Greenside Community Nursery Ltd

Greenside Community Nursery Ltd Culverhouse Road, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU3 1PZ

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 9 June 2016 10 August 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

 Managers are motivated and continually strive for improvement. Staff receive robust induction and regular supervision to review their practice and performance. Together they effectively plan for training development, helping to maintain good standards.  Staff use a variety of effective teaching methods. For example, they extend young children's emerging vocabulary while children roll their toy cars down a chute.  Staff encourage and support children to take age-appropriate risks. Children enjoy testing out the challenges posed by the climbing equipment. They also enjoy hammering nails into wood while they learn how to safely use the tools provided.  Children behave very well. Staff gently remind children of rules, such as taking turns and being kind to others. Children learn to identify how they are feeling and how their emotions and actions make others react.  Managers carry out robust self-evaluation. They use feedback from parents and other

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This provision is good

agencies to help improve the provision. They develop ideas based upon children's experiences in the nursery, helping to enhance their care and education.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Staff do not always make the most of opportunities to encourage children to solve problems, predict outcomes or discuss answers with their friends.  Teaching does not always reflect the precise next steps in learning identified during assessment in order to help children progress rapidly.

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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

 encourage children to think about how they can solve problems, predict outcomes and complete tasks independently with their friends  support staff in focusing their teaching more accurately on the precise next steps they have identified for each child in order to consistently challenge children further.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed activities both in the inside and the outside areas of the nursery. She spoke to children and staff at appropriate times throughout the inspection.  The inspector held meetings with the manager and representatives from the local authority.  The inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager.  The inspector looked at the evidence of the suitability of staff working with children. She viewed a range of documentation, including the safeguarding procedures, self- evaluation documents and records of complaints.  The inspector viewed children's assessment records and planning documents.  The inspector took into consideration the views of parents and other professionals as recorded in questionnaires. She spoke with parents on the telephone and in person during the inspection.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Since the last inspection, managers and staff have worked hard to make considerable improvements in the nursery. The complaints procedures have been enhanced, giving parents more than one way to voice their concerns if and when necessary. Managers have introduced new ways for staff to record and assess children's progress. Managers work closely with other professionals and agencies. They value their contribution, helping to deliver good quality childcare and education. The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. Staff are clear about the procedures managers have put in place. They know who to report any concerns about children's welfare to. Staff ensure entrances and exits to buildings and gardens are secure. Children are appropriately supervised when they walk between the annex and main nursery building.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Children are inquisitive and keen to learn. The well-qualified staff confidently follow children's interests to enhance their learning. For example, dragons and dinosaurs feature in counting and sorting activities following a recent story children enjoyed. Staff understand that children learn in a variety of ways. The very well-equipped garden provides an exciting environment for children who prefer to learn outside. Managers and staff have successfully reviewed and extended opportunities children have to access equipment to develop their writing and drawing skills. Children who speak English as an additional language are well supported. Staff speak clearly to children. They also use simple signs and visual clues to effectively communicate with children. Individual plans are successfully put in place to support children with special educational needs. Staff work very closely with parents and other professionals helping to ensure learning is approached

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

in a consistent way at home and in the nursery.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children are happy and settled in the nursery. The key-person system helps children to quickly build strong, trusting bonds with the adults who care for them. Babies and very young children follow an extended settling-in process to help them and their parents prepare for their move to nursery. Parents and family members record short messages in individual albums containing photographs of familiar people and pets. Babies quickly learn how to activate the messages and enjoy pointing to the pictures, helping them to feel secure in the nursery. Since the last inspection, staff have developed strategies to help children learn about personal hygiene. Children confidently collect tissues to blow their own nose and understand why they must put the used tissue in the bin. After lunch, children attentively brush their teeth.

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Outcomes for children are good

Given their varying starting points, all children make good progress in the nursery. When the time comes, they are ready for their move to school. Children learn to recognise shapes, letters and numbers. They confidently put on their shoes and coats and are considerate to each other. Children enjoy looking at photographs of their new classrooms and schools in a large book created by staff.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY292201 Local authority Luton Inspection number 1024955 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 124 Number of children on roll 116 Name of registered person Greenside Community Nursery Limited

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reference number

Date of previous inspection 10 August 2015 Telephone number 01582 594 632

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Greenside Community Nursery Ltd was registered in 2004. The nursery employs 15 members of childcare staff. Of these, three are qualified at degree level and all others have a relevant qualification at level 2 or above. The nursery opens 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. The nursery supports children who speak English as an additional language and children who have special educational needs.

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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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