Moorland Nursery School

Moorland Nursery School Trinity Court, Leek Road, Stoke On Trent, ST9 9NH

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 10 March 2015 Not applicable

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This inspection: Good 2

Previous inspection: Not applicable 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

 Children are very well prepared for school due to the exceptionally high quality teaching and experiences offered in the pre-school room.  Staff foster the children's personal, social and emotional development well. As a result, children are confident, eager to learn and very well behaved.  Strong partnership working with parents and carers ensures they are kept fully informed about their children's care and education. This contributes well in helping them continue their children's learning at home.  The leadership and management team are highly motivated. They provide good direction, supervision and support to a staff team who strive to continually improve.  Staff have a good understanding of safeguarding issues. Children are kept safe and good priority is given to promoting their welfare.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Staff in the Rainbow room do not always make the resources freely available to further increase choice. In addition, they do not always fully support children to make the most of what is available to extend learning further.  All staff do not place a high level of focus on introducing and repeating new words to increase further the children's vocabulary.

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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

 make more freely available an even wider range of resources, in the Rainbow room, to further increase choice; support children more fully to make the most of what is available to further extend their learning  sharpen the focus on raising the quality of teaching even further, so it is consistently high across the nursery, paying particular attention to extending the children's vocabulary.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed activities in the playrooms and the outdoor play area.  The inspector held a meeting with the leadership and management team and carried out a joint observation with the manager.  The inspector looked at children's assessment records, planning documentation, evidence of suitability of staff working within the nursery and a range of other documentation.  The inspector took account of the views of parents and carers.

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who attend. This is good

Children make good progress from their starting points and are very well prepared for school. The teaching across the nursery is consistently good and in the pre-school room it is often exceptional. These children are provided with an excellent range of activities, which quickly capture their curiosity. This, coupled with the clear learning intention for activities, results in very good challenge and extension in children's learning. Staff use topics, such as 'measuring' and 'growing' to provide meaningful and enjoyable experiences across all areas of learning. Toddlers in the Rainbow room do not have the same level of rich and varied range of resources freely available. This hinders the opportunities they have to freely explore and choose. In addition, staff do not always fully support these children to make the most of what is available to extend learning further. All children are supported well to become confident speakers. Staff use discussion time, songs and books

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who attend. This is good

very well to increase the children's communication and language and early literacy skills. However, during activities some staff do not always introduce and repeat words often enough to further extend children's vocabulary.

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good

Staff are attentive to the care needs of children and place a strong focus on supporting their emotional well-being. For example, they are intuitive and easily adapt and change the routine and activities to suit the children's emotional needs. Staff place a good priority on teaching children about how to keep healthy and safe. Children learn about the effects of exercise on their bodies and how to keep safe indoors and outdoors. Children are keen to listen, easily follow instructions and thoroughly enjoy being physical indoors and outdoors. Strong partnership working with the local schools results in good support for all children when they move on to school.

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provision is good

The experienced and dynamic manager also works directly with the children in pre-school. Therefore, she is in a good position to monitor, coach and support staff to raise their skills in this room in particular. Leaders and managers have a good understanding of the learning and development requirements. For example, staff are supported well to raise their qualifications and skills. This results in teaching, which is consistently good and in pre-school, often outstanding. The leadership team has a clear overview of the nursery at this time. They are clear about what steps need to be taken to even further raise the quality of teaching.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY479517 Local authority Staffordshire Inspection number 984025 Type of provision Full-time provision Registration category Childcare - Non-Domestic Age range of children 0 - 17 Total number of places 44 Number of children on roll 106 Name of provider Mark Fletcher Shadforth Date of previous inspection Not applicable Telephone number 01782504258

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Setting details

Moorland Nursery School originally registered in 1982 and was re-registered under its current ownership in 2014. The nursery, which also provides an out-of-school club, operates from Trinity Court, a converted Methodist Chapel, in the Staffordshire Moorlands. The nursery is open five days a week, from 7.45am to 5.45pm, for 52 weeks a year. The nursery provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children. The nursery employs seven members of childcare staff. Of these, one holds a qualification at level 6, one holds a qualification at level 4, three hold a qualification at level 3, one is unqualified and the other holds Qualified Teacher Status.

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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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