Kindergarten

The Cheshire Day Nursery The Kindergarten, Grammar School Road, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 1JL

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 22 December 2015 27 October 2011

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Effectiveness of the leadership and management Outstanding 1

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding 1

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding 1

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This provision is outstanding

 Staff accurately assess children's progress and provide highly stimulating activities to promote their development. Disabled children and those with special educational needs receive excellent support from staff so that they make significant progress in their learning.  The quality of teaching is outstanding. Staff have an excellent understanding of their role in promoting children's development. They join in with children as they play and demonstrate a genuine interest and a passion for their work.  Children are enthusiastic and motivated learners. The environment both indoors and outdoors is exceptionally well resourced with materials that can be used in a variety of ways. These effectively support children's sense of curiosity and their natural desire to explore and investigate.  Children's emotional needs are exceptionally well met by staff who are kind, caring and extremely sensitive towards their needs. Children settle extremely well as they separate

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This provision is outstanding

from their parents and are very happy throughout the day.  Children develop excellent knowledge of how to keep themselves safe through a range of challenging and creative activities. For instance, children understand and can describe how to stay safe during planned activities around the outdoor fire pit.  Leadership and management are dynamic and staff are highly motivated. There is exceptionally well-focused monitoring and self-evaluation. The management team has a very clear drive for continuous improvement in the high-quality provision.

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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 find even more-innovative ways to engage all parents in their children's learning.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector looked at children's assessment records and planning documentation.  The inspector spoke to both children and staff and observed play and learning activities within the main environment and the outdoor environment.  The inspector took into account the views of parents spoken to on the day.  The inspector carried out a joint observation with the Early Years Teacher.  The inspector met with the management team and checked evidence of suitability and qualifications of staff working with children and the provider's self-evaluation.  The inspector carried out a tour of the premises.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Leadership and management are inspirational. The management team is highly experienced, extremely knowledgeable and have very high expectations. Staff are well qualified, experienced and ambitious. Highly effective supervisions fully support the staff team to reflect upon and build on current qualifications and experience. Identified training that staff attend is clearly having an impact on the excellent outcomes that children are making. The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. Children's safety is given the utmost priority. The management team ensures that all staff have an in-depth understanding and robust practice in keeping children safe. Partnership working with parents and other professionals is excellent. The management team recognises the opportunity to find even more ways to involve parents, so that they are able to fully contribute to guiding their child's learning at home and in the nursery. Parents are

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

extremely happy with the level of care and standard of education in the nursery.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

Staff have very high expectations of themselves and of the children in their care. Staff draw on their excellent knowledge of each child's characteristics and the different ways in which they learn. Children have access to an outdoor Forest School where they can explore, investigate and initiate their own discoveries. An excellent mix of adult-led and child-initiated activities ensures that children remain enthusiastic and motivated to learn. Staff focus on developing children's mathematical knowledge during activities. Children confidently count how many snowflakes they have on their Christmas cake. Together they work out which cake has the most snowflakes and how many more they will need so that all the cakes have an equal amount. Communication and language skills are promoted extremely well. Children show high levels of confidence as they talk about their experiences, ask questions and skilfully use an increasingly wide vocabulary.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

A highly effective key-person system strongly supports children's emotional well-being. Staff form trusting and meaningful relationships with children. Children feel safe, secure and are extremely confident in their care. Behaviour is exemplary. Children work extremely well together, respecting each other and taking turns. Children display high levels of independence and are provided with excellent opportunities to further develop their skills. Resources are meticulously planned to support all areas of learning effectively. Children eagerly explore both indoors and outside and become engrossed in highly stimulating activities. Children serve themselves at lunch. They happily sit in small groups at mealtimes with their friends and staff. Children gain a superb knowledge of their local community. They enjoy regular visits to the local schools and the local shops.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

All children, including those who access additional funding are making consistently high rates of progress from their given starting points. The management team has an excellent system to ensure any identified gaps in children's learning are rapidly closing. Children are exceptionally well prepared for the next stage in their learning, such as school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY345720 Local authority Warrington Inspection number 849397 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 3 - 4 Total number of places 31 Number of children on roll 37 Name of provider The Cheshire Day Nursery Limited Date of previous inspection 27 October 2011 Telephone number 01925 230 233

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Setting details

The Cheshire Day Nursery was registered in 2007. It is one of seven nurseries run by The Cheshire Day Nursery Group. The nursery employs seven members of childcare staff. Of these, six hold appropriate early years qualifications ranging from level 3 to level 6. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday all year round. Sessions are from 7am until 7pm. The nursery provides funded early education for three- and four-year-old children. It supports disabled children and those with special educational needs.

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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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