The Village Nursery

The Village Nursery @ The Bull, Bellingdon, Chesham, Buckinghamshire, HP5 2XU

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 13 June 2016 Not applicable

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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

 Children benefit from exciting and stimulating opportunities for learning, indoors and outdoors. They make good progress in all areas of their learning and development.  Staff closely monitor and assess children's progress. They share information with parents to support children's learning at home as well as in the nursery.  There is a good range of furniture, toys and resources to successfully support children's all-round learning and development.  The staff reflect on the quality of provision and they recognise the current strengths and set targets for further improvement. Information received from children, parents and staff positively contributes to this process.  There are very good links with other professionals, such as teachers who visit the children in the nursery to support their move to school.  The environments used by children are risk assessed well to minimise potential hazards. Children use thoroughly clean, safe and secure premises.

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This provision is good

 Children learn good hygiene practices and about the importance of eating healthily.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The manager does not use all opportunities to monitor staff performance, to raise the good standard of teaching.  Staff do not make the best use of books and other early literacy resources to spark children's interest and skills in readiness for school as effectively as possible.

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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

 focus more precisely on monitoring teaching to identify the professional development needs of individual staff as effectively as possible and raise the quality of teaching to the highest levels  place more emphasis on developing the older children's early literacy skills so that their progress is accelerated as well as possible.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed activities in the play rooms and garden.  The inspector held discussions with children, parents and staff.  The inspector undertook a joint observation with the manager.  The inspector looked at observation files, monitoring documents, the self-evaluation form and a selection of policies and children's records.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The manager and staff have a good understanding of the procedure to follow if they have concerns about a child's welfare. Thorough recruitment procedures include checking that staff are suitable for their role. The manager monitors staff performance effectively, such as through meetings and appraisals. Staff undertake general training to update their knowledge and improve outcomes for children. For example, following 'forest school' training for staff, children benefit from exciting activities outdoors. The manager closely monitors children's progress to identify any concerns and to make plans for them to catch-up in their learning.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff are skilful at knowing when to sit back and when to intervene in children's play. They allow children to initiate their own ideas and this is when the most effective learning takes place. For example, children organise themselves, think and negotiate tasks as they pour water down tubes to displace a toy which is stuck. Children are highly excited as they discuss the changes they see in tadpoles. Staff extend children's mathematical understanding well, for example, by introducing addition and subtraction when discussing the growth of the tadpoles' legs. Staff develop some aspects of literacy, such as in children's imaginative play, through encouraging children to write appointments and wait their turn to take their 'pet' to see the 'vet'.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The key-person system is very effective and staff know the children extremely well. Staff are well aware of the importance of nurturing children's emotional development. The settling-in sessions are individually tailored to ensure that children experience a smooth move into nursery and between play rooms. Children are confident and emotionally secure. They are actively encouraged to be independent and to keep trying if they encounter difficulties to achieve a goal. Children are polite and courteous. They learn about the world and people's beliefs, for instance, as they talk about other countries and learn about different festivals.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children are confident talkers; they are independent and eager to learn. Children initiate their play and put their ideas into practice. Children recognise their names and draw recognisable pictures. They develop good physical skills, for example, as they balance when walking across crates and logs. All children make good progress from their different starting points and the well-qualified and experienced staff help to prepare them well overall for moving to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY485856 Local authority Buckinghamshire Inspection number 1004662 Type of provision Sessional provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 5 Total number of places 30 Number of children on roll 52 Name of registered person The Village Nursery Bellingdon Ltd

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reference number

Date of previous inspection Not applicable Telephone number 07854522267

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The Village Nursery registered in 2015. It operates from Bellingdon, Buckinghamshire. The nursery is open each weekday from 9am to 3pm during school terms. There is a breakfast club from 8am to 9am, and an after-school club from 3pm to 6pm. The nursery is in receipt of funding for the provision of free early education for children aged two, three and four years. The provider employs eight staff; of these, seven staff hold appropriate early years qualifications between levels 2 and 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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