Star Day Nursery

Star Day Nursery 21 East Hill, Dartford, DA1 1RX

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 5 January 2017 30 May 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

 Effective partnerships with parents help support children's learning in the nursery and at home. Staff and parents share information regularly, which helps staff meet children's care and learning needs effectively.  Children develop excellent levels of emotional well-being. Staff are highly successful as they help children to learn to respect and value each other. Children quickly understand how to manage their behaviour extremely well.  Senior management oversees the work of the staff well. For example, it provides regular meetings, peer support and training, and observes their practice. This helps develop staff's skills and provides better outcomes for children.  Staff make good observations of children's progress and use the information well to help them plan for the next stages of learning. Children make good progress.  Senior management makes good use of the self-evaluation systems. The team monitors

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This provision is good

the quality of teaching effectively and provides constant support to keep improving outcomes for children.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 On occasions, staff respond too quickly after asking children questions or giving them information. Children do not have enough time to think and develop their responses.  At times, staff do not encourage children to develop their own learning during routine and group activities.

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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

 build further on opportunities to develop children's thinking skills  review and improve some routine and group activities to provide children with greater opportunities to develop their own learning.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed activities and the quality of teaching, both indoors and outdoors.  The inspector sampled a range of documentation, including children's development records, the self-evaluation form, and key policies and procedures.  The inspector took account of the parents' views through discussions.  The inspector spoke to members of staff and children at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector held a meeting and completed a joint observation with the nominated person and area manager.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. Staff know how to keep children safe and have a good understanding of their responsibilities. They know what to do should a child be at risk of harm. Staff have good opportunities to complete training and work together with senior management to help raise the quality of teaching, which benefits the children. The area manager monitors children's overall development well and identifies where groups of children may need additional support. Risk assessments are carried out effectively to help ensure children remain safe and secure. Staff are vigilant and supervise children well at all times.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff provide interesting activities for children to explore and extend their curiosity. For example, babies enjoy investigating the feel and texture of shaving foam and the effect when clapping their foam-covered hands. Staff support children's early mathematical skills well. For instance, children use mathematical terms as they count or sort and categorise items according to the shape and colour. Staff provide messy and creative play activities, such as allowing children to make the modelling dough and decorate their paintings with glitter and stickers. Staff help older children think of ways to solve problems for themselves. For example, children decided which soft-foam shape they need to build a castle with a tower.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The excellent key-person system provides highly successful support to help children settle quickly as they move to their next room. For example, the key person holds an extremely detailed meeting with the next key person to ensure they have a comprehensive understanding of children's emotional needs. The highly stimulating and extremely well- organised resources allow children to show exceptional imagination as they build towers, castles and paths with blocks. Children's differences and similarities are excellently supported and respected, such as when they are greeted in their home languages at group time. Staff are highly effective at helping children develop a healthy lifestyle. For example, older children show high levels of self-control as they complete an inspirational active session where they enthusiastically develop their physical skills.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children develop good skills to prepare them for their future learning and in readiness for school. For example, children of all ages are strong communicators and older children manage their personal care independently. Children and babies are friendly and sociable and show consideration for others. For example, sharing resources without being prompted by staff.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY456320 Local authority Kent Inspection number 1063185 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 68 Number of children on roll 46 Name of registered person Stand Out Theatre Limited

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reference number

Date of previous inspection 30 May 2013 Telephone number 01322836090

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Star Day Nursery registered in 2012. The nursery is situated in the East Hill area of Dartford, Kent. It is open each weekday from 7am to 7pm for most of the year, except public holidays. The nursery employs 12 members of staff. Nine of whom, including the manager, hold appropriate early years qualifications to level 3 and above. The nursery receives funding to provide free early education to 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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