Putteridge Community Nursery

Putteridge Community Nursery Putteridge Road, LUTON, Bedfordshire, LU2 8HJ

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 5 December 2016 13 November 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 Outstanding 1

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This provision is good

 The well-qualified staff talk confidently about the positive impact training has on their knowledge and practice. For example, they have widened their understanding of safeguarding procedures, which helps them to further protect children's welfare.  Staff have recently introduced a new activity table to the nursery. Here children engage in a range of activities that helps to develop their skills in using their hands, such as threading and using pincers to pick up small objects.  Children who have special educational needs or disabilities are skilfully supported to make the best possible progress. Staff make exciting resources to entice children to engage in learning. They support parents in any way they can, such as by children's key persons attending appointments with specialist services.  Key persons are assigned to children early in the settling-in period. This particularly supports children who speak English as an additional language to settle and make good

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This provision is good

progress. Staff make time to gain as much information as possible from parents to help them understand children's needs.  Children are highly independent; they easily find their belongings when they want to play outside. Staff give children many opportunities to do things for themselves, such as preparing snack and managing their own packed lunches.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Staff do not always ask parents to provide precise information about children's skills and learning, relevant to their age as they start at the nursery.

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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

 gather more detailed information from parents about what skills children already have when they start at the nursery, in order to more effectively identify children's staring points in learning.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed activities both indoors and outside.  The inspector spoke with staff and children at appropriate times during the day and held a meeting with the provider.  The inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager.  The inspector looked at children's records, planning documentation and a range of other documentation, including policies and procedures.  The inspector checked the evidence showing the suitability of staff and committee members.  The inspector took account of the views of parents and of the nursery's self-evaluation form.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. All staff have a secure understanding of how to recognise signs and symptoms of abuse. They know the procedures to follow if they have a concern about a child's welfare or another member of staff's practice. Staff regularly reflect on their teaching methods and children's learning needs. For example, they recently reviewed the group story time and made successful changes in order to more effectively challenge the learning of older children. Staff benefit from regular supervision meetings, where the needs of their key children are discussed. Staff make regular observations and assessments of children's development and use this information to plan for their next steps in learning. The progress of individual and groups of children is tracked continually and any concerns are swiftly addressed.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff provide many opportunities for children to play and explore. Children are fascinated to watch pretend snow emerge as they add water to powder. They use this to make snowy scenes by sprinkling it onto the rooftops of toys houses. They look with interest at the patterns they make as they roll cars on the snowy road tracks. Children have many opportunities to develop their literacy skills. Staff read stories to them, both indoors and outside. Children use pencils to write in Christmas cards and quickly learn to recognise their own names. Staff encourage parents to play an active part in children's learning. They regularly share summaries of children's development with parents and receive ongoing information about what children are doing and learning at home.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Staff provide a highly stimulating environment where children show high levels of curiosity and concentrate extremely well. Staff help children to understand about risk and how to keep themselves safe. Children check areas of the nursery to make sure it is safe. They talk about what might happen if, for example, the gate was not locked. Children's behaviour is excellent. They play together extremely well and develop effective friendships with their peers. Staff provide many opportunities for children to play in the extremely well-resourced outdoor area. Children enjoy digging in the spacious sand area and are keen to show how they can use a hoola hoop for exercise. Parents are very happy with the excellent care their children receive from their key person at the nursery. They talk about how warm and friendly the well-established staff are with their children.

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Outcomes for children are good

All children make at least good progress; this includes those children for whom the nursery receives additional funding. Staff support children's mathematical development through using children's interests. For example, they provide a road of numbers outside. Children take turns to push vehicles down a gutter pipe and measure the distance they travel by looking at the numbers. The use of activities, such as this, helps children to quickly gain the skills they need to be ready to move to their next stage of learning or on to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY312393 Local authority Luton Inspection number 1064764 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 2 - 4 Total number of places 30 Number of children on roll 61 Name of registered person Putteridge Community Nursery Committee

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reference number

Date of previous inspection 13 November 2013 Telephone number 01582 480734

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Putteridge Community Nursery was registered in 2005. The nursery employs 12 members of childcare staff. All staff hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 or above. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, from 7.45am to 5pm, term time only. The nursery provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children. The nursery supports children who have special educational needs or disabilities and children who speak English as an additional language.

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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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