First Class Day Nursery Ltd

First Class Day Nursery Ltd First Class Day Nursery, 81-85 High Road, Benfleet, Essex, SS7 5LN

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 29 May 2015 22 December 2014

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Previous inspection: Inadequate 4 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 receive exceptionally high standards of teaching. Staff provide inspiring and stimulating learning experiences for children. This results in their individual learning needs being reflected on, and they make extremely good progress.  Children are confident and effective communicators. Staff support communication through the abundant use of speech, sign language, visual guides, and sensitive approaches for less confident children.  Staff provide very careful and individual settling-in procedures to enrich children's emotional well-being. Therefore, children become extremely confident and independent in the nursery.  The fully embedded and robust safeguarding procedures have a significant impact on the welfare of children. Knowledgeable staff are well informed and aware of their responsibilities towards child protection.  The inspirational management team inspires staff to achieve, celebrate success and

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This provision is outstanding

continue their professional development. Management are excellent role models, as they play a very active part in promoting care and learning for children. Their ability to make rapid, yet sustained, improvements is evident within all staff's practice.  The partnership with parents is exceptionally effective. Parents have a wealth of opportunities to feel part of their child's day, and are actively encouraged to reflect on and plan for their child's next steps in learning with their key person.  Careful consideration is given to identify staff's talents, as well as focused training, to strengthen their already exemplary practice. Therefore, staff's qualifications and skills, as well as the exceptional programme for their professional development, enriches children's learning.

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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

 extend the effectively established audit programme to assess the effectiveness of the inside and outside environment, in relation to each child's progress.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed activities in all rooms and the outside area.  The inspector spoke to children and staff at appropriate times, and held a meeting with members of the management team.  The inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager.  The inspector took account of the views of the parents spoken to on the day of the inspection.  The inspector looked at children's records, planning documentation, evidence of the suitability of staff working in the provision and a range of other documentation, including policies and procedures to safeguard children's welfare.

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who attend. This is outstanding

Children experiment with, and explore, a very good range of resources. For example, children are intrigued by the natural world and make confident links between imaginative play and the resources outside, resulting in children making a birdhouse from bricks. Children excel in their learning because staff provide experiences of awe and wonder. Children experiment with colour and shape using kaleidoscopes. Staff cleverly link this to familiar stories that children know well. The effective assessment programme tracks and identifies children's next steps in learning, as well as gaps in their development. Immediate action is taken to swiftly close these gaps. However, staff do not use this established audit programme to compare how children achieve, both indoors and outdoors. The continuous challenges for children result in them developing skills for future learning, such as inquisitiveness and solving complex puzzles. Children with special

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who attend. This is outstanding

educational needs and/or disabilities receive extreme levels of support. For example, social interaction with their peers is encouraged through eye contact.

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outstanding

Children's physical well-being is highly promoted. Children experience fresh air and exercise by visiting parks, outside spaces and shops, where they engage with the local community. Children develop increasing independence skills. In the pre-school, they serve themselves at mealtimes, and learn about portion sizes and making healthy choices. Younger children develop self-help skills as staff act as positive role models during routine activities, such as handwashing. Children's behaviour is exemplary. Staff show children how to work well together and to negotiate in their play. Staff continuously act in a nurturing manner towards all children and as a result, they form exceptional bonds with staff. The key-person system highly supports attachments, resulting in consistent care and an exceptional sense of safety and security. Very effective links with schools that children move on to, enable them to feel reassured about their new environment.

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provision is outstanding

The management are highly reflective and as a result, accurately identify areas for improvement and share good practice with others. They have an extremely professional outlook on implementing highly effective practices, to make dramatic changes to identified weaknesses. Following the last inspection, management have scrutinised safeguarding procedures, and extended staff's knowledge of how to promote children's welfare. This results in the safeguarding of children becoming central to everything staff do. The nursery has very effective partnerships with other professionals. Teachers from local schools visit frequently and health visitors carry out children's checks. Staff take health and safety extremely seriously, and provide a very safe and secure environment for children's play. Management, staff, parents and children play an active role in making changes to, and evaluating, the effectiveness of practice, in the pursuit for excellence.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY363539 Local authority Essex Inspection number 1002674 Type of provision Full-time provision Registration category Childcare - Non-Domestic Age range of children 0 - 11 Total number of places 100 Number of children on roll 185 Name of provider First Class Day Nursery Ltd Date of previous inspection 22 December 2014 Telephone number 01268566800

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Setting details

The First Class Day Nursery was registered in 2006. The nursery employs 41 members of childcare staff. Of these, three staff hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 2, 16 hold qualifications at level 3 and eight staff hold qualifications at level 4 or above, including two with Early Years Professional status. All remaining staff are currently training towards qualifications. The nursery opens all year round from Monday to Friday. Sessions are from 7am until 7pm. 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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