Play Station Nursery @ Filton Ltd

Play Station Nursery @ Filton Ltd Conygre Road, Filton, Bristol, BS34 7DF

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 2 February 2017 27 February 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 encourage children's learning well through a good range of stimulating activities. Children make good progress. They are motivated to learn, solve problems, test ideas and persevere in tasks, for example, to thread string through their bird feeder.  Since the last inspection, staff ensure all children have good opportunities to explore outdoors. They make effective use of the local environment, such as the allotment, to support those children who learn better outside or have fewer chances to be active.  Partnerships with parents, welfare agencies and professionals are strong. This helps to maintain a consistent approach to meeting children's care, learning and development needs and ensures all children are included when planning activities.  Children have good self-esteem. They form strong bonds with respectful staff who encourage them consistently and give them the confidence to try new things.

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This provision is good

 The management team supports staff effectively to improve their teaching skills. Staff use training successfully, for example, to support two-year-old children more and extend their communication and language development further.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 At times, staff do not organise some larger group activities effectively, to engage and interest all children to make discoveries and engage in new experiences.  Staff do not use all opportunities to help children read familiar words, in particular their name, and for older and most-able children to write their name.

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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

 develop further the organisation of large group activities, to interest and engage all children more consistently to make discoveries and learn new things  extend opportunities for children to recognise familiar words, including their name, and for older and most-able children to learn to write their name.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed staff's interactions with children as they played indoors and outdoors.  The inspector held discussions with parents, children, staff and the management team at convenient times during the inspection.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the manager and discussed how she supports staff in their role.  The inspector sampled documentation, including parents' written comments, the setting's self-evaluation and children's assessment records.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The manager ensures that staff use risk assessments effectively to provide a safe and secure environment. The management team and staff have a good knowledge of their responsibility to report any concerns about a child. There are effective recruitment and induction arrangements to ensure staff are suitable for their role. The management team helps staff reflect on their practice effectively and provides consistent feedback to develop teaching skills. They regularly monitor children's assessment records to ensure staff identify any gaps in learning and take prompt action to minimise these. They target the learning needs of children who have special educational needs effectively. The management team and staff work together well to evaluate the provision successfully and identify areas for improvement, such as developing the outdoor environment further.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff build successfully on what children already know, understand and can do. They actively involve parents in children's development, for example, by providing ideas to support learning at home. Staff use familiar books well and question children effectively. They listen to children's ideas to help extend their thinking and language skills well. For example, children retell stories and recite repetitive phrases as they sequence the story. Staff support children well to achieve. They provide clear explanations and encouragement, for example, as they show children how to make bird feeders. Children make connections and follow instructions well, choosing tools purposefully for the task, for example, to mix the lard and seeds together.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children receive good encouragement to behave well from the supportive staff, which helps to motivate and engage them in learning. Staff respect children's play, providing them with clear guidance so that they know how long they have to finish their play. They encourage children to use sand timers to help them take turns and share. Staff work extremely closely with parents to meet children's care needs, such as establishing health care plans and attending relevant training. Children assess risk well for themselves, for example, to use the steps when the grass slope becomes too slippery to climb.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children gain good skills for their future learning. They solve problems capably and test their ideas, for example, to investigate which car travels furthest down the guttering. Children communicate well. For example, they explore different keys and locks on the 'problem-solving wall'. Children persevere with tasks, for example, to balance large cubes to build a tower. They become independent, such as putting their coats on themselves.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY467424 Local authority South Gloucestershire Inspection number 1069653 Type of provision Sessional provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Age range of children 2 - 4 Total number of places 31 Number of children on roll 13 Name of registered person Play Station Nursery Limited

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Date of previous inspection 27 February 2014 Telephone number 01454610101

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Play Station Nursery @ Filton Limited is one of two privately owned nurseries that registered in 2013. It operates from a room in Filton Children's Centre, South Gloucestershire. The nursery is open on Monday from 9am to midday and on Thursday and Friday from 9am to 3pm, term time only. The nursery is in receipt of funding to provide free early education for children aged two, three and four years. The owner employs a manager, who holds an early years qualification at level 3. Two members of staff support the manager; of these, one holds an early years qualification at level 2, and both staff members are working towards an early years qualification at level 3. The team receives support from an overall manager who holds early years professional 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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