ABC Private Day Nursery

ABC Private Day Nursery 235 Orrell Road, Orrell, Wigan, Lancashire, WN5 8LY

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 13 January 2016 22 April 2015

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This inspection: Good 2

Previous inspection: Requires Improvement

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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

 The manager and staff reflect on their practice and are keen to improve. They have effectively addressed all areas for improvement set at the last inspection. For example, the manager has developed clear systems for monitoring the staffing arrangements in order to ensure adult-to-child ratios are adhered to at all times.  Staff are highly qualified. The manager monitors performance well and staff reflect on each other's practice. This helps staff to extend their knowledge, skills and practice even further.  Staff have built good relationships with parents. They create a consistent approach to teaching and learning and share consistent information about how young children learn and develop. Parents continue learning and activities at home to extend children's learning even further.  Staff know individual children well and have built good relationships with them. Children feel safe and secure in the nursery.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The manager is monitoring the progress of all children well and this information is used very effectively to monitor overall educational programmes for older children. However, the information about younger children is not yet used to the same extent to sharpen the development of staff's teaching practice even further.  Staff do not provide enough opportunities for children in the Tiddler room to make choices.

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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 the opportunities for all children to make choices about their play  extend the monitoring of the educational programme for younger children to inform a more precise targeted guidance and support for staff as they develop their teaching practice.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and outside and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the nursery manager.  The inspector held a meeting with the nursery manager and provider. She looked at relevant documentation, such as the nursery's self-evaluation and evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery.  The inspector spoke to a small selection of parents during the inspection and took account of their views.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The manager provides staff with good information about different areas of safeguarding. Staff are clear on how to keep children safe. Staff are well qualified and have good opportunities to undertake professional development. This helps them in continuing to improve outcomes for children. Staff track the individual progress of all children in their learning and development. This helps staff to hone their own teaching skills in areas where children require more support. The manager monitors the educational programme for older children well. For example, she identified technology was an area where children were not making as much progress and staff focused on developing children's skills in this area. All older children now have an expected level of understanding in technology.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff place a strong emphasis on supporting children's communication and language skills. Staff have undertaken specific training in this area to help children competently develop their skills in listening, speaking, understanding and attention. Staff effectively support children's understanding of the world. Children ask questions and comment about the natural world. Staff undertake baseline assessments using information gathered from parents when children first start to attend. This helps them to plan challenging activities across all areas of learning right from the start. Staff have a good knowledge of how children learn and develop. They keep children interested and motivated in their play. Staff successfully support children's early literacy skills. Older children capably name and sound the letters of the alphabet. Staff work well with other settings children attend to create a consistent approach to teaching and learning.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Staff effectively support children's understanding of healthy lifestyles. Children are becoming competent in brushing their own teeth and understand why this helps to keep them healthy. Staff successfully support children's good health and self-care. Children have nutritious meals and young children feed themselves competently. Staff create good opportunities for most children to develop their independence. Children are able to express their own preferences and know that their opinions are valued. Staff support children well through times of change, such as, starting to attend the setting, moving from one room to the next or on to school. This helps to support children's emotional well-being and builds their confidence in new situations. Staff support the care needs and physical well-being of children in order to create a good foundation on which to build teaching and learning.

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Outcomes for children are good

The good teaching and broad range of experiences help children to be prepared for their next stage of learning. All children are making good progress in their learning and development.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 322983 Local authority Wigan Inspection number 1013473 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 1 - 10 Total number of places 48 Number of children on roll 57 Name of provider Eileen Rigby Date of previous inspection 22 April 2015 Telephone number 01942 222 001

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Setting details

ABC Private Day Nursery was registered in 1994. The nursery employs nine members of childcare staff. Of these, six hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3, two hold Early Years Professional status and one holds Early Years 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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