Caterpillar Day Nursery

Caterpillar Day Nursery Old Actonian Sports Ground, Gunnersbury Drive, Ealing, W5 4LL

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 17 July 2017 8 April 2015

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good 2

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good 2

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This provision requires improvement. It is not yet good because:

 The providers have not identified the correct first aid training course, as required. However, the providers and staff understand how to manage minor accidents and provide first aid in emergencies.  Staff sometimes miss opportunities to challenge children's abilities to help them think and work out problems.

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It has the following strengths

 Children are happy and settled. They develop positive social skills and receive good support from staff to understand how to behave well and stay safe.  The providers and staff make regular and accurate assessments of children's learning, helping them to tailor their teaching to the needs of each individual child. They particularly support children well who are learning English as an additional language and those who have special educational needs and/or disabilities.  The providers work effectively with parents, who say staff support their children's language skills particularly well and that they make good progress. Parents receive regular information about their children's progress. Staff support parents to extend their child's learning at home, which helps to provide continuity in their learning.  The providers present a wide range of stimulating and interesting resources. Children develop confidence in choosing activities that reflect their current interests. The

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It has the following strengths

providers successfully support children's physical development. For example, children's balance develops when they learn to ride bicycles.

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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

 attend a 12-hour paediatric first-aid course which fully complies with the requirements of the early years foundation stage. 14/09/2017

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Due Date

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

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Due Date

 build on what children know and can do more precisely, to help them think to challenge and extend their learning.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed a variety of activities throughout the nursery, including outdoor play.  The inspector talked to parents, staff and children to gather their views.  The inspector held a meeting with the providers.  The inspector looked at a selection of policies, children's records, documents relating to the suitability of staff and the self-evaluation document.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management requires improvement

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The providers ensure staff are confident in their understanding of the signs and symptoms that may give them cause for concern about a child's welfare and the reporting procedures. Staff know how to identify any children who may be at risk of exposure to extreme ideas or behaviours. The providers evaluate practice and make some improvements that benefit children. They support and provide supervision for staff that highlights their strengths and areas for development. However, they did not identify appropriate first-aid training. Nonetheless, the providers and staff have sufficient knowledge to give first aid in an emergency. In addition, the providers have identified appropriate training to complete in the near future.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The providers and staff are effective in supporting children's learning about the natural world. For example, children learn to grow beans and collect conkers in the local park. The providers and staff plan interesting activities which support children to learn about their similarities and differences, for example, as they paint self-portraits. The providers and staff are skilled at extending children's language development. They ask questions and provide children with time to answer in their own words. For example, they asked children what colour case they would like for their play dough cake and waited for them to identify a colour, such as yellow and green.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Although there are weakness in the leadership and management, they do not compromise children's welfare. Providers and staff successfully support children in learning about a healthy lifestyle. For example, children learn to wash their hands before eating and talk about cleaning their teeth after eating. Providers and staff provide good support for children's emotional well-being. For instance, they help children to think about the different emotions they may experience and learn to name them. Children's behaviour is good.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children are confident learners who are keen to use the knowledge they gain. For example, they use their mathematical skills to identify the numerals 13, 15 and 20 on the base of the ducks they played with during water play. Children use their emerging literacy skills to create pictures of different letters in the alphabet. They are motivated and confident to create activities. For example, they shake bells and dance, then develop their activity into a game of follow my leader. They gain good skills that prepare them well for the next stage in their learning, including school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 118135 Local authority Ealing Inspection number 1089197 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register Age range of children 3 - 4 Total number of places 26 Number of children on roll 18 Name of registered person Miss Heather Janes and Miss Amanda Janes Partnership

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Date of previous inspection 8 April 2015 Telephone number 020 8896 0913

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Caterpillar Day Nursery registered in 1999. The nursery opens each weekday from 8am to 6pm, for 51 weeks of the year. There are three staff who work with the children, including the providers, and they all hold a relevant early years qualification at level 3. The nursery receives funding for the provision of free early years 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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