Compton Valley Nursery and Pre-School

Compton Valley Nursery and Pre-School Compton Mill, Marldon, PAIGNTON, Devon, TQ3 1TB

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 22 July 2015 26 June 2012

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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

 The manager has an excellent understanding of her responsibilities to meet the Early Years Foundation Stage requirements. As a result, the nursery is extremely well organised and the highly qualified and skilled staff, who are encouraged to be reflective, demonstrate an excellent quality of teaching.  Staff have an exceptional knowledge of children's individual learning and development needs. Thorough and robust assessment arrangements help staff regularly monitor the children's rapid progress from their starting points. This means they can identity gaps in children's learning and take prompt action to address them through focused planning.  Children's behaviour is exemplary. Staff successfully use strategies that recognise the children's achievements in their learning and help them develop respect for others. Consequently, children are extremely well engaged and motivated in their play and learning.

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This provision is outstanding

 Positive, caring attachments are evident between staff and children. Consequently, children display very high self-esteem and confidence, and are very happy and emotionally secure.  Staff are superbly supported to develop their own skills and knowledge. They benefit from regular one-to-one meetings and appraisals with the manager. As a result, all staff are extremely confident and capable in meeting children's needs.  Staff have extremely strong relationships with parents and professionals, which they use to excellent effect, to support the individual needs and progress of all the children.  The staff's very vigorous health and care practices mean that children develop an exceptional understanding of their health and well-being.

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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

 make the most of all opportunities to extend children's independence during routines.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed activities in the indoor and outdoor areas.  The inspector held meetings at appropriate times with the manager and carried out a joint observation.  The inspector looked at children's assessment records and staff records, as well as a sample of documentation relating to activity planning and children's welfare.  The inspector checked evidence of staff suitability and qualifications.  The inspector took account of parents' views and the provider's self-evaluation.

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who attend. This is outstanding

Staff have an in-depth knowledge of each child's progress and high expectations of the children. They promote children's learning exceptionally well, for example, children follow their ideas, with staff support, to design a car from junk modelling. Staff very skilfully question and encourage children to think and make decisions. As a result, children solve how to attach boxes together with different forms of adhesive, whist being extremely engaged and motivated. Babies observe and enthusiastically engage in action rhymes and explore many creative materials. Staff skilfully plan activities to teach them new sounds and words. They eagerly explore shredded paper looking for animals, and enjoy communicating and repeating their noises. Children spontaneously count, eagerly recognise shapes and use language with excellent confidence. These activities prepare children exceptionally well for future learning and moving on to school.

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outstanding

The key person's excellent support, warm interactions and gathering and sharing of information with parents, successfully contributes to the children's emotional well-being. Staff provide tailored settling-in procedures and successfully plan children's very smooth moves within the nursery, so they settle with ease. Children are extremely happy and sociable in the stimulating, rich and vibrant learning environment. They make choices and decisions and demonstrate overall, high independence, although staff do not always extend this further during the daily routines. Resourceful planning in and outdoors means children are extremely safe and secure. Children are exceptionally safety conscious, for instance, they ask for sun cream and access hats before playing outdoors. Staff promote children's physical health and well-being extremely well. Children are enthusiastic and regularly practise their physical skills through numerous challenging activities and learn

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provision is outstanding

The manager's highly effective practice results in excellent standards of education, safety and welfare. For example, ongoing review and adaptation of unique assessment processes provide a greater sharing of information for parents. This increases the staff's excellent engagement and understanding of their practice. Exceptional team work, monitoring and self-evaluation processes feature significantly in the nursery's successful practice. The continual focus and drive on staff suitability, supervision and development contributes to their expert knowledge. For example, following training, the highly skilful cascade of information about children's communication has improved staff's use of language in everyday practice and to the varied and challenging educational programme. Staff have a very thorough understanding of their role in safeguarding children and reporting concerns.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY436967 Local authority Devon Inspection number 822869 Type of provision Full-time provision Registration category Childcare - Non-Domestic Age range of children 0 - 5 Total number of places 50 Number of children on roll 104 Name of provider Compton Valley Nursery Limited Date of previous inspection 26 June 2012 Telephone number 01803873345

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Setting details

Compton Valley Nursery and Pre-School registered in 2011. It is situated in a rural location between Torbay and Newton Abbot, in Devon. The nursery operates on each weekday from 8am to 6pm throughout the year. They are in receipt of funding for free early education for children aged two, three and four. There are 16 members of staff, all of whom hold appropriate early years qualifications to level 2 and 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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