Biggins Nursery (Ravenstonedale) Ltd

Biggins Nursery (Ravenstonedale) Ltd Ravenstonedale, KIRKBY STEPHEN, Cumbria, CA17 4NQ

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 12 August 2016 Not applicable

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Effectiveness of the leadership and management Outstanding 1

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding 1

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding 1

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This provision is outstanding

 The nursery is expertly run and managed. The managers and staff team are incredibly knowledgeable, highly skilled and qualified. They are passionate, driven and show a complete dedication to providing the highest-quality care and education for all children.  The quality of teaching is outstanding. Staff are exceptionally skilled at taking every possible opportunity for learning. They build on children's natural curiosity, responding to their ideas and facilitating and setting challenges. Children make excellent progress.  Children's behaviour is impeccable. They play cooperatively and display exceptional levels of self-control in many situations. They show that they are fully aware of the rules and expected behaviour. Staff offer children an abundance of praise and encouragement, greatly supporting their self-esteem and emotional well-being.  The monitoring of children's progress is completed with meticulous detail. The manager

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This provision is outstanding

rigorously monitors all forms of assessment to create a comprehensive account of the progress made by each child and groups of children. This helps to ensure early intervention is sought and programmes of support are implemented swiftly.  Partnership working is exceptional. Regular and detailed information sharing helps to ensure that parents are entirely involved in their children's learning, both in the setting and at home. Parents are extremely complimentary about the nursery and the progress their children make. Staff work entirely collaboratively with all other professionals involved in the children's care and learning.  Children demonstrate a firm awareness of safety and practice, and excellent risk assessment skills during their play. For example, they tidy away resources without any prompts from staff, explaining that someone might trip and fall.

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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

 continue to drive forward the excellent evaluative and reflective practice that leads to the established outstanding quality of provision.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching and the impact this has on children's learning, both inside and outside.  The inspector carried out joint observations with the manager of the nursery.  The inspector spoke to members of staff and children at appropriate times during the inspection and held a meeting with the provider and manager of the nursery.  The inspector took account of the views of parents spoken to on the day of the inspection.  The inspector looked at children's records, planning documentation, evidence of the suitability of staff and a range of other documentation, including policies and procedures.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The highest priority is placed on ensuring staff have a thorough understanding of safeguarding issues and are extremely alert to any changes in children's welfare. The nursery manager demonstrates very high expectations of the staff team. She provides effective systems of support and performance management based on incisive monitoring of staff practice. Professional development of the staff team is sharply focused and helps to maintain the exceptional quality of teaching already in place. Managers recognise the importance of continuously striving to find even more ways to enhance the firmly established, outstanding quality of provision.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The learning environment, inside and outdoors, is exceptional. Children eagerly explore the wide range of innovative resources and thoughtfully presented play areas. Highly effective systems of observation and planning are implemented with outstanding results. High-quality observations, that include information from all involved in the children's learning, are accurately assessed and used to fully inform planning. Staff use their expert knowledge of the children to spontaneously extend activities. For example, children excitedly find a spider in a web. A member of staff matches the children's enthusiasm and asks a wide range of excellently posed questions and expertly models the thinking process. The member of staff skilfully extends children's learning as she suggests they compare the spider with the role play creatures. They engage in a powerful conversation and use excellent communication skills to share their thoughts and ideas.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children receive excellent support from staff who are extremely attentive to their needs and foster their physical well-being. Highly detailed, settling-in procedures help staff to gain a thorough understanding of children's needs. Children settle very quickly and swiftly gain the confidence to explore and learn. Babies enjoy the warm and nurturing approach from staff, while older children greatly respond to staff's high expectations of what children can do. They are independent at every opportunity and relish the small tasks they help to carry out. For example, they have great fun parking the toys after outdoor play and collecting their own plates and cups for snack. Children explore healthy lifestyles through a number of innovative activities. For example, they listen to changes in their heart rate using stethoscopes as they learn the effects of exercise on our bodies.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

All children make excellent progress. Children who have special educational needs receive exemplary support from staff so that they make significant progress in their learning. Children are articulate communicators who listen extremely well and make strong contributions to discussions. Children demonstrate very positive attitudes as they learn to respect each other and show a wonderful interest in the lives of others. Children develop excellent social skills and show confidence in new and social situations. Children learn the skills they need for their future learning and in readiness for school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY489209 Local authority Cumbria Inspection number 1012343 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 63 Number of children on roll 60 Name of registered person Biggins Nursery (Ravenstonedale) Limited

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Date of previous inspection Not applicable Telephone number 015396 23640

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Biggins Nursery (Ravenstonedale) Ltd was registered in 2015. The nursery employs 12 members of childcare staff. Of these, 10 hold appropriate early years qualifications. 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. The nursery supports children who have special educational needs or disability.

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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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