Caterpillars Day Nursery

Caterpillars Day Nursery Royal United Hospital, Combe Park, Bath, North East Somerset, BA1 3NG

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 18 July 2017 28 May 2015

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Effectiveness of the leadership and management Outstanding 1

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding 1

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding 1

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This provision is outstanding

 The level of teaching and learning is excellent. Staff are highly dedicated to developing children's language and communication skills as well as all other areas of their development. Children make excellent progress from their starting points.  Staff build exceptionally strong relationships with parents and encourage them to be part of their children's learning and nursery life. This helps promote continuity of care extremely well. For example, staff invite parents and grandparents into the setting for a session to explore the nursery and see the children learning.  Leaders and managers develop exceptional links with other settings attended by children in their care as well as other professionals. Staff are highly committed to supporting children to close gaps in their learning. For example, staff attend speech and language sessions with children and discuss next steps with professionals.  Managers and staff conduct meticulous assessments of children's progress throughout

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This provision is outstanding

their time at the nursery. Staff include parents' observations from home in their assessments, along with parents' wishes, to precisely identify children's next steps in learning.  Staff build excellent, nurturing relationships with children, who delight in their interactions with their key person. Children's care needs are met highly effectively, and children with allergies or additional needs are kept extremely safe.

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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

 continue to support children's excellent levels of independence.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager.  The inspector spoke to members of staff and held a meeting with the manager.  The inspector took account of the views of parents spoken to during the inspection.  The inspector sampled documentation, including staff and children's records, policies and procedures and evidence of staff suitability to work with children.  The inspector observed the children in the inside and outside environment.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Leaders are extremely committed to professional development and have created a culture of upskilling staff to ensure that children receive the highest level of teaching. For example, managers support staff exceptionally well to gain additional qualifications and all new staff receive a 'buddy' to support them during their induction. Leaders have developed extremely robust policies to ensure that staff are suitable, highly skilled and qualified to work with children. Safeguarding is effective. The manager continually reviews the quality of the provision and skilfully seeks the views of parents and staff to support this process. She has an exceptional vision which the staff share, and they work very hard to continually make improvements to the setting. Managers meticulously check children's progress and swiftly identify any gaps across the setting. They develop highly effective strategies to support this, such as creating additional language groups to develop

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

Staff have an excellent focus on developing the children's speech from the earliest age. For example, staff and children use Makaton signs to support communication and staff use an exceptional variety of vocabulary and phrases when talking to the children. Staff meticulously plan stimulating and challenging activities which develop children's learning. Staff are highly skilled at preparing children for the next stages in their learning. They support children and parents for the move to school, such as by creating a handout to inform parents about the school's expectations. Staff successfully help children to explore their own ideas by asking questions, and they encourage them to explain their thoughts to their peers. For example, staff ask children to explain the rules to other children after creating a new board game.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Staff have developed a highly effective, consistent approach to behaviour in the setting, and children behave impeccably. Staff offer clear and concise instructions and remind children of expectations. Babies form excellent bonds with staff, who consistently offer reassurance and nurturing interactions. Staff know children extremely well and the key- person system is highly effective. Individual children are challenged in their own way. For example, staff encourage children who love reading to read to the rest of the group. Staff are now considering how to further support children's excellent levels of independence.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children who have special educational needs and/or disabilities and those learning English as an additional language are progressing well with the help of tailored small-group or individual activities and special resources in their home language. For example, children enjoy learning songs in Mandarin and Spanish. Children learn to be kind and highly respect and value each other. They are extremely well prepared for the move to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 133014 Local authority Bath & NE Somerset Inspection number 1089453 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 - 5 Total number of places 55 Number of children on roll 90 Name of registered person Jean Lloyd

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Date of previous inspection 28 May 2015 Telephone number 01225 824462

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Caterpillars Day Nursery registered in 1998. It is situated within the Royal United Hospital, Bath. The setting is open from 7.15am to 6pm, from Monday to Friday, all year round except for bank holidays and a week at Christmas. The nursery is in receipt of funding for two-, three- and four-year-old children. There are 20 members of staff, of whom two have early years professional status and 14 hold appropriate early years qualifications.

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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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