Busy Bees Day Nursery at Gillingham Brompton

Brompton Day Nursery Khartoum Road, Gillingham, Kent, ME7 5AX

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 17 December 2015 23 June 2015

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This inspection: Good 2

Effectiveness of the leadership and management Good 2

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This inspection: Good 2

Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good 2

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This inspection: Good 2

Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good 2

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This provision is good

 Leadership is focused and committed, significantly impacting on the setting's ability to move forward and drive through improvements. The staff team are motivated, enthusiastic and well supported by the senior team.  A much improved and developing child-centred environment provides a welcoming and inviting place for children to learn as they play.  Teaching across the setting is strong, with good strategies in place to suit the needs of individual children.  Children gain a good sense of belonging through the implementation of an effective key person system. This enables them to build a close relationship with important people.  Assessment of children's progress is used well to identify gaps in children's learning and to support future planning for children's next steps.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The on-going refurbishment impacts at times on the space available and the routines in place to support children's independence, particularly for older 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

 continue to review the environment during the refurbishment process to ensure that all areas remain conducive to children’s learning.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children at play indoors and outdoors.  The inspector spoke to a number of parents to seek their views about the setting and their children's progress.  The inspector spoke to staff and children throughout the inspection.  A joint observation was carried out with the manager.  The inspector sampled a selection of documentation, including children's assessment records and the setting's self-evaluation.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The passion demonstrated by the senior leaders to improve the setting cascades through the staff team, resulting in positive outcomes for children. Focused supervision, mentoring and support for staff have enabled the team to remain motivated and develop a quality care and learning environment. As well as investing in major changes to the layout of the building and facilities, much work has been undertaken in monitoring the quality of the assessments of children's learning. This, along with effective partnerships with outside agencies, ensures that targeted support is provided for children with identified needs. Safeguarding is effective. Parents speak highly of the team. They comment positively about areas of progress in their children's development that they feel stem from the input of staff at the setting.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff demonstrate a clear understanding of the needs of the age groups they work with. They know the children well and this, together with the good levels of support they receive in ensuring accurate assessment, enables them to provide targeted and challenging next steps for each child. Children are enabled to explore and investigate. Staff encourage them to think about and solve problems. For example, in the outdoor area a group of children become excited as they watch where the bubbles blown through the bubble blower will land. They cleverly use tools and utensils from the equipment available to them to recover the wand stick when it is lost within the bottle and staff encourage and facilitate this. Children thoroughly enjoy focused physical activities, which have been carefully planned to support their moving and handling skills. They learn about keeping themselves safe as staff encourage them to manoeuvre around objects when they skilfully

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

ride bikes. Children develop good listening skills as a result of the consistent positive strategies used by staff. This prepares children well for their move to school.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children are happy and settled. They develop a good sense of belonging within the setting, brought about by an effective key person system and close partnerships with parents. This enables close and warm relationships to be developed with key people. This sense of wellbeing is further supported through the provision of 'family books' for each child, where pictures of familiar people provide children with reassurance. The new environment for the youngest children is particularly suited to their needs and provides a calm and enriching place, where they can move freely and access resources easily. Children learn about the expectations of their behaviour through simple and consistent boundaries throughout the setting.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children make good progress at the setting. Effective tracking systems ensure that any gaps in children's learning are identified and addressed, with effective support targeted where required.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY408017 Local authority Medway Towns Inspection number 1025067 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 4 Total number of places 111 Number of children on roll 98 Name of provider Kinder Nurseries Ltd Date of previous inspection 23 June 2015 Telephone number 01634 840 800

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Setting details

Brompton Day Nursery registered under its current ownership in 2014. It is owned by Busy Bees Ltd trading as Kinder Nurseries Ltd. It operates from a detached building in Brompton, in Gillingham, Kent. The nursery receives funding to provide free early education for children aged two, three and four years. The nursery opens each weekday from 7am until 6pm all year round. There are currently 20 members of staff who work with the children, including the managers. Of these, 18 hold recognised early years qualifications at National Vocation Qualification level 2 or above. One member of staff holds Early Years Professional Status.

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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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