Spring Thorpe Hamlet

Starting Out Day Nursery 63 Wolfe Road, Norwich, NR1 4HT

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 25 August 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 Good 2

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This provision is good

 Staff provide a very stimulating, easily accessible and welcoming learning environment that children thoroughly enjoy exploring. They are motivated and keen to learn in this inclusive and welcoming nursery.  Children enjoy their time at the nursery and form warm, close relationships with the friendly and caring staff. Children settle quickly and are confident to make choices from an early age.  Staff are strongly focused on building on children's personal, social and emotional development. Young children enjoy lots of cuddles and reassurance when feeling unsettled. All children develop their self-esteem as they are given lots of praise and encouragement for their good behaviour and achievements.  The manager monitors progress made by all groups of children well. This helps her to respond to children's emerging needs, identify staff training needs and prioritise learning for particular groups of children, including those who receive funded early

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Systems for the monitoring of staff's practice to enhance the already good quality of teaching are still being developed.  On occasions, staff do not make the most of opportunities to encourage children's deeper thinking during play and activities.

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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

 build further on arrangements for monitoring staff's practice to raise the quality of teaching to a higher level  strengthen questioning techniques to support children to think deeply during play and activities.

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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 spoke with staff and children during the inspection.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the nursery manager.  The inspector held a meeting with the nursery manager. She looked at relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery.  The inspector spoke to several parents during the inspection and took account of their views.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. All staff are clear about the procedures they must follow should they have any concerns about a child's welfare. Staff complete robust risk assessments to promote children's safety and ensure that children play in areas that are safe and suitable, both indoors and outdoors. Managers are rigorous in their recruitment of staff. They carry out checks to make sure staff are suitable to care for children. Self-evaluation is effective in identifying how the nursery can continue to improve. The management team seeks feedback from parents and staff to help identify where changes can be made. Staff share information with parents about children's ongoing achievements in the nursery. Parents comment positively about the nursery and staff.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff are well qualified and knowledgeable. They use the information they obtain from observations to assess what children can do and plan for what they need to learn next. Children move freely between the garden and the playrooms as they follow their interests. They observe the changes made when iced water melts and enjoy making marks using paint. Staff enthusiastically join in with children's play as they pretend to go to the hairdressers and hunt for dinosaurs in the garden. Children confidently explore numbers during daily routines. Outdoors, children excitedly search for other objects that are taller and smaller and compare size and shape.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Opportunities for children to develop their physical skills are very good. Children spend much time outdoors and enjoy being physically active. They follow good hygiene routines and independently wash their hands at appropriate times. Behaviour is good. Staff set clear boundaries and are consistent in their expectations. Staff encourage children to respect differences. For example, they learn about other languages and celebrations. The key-person system is effective. Positive settling-in procedures enable staff and parents to work well together to build children's confidence and self-esteem.

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Outcomes for children are good

Babies benefit from having plenty of space to develop their mobility, exploratory and physical skills. Children of all ages show sustained levels of concentration and enjoy trying new experiences, investigating and exploring. All children, including those who speak English as an additional language are learning to communicate with others. They make good progress from their starting points and are well prepared for their next stage in learning and their eventual move on to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY550380 Local authority Norfolk Inspection number 1110187 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register Age range of children 0 - 5 Total number of places 43 Number of children on roll 98 Name of registered person Action For Children Developments Ltd

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reference number

Date of previous inspection Not applicable Telephone number 07843642982

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reference number

Starting Out Day Nursery registered in 2017. The nursery employs 14 members of childcare staff. Of these, all hold appropriate early years qualifications between levels 2 and 6. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday for 51 weeks of the year. Sessions are from 8am until 6pm. The nursery provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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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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