Little Tots – Peterborough Mother & Baby Nursery

Peterborough Mother And Baby Nursery H M Prison, Saville Road, Peterborough, PE3 7PD

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 16 March 2017 Not applicable

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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 manager and her team are extremely passionate in their role. They are deeply committed to providing excellent standards of care and learning opportunities to support children's excellent progress.  The manager establishes highly effective partnerships with other professionals to promote continuity in care for children and their mothers.  The quality of teaching is consistently outstanding. Children make rapid progress and are extremely well prepared for the next stage in their education.  Qualified staff expertly assess children's progress and plan highly stimulating and exciting activities that reflect their specific needs and emerging interests. Children are deeply engaged and incredibly well supported.  Staff establish highly effective partnerships with mothers. They share information with mothers about their children's progress and offer support and advice about children's development. Mothers are extremely positive about the nursery.

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This provision is outstanding

 Children establish extremely strong attachments with staff. They demonstrate they feel safe and secure. Staff are warmly attentive, quickly responding should children need reassurance. Children are very well settled and thrive in their care.  Children's safety is highly prioritised and central to every aspect of practice. Meticulous implementation of robust policies and procedures enhances children's safety, health and welfare.

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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

 evaluate the impact of the changes to the outdoor area on children's progress and development.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors 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 provider. 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 outstanding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. Staff fully understand their role to protect children from harm. They receive regular child protection training and know what to do should they have any concerns about a child's welfare. Staff recruitment is extremely robust and helps to ensure only suitable adults work with the children. The manager has effective systems in place to regularly review staff performance. Staff are highly valued and supported in their continued professional development. Training opportunities are identified that support their interest as well as develop practice in the nursery. Specific training has supported staff to improve the outdoor area to better support those children who prefer to learn outside. The manager reflects the views of staff and parents in her action plan to drive improvements. She has effective systems in place to review children's progress in their learning and development. This helps to ensure consistency in

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

assessments of children's progress and identify any gaps in this or in practice.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

Enthusiastic staff instinctively follow children's individual interests and stage of development. Staff make good use of the large space available to support children to become mobile. They get down to children's level and gently encourage them as they lie on their tummy in preparation for crawling. Older children particularly enjoy exploring the texture of sand in their toes as they scoop and dig. They thread spaghetti through the holes of metal colanders and delight at the sound it makes when they break it, repeating the word snap with staff. Staff intuitively repeat early speech sounds back to babies.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Highly skilled staff sensitively meet children's specific needs. They know the children extremely well. They complete an extensive All about me document with mothers to understand babies' individual needs. They are highly flexible and adaptable to support and nurture children. This helps to ensure children's emotional well-being is prioritised to support them to feel safe and secure. Staff are superb role models for children. They promote equality of opportunity at all times. They are consistent in supporting children to behave well. Staff gently model good manners and create a positive atmosphere of respect and mutual trust. Children learn about healthy lifestyles. Staff teach them about healthy foods as they eat their fruit snack. Children learn about different communities through regular outings and exploration of festivals, such as Chinese New Year.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

All children, given their starting points and capabilities, make rapid progress and are extremely well prepared for the next stage in their education. Children are active learners, confidently exploring the environment. They are eager to play and interact with staff. Older children are beginning to talk and try out new words as they play. Younger children are persistent in their endeavours to be independently mobile. They are crawling and beginning to pull themselves up to stand.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY492013 Local authority Peterborough Inspection number 1026080 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 1 Total number of places 13 Number of children on roll 7 Name of registered person Sodexo Limited

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Date of previous inspection Not applicable Telephone number 01733 217500

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Peterborough Mother and Baby Nursery was registered again in 2015. The nursery employs four members of childcare staff, all of whom hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 or above. The manager holds a qualification at level 5. The nursery is open from 8.30am to 5.05pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays.

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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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