Little Stars Nursery

Little Stars Nursery Redhill Infant School, Queens Park Drive, CASTLEFORD, West Yorkshire, WF10 3JX

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 13 February 2017 3 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 Good 2

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This provision is good

 The manager has a strong vision for the setting and is passionate about making a difference in children's lives. She gathers feedback from staff, parents and children to identify what is working well and how the nursery can be improved. This helps her to continually implement changes to improve outcomes for children.  Staff know children very well. They use observations and assessments of children's learning to help identify what they need to learn next. A range of well-planned activities sustains children's interests and keeps them motivated to learn.  Children who have special educational needs and disabilities are supported very well by staff. Additional equipment and staff support are provided based on their individual needs.  The key-person system is effective in helping children to be emotionally secure when they first start and during their time in the nursery. Information from parents helps key

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This provision is good

persons to provide a tailored approach to children's care and learning.  Children behave very well. Staff are consistent in their approach to managing children's behaviour and children know what is expected of them.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Systems for analysing the progress made by different groups of children's progress are not yet fully effective in helping to identify and close all gaps in learning.  The manager does not focus her methods of monitoring staff performance sufficiently sharply on raising the quality of teaching and learning to the highest 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 current arrangements for comparing the progress made by different groups of children and use the information to identify and close any gaps in children's learning  focus more precisely on the targeted support staff need to raise the quality of teaching to an outstanding level, in order to help children to make better than good progress.

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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

Arrangements for safeguarding are effective. Staff know their roles and responsibilities in helping to keep children safe. They know of how to identify when children are being drawn into situations that put them at significant harm. Staff are supported in their roles through supervision meetings. They have attended training to help them use strategies to support younger children's communication and language skills. The manager has developed strong partnerships with other early years settings and schools that children attend. She shares information about children's levels of learning to support continuity.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The quality of teaching is good. Children are motivated to learn and thoroughly enjoy the interaction they have with staff and other children. Staff spend time listening to children, which helps children to feel valued and appreciated. For example, they ask them for their views about the arrangement of toys and resources in the playroom and they display children's comments on wall displays. Staff help to extend younger children's speaking skills by repeating words back to children, so they hear the correct pronunciation. Staff encourage older children to notice changes and differences in their play. For example, they provide children with plastic gloves filled with water and glitter and demonstrate how to squeeze them. Children watch and talk about how the mixture changes. Staff help children to extend their mathematical development. They talk to them about the arrangements they make with different shapes. Staff extend children's learning by asking

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

them to identify a shape when two pieces are put together. Children consolidate their learning and draw pictures of a triangle, square, circle and diamond.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Staff are friendly and welcoming and greet children warmly when they arrive. They gather information from parents about children's individual dietary requirements and provide for these during snack and meal times. They ensure that children get a balance of healthy foods. Staff sit with children during these times and talk about the food they are eating. This helps children to develop their social skills. Staff provide children with new foods to try. They cut up a pineapple and encourage children to explore the texture and taste. Staff encourage children to be independent. For example, they ask them to get their own cutlery for mealtimes, to wash their hands prior to eating and to choose what resources they would like to play with. Staff arrange for the dental nurse to visit children to discuss good oral hygiene to further promote children's good health.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children are well prepared for their move on to school. They make good progress from their starting points. Two-year-old children in receipt of funding make particularly good progress in their speaking skills. Children are confident to move around the nursery and select resources to support their interests. Older children join staff in saying repeated phrases in stories and develop a love of books. Outdoors children ride on tricycles and scooters to develop their physical skills.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY453968 Local authority Wakefield Inspection number 1066373 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 2 - 4 Total number of places 30 Number of children on roll 52 Name of registered person Laura Jayne Rotherforth

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reference number

Date of previous inspection 3 May 2013 Telephone number 01977723035

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Little Stars Nursery was registered in 2012. The nursery employs 12 members of childcare staff. Of these, four hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 2, six at level 3 and two at level 5. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday all year round. Sessions are from 7.30am until 6pm. 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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