Playtime Nursery - Staines

Playtime Nursery - Staines The Thames Club, Wheatsheaf Lane, Staines Upon Thames, TW18 2PD

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 23 January 2017 25 April 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

 Children are confident and behave well. Staff support their understanding of social skills, such as sharing and taking turns.  The management team has used action plans to drive improvements well since the previous inspection. They have placed a higher focus on supporting children's independence and engagement with writing materials. This has improved the outcomes for children's early writing.  Children's assessments are analysed well by the manager and her staff. This helps to secure early intervention from external agencies for children to help them progress.  Staff provide children with challenge and interesting experiences. Children make good progress and are enthusiastic to join in activities.  Children benefit from regular fresh air and a plentiful range of good-quality nutritious meals and snacks, which they thoroughly enjoy. Parents report how happy they are with the care and education their children receive.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Staff do not make the most of opportunities to extend children's understanding of the importance of hygiene to support their health.  Staff do not build on young children's physical interests, such as climbing and balancing in the indoor environment.

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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

 create more opportunities for children to learn about the importance of good hygiene  increase opportunities for young children to build on their physical skills further so that they make rapid progress.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed activities and play experiences available to children and the staff's interaction with the children indoors.  The inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager.  The inspector asked staff questions about their work and observed practice with the manager.  The inspector spoke to some parents about their views and opinions of the provision.  The inspector sampled documentation and children's development records.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The management team ensures staff have a good understanding of the signs and symptoms that may indicate a child is at risk of harm. They complete daily risk assessments to swiftly identify and minimise any potential risks to children. They maintain a clean, safe and welcoming environment for children and their families. The management team uses rigorous recruitment procedures and seeks the required statutory checks for all staff. They provide regular staff supervision and daily discussions to help ensure staff remain suitable to work with children. The management team supports staff well in their ongoing professional development and encourages them to take higher qualifications. This has had a positive effect on the quality of teaching and children's motivation to learn. The management team deploys staff effectively to meet children's individual needs well.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff have a good understanding of children's stage of development. The management team has recently introduced new systems to observe, assess and plan children's learning with an online application. Staff use this to plan effectively for children's next steps in learning. Staff and parents use this information and daily conversations to help extend children's learning at the nursery and at home. Staff support children well to develop their language and communication skills. For example, they help children to remember the names and the sequence of planets by giving them time to respond and helpful clues. Staff provide unusual objects and materials that young children handle with great interest. They name objects clearly, so children can build up their growing vocabulary.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Staff gather good-quality information from parents when children first start at the nursery; for example, details of children's routines, their physical and emotional needs, such as dietary and medical information, and any comforters. Staff use this to implement effective care practices that support continuity in children's care. Children settle quickly and form strong attachments with the kind and caring staff.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children make good progress and are motivated in their learning. They develop a range of skills and knowledge that will prepare them well for when they start school. All children develop skills in literacy as they play. Two-year-old children recognise some letters as they explore play equipment. Pre-school children sound out the letters of their name phonetically and place the letters in the correct order as they make a rocket picture.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY470941 Local authority Surrey Inspection number 1082830 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register Age range of children 0 - 5 Total number of places 44 Number of children on roll 44 Name of registered person St Charles Limited

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reference number

Date of previous inspection 25 April 2014 Telephone number 01784457514

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Playtime Nursery registered in 2013 and is in Staines, Middlesex. The nursery is open each weekday from 7.30am to 6pm, for 51 weeks of the year. The nursery receives funding to provide free early education for children aged two, three and four years. The nursery employs 15 staff who work directly with the children. Of these, 10 hold appropriate early years qualifications, including two members of staff who have qualified teacher status.

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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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