Norfolk House Nursery

Norfolk House Nursery 28 Harborne Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 3AA

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 1 November 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

 Leaders take effective steps to recruit good quality staff. Recruitment and vetting procedures are robust. Staff make effective use of their expertise and knowledge to secure good quality care, learning and development for all children.  Leaders have high expectations of staff who share the leaders’ ambition for success. Staff make good use of professional development to continue to improve their practice.  Children make at least expected progress. Those children who start with skills and abilities below typical make good progress and soon catch up with their peers. They continue to learn and develop because they receive consistently good quality teaching and support.  Staff make positive eye contact, use gentle touch and adjust their voices to provide ideal opportunities for early conversations between themselves and babies, and between one baby and another. Babies cuddle up to, and enjoy, being physically close

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This provision is good

to trusted staff.  Key persons provide parents with good quality information about their children’s care and learning. As a result, all children are well supported and effective partnerships and communication with parents are maintained.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Staff's next steps to support children's continued learning are not always clearly explained or evaluated. Consequently, some individual learning plans do not focus sufficiently on what children need to learn next.  Leaders have yet to implement fully an efficient and effective system to track the progress of groups of children. There are some gaps in children’s learning that have yet to be addressed.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector reviewed the improvements that the provider has made since registration and the plans for future improvement.  The inspector observed children during a range of play and learning activities in the designated play areas, including outdoors. The inspector carried out two joint observations with the nursery manager.  The inspector held meetings with the leaders and staff.  The inspector looked at a range of documentation including children's learning journals and staff's planning of children's learning and development activities.  The inspector checked evidence of the suitability of all staff working at the premises, and the professional qualifications and training of the leaders and staff.  The inspector took account of the views of parents and those of children spoken to on the day of the inspection.  The inspector explored the safeguarding arrangements, the security of the premises

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Inspection activities

and how effectively the leaders have identified and taken steps to minimise any potential risks.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Leaders ensure that staff’s practice positively impacts on children’s care, learning and development. Leaders’ monitoring, support, supervision and training encourage staff to reflect on, and improve, their practice. Parents who made their comments known spoke about the nursery, leaders and staff with high regard. Parents express high levels of satisfaction with the care and learning their children receive. The arrangements to safeguard children are effective. Leaders and staff have created a positive safeguarding culture in the nursery. All staff know how to protect children from harm. Staff forge strong links with families to support and maintain effective safeguarding practice. For instance, parents do not allow others to enter the setting without first seeking the leaders’ approval. Risk assessments are used effectively to identify hazards and reduce risks.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff complete accurate written observations and assessments of children’s learning and development in partnership with parents. Staff’s early assessments provide a clear overview of what children can do when they start at the setting. Staff plan a wide range of activities to support children’s future learning. For instance, children are drawn to the well- equipped mud kitchen which allows them to explore, be messy and have great fun. Staff provide children with a variety of learning opportunities including sensory, imaginative, creative and exploratory play. Staff routinely support children’s communication and use of mathematical language. During activities, staff engage children in conversation and help them to develop their thinking and ideas.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Key persons tune in sensitively to children and provide warm, loving, and nurturing care. They provide babies and toddlers with positive physical support; helping them to feel safe and secure. Children are happy and their behaviour is good. They receive consistent encouragement and praise. The pre-school children help to agree the Golden Rules of expected behaviour; staff rarely need to remind the children of these. Children’s personal care needs, including nappy changing, are well met by dedicated key persons. Babies use laughter, giggles, babbling, some single words, and facial expressions and gestures to express themselves and communicate. Transition and settling-in processes are usually well managed. As a result, children settle securely into the nursery and when they move rooms within the setting.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children are safe, secure and valued by those involved in their care. They learn to identify and express their feelings and to relate to others. They develop physical confidence as they participate in a range of good quality activities that encourage them to develop their core strength and coordination. Positive relationships with other key agencies ensure that children access additional support when needed. As a result, these children make good progress from their starting points. Children are well-prepared to move on to school. Learning journeys show that most children are on track to achieve a good level of development at the end of the foundation stage.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY478000 Local authority Birmingham Inspection number 1067055 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 56 Number of children on roll 63 Name of registered person Norfolk House School Limited

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Date of previous inspection Not applicable Telephone number 0121 452 1485

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Norfolk House Nursery was registered in 2014. It is situated in the Edgbaston area of Birmingham. The nursery employs 19 members of childcare staff. Of these, 12 hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3; 3 staff are qualified to level 4, and 3 staff are qualified to degree level; one of whom has Early Years Professional status. The nursery opens Monday to Friday, all year round. Sessions are from 7.30am until 6.30pm except for bank holidays and public holidays.

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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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