Little Holcombe Nursery

Little Holcombe Nursery 413 Brandlesholme Road, Bury, Lancashire, BL8 1JD

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 24 August 2015 24 February 2011

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Previous inspection: Outstanding 1 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 are extremely well qualified, which means they have an excellent knowledge of how children learn and develop. They use this to plan a good range of exciting and challenging experiences for children. Therefore, children are fully stimulated, motivated and eager to learn.  Staff know individual children exceptionally well and provide targeted support in areas where children are making the least progress in their learning and development. Therefore, all children are making rapid progress towards the early learning goals.  There are very strong relationships between staff and children. Staff treat each child as an individual paying close attention to the support each child requires. Therefore, children's emotional well-being is extremely well promoted.  There is a comprehensive system for performance management and staff undertake internal and external training. This results in highly effective teachers that are

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This provision is outstanding

continuously developing their knowledge and skills.  Staff implement a range of methods to effectively and sensitively support children through changes in their lives, such as, entry into the setting, moving from one room to the next or moving on to the next setting. This ensures children feel very secure and confident in any changes that take place.  The excellent relationship with parents and children's families means children's care and learning needs are exceptionally well met.  Staff are skilful at adapting the activities they offer to ensure all children can be involved and challenged at the correct level.  Children are offered nutritious, well-balanced meals and snacks throughout the day, which are carefully planned and shared with parents. This ensures children are offered a good balance of vitamins and nutrients to help keep them strong and healthy.

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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 opportunities for children to express their ideas freely during creative activities even further.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed activities in all rooms within the nursery and outdoors.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the early years teacher.  The inspector held a meeting with the management team.  The inspector took account of the views of parents and carers spoken to on the day of the inspection.  The inspector had a tour of the nursery with the manager and deputy manager.  The inspector sampled documentation, including children's assessment records, planning documentation and children's learning journals.  The inspector checked evidence of suitability and qualifications of staff working with children and discussed the provider's self-evaluation and improvement plan.

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who attend. This is outstanding

Staff expertly question children to enhance their thinking and communication and language skills. This means children confidently talk about their play and share their ideas. Staff are enthusiastic and excellent teachers, which results in children who can think critically and are confident to explore and investigate with their own ideas. However, there is the odd occasion where staff over direct children's creative activities, which means during these small number of activities children do not have freedom to represent things how they perceive them. Staff have established excellent relationships with parents. They use a wide range of methods to support parents in understanding how young children learn in different areas. In addition, they gather a wealth of information about what children can do at home. The highly effective partnership enables parents to continue learning at home and allows staff to plan activities based on what they know about the

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outstanding

Staff are very attentive to the care and learning needs of children, which means children are safe, secure and very happy within the setting. Staff have very high expectations of children and encourage all children to be fully independent. Therefore, all children, including the very youngest, can competently manage their own self-care. Staff place strong emphasis on the importance of children's health and physical well-being, which means children thrive. Children have regular access to a very well-resourced indoor and outdoor area and targeted sessions on developing their physical skills, which offer lots of exercise and contribute to a healthy lifestyle. Everything that staff do is based around the children's interests and needs, which means children display high levels of confidence and are self-motivated. Staff give children consistent explanations about safety and possible risks, which means children have a good understanding of how to keep themselves safe.

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provision is outstanding

Staff work very closely with a range of other professionals and parents to create a fully consistent approach to meeting the individual needs of children. Therefore, all children including children with special educational needs and/or disabilities make excellent progress in their learning and development based on their starting points. Managers work with staff to check each child's progress and to monitor the educational programme. Therefore, all children are acquiring the key skills required for their next stage in learning. All staff have undertaken safeguarding training and their knowledge is checked by managers. All staff are clear on the signs and symptoms of abuse and procedures to follow should a concern arise about a child in their care. This means children are safeguarded well. The managers and staff are fully committed to continuous improvement and seek a range of ways in which to improve the service they offer to children and their

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provision is outstanding

families. As a result, they maintain a consistently high-quality provision.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 316753 Local authority Bury Inspection number 847711 Type of provision Full-time provision Registration category Childcare - Non-Domestic Age range of children 0 - 5 Total number of places 60 Number of children on roll 89 Name of provider Butterworth Family Childcare & Education Team Partnership Date of previous inspection 24 February 2011 Telephone number 0161 761 4575

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Setting details

Little Holcombe Nursery was registered in 2001. The nursery employs 22 members of childcare staff. Of these, 19 hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 2, 3, 4 and 5. One member of staff holds Early Years Professional status and one holds Qualified Teacher Status. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday all year round. Sessions are from 7.30am until 6pm. 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

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Setting details

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Setting details

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