Ham Drive Day Care

Ham Drive Day Care Ham Drive Nursery School, Ham Drive, Plymouth, Devon, PL2 2NJ

p.1

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 20 September 2016 30 September 2015

p.1

This inspection: Good 2

Previous inspection: Requires Improvement

p.1

This inspection: Good 2

Effectiveness of the leadership and management Good 2

p.1

This inspection: Good 2

Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good 2

p.1

This inspection: Good 2

Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good 2

p.1

This provision is good

 Staff skilfully support and encourage children to manage their behaviour positively. Staff are attentive to children's needs, they successfully provide reassurance and cuddles to enable new children to settle quickly and play happily.  The effective information sharing with parents and others involved in children's lives ensures that children are provided with the appropriate support and help they need. The ongoing information sharing and provision of resources offer parents good opportunities to support their children's learning at home.  The management team monitors and tracks children's progress to identify any gaps in their learning quickly and effectively. Staff make good use of their observations and assessments to support children's learning well. Children make good progress, given their starting points.  The management team supports staff's professional development well. It provides opportunities for staff to improve their teaching skills. For example, staff implement

p.1

This provision is good

ideas from training to successfully and effectively encourage children's communication and language.

p.1

It is not yet outstanding because:

 Staff do not always support children fully to encourage the use of numbers during play.  Although children have many opportunities to see English words and phrases, staff do not provide opportunities for all children to see and hear their home language.

p.1

What the setting needs to do to improve further

To further improve the quality of the early years provision the provider should:

p.2

What the setting needs to do to improve further

 develop children's awareness of numbers during play  extend opportunities for children to see and hear the language they use at home.

p.2

Inspection activities

 The inspector observed staff and children at play.  The inspector spoke to children, staff, the manager and the nominated person at convenient times.  The inspector conducted a joint observation with the manager.  The inspector reviewed a range of documentation, including medical consent forms, the attendance register and some written policies and procedures.  The inspector took into account views shared by parents on the day of inspection.

p.2

Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The management team has a clear understanding of safeguarding and implements robust procedures for recruitment, training and support. Safeguarding is effective. Staff have a secure understanding of what to do to protect a child's welfare and keep them safe. The management team effectively monitors children's progress to ensure staff identify and close any gaps in children's learning. The tracking identified gaps in communication and language. This led to a review of staff's teaching and the implementation of relevant training to support their practice. Staff now take effective steps to support children's communication. For example, they give children time to respond to questions and use signing to help their understanding. Management and staff work well together to evaluate their practice. They have successfully addressed the weaknesses identified at their last inspection. For example, they now have clear procedures in place before administering

p.3

Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff plan a good range of activities and a varied range of learning experiences, which encourage children's willingness to learn. Staff use their observations to effectively plan activities around children's interests and build on their curiosity. For example, children enjoy playing with water, watching with excitement as the water wheel spins. Staff understand the different ways in which children learn, providing resources that appeal to them. For example, staff provide a camera when children show an interest in technology.

p.3

Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Staff work very closely with parents. They use information from home to help children settle in and meet their individual needs so that they feel safe and secure. Staff effectively teach children to share and take turns. They encourage children to make choices about where they want to play. They provide children with a good range of resources that are invitingly displayed and easily accessible, indoors and outside. For example, cosy areas provide children with opportunities to look at books, on their own or with others. Children express delight as they feel the sand with their hands and feet. They develop good coordination skills, for example, as they use spades, buckets and spoons to scoop and dig.

p.3

Outcomes for children are good

Children develop skills that help to prepare them for the next stage in their learning. They show excitement and learn about caring for living creatures as they gently handle the pet snails. Children have good levels of independence. For example, they pour their drinks and choose what they want to eat. Children show that they are settled, as they enthusiastically sing their 'hello song' with their friends, for example.

p.3

Setting details

Unique reference number EY292370 Local authority Plymouth Inspection number 1072249 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register Age range of children 2 - 3 Total number of places 27 Number of children on roll 43 Name of registered person The Plymouth Nursery Schools Federation Governing Body

p.4

reference number

Date of previous inspection 30 September 2015 Telephone number 01752 366389

p.4

reference number

Ham Drive Day Care registered in 2003. It is run and managed by the Governing Body of Ham Drive Nursery School. The nursery is open each weekday for 50 weeks of the year, from 8am until 5.30pm, except on Tuesdays when it is open until 4pm. There are five members of staff working with the children. The manager has a foundation degree and all other staff hold appropriate early years qualifications at levels 2 and 3.

p.4

reference number

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.

p.4

reference number

procedures set out in the guidance ‘Complaints procedure: raising concerns and making complaints about Ofsted’, which is available from Ofsted’s website: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ofsted. If you would like Ofsted to send you a copy of the guidance, please telephone 0300 123 4234, or email enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk. achieve excellence in the care of children and young people, and in education and skills for learners of all ages. It regulates and inspects childcare and children's social care, and inspects the Children and Family Court Advisory Support Service (Cafcass), schools, colleges, initial teacher training, work-based learning and skills training, adult and community learning, and education and training in prisons and other secure establishments. It assesses council children’s services, and inspects services for looked after children, safeguarding and child protection.

p.4

reference number

If you would like a copy of this document in a different format, such as large print or Braille, please telephone 0300 123 4234, or email enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk. You may reuse this information (not including logos) free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government Licence. To view this licence, visit www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/, write to the Information Policy Team, The National Archives, Kew, London TW9 4DU, or email: psi@nationalarchives.gsi.gov.uk .

p.5

reference number

Interested in our work? You can subscribe to our website for news, information and updates at www.ofsted.gov.uk/user.

p.5

reference number

T: 0300 123 4234 Textphone: 0161 618 8524 E: enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk W: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ofsted

p.5