Play & Learn

Play & Learn 9 East Barnet Road, Barnet, Hertfordshire, EN4 8RR

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 23 August 2016 19 January 2016

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This inspection: Good 2

Previous inspection: Requires Improvement

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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 develop their understanding of the world. For example, staff provide them with opportunities to develop strong links in the local community.  Staff provide a good range of activities to stimulate children's interests. Children focus well during activities and display enjoyment and curiosity in what they do. This has a positive effect on their learning.  Staff have strong bonds with children. Children develop a healthy lifestyle and enjoy physical activities indoors and outdoors. They learn to make healthy food choices.  Staff use their training, knowledge and skills well. For instance, to meet the needs of children who are learning English as an additional language and particularly those with communication difficulties. All children make good progress from their starting points.  Self-evaluation is effective and the manager monitors children's progress effectively. She makes the best use of the information gathered to plan for improvements, such as

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This provision is good

strengthening the programme for communication and language.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 On occasion, staff do not allow time for children to respond to questions to fully support them to think through their learning and solve problems.  Staff do not always make the most of opportunities for children to practise writing for different purposes and fully develop their early literacy skills.

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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

 provide more consistent support for children to be able to think through their responses to questions  increase opportunities for children to develop their skills in writing for different purposes.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children and their interactions with staff in all the rooms and the indoor garden.  The inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager.  The inspector viewed a sample of documents, including children's learning records, policies and procedures, and staff files.  The inspector held discussions with the manager and the staff at appropriate times.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. Staff know how to identify and report concerns about children's welfare. The manager has taken on board the recommendations set in the previous inspection and has made positive changes to help improve children's learning. For example, she has strengthened procedures to support children who are learning English as an additional language. The manager monitors staff performance regularly and effectively. Staff have high aims for children. They work in close partnership with professionals to help provide the best possible opportunities for children and to reduce any gaps in learning. Staff establish contact and share information with other settings that children attend, and with schools, to help support continuity in children's care and learning.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff provide a range of opportunities for children to develop their mathematical skills. For example, young children count blocks as they build towers. Staff motivate young children to develop their imaginations. For example, when they wash the dolls and dry them with towels, and learn to put on buttons and zips as they dress them. Staff support children well to help them learn letter sounds. Children learn to identify the initial sounds in words. They practise writing their name and learn to form letters, which help to build on their early writing skills. Young babies are encouraged to sing familiar songs as they learn new words and develop their language skills.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Staff encourage very young children to make a positive contribution to daily routines, such as tidying up and preparing the fruits for snack time. These activities help to build on their independence. Children cooperate well during activities. For example, they follow instructions from staff and walk in a line as they move between activities. Children form close bonds with the staff. They are well behaved, sociable and learn to play well at an early age.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children develop good creativity. For example, they pretend to take their dolls out shopping, as they push prams around and learn how to take care of them. For example, they replay their observations of the real world, as they place the baby in the cot. Children learn to take appropriate risks, which helps them to build confidence in their own abilities. For example, during a range of activities, they learn to use tools and equipment, such as scissors and glue. Children progress well towards the next stages in their learning and gain skills that help support their move to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY459413 Local authority Barnet Inspection number 1054347 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register Age range of children 0 - 4 Total number of places 28 Number of children on roll 11 Name of registered person Meltem Assim

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Date of previous inspection 19 January 2016 Telephone number 02036093342

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Play & Learn registered in 2013. The nursery is located in Barnet, in the London Borough of Barnet. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, for 51 weeks of the year. Sessions run from 7.30am until 6.30pm. The nursery employs seven members of childcare staff. All members of staff hold an appropriate early years qualification from level 2 to level 6. The nursery receives funding to provide free early education for children aged three and four years.

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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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