Jigsaw Nursery School

Jigsaw Nursery St. John's C of E Primary School, Whichers Gate Road, ROWLAND'S CASTLE, Hampshire, PO9 6BB

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 5 May 2015 10 September 2009

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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 thrive at this nursery because the excellent key-person system results in children immediately bonding with a special person who is fully aware of their learning and care needs.  High-quality staff interaction and staff's effective teaching ensure all children, including those children with additional needs and learning English as an additional language, make rapid progress in relation to their starting points.  The experienced and enthusiastic staff are skilled at making learning fun. They plan worthwhile and exciting activities linked to children's interests and individual needs.  All staff fully understand their responsibilities to keep children safe. They undertake regular training and follow the safeguarding policies and procedures, which underpin their practice if a concern is raised.  The staff and management team evaluate the quality of provision to identify strengths and areas for improvement. Robust staff supervision and professional development

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This provision is outstanding

effectively enhance staff practice to enable all children to reach their full potential.  All children benefit from the excellent partnerships between staff, parents, carers and other agencies involved with the children.

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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

 ensure children's achievements at home are shared effectively when they first start, to enable all staff to interact with children in a meaningful way from the outset.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed staff's interaction with children, and observed activities in the playroom and the outside play areas.  The inspector had discussions with parents, staff and children.  The inspector undertook a joint observation with the manager.  The inspector sampled records kept on the children and documentation to support the running of the nursery.

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who attend. This is outstanding

Staff have an excellent understanding of the Early Years Foundation Stage framework and implement it successfully to promote the children's welfare, learning and development. All staff know exactly what children are working towards. This results in purposeful planned learning intentions, where the children have fun and learn through exciting activities, such as woodwork. Children are inquisitive and are actively engaged in their learning. Staff make excellent use of resources and the hill outside, for example, to help children to explore the power of wind. Children have many opportunities for mark making for a wide variety of purposes, such as making lists, writing their names, and making patterns with sensory resources, indoors and outdoors. Staff enhance children's use of mathematical language as they play, for example, as children plan a pretend party with their friends. All children acquire the skills, attitudes and dispositions they need to be ready for school or

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outstanding

All children are extremely happy and new children settle very quickly. Children build very positive relationships with all staff, particularly their key person. Children work together cooperatively, knowing to take turns and follow nursery rules. The atmosphere is one of busy purposeful play as children become increasingly inquisitive and adventurous in their learning with excellent staff support. For example, children built an obstacle course using planks and crates; staff encouraged them to identify and discuss risks. Children move around the nursery with ease, exploring the resources and their learning environment. Staff promote children's independence well. They ensure resources are easily accessible so children can move from indoors to outdoors to enhance their play. Children develop their self-care skills as they help to prepare healthy snacks and choose when they want to eat. As a result, children demonstrate high levels of self-confidence and self-esteem.

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provision is outstanding

Staff actively encourage parents to be fully involved in their children's learning and provide information to enable parents to extend their children's learning at home. Staff value all contributions from the parents and invite parents in to spend time at the nursery. However, information on children's achievements at home is not shared with all staff when children first start. All staff complete a programme of progression training to ensure their personal skills and professional development continue to grow. Staff cascade the knowledge gained to all staff, which they use well to evaluate practice and make changes to benefit children. For example, after training on the environment, staff moved display boards down to the children's level so that they could see their own creations more easily.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY345805 Local authority Hampshire Inspection number 828498 Type of provision Full-time provision Registration category Childcare - Non-Domestic Age range of children 2 - 5 Total number of places 24 Number of children on roll 48 Name of provider Jigsaw At St. John's Committee Date of previous inspection 10 September 2009 Telephone number 02392 412095

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Setting details

Jigsaw Nursery registered in 2008. The nursery is committee run and is situated in St John's Church of England Primary School, in Rowland's Castle, Hampshire. The nursery is open Monday to Friday, from 9am to 3.30pm, during term times. The nursery offers extended care from 8:30am and until 4pm. There are five staff members employed in the nursery, who all hold relevant early years qualifications at level 4 or above.

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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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