Sunrise Day Nursery

Sunrise Day Nursery The Station House, Station Road, HARRIETSHAM, Kent, ME17 1JA

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 29 April 2015 10 October 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

 Children's progress and achievements are consistently outstanding in all learning areas.  Staff always ensure they give children's backgrounds and interests excellent attention. They share this individual knowledge with other children to extend their learning about others.  Staff provide outdoor play opportunities for children throughout the day. As a result, children consistently benefit from being outside in the fresh air, in all weathers.  Children enjoy an excellent choice and range of play activities and resources, which are available both indoors and outside. However, the range of information and communication resources is not consistently updated, to help children learn more about current technology.  Leadership and management is outstanding; all staff take advantage of the many opportunities to progress in their professional development. Therefore, all children benefit from high quality and up-to-date skilled teaching.

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This provision is outstanding

 Staff use the knowledge they gain from training extremely well to support children to manage their safety and behaviour. For example, children know the rules for 'superhero' play, and as a result, have developed their understanding of respecting others.  Staff partnerships with other professionals, specialists and school staff are of a very high standard. This means that all children's individual learning and development needs are extremely well catered for.

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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 resources to further increase children's understanding and knowledge of information, communication and technology.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector talked to the provider, manager and members of staff.  The inspector sampled records and documents.  The inspector spoke to parents to gain their feedback about the nursery.  The inspector observed and talked to the children and carried out a joint observation with the manager.

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who attend. This is outstanding

Staff use their expert knowledge and teaching experience to provide an exceptional range of resources and learning opportunities for all children. Babies flourish with regular one-to- one attention and gain vital skills. For example, babies confidently explore and negotiate their way around the room using their newly acquired walking skills. Children develop their writing skills extremely well. They enjoy using brushes in a shallow layer of sand and practise using sweeping movements to make big and small shapes and marks. The older children competently name and write the letters of their name. Older children play uninterrupted for long periods of time and remain fully engaged and focused. Children's language development is given a high priority, including children whose first language is not English. Staff ensure children are ready for school and children display how eager they are to learn. As a result, they develop essential skills for the next stage in their lives. Staff

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who attend. This is outstanding

observations, assessments and planning are sharp and focussed to meet each individual child's learning needs.

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outstanding

Staff very much encourage parents to be part of settling their children when they start. This means the children get used to the environment and routine at their own pace. Management and staff give children's welfare and well-being high priority. Staff deploy themselves exceptionally well and this means all children are supported skilfully and their individual needs are met very securely. Children show high levels of confidence in approaching any staff member to receive the comfort and help they need. Staff make children feel valued, safe and secure through their highly consistent approach. Children's independence and self-care skills are developing extremely well, which boost their confidence and self-esteem very effectively.

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provision is outstanding

Management has highly effective and robust recruitment procedures to ensure staff suitability. They show a very strong commitment to providing regular supervision to robustly monitor staff performance. Management expects consistently high standards in staff's professional development and together they efficiently identify any areas requiring additional support. Managers and staff have an exceptional understanding of their role and responsibility to safeguard children, including the excellent policies and procedures. They are extremely clear on what to do should they have a concern about a child in their care. Self-evaluation processes are highly effective in ensuring any necessary changes are made. There is an extremely strong commitment throughout the nursery to maintaining continuous improvement.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY427210 Local authority Kent Inspection number 823304 Type of provision Full-time provision Registration category Childcare - Non-Domestic Age range of children 0 - 8 Total number of places 36 Number of children on roll 55 Name of provider Sunrise Day Nursery (Langley) Limited Date of previous inspection 10 October 2011 Telephone number 01622 861325

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Setting details

Sunrise Day Nursery registered in 2011. It is located in Harrietsham, near Maidstone, Kent, and is one of two privately owned nurseries. The nursery is open for 51 weeks of the year, Monday to Friday, from 7.30am to 6.30pm. It is closed for one week at Christmas and all bank holidays. The nursery is in receipt of funding for free early years education for children aged two, three and four. The provider employs 12 members of staff, nine of whom hold appropriate early years qualifications from Level 2 to Level 6.

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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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