Tiggers @ Tetbury

Tiggers @ Tetbury The Cedars, Quercus Park, Quercus Road, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, GL8 8GX

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 5 January 2017 21 May 2014

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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 use good teaching skills to motivate and extend children's learning. They use gestures and emphasise words to help babies to understand language. Staff use strategies such as effective questioning to extend older children's thinking skills.  The manager has implemented effective settling-in procedures. Staff are very caring and responsive to the children. Babies and children are confident and feel secure in the nursery.  The manager demonstrates a strong commitment to providing a high-quality nursery. She frequently evaluates the provision with her staff. Staff are encouraged to attend training to keep up to date with good practice. For example, staff used training to help them provide children with more opportunities to take considered risks and explore the natural world outside.  Staff have strong, effective partnerships with parents and use shared information to meet the children's needs. Parents are well informed about children's progress and

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This provision is good

receive support to extend their children's learning and development at home.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Children do not always have everyday opportunities to explore, or use their own ideas or imagination through creative and natural materials in the indoor environment.  Although children are well behaved, staff do not always teach children how to manage minor conflicts for themselves.

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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

 increase opportunities for children to explore natural materials and use their own ideas and imaginations during creative activities, particularly for those who prefer to play indoors  develop successful strategies to help older children learn how to manage their own feelings and resolve minor conflicts.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the children and staff, indoors and outside.  The inspector looked at documentation including children's records and the self- evaluation folder.  The inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager.  The inspector took account of written comments and the views of parents spoken to on the day of the inspection.  The inspector held discussions with the manager and staff.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. Staff receive safeguarding training and regular updates. They are clear about what they need to do if they have a concern about a child in their care. The well-qualified manager allocates a mentor for new staff and completes a thorough induction process to ensure they have the relevant knowledge of nursery policies and procedures. She effectively monitors the education programmes and children's progress. She supports staff to improve their practice through regular staff meetings, termly supervisions and observations of their teaching. Staff work closely with schools and other settings that children attend to meet their individual needs. Staff effectively help children to settle as they move through the nursery or to school.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff use information from parents and observations to decide what the children need to learn next. They successfully use children's interests to plan and provide stimulating activities and experiences. For example, children enthusiastically participate in favourite stories as they search for bear footprints in the garden. Babies enjoy a wide range of sensory play experiences, such as playing in jelly. Older children develop independent skills, such as changing their clothing ready for physical play in the hall. They acquire good physical skills. For example, staff encourage them to explore different ways of balancing. Children, including the youngest, enjoy books and stories. For example, they bring books to adults and snuggle in to listen to the story.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Staff make good use of the learning environment to support children's learning and well- being effectively. Staff are diligent in keeping children safe and healthy. They teach children about risks and being healthy. For example, children learn about fire safety while carefully toasting marshmallows over a fire pit. Healthy and nutritious food is prepared and cooked at the nursery. Older children are encouraged to develop good independence skills as they help to prepare the table for lunch and cut up their own food. Outdoor environments and activities are stimulating and exciting. For example, older children are keen to feed the chickens, and babies enjoy making a noise by banging the metal containers.

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Outcomes for children are good

All children make good progress from their starting points and are well prepared for school. Younger children enjoy using pens to make marks and older children are encouraged to write thank-you letters to Santa. Children count and use numbers in their play. They develop good communication and language skills. They play cooperatively and have good levels of confidence and independence.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY473582 Local authority Gloucestershire Inspection number 1069984 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 4 Total number of places 103 Number of children on roll 131 Name of registered person Tiggers Nurseries Ltd

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Date of previous inspection 21 May 2014 Telephone number 07799 622128

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Tiggers @ Tetbury registered in 2013. The nursery operates in Tetbury in Gloucestershire and employs 19 members of childcare staff. Of these, one holds qualified teacher status and another holds early years professional status. Most of the other staff hold early years qualifications from levels 2 to 5. The nursery opens Monday to Friday from 7.30am to 6pm, for 51 weeks of the year, excluding bank holidays and a week at Christmas. The nursery provides free funded early education for children aged two, three and four years.

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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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