Sugar Plum Day Nursery

Sugar Plum Day Nursery 255 West Green Road, Tottenham, N15 5EG

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 23 November 2016 1 April 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 know children well and they have developed good relationships with them. For example, children arrive happily and settle very quickly, while some seek out their key person for comfort. Staff's support for them is sensitive and attentive to their needs.  The staff team is committed to providing good-quality teaching and learning experiences, which are tailored to the children's current interests and individual needs. There is careful planning and monitoring by the staff and the manager to ensure children have opportunities to develop well.  Children make good progress and staff work well to involve parents effectively in their children's learning and development. Parents speak highly of the setting and happily return with siblings.  The manager implements thorough procedures to monitor staff performance. For example, she makes effective use of supervision meetings with each member of staff to

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Opportunities for children to develop their large-muscle groups and to strengthen their physical motor skills are not yet extensive.  The nursery's self-evaluation processes are developing. Particularly to embed feedback received from all service users, such as staff, parents and children, to help target further areas for improvement.

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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 opportunities for children to develop further their large physical motor skills  enhance the process of self-evaluation to embed the views of all service users, to help raise the quality of the provision to an even higher standard.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children taking part in a range of activities.  The inspector spoke with staff and observed their teaching.  The inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager.  The inspector spoke to parents during the inspection and took account of their views.  The inspector sampled a wide range of documentation including staff suitability checks, children's development records and attendance registers.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. Staff understand their responsibilities well. For example, they complete relevant child protection training and are aware of the procedures to follow if they have concerns about a child's well-being. Managers work closely with the advisory teacher from the local authority to improve the setting. For example, they have developed the planning and some aspects of the evaluation process, which includes the tracking of learning for individual and specific groups of children and ways to reflect the cultures of all children attending. Staff quickly identify children who may need additional support to help them catch up. Staff provide many opportunities for children to learn about people and communities beyond their immediate experiences.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff encourage spontaneous activities and effectively develop children's awareness of mathematics including counting. For example, children roll a large dice along the floor, and learn to count the spots and match the written number. Staff recognise children's individual learning needs, and adapt activities skilfully to ensure they are suitable for the children's ages and stages of development. For example, staff enable toddlers to reach the exciting water tray containing leaves, fish and fishing rods. Staff are aware of children's individual needs and set relevant targets to help them progress. For example, they maintain comprehensive learning files, showing clearly children's individual progress. Staff expertly guide children's verbal skills to help them communicate confidently.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children show increasing independence, for example, when making choices through free play. They gain a good sense of belonging, such as during whole-group activities, and enjoy stories, rhymes and circle games. Children receive clear messages from staff about staying safe and managing their own personal needs. For example, staff encourage children to wash their own hands and learn about personal hygiene. Staff work closely with parents, such as to arrange a tailored settling-in process, to meet children's individual care needs. They thoughtfully arrange the nursery environment, and overall provide a range of enjoyable play and learning experiences for all children.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children's early literacy and mathematical skills are developing effectively, in readiness for school or their next stage in learning. For example, they soon learn to recognise their name, and on arrival they find their name card and place it on the wall to self-register. Children engage well with each other and with staff, and they are eager, motivated learners. They are happy in the setting and they regularly play together, such as in small groups, while making up their own games.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 140463 Local authority Haringey Inspection number 1061444 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register Age range of children 1 - 5 Total number of places 24 Number of children on roll 18 Name of registered person Sugar Plum Private Day Nursery Limited

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Date of previous inspection 1 April 2013 Telephone number 020 8800 7560

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Sugar Plum Day Nursery registered in 2006. It is situated in Tottenham, in the London Borough of Haringey. The nursery is open on Monday to Thursday from 8am to 6pm and on Friday from 8am to 3pm, for 50 weeks of the year. The nursery is in receipt of funding to offer free early education for children aged two, three and four years. The nursery employs seven members of staff; of whom, six hold appropriate early years qualifications including one member of staff who holds a relevant degree qualification in education.

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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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