Park Hill Nursery Ltd

Park Hill Nursery Ltd Lazenby Road, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 4AL

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 28 June 2017 Not applicable

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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 Outstanding 1

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This provision is good

 Good support and monitoring enable the strong management team to focus professional development for staff effectively. They help staff well to develop their teaching techniques, support individual children and provide them with good outcomes. For example, speech and language training has assisted staff in knowing how best to enhance their support so children make quicker progress.  Staff provide excellent support for children's physical and emotional well-being. Children have highly secure attachments in the nurturing environment. This underpins their very good confidence to explore the excellent resources and lead their play.  Staff consistently observe children's development and share accurate information with parents. They know the children well and plan a wide range of activities and experiences that motivates children to learn. All children make good progress from their starting points.  Managers are proactive in forging strong partnerships with parents, other providers and

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This provision is good

outside agencies. This ensures a consistent approach to children's learning and development.  Children learn to manage their behaviour and feelings extremely well. Staff are outstanding role models. For example, they help older children very well to listen to others and learn we all can have different opinions and to work together harmoniously.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Staff miss some opportunities to challenge older children in using numbers and to understand about sorting.  Staff do not consistently support children in extending their ideas in role 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

 support older children further to use numbers and learn how to sort items  help children to extend their creativity and imagination in their role play.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed activities and the quality of teaching indoors and outdoors.  The inspector spoke with staff, parents and children, and took account of the provider's self-evaluation and parents' survey.  The inspector checked safeguarding information and the safety of the premises.  The inspector held a meeting with the management team and carried out a joint observation with the manager.  The inspector sampled documentation, including policies and procedures, children's development records and planning.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The manager and all staff understand the Local Safeguarding Children Board procedures well and know how to protect children from the risk of harm. Staff deploy themselves well, especially in the outdoor area, to keep children safe. The management team monitors children's development really well, ensuring individual children, especially those who have special educational needs and/or disabilities, receive targeted support and soon catch up. Managers make regular observations of staff's practice. They provide a positive culture of self-reflection and evaluation, to ensure continuous improvements. For example, they have concentrated on finding more effective ways of communicating with parents, according to their individual needs and wishes. They are now planning to change the use of rooms to help the increasing number of two-year- old children settle easier and to enable older toddlers to learn more frequently from pre-

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff have a good understanding of how children learn and engage them well. Staff successfully help children to make predictions, test their ideas and think of solutions to problems. For example, staff help young children recall how they managed to retrieve a ball from under the table and praised them for finding an alternative method this time. Staff make good use of impromptu situations to re-visit previous learning. For instance, when older children find a young frog, staff remind them of its life cycle. Staff use sign language to help all children's communication and plan good experiences that develop children's listening skills. Staff encourage children to learn from each other and investigate the wide range of resources to see what they can do.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children are extremely independent. Staff provide highly effective support so children of all ages try to achieve new skills for themselves. For example, under supervision and skilful guidance, young children pour drinks for themselves and others. They learn exemplary hygiene practices, such as washing their hands after having their nappy changed. This prepares them extremely well for their next stages of self-care. Staff involve older children very well to help set up activities and make choices about what they want to do and how. Staff work exceptionally well with parents to support children's personal development and well-being, such as potty training. Children relish being outdoors, enjoy exercise and gain an excellent awareness of their own safety. Staff use praise and encouragement highly effectively so children want to persevere and achieve.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children develop good skills that prepare them well for their next stages of learning and school. They are very confident and have a positive attitude to learning. All children eagerly take part in their self-chosen activities. Young children engage in a wide range of sensory experiences, such as making marks in cornflour and feeling the different surfaces of shells. Older children write recognisable letters and enjoy stories.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY488470 Local authority Devon Inspection number 1012082 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 1 - 8 Total number of places 46 Number of children on roll 61 Name of registered person Park Hill Nursery Ltd

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Date of previous inspection Not applicable Telephone number 01884258995

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Park Hill Nursery Ltd is privately owned and has been running for 19 years. It re- registered as a limited company in 2015 and operates from a purpose-built building in the grounds of Wilcombe Primary School in Tiverton, Devon. The nursery is open each weekday from 8am to 6pm, for 51 weeks of the year. It receives funding to provide free early education for children aged two, three and four years. The nursery also provides a before- and after-school club for children attending Wilcombe School. In addition, it runs a holiday club open to all. There are 13 members of staff, including one of the directors. Of these, one member of staff has a level 6 early years qualification, two hold level 4 and eight members of staff hold a qualification at level 3. There is one member of staff with an early years qualification at level 2 and one with a level 1.

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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. procedures set out in the guidance ‘Complaints procedure: raising concerns and making complaints about Ofsted’, which is available from Ofsted’s website: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ofsted. If you would like Ofsted to send you a copy of the guidance, please telephone 0300 123 4234, or email enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk. achieve excellence in the care of children and young people, and in education and skills for learners of all ages. It regulates and inspects childcare and children's social care, and inspects the Children and Family Court Advisory Support Service (Cafcass), schools, colleges, initial teacher training, work-based learning and

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