Tiger Lily Day Nursery

Tiger Lily Day Nursery 25 Lutley Lane, Hayley Green, Halesowen, West Midlands, B63 1EH

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 11 April 2017 27 March 2015

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Outcomes for children Requires improvement

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This provision requires improvement. It is not yet good because:

 Arrangements are not in place to ensure the required progress check for children aged between two and three years is completed.  Leaders do not check the progress of children within the nursery and so have not identified where more help and support is required to close gaps in children's learning. Some children's level of attainment is not what is expected for their age and stage of development.  The quality of teaching is variable within the nursery. Staff supervisions are not sufficiently focused on raising the quality of teaching to become consistently good.  Parents are not provided with enough information about their children's learning and development in the nursery to enable them to continue their children's learning at home.

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It has the following strengths

 Children enjoy and benefit from regular opportunities to play outdoors, where staff help them to develop their physical skills and be active.  Staff support children to learn about healthy lifestyles. For example, they provide healthy meals and snacks for children and provide plenty of opportunities to play outdoors.  Staff are kind and caring and develop close bonds with their key children.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

To meet the requirements of the early years foundation stage the provider must:

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Due Date

 ensure the required progress check for children aged between two and three years is carried out and provide parents with a short written summary of their child's development in the prime areas 10/05/2017

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 monitor the progress of children to identify any gaps in learning and to arrange appropriate support if necessary. 10/05/2017

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To further improve the quality of the early years provision the provider should:

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 support staff to build on their teaching skills and help raise the standard to a consistently good level throughout the nursery  provide enough information to help parents to continue their children's learning at home.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed activities in the indoor and outdoor play areas.  The inspector held meetings with the deputy manager. She spoke to staff and children at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector looked at a range of documentation, such as children's learning journals and accident and attendance records. She discussed the nursery's self-evaluation with the deputy manager.  The inspector checked evidence of staff's suitability, qualifications and training.  The inspector spoke to a selection of parents during the inspection and took account of their views

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management requires improvement

The manager has not ensured that staff are aware of the requirement to carry out the progress check for children aged between two and three years. The manager carries out staff supervision meetings. However, these arrangements are not effective enough to address weaknesses in staff practice and ensure that all children benefit from a consistently good level of teaching. The manager does not monitor children’s progress so they receive appropriate experiences to support their individual learning and development needs. She does not ensure that intervention is sought where gaps in learning are identified. Information about children's learning and development is not shared effectively with parents to enable them to continue their children’s learning at home. Safeguarding is effective. Leaders and staff have a good knowledge of the potential signs of abuse. They know when and where to refer any child protection concerns they may have about a child.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management requires improvement

Robust recruitment procedures help to ensure that all staff are suitable to work with children.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

The quality of teaching is variable. For example, during group story time in the pre-school room, staff do not provide opportunities for children to offer suggestions and opinions. Children try to discuss the characters and the story afterwards but are told to get ready for outside play. Some staff do not plan activities and experiences to match the needs of the children, which results in them becoming bored. For example, outdoors children are not interested in the resources provided. They wander without engaging, disrupting other’s play. In contrast, children do benefit from good teaching from some members of staff within the nursery. Staff working with babies have a good understanding of child development. They organise their environment effectively to assist children with their developing mobility. Staff working with children in the toddler room engage them well through effective interactions. Children giggle and laugh out loud, fully engaged and

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

motivated as they sing nursery rhymes. Staff use the children’s love of books to help promote their language skills.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare require improvement

Weaknesses in leadership and management mean staff do not always support children to have confidence in their own abilities. For example, a child draws a circle in the sand, saying this is his mummy. Without discussion a member of staff rubs his work out and draws a square, asking the child to name the shape. Children behave well. Staff encourage children to be polite and use good manners.

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Outcomes for children require improvement

Not all children make good progress. They do, however, steadily develop some skills needed for their move on to school. Babies learn to feed themselves and older children put on their own coats and shoes. Children are learning to count and recognise numbers.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY415656 Local authority Dudley Inspection number 1094503 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 60 Number of children on roll 105 Name of registered person Lutley Care Limited

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Date of previous inspection 27 March 2015 Telephone number 0121 550 2224

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Tiger Lily Day Nursery was registered in 2010. The nursery employs 18 members of childcare staff. Of these, 15 hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 2 up to 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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