Jack In The Box Day Nursery (Wigan) Ltd

Jack In The Box Day Nursery (Wigan) Ltd Abram Ward Community Co Operative Ltd, 81 Ribble Road, Wigan, WN2 5EG

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 15 February 2016 27 May 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

 Staff are good role-models for children of how to talk, play, share and investigate. They use children’s interests well to make activities relevant and meaningful. Staff encourage babies warmly and gently; they play with them expertly.  Children behave well because they are helped positively and sensitively by staff. Much attention is given by staff to supporting children's feelings and emotions.  Children make good progress while at nursery. For example, two-year-olds are quickly developing their confidence to sing nursery rhymes. This is because staff place a keen emphasis on helping children enjoy and participate in a wide range of exciting songs.  The manager shows skill and determination in leading the work of the nursery. She makes sure staff benefit from regular access to training, help and advice about improving their teaching. As a result, staff are now able and confident in their work.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Reviews of the work of the nursery do not make full use of information about the progress made by different groups of children to help decide priorities for further work.  Not all staff give children enough time to think when asking them questions.

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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

 use information about the progress of different groups of children to review the work of the nursery and help decide the priorities for improvement  make sure staff deepen children’s thinking by giving more time for children to respond to adult questions.

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Inspection activities

 Her Majesty’s Inspector (HMI) spoke to children and observed learning and teaching in the classrooms and outdoors. Some teaching was observed jointly with the nursery manager.  Meetings were held with the manager, a range of staff and a representative of the local authority.  HMI spoke to some parents and carers and considered information from a recent nursery survey of parents.  HMI checked records of the suitability and qualifications of nursery staff.  HMI considered a range of documents including: reviews of how well the nursery is developing; documents about the care and protection of children; plans for learning and information about children’s progress.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The safeguarding of children is effective. Staff and the manager have a good understanding of how to keep children protected and safe from harm, including when babies sleep. Links with parents are now benefiting children's learning at home and nursery. Leaders and staff have improved the nursery by tackling previous weaknesses carefully and successfully. They listen and respond fully to challenge and support given to them by the local authority. The manager reviews and checks the quality of the nursery well. Staff benefit from constructive feedback about their teaching through regular, individual meetings with the manager. The nursery is now well-placed to improve further.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff assess children regularly by watching and listening closely to them within activities. They make good use of the information gathered to celebrate what children achieve, as well as identify clear next steps for children’s learning. The quality of teaching is now good. This is because the well-qualified team of staff have been given lots of additional training by the manager and the local authority over the past year. The nursery rooms are arranged thoughtfully to develop children's learning. For example, staff support two-year- olds to use a cosy book area in which to sit alone or with friends. The books provided are selected carefully to develop children’s knowledge of different families, as well as the wider world. Staff speak gently and clearly to children about their learning. This helps children to enjoy nursery and gain much benefit from attending. Staff teach children successfully about numbers and about the sounds that letters make. They create many

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

opportunities for children to sing and be physically active.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children are becoming confident, enthusiastic learners at nursery because of the skilled help they are given by staff. For example, babies new to nursery settle quickly and confidently; they form a close bond with their special person. Due to the careful thought given by staff to supporting children’s feelings and emotions, the nursery is calm and children are happy. Children behave and relate kindly to one another and adults. Where individual children need additional help with managing their own behaviour, the manager makes sure support is planned and tackled carefully. At lunchtime, staff give children lots of encouragement to think about what they are eating and how it can make them healthy. Two-year-olds enjoy feeding themselves as well as pouring their own mugs of water.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children are developing many essential skills at nursery such as talking, counting and writing. They are making good progress and are increasingly ready for the next stage of their education. Children are learning how to experiment, investigate and solve problems. For example, while playing outdoors, children learnt to dig out a pair of toy pliers from underneath a thick sheet of ice in the water tray. In succeeding, they developed greater self-confidence and increased knowledge about materials and melting. Because of the sensitive support of staff, babies are learning much new knowledge. For example, they enjoy discovering how paint and wet pasta feels like underneath their bare feet.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY488053 Local authority Wigan Inspection number 1039519 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 8 Total number of places 21 Number of children on roll 33 Name of provider Jack In The Box Day Nursery (Wigan) Ltd Date of previous inspection 27 May 2015 Telephone number 01942 707195

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Setting details

Jack In the Box Nursery Wigan Ltd is situated in the Community Zone building in the Platt Bridge area of Wigan. It re-registered in 2015 after a change to the name of the business. The nursery provides places for babies and toddlers and funded education places for two-, three- and four-year-olds. During school holidays there are places for 5-7 year olds. The nursery employs five members of staff. All staff are qualified in early years at level 3, including the manager who also holds a foundation degree in early years. The nursery is open Monday to Friday all year round. Sessions run from 7.30am until 6pm.

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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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