Purley Day Nursery & Montessori Centre

Purley Day Nursery & Montessori Centre 16 Burcott Road, Purley, Surrey, CR8 4AA

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 15 December 2016 Not applicable

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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

 The manager provides excellent support to staff and focuses precisely on extending their skills even further. For example, staff's recent training about supporting children's behaviour, social skills and communication has helped children to become excellent negotiators and to manage conflict exceptionally well.  The manager carries out extensive monitoring of children's progress. She expertly tracks children's development and immediately identifies any areas for the staff to work on. This helps them to rapidly reduce any gaps in children's learning, supporting all children to make exceptional progress from their starting points.  Partnerships with parents are strong. The manager and staff fully value parents' views. For example, following feedback from the parent group, staff now provide more nutritious food for children, particularly for afternoon tea.  Staff provide high-quality teaching and skilfully teach children excellent independence

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This provision is outstanding

skills. For example, children expertly learn how to make their own breakfast, serving their own cereal and safely using equipment such as toasters.  Staff have excellent relationships with all the children. They are highly responsive to their needs and take exceptional pride in their achievements.

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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 develop the already excellent opportunities for children to use their mathematical skills for practical purposes.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children in the main play areas and the garden.  The inspector spoke with the provider, manager, staff and children at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector took into account the views of the parents.  The inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager.  The inspector reviewed documents, including safeguarding policies and procedures and children's files.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Safeguarding is effective. The provider and staff have an extremely high regard for children's welfare and place it at the centre of everything they do. The manager tests the staff's knowledge frequently to make sure they maintain an excellent knowledge of the procedures to follow if they have any concerns. Staff work in seamless partnership with local teachers, which helps them to prepare children exceptionally well for starting school. Teachers come into the nursery to meet the children and staff work with them to review children's stages of learning before they move on to school.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

Staff have extremely high expectations of children. They make highly detailed assessments of their development, and use these with immense success to identify next steps in learning. Staff tailor activities with precision to children's different abilities. Children learn how to solve problems exceptionally well. For example, they were amazed and excited to learn which items were attracted to magnets. Staff work in exceptional partnership with parents to provide excellent continuity in children's learning. For instance, staff invite parents to participate in regular workshops, which helps parents extend children's learning very successfully at home. At times, staff do not support children's mathematical development as extensively as possible.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Staff are extremely skilled at helping children to learn about healthy lifestyles. Children play in a hygienic and clean setting and learn about the importance of washing hands to stop the spread of germs. From a young age, children learn the importance of healthy eating. For example, staff teach them why different foods are good for their bodies. Children learn to respect each other exceptionally well. Staff value children's individual backgrounds highly, including other languages spoken at home. They make effective use of resources, such as books and words from the languages children speak at home. Staff invite parents into the nursery to talk about the celebrations children take part in at home, to teach children about the wider world in which they live.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

All children, including those who speak English as an additional language, make outstanding progress in their learning and are very well prepared for their move to school. They make excellent progress with their literacy skills. For example, all older children leave the nursery being able to read and write simple words and sentences. Staff encourage babies' physical skills exceptionally well, particularly for those who need extra support. Babies are highly engaged in activities, such as rolling balls, which rapidly help them to improve their coordination skills and independence.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY501017 Local authority Croydon Inspection number 1079772 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 - 5 Total number of places 67 Number of children on roll 69 Name of registered person Kolawole Ebenezer Olamiju

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Date of previous inspection Not applicable Telephone number 02086450105

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Purley Day Nursery and Montessori Centre first registered 1998 and re-registered under new ownership in 2016. The nursery is open Monday to Friday from 7.45am to 6pm, 52 weeks of the year. There are 19 staff working with the children, of these 10 staff have relevant childcare qualifications at level three and above. The nursery receives funding to provide free early education for children aged two, three and four years old.

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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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