Hartes of Henley

Hartes of Henley The Pavillion, Meadows Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1BF

p.1

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 30 August 2017 12 May 2015

p.1

This inspection: Outstanding 1

Effectiveness of the leadership and management Outstanding 1

p.1

This inspection: Outstanding 1

Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding 1

p.1

This inspection: Outstanding 1

Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding 1

p.1

This provision is outstanding

 The management team has a superb understanding of its role and provides highly effective leadership. It creates a very supportive culture and shares its clear vision for raising standards of teaching and care.  Staff are dedicated to providing children with the very best support to enhance their well-being and motivation to learn. Activities are closely based on children's interests as staff know the children extremely well.  All children make good or exceptional progress from their starting points. Children who speak English as an additional language make rapid progress to reach the language expectations for their age.  The management team uses self-evaluation exceptionally well to monitor all aspects of the nursery. Managers and the staff team embrace identified development plans with great enthusiasm to maintain continuous improvement.  The exceptional key-person system fully supports children's emotional well-being and

p.1

This provision is outstanding

helps them to develop highly secure and trusting relationships.  Partnerships with parents are excellent. For instance, staff use exceptionally successful ways for engaging them to benefit children. Parents comment favourably and find staff are extremely creative in their teaching and approach.  Staff follow highly effective procedures, including how to risk assess the environments, to help keep children safe. They supervise children extremely well.

p.1

What the setting needs to do to improve further

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

p.2

What the setting needs to do to improve further

 continue to review and explore professional development opportunities to help sustain excellence in practice and teaching skills.

p.2

Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and outside. She assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the manager of the nursery.  The inspector held a meeting with the nursery management team. She looked at relevant documentation, policies and procedures.  The inspector discussed the nursery's self-evaluation with the management team and checked evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery.  The inspector spoke to children and parents during the inspection and took account of their views.

p.2

Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Safeguarding is of paramount importance within the nursery. The management team uses an extensive range of highly effective methods to enable staff to have an in-depth understanding of how to protect children from harm. It is high on the agenda of every staff meeting and managers regularly test staff knowledge to ensure it remains up to date. Safeguarding is effective. Recruitment, vetting and staff supervision are rigorous and help to ensure that staff are suitable to work with children. Managers support staff extremely well and monitor the quality of teaching closely. They are considering how to further improve these systems that review the excellent practice to ensure it is sustained. The management team and staff critically evaluates the setting.

p.3

Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

Staff know children exceptionally well and have high expectations of their abilities. They carry out thorough assessments and observations to determine the child's next stage of learning. Staff use their excellent teaching skills to enthuse and engage children. They are extremely skilled in promoting children's communication and language development. For example, they expertly use sign language, repetition and questions to skilfully foster children's listening, understanding, expressive language and new vocabulary. Children are highly confident communicators. They are active learners and show high levels of involvement. Staff caring for babies ensure a wealth of natural resources is easily accessible for them to freely explore and investigate. Staff develop older children's mathematical skills adeptly, for example, through songs and by using numbers purposefully.

p.3

Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The staff are exceptionally caring. They are sensitive to meeting the specific needs of children and their families to help them through their nursery experience. Staff are extremely attentive and provide positive support to help all children to manage their behaviour exceptionally well. Staff are superb role models. Children are polite, well behaved and cooperate extremely well together. Staff are highly effective at helping children develop a healthy lifestyle. Children benefit from eating nutritious snacks and hearty home-cooked meals. Staff provide children with excellent outdoor learning experiences at the nursery and within the local community. Staff provide an exceptional range of resources and activities that reflects and values the diversity of children's home lives and experiences. They help children gain an excellent understanding of people, their community and the wider world.

p.3

Outcomes for children are outstanding

All children flourish at this nursery. They are highly independent and are extremely keen to do things for themselves, such as during daily routines. Children are keen to explore and excitedly lead their own learning. They develop an exceptionally diverse range of skills that supports their readiness for their next stage of learning and their eventual move on to school.

p.3

Setting details

Unique reference number EY438023 Local authority Oxfordshire Inspection number 1095192 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 - 8 Total number of places 49 Number of children on roll 17 Name of registered person Mill Meadows Childcare Limited

p.4

reference number

Date of previous inspection 12 May 2015 Telephone number 01491577423

p.4

reference number

Hartes of Henley operates from Mill Meadows, Henley on Thames, in Oxfordshire. The nursery registered in 2011. The nursery is open from 8.30am to 6pm on Monday to Friday, during term time only. The after-school club opens from 3pm to 6pm on Monday to Friday, during term time only. The holiday club days and opening times vary. The nursery, after- school club and holiday club employ seven members of staff and four hold appropriate early years qualifications.

p.4

reference number

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.

p.4

reference number

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 skills training, adult and community learning, and education and training in prisons and other secure establishments. It assesses council children’s services, and inspects services for looked after children, safeguarding and child protection.

p.4

reference number

If you would like a copy of this document in a different format, such as large print or Braille, please telephone 0300 123 4234, or email enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk. You may reuse this information (not including logos) free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government Licence. To view this licence, visit www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/, write to the Information Policy Team, The National Archives, Kew, London TW9 4DU, or email: psi@nationalarchives.gsi.gov.uk .

p.5

reference number

Interested in our work? You can subscribe to our website for news, information and updates at www.ofsted.gov.uk/user.

p.5

reference number

T: 0300 123 4234 Textphone: 0161 618 8524 E: enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk W: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ofsted

p.5