Music Box Nursery Bilston

Music Box Nursery Bilston 33-35 Wellington Road, Bilston, WV14 6AH

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 22 June 2016 30 November 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

 Leaders and managers have made significant improvements since the last inspection. They have recruited experienced and well qualified staff and improved supervision and monitoring of the educational programmes. They encourage and support staff to develop the learning environment and to plan a challenging and enjoyable experience for all children.  Children make at least typical progress in their learning and development and most children make good progress.  Leaders and managers effectively promote equality and diversity. They teach children, staff and parents about how they can contribute to the lives of children in the nursery. As a result, children are developing their appreciation of the diverse community in which they live.  Parents are kept well informed about their children's progress through a good range of communications and daily handovers.  Children settle quickly into the nursery. They find stimulating and interesting things to

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This provision is good

play with as soon as they arrive. Staff have developed a communal room for welcoming parents and children, which helps to encourage children to settle quickly during a meeting and greeting session at the beginning of the day.  Staff attentively respond when children ask for help with their personal needs. As a result, children’s emotional well-being is very well promoted through their strong attachments to key staff in the nursery.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Staff do not always effectively plan and organise the outdoor area to encourage children to take risks and explore, safely.

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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

 develop the outdoor learning environment further to support children to take risks and explore, safely.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector reviewed the improvements leaders have made since the last inspection and their plans for future improvement  The inspector spoke with leaders, staff, parents and children at appropriate times throughout the day.  The inspector looked at a range of relevant documentation, which included a selection of policies and procedures, the suitability and qualifications of staff working with children and evidence of self-evaluation.  The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector viewed children's learning journals and the staff's planning of children's learning and development activities.  The inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager.

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Inspector

Esther Gray, Early Years Regulatory Inspector

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Leaders and managers have made considerable improvements to the nursery environment since the last inspection. As a result, they meet all statutory requirements. Managers have reviewed all aspects of health and safety. For instance, fire equipment has been checked and new fire doors purchased. The premises are safe and secure. Managers, staff, children and parents have all contributed their views as part of the provider’s drive to improve. Safeguarding is effective. All staff have a good understanding of processes to follow if they are concerned or worried about any child who might be at risk of harm from adults, in their life. Rigorous recruitment procedures protect children.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Teaching is good. Staff have effective strategies for engaging and challenging children. Pre-school children work in small groups to reduce the noise level. This promotes children’s good language development. Children learn about size when staff challenge them to build a tower of bricks taller than a giraffe. Babies are encouraged to respond to music. Staff take account of the wishes of parents by giving more opportunities for children to practise physical skills by riding their bicycles outdoors. The system to assess children’s progress has improved greatly since the last inspection. Staff secure the cooperation and partnership of parents and health visitors. Staff gather and use the information to successfully identify the next steps the children need to make in their learning and development. They accurately plan and provide opportunities for children to progress. As a result, all children are fully engaged in their learning.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Parents are confident in their child's key person. Relationships between staff and babies are very sensitive, stimulating and responsive. They giggle at bubbles as they pop and engage in rhymes with familiar actions as they clap along. Staff develop their good relationship with parents further by encouraging them to come into the nursery to help children to learn about healthy eating. Parents learn how they can contribute to children's learning and development at home. Preschool children are rewarded with stickers, which they proudly display for helping staff and for their good manners. All children behave well and are developing concern for others.

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Outcomes for children are good

All children make at least typical progress in their learning and development and most children make good progress. The sharp monitoring of children’s progress identifies where children require more support to ensure they make the best possible progress. Parents are involved in identifying how and when that support will be provided. All children are developing their competence in English at a rate appropriate to their starting points. Children are independent and are eager to help others. All children in the pre-school room are developing good social skills. Children confidently develop the skills they need for the next stage in their learning and as they move on to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY483742 Local authority Wolverhampton Inspection number 1053209 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 5 Total number of places 41 Number of children on roll 38 Name of registered person Sarah Jan Morsa

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Date of previous inspection 30 November 2015 Telephone number 01902496389

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Music Box Nursery, Bilston was registered in 2014 and is one of two nurseries managed by a private provider. The provider is also a director of Music Box Daycare Limited who owns one other nursery. The nursery employs 13 members of childcare staff. Of these, ten hold an appropriate early years qualification at level 3, and two hold an appropriate early years qualification at level 2. The setting opens from Monday to Friday, from 7.30am until 6pm, all year round.

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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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