Carlinghow Hall Private Day Nursery

Carlinghow Hall Private Day Nursery 4 Carlinghow Hill, Batley, West Yorkshire, WF17 8LS

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 14 February 2017 20 November 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

 Parents are very complementary about the nursery. They praise the special educational needs coordinator for her targeted support for their children. Staff work well with other agencies and professionals to support children who have special educational needs and/or disabilities.  The nursery is secure. Staff are vigilant in maintaining a safe environment. For example, they sweep up sand to help stop babies from slipping.  Staff use observations and assessments effectively to identify what children need to learn next. Children make good progress in their learning. Staff provide parents with information about children's learning in the nursery and how they can further promote their child's learning at home.  Staff encourage children to use good manners and praise their achievements to promote positive behaviour. They give pre-school children stickers to praise them for tidying up. This helps to raise children's self-esteem.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Occasionally, staff do not adapt their teaching skills to help children be highly challenged and engaged in learning.  Staff in the toddler room do not give children enough opportunities to extend their independent learning to fully support their interests.

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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

 encourage staff to more effectively adapt their teaching style during activities, in order to help children to make rapid progress  make the most of opportunities to develop toddlers independent learning to enable them to follow their interests.

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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 and deputy 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 complete child protection training to secure their knowledge of how to identify and report concerns about children's welfare and safety. The manager is thorough and very reflective, ensuring good quality practice throughout the nursery. She supports her staff well through supervision and appraisal meetings. Recent training has helped staff to support children's literacy skills and provide children with enjoyable experiences, such as building dens. The manager monitors the progress of individual and groups of children. This helps her to identify and close any gaps in learning by talking to key persons about how to help children progress in their learning. The manager, provider and staff ensure that the nursery continues to make improvements to enhance the experiences children receive.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff are well qualified and the quality of teaching is good overall. Babies actively seek out their key person and reach out their hands to be picked up. Staff support them to walk by holding onto their hands to steady their balance. They provide babies with resources to develop their senses. Children enjoy feeling the texture of gloop and sand. Babies' early communication and language skills are promoted well. Staff introduce new words, which children copy. Staff provide pre-school children with pictures of animals in books and ask them to draw their favourite. Children develop their creative skills and use glue, paper and glitter, and draw pictures of tigers and snakes. Staff help children to learn about their natural environment. They take them for woodland walks where older children have opportunities to manage and take risks by climbing low-level trees.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children are happy and emotionally secure in this inviting and friendly nursery. The key- person system is effective in ensuring that children's individual care and learning needs are met. Staff form strong attachments with the children and they follow babies' home routines to support consistency. Children develop a good understanding about how food grows. They help staff to plant and grow vegetables in the garden which are then harvested and passed to the cook to use in a variety of healthy meals prepared for the children. Information about children's dietary and medical needs is gathered when they start at the nursery, in order to help staff promote children's good health. Staff sit with children during mealtimes to help develop their social skills. They encourage children to wash their hands prior to eating, and to serve themselves lunch. This contributes to children's understanding of healthy hygiene routines.

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Outcomes for children are good

All children, including those in receipt of funding, make good progress from their starting points. Children demonstrate a positive attitude to learning and develop key skills in readiness for their move on to school. Pre-school children demonstrate good social skills as they work together to use blocks to stack and build. Children talk to staff about going to a train station and are confident to share their experiences. Babies look at themselves in a mirror as they play. This helps to give them a sense of themselves as individuals.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY319802 Local authority Kirklees Inspection number 1064825 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 - 10 Total number of places 78 Number of children on roll 156 Name of registered person Happy Jays Limited

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reference number

Date of previous inspection 20 November 2013 Telephone number 01924 475673

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Carlinghow Hall Private Day Nursery was registered in 2006. The nursery employs 20 members of childcare staff. Of these, 16 hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3, two at level 5, one at level 6 and one at level 7. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday and all year round, except for bank holidays and one week at Christmas. Sessions are from 7.45am 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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