Folly Farm Day Nursery

Folly Farm Day Nursery Clevedon Road, Tickenham, North Somerset, BS21 6RY

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 31 May 2017 7 July 2016

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This inspection: Good 2

Previous inspection: Requires Improvement

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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

 Leaders and managers have high expectations. They use effective methods to evaluate the provision and have developed accurate action plans to raise standards following the last inspection. For example, staff provide stimulating learning environments which encourage children to make choices about their learning and to be independent.  Staff make good use of detailed observations and accurate assessments to ensure children make good progress from their starting points. Leaders and managers monitor children's progress and the quality of teaching efficiently.  Staff use their training well to develop a strong key-person system, supported by effective settling-in arrangements and good partnerships with parents. This helps children to form strong attachments with familiar staff who meet their care needs well.  There are good opportunities for children to explore a broad range of sensory experiences. For example, young children have great fun exploring the shaving foam

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This provision is good

and adding resources, such as dinosaurs, as they create stories imaginatively and solve problems independently.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Staff do not consistently organise changes between activities and routines to fully maintain children's interest and learning.  Staff do not consistently build on children's interests and ideas to further extend their learning during their spontaneous play.

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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

 review the organisation of activities and routines to support children further to remain fully engaged in their learning  build further on children's interests and ideas to extend their learning more fully when they initiate their own play.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed staff throughout the nursery and discussed children's learning as children played inside and outside.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the manager.  The inspector considered the views of parents spoken to at the inspection and their written comments.  The inspector spoke with the manager, staff and children at convenient times during the inspection.  The inspector sampled documentation, including children's assessment records and the setting's self-evaluation.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. Management and staff have a good understanding of their responsibilities to report any concerns about a child. Leaders and managers use their training well to ensure staff's suitability. Staff receive effective induction training for their role. Managers complete regular observations of the effectiveness of teaching across the nursery and provide staff with regular feedback to improve their skills. There are good partnerships with parents. Staff value parents' contributions and use the information they receive well from daily conversations and at parents' evenings to influence future planning. Parents receive good ideas on how to support learning at home.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff have a good knowledge of what children know and can do. They successfully plan a broad range of experiences to support children's learning across all areas, inside and outside, which is a key improvement since the last inspection. Children have good opportunities to play outside and be active. They keenly observe nature and show interest in the world around them. They show curiosity as they use local maps to find favourite destinations and the electronic tablets to research the birds and butterflies they see in the garden. Children enthusiastically manipulate the parachute, listening well to staff's instructions as they follow action rhymes. Staff help young children well to gain good communication and language skills, for example, providing commentary to their actions as they explore the treasure baskets.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Staff support young children well as they move up to the pre-school room, helping them to gain confidence in their new surroundings. Children behave well and build positive friendships. They are kind to each other, for example, fetching sticky tape and scissors to help them in their model making. Staff use their training well to provide a calm environment for the children to resolve conflicts independently and make fair choices. Staff successfully help children to learn about safety, such as holding scissors safely.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children are motivated to gain the key skills required for their next steps in learning and their eventual move to school. Older children learn to recognise their names. Children solve problems independently. For example, when the sticky tape begins to twist, children decide to stick it on the table so that they can use both hands to cut it accurately. Younger children begin to explore early writing, for example, using water and brushes on the wall and chalks on the fences. Young children are helpful towards each other, for example, offering to push a younger child in the toy car. Children are confident to explore and make choices for themselves.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY482455 Local authority North Somerset Inspection number 1056682 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 34 Number of children on roll 66 Name of registered person Hollie Marie Hathaway

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Date of previous inspection 7 July 2016 Telephone number 01275 854597

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Folly Farm Day Nursery registered in 2014 and is located in Tickenham on the outskirts of Clevedon, North Somerset. It is open each weekday from 8am to 6pm, throughout the year, closing for public holidays and one week during Christmas. The nursery owner, who holds early years professional status, employs 12 members of staff. The manager and one other member of staff hold an early years qualification at level 6 and seven staff hold early years qualifications at level 3. The nursery receives funding to provide free early education for children aged two, three and four years.

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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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