Rainbows Nursery School

Rainbows Nursery School The Village Hall, Thursley Road, Elstead, Surrey, GU8 6DG

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 29 February 2016 13 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

 Children make good progress. Overall, staff challenge and extend children's learning and development effectively. For example, when children choose to build constructions from large cardboard boxes, staff ask questions, such as 'How are we going to do this?' and 'How are we going to make it bigger?', which inspire children to keep on trying.  Since the last inspection, the manager and staff have significantly improved self- evaluation and the quality of the provision overall. The manager now fully supports and coaches staff to provide a unified approach to teaching practice that meets children's individual needs effectively.  Children are provided with a well-resourced environment that motivates and challenges their learning and development, indoors and outdoors, effectively. For example, they ride wheeled toys and balancing bikes down a slope in the outdoor play area with great control.  Staff work very well in partnership with parents and other agencies to meet children's

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This provision is good

individual needs effectively. Parents speak highly of the support their children receive. For example, a comment from a parent states 'You really are the rainbow in our lives'.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Staff do not always use children's interest in books to further promote their awareness of print and how to retrieve information.  Staff do not provide many opportunities for children to learn to use technology.

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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

 promote further children's awareness of print and how to use books to retrieve information  increase the opportunities for children to develop technology skills.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed activities in the indoor and outdoor play areas.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the manager of the provision in the room used for small group activities.  The inspector talked with staff, children and the manager at appropriate times throughout the inspection.  The inspector looked at a sample of documentation.  The inspector took account of the views of parents spoken to on the day of the inspection and from documentation.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. All staff have a good understanding of child protection. Since the last inspection, staff have promoted language development for children who are learning English as an additional language effectively. All required documentation is now available for inspection. Comprehensive information is sought from parents before children start at the nursery, which helps staff to support their learning and development to continue smoothly. Overall, the well-qualified and experienced staff have a good knowledge of child development, which they use to extend most aspects of children's learning effectively. Children's progress and activities are carefully monitored. Staff continually improve their professional development. They respond to the manager's accurate feedback about their practice and use ideas from training, for example, to enhance children's learning and exploration outdoors.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Overall, children develop the key skills for future learning. Staff teach children the sounds of letters, for example, through using simple words and singing activities. They observe and assess children's individual needs and progress effectively. Staff plan activities that promote children's ability to learn through trial and error. For example, children enjoy matching and fitting lids to bottles and containers. Children confidently share their ideas with staff and ask for help when needed, for example, to create bridges using cardboard boxes. Children enjoy using catkins, twigs, leaves and artificial flowers to make designs in modelling dough. They learn about the features of living things, for example, while handling creatures during visits from a mobile zoo.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Staff promote children's involvement in activities very effectively. For example, they encourage children to choose what they want to do and support them to achieve their aims. Children concentrate well during activities and persist with achieving their aims, for example, while completing puzzles. Children are very well behaved, happy and settled, and they develop good social skills. Staff provide children with a very positive role model. They fully value and respect children's and families' cultural and religious differences. Children form close emotional attachments and friendships with staff and other children. Staff promote children's well-being effectively. Children learn to do things for themselves. For example, they carefully help to carry food from a kitchen hatch to the snack table.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children make good progress in relation to their starting points. They develop the key skills they need for future learning, including starting school. For example, children eagerly attempt to write their name and proudly show adults their achievements.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 120183 Local authority Surrey Inspection number 1012645 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 2 - 4 Total number of places 34 Number of children on roll 20 Name of provider Elizabeth Jane Kinnard Date of previous inspection 13 April 2015 Telephone number 01252 703414

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Setting details

Rainbows Nursery School registered in 1980. It is located in Elstead, Surrey. The nursery opens five days a week during term time; from 8.45am until 1pm on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, and from 8.45am until 3pm on Wednesdays. The nursery receives funding to provide free early education to children aged two, three and four years. The provision employs five staff. Of these, three hold appropriate early years qualifications equivalent to a level 3 and one member of staff has Qualified Teacher Status.

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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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