Springburn Childcare

Springburn Childcare Emin Street,, Shefford Woodlands, Hungerford, Berkshire, RG17 7AA

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 9 January 2017 4 June 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 Good 2

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This provision is good

 Staff use clear policies, procedures and daily practices to protect children and show them how to be safe and healthy. For example, children learn how to keep their bodies fit through exercise and growing their own fruit and vegetables.  The owner and the manager continually review and improve the nursery using ideas from parents, children and advisers. For example, qualified teachers appropriately challenge children's learning and practice continues to improve through staff training.  Staff are very effective in attracting other professionals into the nursery to provide consistency in care and learning during times of change. For instance, as children prepare for new schools or need additional specialist support.  Children's behaviour is good for their ages. Diverse, well-equipped outdoor play areas entice children to benefit from plenty of fresh air and exercise. The owner and cook place a high priority on developing children's enjoyment of a healthy and nutritious

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This provision is good

diet.  Older children demonstrate their readiness for school. For instance, as they independently change and store outdoor clothing, and concentrate to master new skills.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 At times, staff do not obtain the best possible information from the parents whose children are learning English as an additional language, to provide prompt and effective teaching from the very beginning.  New arrangements to monitor the effectiveness of teaching are not consistently used well enough to identify gaps in children's learning as precisely as possible.

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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

 work more closely with parents of children who are learning English as an additional language to establish what they know and understand, in both languages, to plan as precisely as possible for their learning from the outset  continue to refine the arrangements to monitor children's progress and identify where to target support to ensure that all children make good rates of progress in their learning.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed care routines and completed a joint observation with the manager. Together they discussed how staff training had contributed to children's learning and development.  The inspector reviewed records and procedures relating to safeguarding and risk assessment, and discussed a range of other procedures relating to children's welfare with the owner and the manager.  The inspector looked at children's records, and discussed staff's planning and evaluation of activities and how they exchange information with parents.  The inspector talked with parents and listened to their views about the nursery and their children's progress.  The inspector observed, listened and talked to children as they played.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The manager ensures all staff follow appropriate procedures to protect children and know what to do when they have any concerns about a child's welfare. Self-evaluation is used very effectively to improve the children's learning environment and the quality of the teaching they receive. For example, the owner continues to enrich opportunities for children's learning through new indoor and outdoor play areas. The manager guides staff to use these exciting resources and facilities creatively to capture children's curiosity and imaginations.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff have a good understanding of how children learn. For example, they motivate babies to move and develop muscle strength. Toddlers develop good levels of confidence and communication skills as they share stories and sing rhymes. Staff continue to refine how they use ongoing assessments and share this information with children's parents. For example, they review children's progress in speech and share ideas on how to promote children's language at home. Staff in the pre-school room are especially effective in using their observations and planning to raise the level of children's achievements. For example, they know precisely how to prompt, excite and extend each child's creative thinking.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

There is a very happy atmosphere across the nursery throughout the day. Babies and toddlers play hard and sleep well. Children of all ages form secure and trusting relationships with key staff who are sensitive and attentive to their needs. Children enjoy plenty of time to investigate and gain confidence in new skills. For example, they cut and stick, or independently sweep and tidy-up after themselves. Staff plan and prepare imaginative games to encourage good team work, negotiation and challenge. For example, toddlers help each other as they identify and round-up pretend farm animals. They look carefully at the features drawn on different coloured balloons to sort out the pigs from the other animals and get them back into their converted play-house sty.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children develop a good sense of the changing seasons as they watch and discuss how crops in the surrounding farmland progress from seed to harvesting. They know how to manage appropriate levels of risk, and care for wildlife as they investigate the natural world around them. Older children are particularly effective in using numbers, measurement, letter sounds and early literacy skills to enhance their play. For example, as they plan, create and mark on a map of how they get to the nursery from home. Children are prepared well socially and emotionally for the next stage in their learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY294183 Local authority West Berkshire (Newbury) Inspection number 1061829 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 74 Number of children on roll 96 Name of registered person Springburn Childcare Limited

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reference number

Date of previous inspection 4 June 2013 Telephone number 01488 649650

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Springburn Childcare registered in 2004. The nursery is situated near Shefford Woodlands, in Berkshire. It is open each weekday from 8am to 6pm, all year round. The nursery is in receipt of funding for the provision of free early education to children aged two, three and four years. There are 25 staff working with the children, 13 of whom hold appropriate qualifications at level 3 or above. Two members of staff hold relevant degrees, and one of them is a qualified teacher. The nursery also employs a cook.

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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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