Ladybird Nursery

Ladybird Nursery 45 Anerley Park, Penge, London, SE20 8NQ

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 16 June 2017 8 April 2013

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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:

 The manager has not fully implemented effective and robust systems for monitoring staff practice to improve the quality of teaching.  Staff do not organise or plan activities effectively to ensure they fully engage and challenge children's learning.  Staff do not always manage children's behaviour consistently and support them to resolve their conflicts effectively.  Staff in the baby room do not fully support the development of babies' language and communication skills.  On occasions, staff do not give children enough time to gather their thoughts and respond to questioning during activities.  Staff are not deployed well enough, especially at lunchtime. Therefore, children do not receive sufficient support to help engage them, especially children who have special educational needs and/or disabilities.  Self-evaluation does not precisely identify areas for improvement to help children make the very best possible progress in their learning and development.

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It has the following strengths

 Parents speak positively about the provision. They feel involved and included in their child's learning.  Children learn mathematical skills as they play. For example, they match shapes, count objects and join in with number rhymes and songs

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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

 develop the procedures for monitoring staff practices and raise the quality of teaching 30/07/2017

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 plan activities that engage all children in their play and learning, and ensure activities provide sufficient challenge and suit the needs of all the children to extend their learning further 30/07/2017

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 ensure staff are consistent in their approaches to managing children's behaviour to support them in solving their own conflicts 30/07/2017

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 ensure staff in the baby room promote children's communication and language skills effectively. 30/07/2017

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

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 improve teaching skills and give children time to answer questions and gather their ideas  review the organisation of staff during routines to help support all children's engagement, in particular those children who have special educational needs and/or disabilities, more effectively  make better use of self-evaluation to precisely identify areas that will help improve practice and children's learning and development.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the manager.  The inspector spoke to a small number of parents during the inspection and took account of their views.  The inspector held a meeting with the provider, manager and deputy and sampled a range of documentation, including policies and procedures and evidence of staff's suitability to work with children.  The inspector had a tour of the premises, spoke to children during the inspection and sampled documents, including observations, planning and assessments.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management requires improvement

Arrangements for safeguarding are effective. Staff are aware of the procedures they must follow if they are concerned about a child's well-being. Recruitment procedures ensure staff are suitable and the manager regularly reviews staff's ongoing suitability. Staff carry out daily risk assessments and take reasonable steps to ensure children are not exposed to risks. Staff receive individual supervision meetings and appraisals and have attended mandatory training, such as first aid. However, arrangements for monitoring staff's practice do not address and identify weaknesses in their knowledge and skills and do not help to improve the quality of teaching. Evaluation of practice is weak and does not identify priorities for development and improvement.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

Staff complete regular observations and assessments of children's play. However, they do not use this information well enough to plan suitably challenging activities for all the children. Therefore, children become distracted and lose concentration. Some staff respond to their own questions too quickly without giving children enough time to consider their answers and extend their thinking. Staff in the baby room do not make the best of opportunities to extend children's language and communication skills. For example, they do not always extend babies' simple words into simple sentences to broaden their vocabulary. Children enjoy opportunities to be creative and practise their early writing skills. For example, they enjoy painting and making marks on paper and gain an awareness of how to use tools for a variety of purposes.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare require improvement

Staff are inconsistent in managing children's behaviour successfully. For example, children are not supported to resolve conflicts and some activities provided do not always engage children so they become easily distracted. Staff are also not deployed effectively at lunchtime to engage all children, including children who have special educational needs and/or disabilities. Staff encourage the children as they play, which helps to promote their confidence and self-esteem skills. Children enjoy playing in the garden and develop strength and coordination. For example, they enjoy climbing and running outdoors. Children enjoy freshly cooked meals each day.

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Outcomes for children require improvement

Children do not make good enough progress because the quality of teaching is inconsistent and activities provided do not provide sufficient challenge. However, overall, children are developing some skills in readiness for their future learning as they move on to school. For example, children develop independence skills as they pour their own water and serve their own food at lunchtime.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 137220 Local authority Bromley Inspection number 1082591 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 5 Total number of places 44 Number of children on roll 56 Name of registered person Priya Bhatia

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Date of previous inspection 8 April 2013 Telephone number 020 8778 2810

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Ladybird Nursery registered 1995. It is situated in the London Borough of Bromley. The nursery is open on Monday to Friday from 8am to 6pm, all year round, except bank holidays. The nursery employs 13 members of staff, two of whom hold qualified teacher status, eight hold relevant level 3 qualifications and two hold level 2 qualifications. The nursery receives funding for the provision of free early years education to 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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