Jigsaw Day Nursery

Jigsaw Day Nursery Jigsaw Nursery, 1 Cricket Green, Mitcham, Surrey, CR4 4LB

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 8 December 2016 19 December 2012

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Effectiveness of the leadership and management Outstanding 1

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding 1

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding 1

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This provision is outstanding

 Children are extremely motivated. Staff provide a broad range of purposeful resources both inside and out. As children play, staff demonstrate exceptional teaching skills and use many effective strategies to interact with children.  Children flourish in the welcoming, challenging and extremely well-organised environment. They enthusiastically join in with activities, are incredibly confident and develop exceptional social skills. Children form very positive relationships with the staff and other children.  The manager and staff track children's progress extremely well to plan further challenging activities. They also look at the progress of different groups of children and how staff can make improvements to support them better. Any gaps in children's learning are quickly identified and addressed. All children make excellent progress in all areas of their learning and development.  The management team has created an exceptional vision which is shared by all staff.

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This provision is outstanding

Staff motivation and commitment are consistently high across the nursery. They put in place action plans that are sharply focused on raising outcomes for all children.  Staff build excellent partnerships with parents. Staff find every possible way to involve parents and to share information to help to support excellent continuity in children's care, learning and development.

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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

 continue to enhance the already very effective support for staff to develop their skills further.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector spoke to the manager and other staff at appropriate times throughout the inspection.  The inspector engaged with the children at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector observed children's indoor and outdoor play, snack and lunch times, and hygiene routines.  The inspector engaged in a joint observation with the manager.  The inspector sampled various documents, including risk assessments, the self- evaluation form, and a range of policies and procedures.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Safeguarding is effective. All staff have attended safeguarding training and have an excellent understanding of how to keep children safe and the procedures to follow should they have a concern about a child's well-being. The management team uses rigorous recruitment procedures and provides excellent support and training opportunities for the staff. However, they recognise this could be developed even further with new strategies, such as peer observations. The management team seeks the views of everyone involved in children's development to help them to reflect on their provision extremely successfully. They constantly identify and address areas for improvement, which has raised the quality of the setting. For example, they have recently developed the garden to provide exceptional learning experiences for children.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

All staff interact exceptionally well with children, to challenge their learning and to increase their knowledge. For example, when children enjoyed playing with dinosaurs, staff encouraged them to research the different species, looking at similarities and differences between them. Children used information books to find out about their existence, to extend their learning further. Children are extremely confident communicators and staff use every available opportunity to support children's language skills. For example, older children pass round a 'talking brick' and are given opportunities to tell everyone their news. Staff ask questions that extend children's learning and develop their critical thinking skills. Extremely accurate observation and thorough assessment procedures help staff to plan precisely for children's next steps in learning.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children's behaviour is exemplary. Staff are excellent role models for children and they constantly praise and encourage children to support their self-esteem and confidence. Children enjoy an excellent range of nutritious snacks and meals, and older children talk confidently about which foods are good for their bodies. Children enjoy exciting physical activities, such as swimming, and have regular access to a well-resourced garden.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

All children make excellent progress and have exceptional personal and social skills. For example, they share and take turns readily, respect each other and have superb manners. They concentrate for long periods, showing great enthusiasm for learning. Children develop excellent imaginations and confidently use their early literacy skills through play. For example, children write their own letters to Santa for Christmas and pretend to make toys in their role play workshop. Children are extremely well prepared for the next stage in their learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY429426 Local authority Merton Inspection number 1059019 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 0 - 4 Total number of places 28 Number of children on roll 50 Name of registered person Kolawole Ebenezer Olamiju

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Date of previous inspection 19 December 2012 Telephone number 0208 6466075

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Jigsaw Day Nursery registered in 2011 and is located in Mitcham, in the London Borough of Merton. The nursery is open each weekday from 8am to 6pm for 50 weeks of the year, except for bank holidays. The nursery is in receipt of funding for the provision of free early education for children aged two, three and four years. The nursery employs 15 members of staff, which includes the cook and the managers. Of these, 13 staff hold appropriate early years qualifications.

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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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