Honey Pot House Day Nursery

Honey Pot House Day Nursery 2 Jacey Road, Shirley, SOLIHULL, West Midlands, B90 3LH

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 20 February 2017 15 July 2013

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Effectiveness of the leadership and management Outstanding 1

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding 1

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding 1

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This provision is outstanding

 The management team and staff are very well qualified. They are very knowledgeable early years practitioners who have a deep understanding of child development and how children learn. This helps all children progress exceptionally well.  Teaching is outstanding, as staff use a range of highly effective teaching strategies to meet children's individual learning styles. They gather exceptional information about children's interests and attainment when they start in the nursery. Staff plan highly engaging activities, experiences and environments to help children learn what they need to next.  Children are cared for in a very welcoming and nurturing environment and demonstrate high levels of confidence and self-esteem. They develop exceptionally good relationships with their key person and show a strong sense of emotional security.  Children display exceptional social skills and their behaviour is impeccable. Staff

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This provision is outstanding

promote sharing and good manners and children readily respond to instructions. They are developing an astute awareness of how to work cooperatively with others that supports their readiness for school superbly.  Staff build excellent links with parents. Highly successful strategies engage all parents in their children's care and learning. Parents are very well informed about the progress their children make. Staff share activities with parents to help them support their child's learning further at home.  The strong focus on helping children to acquire language skills means that children are excellent communicators and exceptionally confident to share their thoughts and ideas.

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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

 continue to focus on the excellent process of coaching and mentoring staff, evaluating the impact of this support on maintaining the outstanding practice.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities and assessed the impact this has on children's development and progress. She spoke to staff and children at appropriate times.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the manager and discussed the findings.  The inspector reviewed relevant documentation, including evidence of the suitability of staff members, relevant training certificates and a selection of policies and procedures.  The inspector took into account the views of parents spoken to on the day.  The inspector held a meeting with the manager and provider and discussed the nursery's self-evaluation and improvements.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. Staff have an expert knowledge and understanding of what to do and who to contact in the event of a child protection concern. Rigorous recruitment and vetting procedures help to ensure that all staff are suitable to work with children. Systems for induction, supervision meetings and appraisals are excellent. Staff feel valued and highly supported. The management team has identified that helping staff through coaching and mentoring is key to driving improvements further. They are keen to refine these processes, in order to help staff maintain and enhance their exceptional practice. Positive comments from parents show how well staff keep them informed about their children's progress and how they involve them in their children's learning. Staff are quick to recognise children's individual needs. They work with parents and seek additional help to ensure interventions are timely and effective.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The highly motivated, energetic and skilled staff make the most of all opportunities to promote children's learning. They provide exciting exploratory experiences that encourage a multi-sensory approach to learning. Babies show high levels of curiosity when playing with coloured rice and delight in feeling it run through their fingers. Young children eagerly explore the scent of slices of limes, lemons and oranges. They use tweezers to pick them out of water and delight in the reflections made when light is added to the water. Staff are very adept at supporting children to be imaginative. For example, together they build an enclosure for dinosaurs with leaves, twigs and blocks of wood. Pre- school children are enthralled as they use their imagination to act out being firefighters and excitedly use a hose and spray bottles to put out 'fires'. Real fresh fruits and flowers adorn the home corner and children enjoy the real-life experiences that captivate their

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

interests. Pre-school children love to follow their favourite story using an extensive range of materials, such as grass, twigs, mud and water, as they pretend they are hunting for a bear.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children are nurtured by enthusiastic, caring and attentive staff who respond quickly to their physical and emotional needs to ensure they remain comfortable and content. Children learn about the importance of healthy eating and the effect exercise has on their bodies as the join in 'wake up and shake up' sessions. Meals and snacks provided for children are extremely nutritious and very well balanced. Children learn to follow rules and routines and do things for themselves. They select and make their own snack and pour drinks as they sit together, enjoying the social occasion.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

All children make excellent progress from their individual starting points and are exceptionally well prepared for the next stages in learning. Children have an excellent grounding in early literacy as they join in retelling popular stories. They concentrate for long periods of time and are highly motivated learners as they remember which hidden object is missing when the sheet is moved.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY405282 Local authority Solihull Inspection number 1071901 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register Age range of children 0 - 4 Total number of places 74 Number of children on roll 76 Name of registered person The Bears Nursery Ltd

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Date of previous inspection 15 July 2013 Telephone number 01217443180

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Honey Pot House Day Nursery was registered in 2010 and is privately owned. The nursery opens Monday to Friday, all year round. Sessions are from 7.30am to 6pm. The nursery employs 15 members of childcare staff, of whom 13 hold appropriate early years qualifications from level 2 to level 5. 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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