions with children and monitor areas of provision to identify areas for improvement. For example, they are focused on improving the quality of questioning techniques used by staff as this is not fully consistent in all rooms. Parents are happy and comment that, 'Staff feel like our extended family who are very supportive and flexible'.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY311754 Local authority South Gloucestershire Inspection number 977118 Type of provision Full-time provision Registration category Childcare - Non-Domestic Age range of children 0 - 8 Total number of places 74 Number of children on roll 74 Name of provider Overndale School Ltd Date of previous inspection 14 April 2014 Telephone number 01454 310332

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Setting details

Overndale Nursery registered in 2005 and is privately owned. The nursery is situated in a rural area at Old Sodbury in South Gloucestershire. The nursery opens each weekday from 7.30am to 6.30pm for 51 weeks of the year, excluding bank holidays and closes for one week over Christmas. There are 14 staff and ten of these hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 or above. One of the managers holds Early Years Professional Status and Qualified Teacher Status, the other has a management qualification at level 4.

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Setting details

This inspection was carried out by Ofsted under sections 49 and 50 of the Childcare Act 2006 on the quality and standards of provision that is registered on the Early Years Register. The registered person must ensure that this provision complies with the statutory framework for children’s learning, development and care, known as the Early Years Foundation Stage.

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Setting details

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Setting details

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Setting details

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