Busy Bees Day Nursery at Salisbury

Busy Bees Day Nursery at Salisbury London Road, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 3YU

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 27 February 2015 28 November 2008

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Previous inspection: Good 2 How well the early years provision meets the needs of the range of children who attend Outstanding 1

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

The contribution of the early years provision to the well-being of children Outstanding 1

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

The effectiveness of the leadership and management of the early years provision Outstanding 1

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

The setting meets legal requirements for early years settings

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This provision is outstanding

 Staff plan activities that are engaging and fun, so that children are highly absorbed in their play. This enables the children to enjoy exploring and to contribute their own ideas and motivates them to learn.  Staff use excellent observation and planning systems to keep a close track of children's learning and development. This helps them to precisely target their teaching to meet children's individual needs.  Partnership with parents is highly effective as staff exchange regular information with parents in order to support the children's learning at home. This ensures that children's learning and well-being are fully promoted.  The leadership and management of the nursery are exemplary. They use effective and efficient mentoring for staff to build on their excellent professional skills.  The manager and staff have an excellent knowledge of safeguarding. They are extremely confident about the processes to follow if they have any concerns about a

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This provision is outstanding

child's welfare.  The manager and staff have robust monitoring systems in place, in order to ensure continuous improvements are identified and met. This results in the best possible outcomes for the children that attend.

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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

 encourage children to take more responsibility for their own self-care.

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Inspection activities

 The manager gave the inspector a tour of the premises.  The inspector observed children at play inside and outside.  The inspector spoke to parents to gather their views.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the manager.  The inspector examined a range of documentation, including children's developmental records and staff suitability checks.

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who attend. This is outstanding

The quality of teaching is excellent. Children's learning and development are closely monitored, with next steps identified to effectively challenge children to move on to the next stage of their development. Parents contribute to the children's learning and are provided with activities to enhance children's learning at home. Staff are all consistent in their approach and effectively promote the children's language and communication skills, with repetitive language and sign language. This helps to increase the children's confidence when speaking, especially for the children who learn English as an additional language. Children have the opportunity to become independent learners, as the environment supports them extremely well in making choices and gives them an excellent range of age and stage appropriate resources. Across the nursery, children experience well-planned activities. For example, the pre-schoolers learn to think critically as they

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who attend. This is outstanding

make volcanoes. Young babies' senses are well promoted as they enjoy the feel of the paint and toddlers enjoy the outdoor environment as they pour water from one container to another, developing their concept of measure. Staff ask useful questions which enhance the children's experiences of discovery. Staff carry out regular assessments and communicate with parents to ensure children are making excellent progress.

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outstanding

Children have excellent bonds with staff. Staff know their children extremely well. Behaviour is exemplary as children are given clear instructions and are regularly praised for their efforts. Staff promote the good health of children by providing healthy food, daily outside play and regular handwashing. However, not all staff encourage children to wipe their own noses. Robust procedures are in place to support children with allergies. Older children effectively learn to manage their risks as they draw pictures of what could be a potential danger. Staff fully promote the children's confidence and independence from babies through self-care activities. Overall, children build exemplary skills to help them in their future learning.

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provision is outstanding

The leadership and management are outstanding. Staff have an excellent knowledge of the learning and development, and welfare requirements. All staff have extremely high expectations of each other. They have well-established individualised training plans that consistently contribute to high quality teaching. Robust monitoring systems ensure that all children are making good progress from their starting points. Staff have an excellent understanding of safeguarding and how to keep children safe. Highly effective recruitment procedures ensure that staff are suitable. Partnership with other professionals supports the children's ongoing learning and development.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY248267 Local authority Wiltshire Inspection number 837177 Type of provision Full-time provision Registration category Childcare - Non-Domestic Age range of children 0 - 5 Total number of places 93 Number of children on roll 122 Name of provider Busy Bees Day Nurseries (Trading) Limited Date of previous inspection 28 November 2008 Telephone number 01722 417272

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Setting details

Busy Bees Day Nursery opened in 2003. The nursery operates from purpose-built premises situated towards the north-east of Salisbury. The nursery is on two levels, which includes four base rooms, and has wheelchair access. The nursery opens five days a week all year round, from 7am until 7pm, closing for bank holidays. The nursery is in receipt of funding for the provision of free early education for two-, three- and four-year-olds. The nursery currently employ 20 staff members, of whom one member of staff holds Early Years Professional Status, fifteen staff hold relevant early years qualifications at level 3, two staff hold a childcare qualification at level 2 and two are currently working towards a relevant early years qualification.

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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

procedures set out in the guidance ‘Complaints procedure: raising concerns and making complaints about Ofsted’, which is available from Ofsted’s website: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ofsted. If you would like Ofsted to send you a copy of the guidance, please telephone 0300 123 4234, or email enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk. achieve excellence in the care of children and young people, and in education and skills for learners of all ages. It regulates and inspects childcare and children's social care, and inspects the Children and Family Court Advisory Support Service (Cafcass), schools, colleges, initial teacher training, work-based learning and skills training, adult and community learning, and education and training in prisons and other secure establishments. It assesses council children’s services, and inspects services for looked after children, safeguarding and child protection.

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Setting details

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Setting details

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