Whixall Nursery

Whixall Nursery Whixall C of E (Controlled) Primary School, Brownsbrook, Whixall, WHITCHURCH, Shropshire, SY13 2SB

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 16 June 2017 2 February 2015

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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

 Children are active and enthusiastic learners who make independent choices about what they want to do. This has a positive impact on outcomes for children.  A highly effective and well established key-person system is in place. This helps to ensure that children's emotional well-being is nurtured effectively.  Children make a good transition into school due to the close links with the school onsite. They enjoy shared teaching and learning activities and play times, including accessing school meals which the children take in the school hall.  Risk assessments are in place and hazards are removed or minimised to ensure children's safety. Children also learn how to keep themselves safe. They understand not to run indoors and line up for outdoor play.  Staff work very well with other early years professionals and other settings children attend. This helps to support continuity in children's learning and development and they

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Staff do not always make the best use of their accurate assessment of children's progress to set the most challenging next steps for their future learning.  Staff do not consistently gather enough comprehensive information from parents when their children first start about what they know and can already do.

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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

 use information from assessments of children's progress even more effectively so that the identified next steps for individual children's learning are as precise as possible  work more closely with parents to gain more detailed information about what children can already do when they join.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector assessed the quality of teaching during activities and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector completed a joint evaluation of an activity with the manager.  The inspector spoke to staff and children at appropriate times. She looked at relevant documentation and checked the suitability of staff.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. Staff have a good knowledge and understanding of how to keep children safe in all circumstances. They take full advantage of training opportunities to strengthen and develop their skills in child protection to keep up to date with current legislation. Staff benefit from regular supervision and appraisal meetings. This helps the manager to review the quality of teaching and address any training opportunities to develop professional knowledge and skills. Self-evaluation feedback from parents and staff is used effectively to make significant improvements to practice to benefit children. Staff monitor children's learning and development effectively, overall, to help plan for their good progress.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff know the children well. They plan to meet children's needs and take account of their interests. Staff have a secure understanding of how to develop children's communication and language skills. Children show a good interest in literacy and the indoor and outdoor environment is rich in print. Pre-school children easily recognise their name as they self- register. Staff skilfully join in to support children's play as they introduce new and challenging vocabulary. There are good opportunities for children to explore new tactile experiences, such as sieving, mixing and handling of different textures. Children stir and prepare drinks and meals in the mud kitchen, happy to get messy and dirty. Staff skilfully capture routine tasks to help promote children's mathematical development. Children show an interest in shapes and sizes as they learn about simple maths.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children fully enjoy themselves at the setting and know and understand the routines. Children work together at tidy-up time and are well supported by staff to become independent in managing their own personal care needs. Behaviour is good and staff give clear and consistent boundaries. As a result, children learn what is expected from them, helping create a positive environment. Healthy lifestyles are promoted well by staff. Children make independent choices about their play, indoors and outside, from the interesting and well-resourced environment. Children's physical skills are well developed. They thoroughly enjoy the outdoor environment as they run, hop, and learn to balance on the chain bridge.

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Outcomes for children are good

All children make good progress. Children develop good skills to help them with their transition to school. They make choices and independently serve their food at snack time and pour their own drinks. Children are keen to try new experiences and develop their curiosity. They use magnifying glasses well to enhance their experience when searching for insects outside. Children learn to count to 20 and beyond and identify missing numbers in a sequence.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY360108 Local authority Shropshire Inspection number 1093143 Type of provision Sessional provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 2 - 5 Total number of places 20 Number of children on roll 20 Name of registered person Sarah Louise Darlington

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Date of previous inspection 2 February 2015 Telephone number 01948 880 938

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Whixall Nursery registered in 2007. The nursery employs four members of childcare staff. Of these, all hold appropriate early years qualifications at levels 2 and 3 and one has early years professional status. The nursery opens from 8am to 3.15pm, Monday to Friday, term-time only. 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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