Once Upon a Time Day Nurseries

Once Upon a Time Day Nurseries Friends Meeting House, 150 York Road, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB8 1QW

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 24 May 2016 29 April 2013

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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 provide a broad variety of stimulating, thoughtful activities. They carry out regular assessments of children, which they evaluate effectively to identify children's next steps for learning. Staff link these steps to planning to provide experiences that help children to make good progress.  Staff manage children's behaviour effectively. For instance, they sing songs to indicate changes during routines, such as tidy-up time. Children respond in a calm, orderly manner. Staff agree ground rules with children and display in pictures to reinforce children's positive behaviour.  The manager reflects on the nursery regularly and identifies key goals to build ongoing improvement.  Effective self-evaluation supports staff to accurately identify areas for improvement.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The organisation of groups occasionally results in children aged two years not being as challenged as well as they could be.  Staff do not always make the most of opportunities for children to practise their independence skills.

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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

 improve the organisation of some group experiences to develop further challenges for children aged two years  make the most of opportunities to enable children to practise skills to promote their independence.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector carried out a joint observation of a group activity with the manager.  The inspector observed interaction between staff and children, indoors and outdoors.  The inspector sampled some documentation and held a discussion with the manager.  The inspector tracked the progress of several children.  The inspector considered the views of parents, staff and children.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. Staff have good knowledge of procedures to follow should they be concerned about a child's welfare. The manager places high importance on children's safety. She keeps comprehensive records of accidents, incidents and procedures, such as recording nappy changes to share with parents. She monitors the nursery well. For instance, the manager asks staff to observe and learn from each other to improve practice. She checks planning and assessment records regularly to ensure that children's needs are being met. Staff are supported well. The manager supervises and appraises staff regularly to identify support and training needs. For example, staff attended a course on how children learn which led to more effective activities.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff promote children's personal development well. For instance, they discuss different emotions as children make faces from play dough. Staff skilfully extend children's learning. For instance, as children blow air to make toy windmills rotate, staff teach them how air makes things move, supporting their understanding of early science. Staff promote children's language skills successfully. For example, they ask questions and give them time to think and respond. Staff reinforce children's learning well. For instance, they recap the morning's activities and talk about what they have learned. Staff promote children's understanding of the world effectively. For example, they develop topics on planets and stars, teaching children about space and telescopes, and read stories related to this. Children climb, balance, kick, throw and catch outdoors, using different resources that support their physical development well. They enjoy using their imagination, for instance,

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

in the mud kitchen where they play cooperatively and learn to share and to take turns.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children settle well in the warm, caring nursery. Staff take time to get to know children and build secure relationships with them. Staff promote children's confidence and their motivation to learn. For example, staff provide activities linked to children's interests that they enjoy and concentrate on well. Staff teach children to behave in safe ways by, for example, discussing the risks of going down a slide backwards and about road safety. Staff teach children healthy lifestyles. For instance, they provide nutritious meals and snacks, and daily physical exercise.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children make good progress. They count securely, know shape names and compare sizes. Children recognise their names and some can write their own names. Children develop a positive attitude towards learning to support their future skills in school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 139139 Local authority Hillingdon Inspection number 1028285 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 - 4 Total number of places 26 Number of children on roll 37 Name of registered person Lorna Hackland-Crowther

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Date of previous inspection 29 April 2013 Telephone number 01895 256 335

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Once Upon A Time Day Nursery registered in 1990 and is located in Uxbridge, Middlesex. It is open each weekday from 8am to 6pm, throughout the year, apart from public bank holidays. The nursery receives funding to provide free early education for children aged two, three and four years. There are 12 members of staff; of whom, one holds early years professional status and 10 hold qualifications from level 2 to level 6.

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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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