The Lawns Children's Nursery

The Lawns Children's Nursery The Lawns Childrens Nursery, Hardy House, 32 Chubbs Lawn, Middle Path,, Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18 8BH

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 19 January 2016 Not applicable

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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 provider and staff monitor children's progress well. Teaching is consistently good, overall, and the team ensures there are no gaps in children's learning. Staff use their observations extremely effectively to provide strong evidence of children's development and to plan for future learning in the setting and at home.  Children are happy and confident, and show high self-esteem. They develop very good relationships with staff, and show through positive behaviour that they feel emotionally safe and secure.  Disabled children and those who have special educational needs thrive in the setting. Staff work extremely well with parents, and with other professionals, to plan a consistent shared approach to helping children achieve well.  The provider is extremely committed to promoting good outcomes for children. Strong management and supervision help staff to constantly develop their knowledge and

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This provision is good

implement new skills to benefit children.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Staff do not provide a broad range of opportunities for children to learn from each other about their home cultures and languages.  Changeover times and routine activities, such as lunch, snack time or outdoor play times, are not organised effectively to support all children. Children end up waiting around and sometimes lose focus at these times.

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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

 develop opportunities for children to learn more about each other's languages and cultures  review and improve the organisation of routines so that these support children's needs more effectively as they move between activities.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children and staff engaged in learning activities indoors and outdoors.  The inspector had discussions with the provider, management team, and staff.  The inspector spoke to parents and children.  The inspector and the provider conducted a joint observation.  The inspector sampled required policies and procedures, and children's progress records.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The provider successfully promotes a strong culture of reflective practice, and monitors the effectiveness of staff development by the positive impact on children's learning. For example, training in speech and language development has led to more focus on encouraging children to reflect on, and talk about, why they particularly enjoy favourite activities. This helps staff to include the child's perspective in self-evaluation. Some aspects of the provision, such as safeguarding, are outstanding. Safeguarding is effective. All staff have an excellent understanding of the setting's safeguarding procedures and confidently implement these to help protect children from harm.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Children enjoy a good variety of activities that provide learning opportunities across all areas. They thoroughly enjoy being active and learning about the natural world. For example, at the inspection, children enthusiastically engaged in a bug hunt. They used magnifying glasses to observe insects more closely; they made observational drawings and identified similarities and differences, such as which bugs had the same number of legs. Staff extended their learning well. For example, they encouraged children to describe the sound of their footsteps crunching on frosty grass. Children excitedly collected ice and talked about the temperature and texture with staff. Children communicate confidently and develop a good understanding that print has meaning. For example, during a story they confidently identified letters they recognised, and sounded out the words with staff's help.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children are confident and articulate. They are actively involved in making decisions, and staff respect their views. For example, changes to snack times were made following feedback from children. All children have a good understanding of how to keep themselves safe, and staff encourage this very well in promoting independence. For example, children used knives with care and control as they helped to peel and chop fruits. Staff made good use of this practical activity to develop children's mathematical knowledge, such as talking about halves and quarters. The environment is well organised, indoors and outdoors. Staff ensure that all resources are of good quality and fit for purpose. For example, staff recognise that a blunt pencil, when a child wants to write, may have a negative impact on their motivation.

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Outcomes for children are good

All children make consistently good progress in learning, relative to their starting points. Staff effectively prepare children to cope with changes, such as starting school. For example, children are very independent and communicate their needs well.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY479731 Local authority Somerset Inspection number 988112 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register Age range of children 2 - 4 Total number of places 20 Number of children on roll 44 Name of provider The Lawns Childrens Nursery Limited Date of previous inspection Not applicable Telephone number 01460 73444

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Setting details

The Lawns Children's Nursery registered in 2014 as a limited company. It is a privately owned setting, based in Crewkerne, Somerset. The setting is open Monday to Friday from 7.30am to 6.00pm all year round. The setting is eligible to provide funded early education for children aged two, three and four years. There are 10 members of staff working with the children, in addition to the provider. Most staff are suitably qualified or working towards an early years qualification. The provider has Early Years Practitioner Status, two members of staff have early years qualifications at level 5, one holds a qualification at level 4, and six staff have qualifications at level 3.

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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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