The Railway Nursery

The Railway Nursery 2 Hartington Road, Bramhall, Stockport, SK7 2DZ

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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 owners and managers of the setting have exceptional vision. They set ambitious targets for children across all areas of the curriculum. Managers strive for and achieve excellence within their team of highly qualified staff.  Children embrace their time at nursery with excitement and enthusiasm. A stimulating and high-quality environment provides children and babies with superb opportunities to explore and learn. Staff meet the unique needs of each child. Their interaction with children is inspirational.  Partnership with parents is outstanding. They are involved with their children's learning at every level. Parents contribute to their child's assessments and are supported by staff to understand the areas of learning. This helps children to achieve highly successful outcomes, both at nursery and at home.  Staff are expert teachers. They use their excellent knowledge of children to tailor each

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This provision is outstanding

child's learning needs and set highly challenging targets for their next steps. Children make rapid progress in their learning and development. Staff very skilfully use children's interests to support their learning. Tracking of children is highly successful.  Children's behaviour is exemplary. They are confident and articulate their feelings and emotions exceptionally well. Staff demonstrate consistent and highly effective strategies that support children's behaviour and promote independence.

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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 build upon the highly effective peer observation process that helps staff to further develop teaching practices.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed activities and play in all areas of the nursery, including outdoors. She observed the quality of teaching and how this impacted upon children's learning.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the nursery manager.  The inspector spoke with members of staff throughout the day.  The inspector met with parents and grandparents and took account of their views.  The inspector met with the manager and viewed evidence of documentation and policies, including arrangements for safeguarding. She discussed systems used to drive staff performance, establish self-evaluation and monitor the tracking of children.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Leadership and management are outstanding, demonstrating practice that is worthy of dissemination. The manager provides dynamic leadership that impacts positively and significantly upon the quality of practice in the nursery. Substantial investment in staff, through training and development opportunities, contributes to this skilled and motivated team. Performance management strategies are very robust and impact tremendously on achieving extremely high standards of childcare and education. The manager is continuing to develop peer observations that further support this. Graduate leaders implement and monitor highly effective educational programmes for children. All staff understand their responsibilities to protect children. Arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

Highly qualified staff have an excellent understanding of quality teaching. They are extremely capable and competent in their pursuit of promoting children's learning. For example, babies enjoy exploring the colours and textures of dry lentils and beans, moving them through their hands and filling containers. Staff support this experience by introducing narrative and descriptions of what they are doing. Children play outside, making excellent use of opportunities across all areas of learning. They scream and giggle with delight as they run around and blow bubbles. Children learn about their natural world and follow their interests in bugs and bats. Children with English as an additional language are expertly supported by staff. As a result, they make rapid progress in achieving their learning outcomes.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children explicitly understand how their behaviour impacts upon others and they learn to be extremely respectful of one other. Staff continually praise achievement and celebrate good decisions that the children make. Children understand and celebrate difference. They learn about each other's culture and traditions. Care practice in the nursery is exceptional. Meals and snacks are healthy and nutritious. Opportunities for risk taking are evident and children understand how to keep themselves and others safe. Key persons in the nursery demonstrate exceptional skills and their knowledge of their children is impressive. They work extremely hard and effectively with parents to provide the best possible care for all children.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children are very well prepared for school. They are confident, self-assured and ready for the next stage in their learning. They make exceptional progress from their starting points. This includes children who have special educational needs or disability and those with English as an additional language.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY484314 Local authority Stockport Inspection number 1005479 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 - 5 Total number of places 22 Number of children on roll 40 Name of registered person Railway Nursery Bramhall Ltd

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reference number

Date of previous inspection Not applicable Telephone number 0161 439 5492

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The Railway Nursery was registered in 2015. The nursery employs 13 members of childcare staff. Of these, 10 hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 and above, including the manager with early years professional status. The nursery opens all year round, Monday to Friday, from 8am until 6pm. The nursery provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children. It supports children who speak English as an additional language and 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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