The Beehive Nursery

Moss Side Nursery 197 Claremont Road, Manchester, M14 4JF

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 30 June 2016 22 January 2016

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Outcomes for children Requires improvement

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This provision requires improvement. It is not yet good because:

 Some staff do not use assessments well enough to track children's progress across all aspects of their learning both on entry and ongoing. Monitoring by the manager is not conducted in a timely manner to swiftly identify where children may be at risk of not reaching expected targets.  Not all opportunities are explored for staff to share their knowledge, experience and expertise with others.  Staff in the toddler and pre-school room do not organise focused key-group times in the best possible way to maximise children's engagement.

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It has the following strengths

 There are some opportunities for children to develop independence. For example, staff help children to serve themselves and to pour their own drinks at lunchtime and snack time.  Children are happy and settled. Overall, the key-person system is used effectively to support and engage all children, including those who speak English as an additional language. Children have developed suitable attachments to staff.  The manager allocates early years pupil premium funding well and checks the impact this is having on children's learning. For example, staff have planned outings within the community to support children's learning about the wider world.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

To meet the requirements of the early years foundation stage the provider must:

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Due Date

 improve systems for assessing, tracking and monitoring children's progress, in order to identify where gaps in learning may occur and to arrange swift intervention which will help children to make consistently good progress in all areas of their learning and development. 30/09/2016

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Due Date

To further improve the quality of the early years provision the provider should:

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 increase opportunities for staff to share their knowledge, experience and expertise across the nursery and focus more strongly on developing their practice  improve the organisation of key-group times and help children remain engaged and focused throughout.

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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 and local authority advisor. She looked at relevant documentation, such as policies and procedures, the nursery's self- evaluation and checked evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery.  The inspector took account of the views of parents as recorded in written parental questionnaires.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management requires improvement

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. Staff are aware of the signs that children may be at risk of harm and know how to report concerns. Self-evaluation has been undertaken and the manager has worked hard to address actions raised at the previous inspection. Overall, more robust and suitable systems for supervision and monitoring of staff's performance have been implemented. The programme of professional development has been focused on helping staff to improve their practice. However, the manager does not encourage staff to fully share good practice with others across the nursery.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

The staff team is well qualified. Observations of children's learning are regularly undertaken and, generally, staff have a suitable awareness of children's overall development. However, staff working directly with younger children do not use this information successfully to assess and track their progress in all areas of learning and to identify any areas of delay. This means that prompt intervention to meet children's precise learning needs is delayed until they reach pre-school. Despite these weaknesses, children engage in a suitable range of activities and staff actively support them in their play. They talk to children about what they are doing. They use opportunities to encourage children to use their home language as well as English. This helps to support their language development and both languages are equally valued.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare require improvement

The environment is safe and secure. Children's behaviour is managed well by staff and their behaviour is, generally, appropriate for their age. However, not all staff sufficiently engage children during key-group time due to the noise levels and disruption from other groups. This means that children cannot fully and actively listen and engage in their own group activities. Children enjoy the time they spend outdoors where they keenly investigate and explore various materials and their properties. For example, children use a range of tools to dig up and combine sand, mud, water and pasta. They learn to manage age-appropriate risks as they use the large-playing equipment. For example, they wait for their friends to come down the slide before taking their turn. Children are beginning to learn how to keep themselves and others safe from harm.

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Outcomes for children require improvement

Most children make typical progress from their differing starting points. Children develop some of the capabilities required for the next steps in their learning and for school. However, due to the inconsistencies and gaps in younger children's assessment records, staff are not fully aware of their levels of achievement as they enter pre-school. This results in a delay in fully supporting children to make the expected levels of progress in readiness for school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY470450 Local authority Manchester Inspection number 1037818 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 - 11 Total number of places 60 Number of children on roll 96 Name of registered person The Starlight Links Limited

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Date of previous inspection 22 January 2016 Telephone number 0161 258 8954

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Moss Side Nursery was registered in 2013. The nursery employs 15 members of childcare staff. Of these, 14 hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 2 or above, including the manager at level 7. 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. It supports a number of children who speak English as an additional language.

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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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