New View Nursery

New View Nursery North Heath Hall, St Marks Lane, Horsham, West Sussex, RH12 5PU

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 9 March 2016 2 November 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

 The manager and staff team are highly motivated to provide the best quality care and education for children. They meticulously monitor and evaluate all aspects of their practice and make excellent use of training to constantly improve their skills.  Children benefit from an inviting, exciting and highly stimulating learning environment. They have excellent opportunities to independently choose from the extensive range of resources both indoors and outside.  Children's emotional and physical wellbeing is promoted exceptionally well. For example, staff invite them to weekly settling-in afternoons with their parents for a term before they start. By the time they start nursery, children already know the environment and their key person very well and have started to make friends.  Staff provide a rich, varied and imaginative range of activities that enthuse children and motivate them to learn. They know children very well and plan the day extremely

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This provision is outstanding

effectively to meet all children's needs. For example, older children attend afternoon pre-school sessions that prepare them very successfully for school.  Staff form highly effective partnerships with parents and other professionals. Parents are very closely involved in monitoring their child's progress and continuing their learning at home. For example, they have constant access to their child's development records and contribute their own observations.

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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 build even further on children's already excellent understanding of how to manage risks and challenges in their play.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children taking part in activities indoors and outside.  The inspector held discussions with the manager, children and staff.  The inspector sampled documentation, including policies and procedures, the nursery's self-evaluation and children's records.  The inspector spoke to parents and read the letters and questionnaires to take account of their views.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the manager.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The manager gives high priority to supporting and coaching staff to continually raise the quality of teaching. She monitors staff performance very effectively, for example, by observing them frequently to evaluate their practice. Safeguarding is effective. All staff fully understand their role in protecting children and know what to do if they have any concerns. Rigorous recruitment procedures are in place to ensure that all staff are suitable to work with children. The manager monitors children's learning extremely closely to make sure all children receive the best support possible. For example, she compares the progress of groups of children and studies how well children use different areas of the nursery.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

Staff build on children's interests and spontaneous learning exceptionally well. They respond immediately and very successfully to children's ideas. For example, children enjoyed pretending to make biscuits in the role-play area, so staff provided real ingredients for them to use in their play. Later, children explored this even further through a cooking activity and staff linked children's experiences to a favourite story. Children were delighted to explore their ideas so thoroughly and became engrossed in their learning. Staff provide excellent challenges for children and encourage them to solve problems for themselves. For example, children carefully measured oats, working out that they needed to take some away when the number on the scales was too high.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Staff act as excellent role models and build caring, trusting relationships with children. Children behave extremely well, learning to treat each other with respect. They develop extremely good self-care skills, for example, when they help prepare their snack. They develop an excellent understanding of how to keep themselves safe. For example, they know that the mud outside will be slippery and they learn to use real tools carefully to hammer a nail into wood. Staff are now thinking about ways to provide new challenges to build even further on children's skills in managing risks in the environment. Children have exciting opportunities to develop their physical skills and learn about the world around them when they play outdoors whenever they choose, in all weathers.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children make excellent progress from their starting points. They are extremely independent and confidently make choices about their day. They show high levels of concentration and are very motivated to learn. Children play exceptionally well together; they confidently negotiate and take turns. They become confident communicators and are eager to share their ideas. They are extremely well prepared for future learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY363712 Local authority West Sussex Inspection number 827788 Type of provision Sessional 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 22 Number of children on roll 46 Name of provider Sharon Lesley Rea Date of previous inspection 2 November 2011 Telephone number 01403 272 911

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Setting details

New View Nursery registered in 2007. It operates from North Heath Hall in Horsham, West Sussex. The nursery is open each weekday during term time from 9am to 12.45pm, with afternoon sessions from 1.30pm to 4pm on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. There is a lunch club from 12.45pm to 1.30pm each day. The nursery receives funding for the provision of free early education for children age two, three and four years. There are nine staff; one member of staff holds a relevant qualification at level 6, one holds a level 5 qualification, three have level 3 qualifications and two hold qualifications at level 2.

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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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