Sandhurst Station Nursery

Sandhurst Station Nursery RMA Sandhurst, Camberley, GU15 4PQ

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 17 May 2017 30 April 2015

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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

 Staff create very effective partnerships with parents that have a huge impact on the rate that children progress. For example, parents are quick to respond to high-quality daily updates on their children's achievements and discuss ways to help them further.  The manager uses her excellent partnerships with colleagues at the Royal Military Academy and the parent committee to evaluate and improve the nursery. For example, children thoroughly enjoy exploring exciting new facilities for outdoor learning. Staff also benefit from some shared training opportunities.  Staff diligently follow clear policies and procedures to keep children safe each day. For example, they implement daily checks based on thorough risk assessments and routinely practise emergency evacuations and lock-down procedures with the children.  Parents praise staff for settling their children into the nursery quickly and for providing

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This provision is outstanding

security and continuity during times of change. Children thrive in the care of staff who soon know them extremely well and who are highly responsive to their needs.  Staff gently and consistently model ways of avoiding, managing and diffusing conflicts of ideas and interests as they play alongside children. Children develop trusting relationships with staff and rise to the high expectations staff set for their behaviour.  Toddlers make smooth moves to the older class. Staff know precisely how to boost their confidence and when to encourage them to explore further afield.

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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

 build on the already high-quality practice during group story times to make it easier for children with special educational needs to see and hear more clearly.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed, listened to and talked with children as they played indoors and during outdoor play.  The inspector talked with parents and listened to their views about the nursery and their children's progress.  The inspector looked at children's records, discussed staff's planning and evaluation of activities, and how they exchange information with parents.  The inspector reviewed records and procedures relating to safeguarding and risk assessment, and discussed a range of other procedures relating to children's welfare with the manager and senior staff.  The inspector observed care routines and completed a joint observation with the deputy manager. Together they discussed how staff training had contributed to children's learning and development.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The manager is highly accomplished at turning the challenges of the nursery into its strengths. The nursery serves the children of local families and those on postings from different parts of the country and the world. The manager excels in providing an inclusive, welcoming and supportive environment for children and their families. She successfully nurtures and coaches staff, who reflect this diversity of languages and cultures, to raise the quality of teaching and care for all children. Safeguarding is effective. The manager ensures all staff are exceptionally alert to signs or changes in children's behaviour that may indicate a cause for concern. Staff are highly responsive and, when appropriate, managers promptly secure additional help from other agencies.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The deputy manager continues to apply new knowledge and skills from her degree training to inspire staff and raise standards of teaching. Her thorough approach to monitoring and assessment is proving particularly effective. For example, staff quickly identify children's strengths and needs when they join the nursery and rapidly target the next steps in their learning. When children leave for new settings at short notice, staff go to remarkable lengths to ensure their needs continue to be met to the highest level. Staff balance routines with plenty of uninterrupted time for children to immerse themselves in play. For example, staff use stories to capture children's imaginations and then discretely model language to help children better express and develop their own ideas.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Staff sensitively and effectively use the rich opportunities available to help children understand similarities and differences in family lives, faiths and cultures. For instance, staff and children count and sing familiar rhymes in more than one language. They experience at first hand how their friends celebrate different festivals with exquisite clothing, foods and dances. Staff prepare children extremely well for their moves to school. For example, children listen respectfully to each other's views in larger groups. However, occasionally staff do not make the best use of visual props or positioning to help every child attend and join in with group discussions.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

All children make excellent levels of progress in their learning and are well prepared for school. This includes children who are learning to speak more than one language, those with delayed speech and children who have moved nurseries several times. Children are curious and confident to explore. For instance, they experiment with capacity and with materials that float and sink in their water play. Children learn through trial, error and persistence how to nurture plants, grow healthy vegetables and prepare nutritious fruits.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 119258 Local authority Bracknell Forest Inspection number 1089216 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register Age range of children 1 - 4 Total number of places 42 Number of children on roll 51 Name of registered person Sandhurst Station Nursery Group Committee

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Date of previous inspection 30 April 2015 Telephone number 01276 412301

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Sandhurst Station Nursery registered in 1992 and operates within the grounds of the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst, Berkshire. The nursery is open each weekday during school term time from 9.30am to either 12.30pm or 2.30pm. The nursery is in receipt of funding for the provision of free early education to children aged three and four years. There are 11 staff, of whom 10 hold appropriate qualifications at level 2 or above.

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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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