Scarlet Heights Private Day Nursery Ltd

Scarlet Heights Private Day Nursery Ltd 49 Scarlet Heights, Queensbury, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD13 1BU

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 15 August 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

 The quality of teaching is good. Staff are qualified and provide an interesting and varied range of activities based on children's individual interests. Children make good progress in their learning and development.  Children are motivated and active learners who are eager to participate in activities. Staff display enjoyment and enthusiasm in their work with children. They use a variety of effective methods to support all children's communication and language skills.  Staff are effectively deployed. This helps to ensure that children are kept safe and secure. Children are settled, happy and confident. They build strong relationships with staff who are nurturing, warm and welcoming.  Children behave very well. Staff are calm and respectful. They have high expectations of children and support them to understand boundaries and expectations. Children take turns, share and develop firm friendships.

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This provision is good

 Parents are kept informed about their children's progress during daily discussions with staff and through the secure online programme. Partnerships with parents are strong. They feel very welcome and are highly complimentary about the nursery.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Staff do not yet encourage all parents to share information about what their children know and can do on entry to the nursery.  Although performance management arrangements are in place, these do not yet focus precisely on developing outstanding teaching practice, to raise children's achievements to the highest level.

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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

 explore further ways to encourage all parents to share what they know about their children's learning when they enter the nursery  refine performance management systems and focus more precisely on developing outstanding teaching skills.

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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 deputy manager.  The inspector checked evidence of the suitability and qualifications of staff working with the children.  The inspector held a meeting with the provider and deputy manager. She looked at policies and procedures and discussed the nursery's self-evaluation documentation.  The inspector spoke to parents during the inspection and took account of their views.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. Staff are well trained and demonstrate a good knowledge of child protection procedures. This good practice is underpinned by the implementation of effective policies and procedures. Overall, the management team uses regular supervision meetings well to help staff understand and carry out their roles and responsibilities. The management team has high expectations for children and carefully monitors their progress. They evaluate the quality of provision, accurately taking into account the views of parents and staff to continually improve practice. Highly effective relationships with schools and other professionals have been developed. This helps to ensure a shared approach to learning and supports good outcomes for children.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff regularly observe children and accurately assess their ongoing achievements. They monitor children's development and use this information to identify any gaps in their learning. This helps staff to adapt activities to cater for individual children. Staff demonstrate good knowledge of how children learn through play. Children are curious as they intently watch the slug and show care and concern. Staff skilfully question children, helping them to develop their thinking. Children share their ideas as they consider whether the slug lays eggs like caterpillars or babies hatch in water bubbles. Staff encourage children to use the special home-made book about insects. This helps to support their growing understanding of the natural world and promotes their use of books to find information. Children play imaginatively and share their ideas of how to build a house. Staff use a playful approach to develop children's understanding and explain how to use a

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

spirit level. Children incorporate this learning into their play. They consider where the best place is to build. They use the spirit level to find out where the ground is flat and where it is not. Babies sit closely with adults. They concentrate well and show interest in books when staff read them stories.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

A flexible approach to settling children in at nursery is in place. Children's emotional well- being is strong. This is supported through the effective key-person system. Staff skilfully help children to understand and respect the diversity in the community. Displays and resources positively reflect different families. Parents enjoy seeing their culture valued and celebrated in this way. Staff effectively promote children's physical well-being. Children display confidence when challenging their physical skills. They run energetically up and down the hill and skilfully navigate wheeled toys safely. Babies walk confidently.

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Outcomes for children are good

All children make good progress from their starting points. Children listen attentively and follow instructions well. Children display good literacy skills. They play rhyming word games and recognise a range of three letter words that rhyme. Children hold conversations with each other and confidently share ideas during their play. Older children count to 20 and make simple calculations. All children display strong self-esteem. They develop important skills to help them in their future learning, including starting school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY482637 Local authority Bradford Inspection number 996451 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 37 Number of children on roll 94 Name of registered person Scarlet Heights Private Day Nursery Limited

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reference number

Date of previous inspection Not applicable Telephone number 01274815825

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Scarlet Heights Private Day Nursery Ltd was registered in 2014. The nursery employs 12 members of childcare staff. Of these, six hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 or above. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, all year round. Sessions are from 7.30am until 6pm. The nursery provides funded early education for two-, three- and four- year-old children.

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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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