Wingfield Nursery Ltd.

Wingfield Nursery Ltd. 140 Westcotes Drive, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE3 0QS

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 29 April 2016 15 February 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 inspirational leadership team values their staff highly and supports them extremely well. They use highly effective methods to promote the staff's continued professional development.  The quality coordinator uses her extensive experience and knowledge to thoroughly evaluate the quality of teaching in the nursery. She implements highly effective staff supervision and focused professional development targets for all staff. Staff are constantly supported to improve their teaching.  Partnerships with parents are inspirational. Parent representatives are involved in reviewing the nursery's practices. Staff keep parents informed of children's progress and find innovative ways to enthuse them to support their learning both at home and within the nursery.  Staff promote the different languages used by children and encourage them to use their home language alongside English. They reinforce children's speech by signing

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This provision is outstanding

words and using pictures. Children who speak English as an additional language make excellent progress in their communication and language skills.  The nursery is a highly active part of the community. For example, children grow vegetables in the nursery garden, which they take to the harvest festival at the local church. The vegetables are to be given out to elderly people within the local community.  When children move to or within the nursery it is managed extremely sensitively and carefully. Highly effective partnerships with the local schools help to ensure that children enjoy a flawless move on to their next stage in learning when the time comes.

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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 extend the highly effective partnership working, in order to increase the excellent outcomes for children even further.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector spoke to a small selection of parents during the inspection and took account of their views.  The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the quality coordinator and discussed the procedures in place to support staff development.  The inspector spoke to members of staff and children at appropriate times throughout the inspection.  The inspector held a meeting with the nursery management team. She looked at relevant documentation, such as, the self-evaluation, policies and procedures and evidence of the suitability of staff working at the nursery.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. Staff have an excellent understanding of policies and procedures to help keep children safe and secure. The management team's drive and commitment are exceptional. The management reflects constantly on practice and are very successful at driving improvements forward. There is a strong commitment and relentless drive to build on the already outstanding practice. Staff enthusiasm for their jobs is apparent in every aspect of their working day. They work closely with other professionals so that children's learning experiences continually improve. Management is considering ways of further enhancing partnership working, to fully complement every child's learning.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The quality of teaching is consistently outstanding throughout the nursery. Staff plan extremely imaginative activities which thoroughly engage all groups of children and promote all aspects of learning. Children are exceptionally well engaged and excited in the activities, which are planned around their individual interests, both inside and outdoors. Children expertly put their mathematical and construction skills to good use, as they use the exciting range materials to build in the garden. They enjoy mark making in sand and mud with sticks. Babies and toddlers have great fun joining in with singing and action rhymes and enjoy listening to a story. Assessment is regular and precise and all children make excellent progress from their starting points. The manager tracks individual children's progress and groups of children, to ensure any gaps in their learning are rapidly closing.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children are very happy and secure in this welcoming nursery. Staff obtain very detailed information from parents about each child's well-being and needs. Children are provided with a range of nutritious meals and snacks, and staff involve children in the growing of vegetables. Staff encourage children to develop good hygiene routines and promote regular fresh air and exercise. Children's behaviour is excellent. Staff teach them to have very good manners. They learn to respect one another and value people's different backgrounds. Children's individuality and diversity is embedded in the nursery's practice. Children learn about a variety of cultures and festivals.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

All children, including those who receive funded education, develop excellent social skills. Children flourish and are making excellent progress in the literacy and mathematical skills that will support their future learning. Children competently count, recognise numbers, problems solve, write and read their names. They are learning to control their bodies and move in a variety of ways and they understand the importance of keeping themselves healthy. Children leave the nursery extremely well prepared for the next step in their learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 226998 Local authority Leicester City Inspection number 854711 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 0 - 5 Total number of places 63 Number of children on roll 93 Name of provider Wingfield Nursery Limited Date of previous inspection 15 February 2011 Telephone number 0116 2541239

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Setting details

Wingfield Nursery Ltd was registered in 1995. The nursery employs 19 members of childcare staff. Of these, 15 hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3. Two staff hold early years professional status and one has qualified teacher status. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, all year round. Sessions are from 8am 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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