Tiny Tots Day Nursery

Tiny Tots Day Nursery 4d Wimborne Road, Bournemouth, BH2 6NG

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 28 September 2016 2 December 2013

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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

 Staff provide a safe and welcoming environment, where children build good relationships with adults and one another. Children learn to share, take turns and recognise emotions.  Children are keen to take part in a broad range of activities, which staff plan using various themes and children's learning priorities.  Children make good progress. Staff and management monitor children's development well, which enables them to identify and address gaps in their learning.  Management's self-evaluation helps to identify areas for improvement. For example, management plans to develop further methods for seeking parents' views of the provision.  Positive partnerships with parents and other professionals contribute towards staff meeting children's individual needs well. Parents say that staff are good at helping children with the move on to the next stage in their learning.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Some group activities are not organised effectively. They are not always planned well to take account of children's stages of development, which results in children losing interest.  The provider's methods for keeping up to date with changes are not always fully effective, for example, with regard to new government guidance and the inspection process.

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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

 improve the organisation of group activities to extend children's learning further  strengthen methods for keeping up to date with changes to help improve the quality of provision further.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children's activities and staff interaction in all of the rooms and outside.  The inspector talked to staff at appropriate times during the inspection and carried out an interview and joint observation with the provider.  The inspector looked at a sample of documents, which included the safeguarding policy, children's progress records and the planning of activities.  The inspector took account of parents' views obtained in person.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. Staff complete daily risk assessments to help them to provide a safe environment. They know about child protection issues and the procedures to follow if they have a concern about a child. The provider has successfully addressed the recommendations from the previous inspection, which has improved aspects of children's early reading skills, for example. Management encourages staff to develop their roles, for instance, by offering guidance in their teaching practice and encouraging training. For example, following training, staff have started to use signing methods to further encourage communication with children who are learning to speak.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff have a good understanding about how children learn through play, exploration and purposeful activities. For example, children use their senses to investigate a range of different objects and materials, indoors and outdoors. At the inspection, older children made play dough; they looked at a recipe, counted, measured, and noticed changes as they mixed ingredients together. Staff support children's language development well in various ways. They read stories, sing songs and talk with children during their activities, naming objects, people and actions.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children enjoy attending the nursery. Staff request detailed information from parents to enable them to make children feel secure. For example, from a young age, children look through their 'All about me' books, encouraging them to recognise and talk about familiar people. Children learn to value friendships and think about what others might be feeling. Staff offer regular praise, helping to boost children's self-esteem and confidence. Staff encourage healthy lifestyles well. For example, they provide freshly cooked lunches and make sure that children have fresh fruits and vegetables each day. Children learn good routines for caring for their bodies, such as brushing their teeth after meals. Children have many opportunities to be active and enjoy fresh air and exercise. They take part in yoga sessions and develop their physical skills using large apparatus, such as swings, slides and balancing beams.

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Outcomes for children are good

All children make good progress. They develop skills that help them prepare well for starting school. For example, children are confident to relate to other people and make their needs known. They develop increasing independence in caring for themselves, such as using the toilet and managing their clothes. At the inspection, children practised opening and closing various fasteners such as zips, poppers and buttons. Children show an interest in numbers, and begin to recognise letters and words.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 100485 Local authority Bournemouth Inspection number 1061115 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register Age range of children 0 - 5 Total number of places 30 Number of children on roll 32 Name of registered person Tiny Tots Day Nursery

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Date of previous inspection 2 December 2013 Telephone number 01202 299415

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Tiny Tots Day Nursery is privately owned and registered in 1991. It operates from a residential property in Bournemouth. The nursery is open Monday to Friday from 8am to 6pm, all year round except for two weeks in August, a week at Christmas and public holidays. The nursery receives funding to provide free early years education for children aged two, three and four years. There are eight members of staff, including the owner/ manager, most of whom hold early years qualifications. One member of staff has early years professional status and one holds an early years degree.

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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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