The Old Station Nursery - Bromsgrove

My First Friends Nursery The Old Courthouse, 11-13 Ednall Lane, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B60 2DF

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 18 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

 Managers and staff are welcoming and highly professional. The good communication between all members of the team helps to ensure the overall smooth running of the nursery.  Children enjoy playing with a wide range of good quality toys and materials. Activities are based on children's interests and the environment supports their play and learning well. This means children explore freely, use their imagination and make good progress.  Children's development is assessed and monitored to help identify the progress that they are making. Staff's good teaching enables all children to progress towards their next steps in learning. This helps prepare them for the next stage in their learning and for school.  Children's communication and language are developing well. Staff are skilful at playing alongside children. They encourage them to talk about what they are doing and to repeat sounds and words as they play.

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This provision is good

 The environment is exceptionally well laid out, secure and safe. All areas of the nursery are stimulating and interesting. Children are happy and well cared for, which helps to promote their well-being.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The manager uses a variety of methods to help monitor and evaluate the quality of the nursery. However, this is not always highly effective in swiftly identifying any areas where practices within the nursery can be further enhanced.  Although staff build good relationships with parents over time, they are not as strong as they could be when children first begin attending. On occasions, staffing in the baby room is not consistent, which means that parents do not always have a familiar person to talk to and pass on information regarding their child.

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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

 use monitoring and evaluation more robustly to swiftly identify and address any areas where the nursery can be developed and to build on the already good provision for the benefit of the children who attend  find more ways to enhance the relationship between parents and staff when children first start to ensure there is always a consistent member of staff available for parents to talk to and to develop exceptionally strong links from the outset.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and outside.  The inspector completed two joint observations, one with the manager and one with the owner.  The inspector discussed the impact of self-evaluation and monitoring with the manager and owner.  The inspector looked at relevant documentation, such as evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery.  The inspector spoke to a selection of 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 understand their safeguarding responsibilities and policies and procedures continue to be reviewed so that they contain the most up-to-date information. This helps to ensure that staff have the information that they need to take any action required to safeguard children. The manager and staff receive performance management to help them to continually raise the standard of their knowledge and practice. Induction procedures for new staff are thorough. They provide support and mentoring to ensure that staff have a good understanding of their roles. Staff are well qualified or working towards appropriate qualifications. They also attend a good range of additional training to help enhance their knowledge and skills.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff gather information from parents about children's starting points when they begin. They use this to build on their own observations and continue to monitor and track children's progress. Overall, staff get to know children and they plan activities that are adapted effectively to promote individual learning needs. Teaching is strong because staff successfully engage children in exciting activities and experiences. They use every opportunity to teach children new things. For example, they encourage children to investigate a caterpillar that they find crawling in a tree. Children's creativity and imagination are fostered very well. Staff encourage children to dress up as pirates, create a treasure chest and go on a treasure hunt. The children thoroughly enjoy this as they work together to find the hidden jewels.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Very young children demonstrate the drive to do things for themselves, such as taking their own shoes and socks off to go for a paddle in a tray of water. Children benefit from access to the garden throughout the day. They skilfully negotiate space as they move around on ride-on toys. Staff help to promote children's small-muscle skills. Older children are confident to use scissors and mark-making equipment. Younger children master using cutlery confidently at mealtimes. Staff plan events, outings and activities to broaden children's experiences. Children are developing an understanding of the wider world around them and they enjoy planting and growing plants. Behaviour is good. Children develop good relationships with each other and are keen to help their friends. For example, they help each other to pour drinks from the water cooler.

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Outcomes for children are good

All children, including those who receive government funding, make good overall progress in their learning and development. Children are gaining the skills that prepare them for school. Early literacy skills are developing well and older children are confident to ask staff for additional opportunities to attempt to write their names. Children listen well to instructions and take responsibility for their environment when it is their turn to have a daily job. All children appear happy, engaged and ready to undertake and learn from the varied range of opportunities that they are provided with throughout the day.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY492491 Local authority Worcestershire Inspection number 1029707 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 4 Total number of places 57 Number of children on roll 33 Name of registered person My First Friends Bromsgrove Limited

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Date of previous inspection Not applicable Telephone number 01527 912333

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My First Friends Nursery was registered in 2015. The nursery employs six members of childcare staff. Of these, four hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 and one at level 2. 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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