Partou Tiny Teapots Day Nursery & Pre-School

First Class Childcare Harrogate 1 Hartwith Way, Harrogate, HG3 2XA

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 7 April 2015 2 August 2011

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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 accurately assess and monitor children's progress in their learning and development. They plan learning experiences that take account of children's individual interests and stage of development, helping all children make rapid progress in their learning. As a result, all children are extremely well prepared for their next stage in learning, including school.  Children are extremely happy and settled and their behaviour is exemplary. This is because staff are highly skilled and sensitive in helping all children form strong, trusting and secure emotional attachments.  Parent partnerships are excellent and staff work closely with parents and understand children's needs very well. As a consequence, children are independent and active learners, exhibiting very high levels of self-esteem.  Staff's understanding of the safeguarding and welfare requirements is extremely secure; safe practice is firmly embedded and children play in a safe, welcoming and

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This provision is outstanding

supportive environment.  Self-evaluation is highly accurate and sharply focused on developing the provision. The staff team are supported with a targeted training programme to increase their knowledge and develop their practice, which constantly enhances the quality of the provision.

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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 further the excellent quality of teaching so that strategies, such as the use of open-ended questions, are used consistently to develop children's ability to think creatively and critically.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed activities in the playrooms and the outdoor learning environment.  The inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager, held discussions with staff and spoke with children at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector looked at children's development records, the nursery's self-evaluation form, evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery and a range of other records, policies and procedures.  The inspector took account of the views of parents spoken to at the inspection.

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who attend. This is outstanding

Staff have an excellent understanding of how children learn and, importantly, how this relates to the children in their care. They use children's interests on a daily basis to help motivate children in their learning. They combine this with information from parents to supplement the identified next steps in their learning and development. Staff plan an outstanding range of interesting play experiences, such as activities based on children's interest in pirates. This involves children in making a pirate ship from cardboard boxes. Staff skilfully introduce learning relating to different sizes and ask open-ended questions about how children think they can stick the sides together. This encourages children to think and solve problems. However, in their enthusiasm for the activity staff are not always consistent in asking open-ended questions. Staff are skilled at extending children's vocabulary, pronounce words clearly, use lots of descriptive language and demonstrate

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who attend. This is outstanding

consistently high communication skills. They are equally skilled in supporting children with English as an additional language through using sign language.

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outstanding

Children thrive in the highly stimulating environment. They are confident, well motivated and eager to join in the interesting and challenging learning experiences. A strong feature of the setting is the outdoor area. Children spend prolonged periods of time outdoors. They become focused on their activities as they paint the fence with water, dig in the sandpit and ride tricycles around. They particularly enjoy digging and searching for worms and pretending to cook in the mud kitchen. Children learn about planting and growing as they plant some potatoes and discuss what they will do with them when they have grown. Children are successfully learning about self-care and personal hygiene through consistent routines and staff support. They become independent as they learn how to serve their own meals at lunchtime. This helps them to make their own choices.

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provision is outstanding

Children's safety is given the highest priority due to comprehensive risk assessments, for the indoors and outdoors, and the effective deployment of staff. The majority of the well- qualified, well-established committed staff team have worked at the nursery for a long time. The manager completes supervisions, appraisals, peer observations and staff meetings. This enables her to sharply focus evaluations of staff practice to identify their strengths and areas for further development. The tracking system for children's development is sharply focused and is closely monitored by the management team. They check that all the areas of learning are not only being covered but include appropriate levels of challenge for all children. As a result, children receive timely interventions that provide targeted support as required. This includes working with other professionals to identify effective teaching strategies. Children's move to school is exceptionally well

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provision is outstanding

supported, which also supports them emotionally.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY341607 Local authority North Yorkshire Inspection number 862915 Type of provision Full-time provision Registration category Childcare - Non-Domestic Age range of children 0 - 5 Total number of places 80 Number of children on roll 112 Name of provider First Class Child Care Limited Date of previous inspection 2 August 2011 Telephone number 01423 569400

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Setting details

First Class Childcare Harrogate was registered in 2006. The nursery employs 21 members of childcare staff. Of these, 19 hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 2 or above. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, for 51 weeks a year, except for bank holidays. Opening hours are from 7.30am until 6.30pm. The nursery provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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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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