Busy Bees Day Nursery at Huntingdon

Busy Bees Day Nursery at Huntingdon Kingfisher Way, Hinchingbrooke Business Park, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE29 6FN

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 23 May 2016 7 March 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 the staff team are passionate about their role in caring for and teaching the children in their care. They work exceptionally well together, setting themselves very high standards to support every child attending to make the best possible progress.  Parents comment about the excellent care their children receive. They report that all staff are welcoming and friendly. Parents are extremely happy with the exciting activities their children are provided with. They comment on how professional and thorough staff are in providing daily feedback about their child's progress.  Staff's vibrant teaching is clearly evident across all age groups attending the nursery. Staff follow children's interests, skilfully and sensitively, enabling them to be fully involved in their own learning. Staff's excellent interactions support children to extend their interests and develop their communication and language skills.

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This provision is outstanding

 Children's behaviour is exemplary. They know the expectations for behaviour and are very familiar with the daily routines. Staff have a very gentle, consistent approach to which the children respond most positively.  Safeguarding is given the highest priority. Staff are secure in their understanding of the procedures to follow in relation to any safeguarding concerns. They are deployed very effectively to ensure children are well supervised during their activities.  Continual evaluation of their activity with children results in management staff being extremely responsive to their changing needs. Highly effective supervision and monitoring of staff's practice result in their professional development being nurtured.

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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

 find ways to further extend children's critical thinking during activities.

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Inspection activities

 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 nursery manager.  The inspector held a meeting with the nursery manager, with four members of staff and the provider's representative. She looked at relevant documentation, such as the nursery's self-evaluation and evidence of the suitability of staff.  The inspector spoke to a number of parents during the inspection and took account of their views.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. Robust procedures are in place for recruiting and retaining suitable members of staff. Thorough risk assessments actively promote children's safety. Sleeping children are constantly supervised. Staff manage children's choice of play opportunities inside and outside play areas extremely well. Highly effective planning, observations and assessments result in children receiving a highly personalised approach to their learning and progress. The manager correctly identifies that there is scope to enhance children's critical thinking even further. Detailed information about the progress individuals and different groups of children are making is used most effectively. Staff swiftly identify those children who require extra support and plans are made to ensure they are able to catch up.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

Staff are highly skilled in teaching the children. They get to know their key children exceptionally well, developing a secure relationship with them, resulting in them thoroughly enjoying their very positive interactions. For example, children are excited to take part in all activities. They listen to staff and become fully engaged in what they are doing. Staff understand that children have their preferred ways of learning and they are very successful in accommodating these. They take activities outside and support children to move items around to enhance their own ideas. Staff listen to the children and give them time to consider their responses to questions. For example, during a storyboard activity, children predict what might happen in the story and at the end, they enthusiastically recall the events.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children clearly show that they feel safe and have a sense of belonging in the nursery. Babies snuggle with staff for comfort as they need it and climb onto their laps to look at books. Toddlers take their shoes off and find their beds at naptime. Pre-school children talk confidently about what they are doing, becoming excited about games, such as snap, and activities involving music, dancing and writing. Children's good health and their understanding of the benefits of a healthy lifestyle are promoted extremely well. They are provided with an excellent range of healthy meals and snacks. They know the routines for wearing hats and sun cream outside in the sun, thoroughly enjoying their time in the fresh air.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children make rapid progress in the inspirational nursery. They are very well supported to continually build on their skills. Children show care and respect for each other. They learn to work together, share and take turns. Children enjoy making decisions about what they do. Children demonstrate sustained interest, are highly motivated to play, explore and widen their experiences. Children are confident and show a secure sense of well-being which contributes to them being exceptionally well prepared for the next stage in their learning and for moving on to school when the time comes.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 221622 Local authority Cambridgeshire Inspection number 865938 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register Age range of children 0 - 4 Total number of places 100 Number of children on roll 105 Name of registered person Just Learning Ltd

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Date of previous inspection 7 March 2011 Telephone number 01480 457995

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Busy Bees Day Nursery at Huntingdon was registered in 1999. The nursery employs 18 members of childcare staff. All hold appropriate early years qualifications between level 2 and 5. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, all year round. Sessions are from 7.30am until 6.30pm. The nursery provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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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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