Ducklings Nursery

Ducklings Nursery Herringthorpe United Reformed Church, Wickersley Road, ROTHERHAM, South Yorkshire, S60 4JN

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 24 January 2017 25 September 2012

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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

 Staff are devoted to their focused responsibilities within the nursery. They attend meetings in their own personal time and work very effectively with other professionals and families. All children, including those who have special educational needs make good individual progress.  Staff have very strong working relationships with parents and grandparents and provide great opportunities for them to be involved in their children's learning. Social events, such as the nursery's big breakfast event, give parents informal opportunities to celebrate children's achievements and discuss their next steps in learning.  Staff use assessments very well to track children's learning. They promptly identify and respond to any gaps in learning, to help ensure that children receive the right support to reach their full potential.  The exceptional key-person system fully supports children's emotional well-being and

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This provision is good

helps them to develop secure and trusting relationships.  Staff support children's literacy skills well. They have created a resource library for families to take books home so that they can enjoy reading together.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The manager's supervision of staff does not yet have a strong enough emphasis on incisively evaluating their practice, to help raise the quality of teaching to an outstanding level.

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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

 strengthen the supervision of staff to focus more precisely on raising the quality of teaching to an exceptional level.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and outdoors and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector spoke with staff and children during the inspection.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the nursery manager.  The inspector held a meeting with the nursery manager. She looked at relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery.  The inspector spoke to a number of parents during the inspection and took account of their views.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The manager and staff are extremely dedicated and committed to their roles. There is a real passion to continually improve and raise outcomes for children. Self-evaluation is effective and includes the views of all those involved with the nursery. The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. All staff complete relevant child protection training. The manager also attends the local authority forum meetings. This helps her to keep abreast of any changes to safeguarding procedures and legislation and disseminate this knowledge to her staff. All visitors are asked to sign in and out of the building and their identification is looked at. Safe recruitment procedures are in place and the ongoing suitability of committee members and staff is checked regularly.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff know children very well and regularly observe their play. They plan activities that interest children and help them to achieve their next steps in learning. Children develop their hand-to-eye coordination as they use small spades to fill bottles with sand. Staff support children's mathematical learning. They use language to describe size and provide opportunities for children to learn how things change in quantity when something is taken away. Staff support children's early reading and writing skills. Children are beginning to recognise letters from their name as they take part in self-registration on arrival and at snack time. Staff read stories, introducing the title, author and main characters. Children listen and show how they can recall events as they fill in missing words from the story.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children respond incredibly well to the gentle and nurturing approach of staff and are happy and settled in their care. They explore the extremely well organised and stimulating environment with increasing confidence and ease, knowing that their key person is close by. Children have great opportunities for independent choice. Staff are superb role models. They demonstrate the importance of walking indoors, sitting down with scissors and using kind hands for helping and not hurting. Children's squabbles are sensitively managed and supported. They develop an excellent understanding of how to stay safe and manage their behaviour. Staff are highly effective at helping children develop a healthy lifestyle. Children benefit from eating nutritious snacks. They boost their physical skills as they manoeuvre their wheeled toys around cones and have a go on the traverse climbing wall.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children are well prepared for their move on to school. They learn to work as part of a group, share and take turns. Children assuredly have a go at doing things for themselves, such as putting on and taking off their coats and shoes. They make decisions about their day, such as whether to play indoors or outside. Children show their imagination skills. They use props and take on the role of the school crossing supervisor, directing other children in the playground to stop and go.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY444579 Local authority Rotherham Inspection number 1060113 Type of provision Sessional provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register Age range of children 2 - 5 Total number of places 32 Number of children on roll 19 Name of registered person Herringthorpe United Reformed Church

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Date of previous inspection 25 September 2012 Telephone number 07531199627

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Ducklings Nursery is a committee run nursery which was registered in 2012. The nursery employs five members of childcare staff. Of these, three hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 2 or above. The nursery opens Monday to Friday, term time only. Sessions are from 9.30am until 12.30pm. The nursery provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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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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