Partou Cherry Trees Day Nursery & Pre-School

The Cherry Trees Nursery Cherry Trees Nursery, 179 Bedford Avenue, Slough, SL1 4RA

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 11 September 2017 19 July 2016

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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

 All children, including those who have special educational needs and/or disabilities, make good progress in relation to their individual starting points.  Children have good opportunities to develop their physical skills. For example, babies learn to stand with support and older children climb steps to equipment and pedal three-wheeled bicycles with confidence.  Staff act as good role models for children. They are kind and polite and remind children to use good manners. Staff praise children for their achievements, which helps them to build confidence and self-esteem.  The management team completes robust recruitment and supervision of staff to ensure that anyone working at the nursery is safe and suitable to do so.  The management team regularly monitors the progress of all children to help ensure they are meeting their expected stage of development.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Staff's teaching practice is not consistently at the highest level. They miss opportunities to challenge children's thinking skills and help them to concentrate and remain fully engaged in activities. The management team does not monitor some routines and aspects of teaching as well as others.  Staff do not make the most of opportunities to reinforce children's growing understanding of healthy eating.

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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

 develop the monitoring of staff's practice so they make the most of every opportunity to challenge children's thinking and concentration skills so that all children remain focused and engaged in their learning  make the most of opportunities to reinforce children's understanding of how healthy eating contributes to their ongoing good health.

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Inspection activities

 The inspectors observed children's activities indoors and outdoors.  The inspectors undertook two joint observations with the manager and childcare director.  The inspectors had discussions with the children, staff and the manager.  The inspectors took account of the views of parents spoken to on the day of the inspection and through written feedback.  The inspectors looked at a range of relevant documentation relating to safeguarding and staff suitability, as well as policies, procedures and progress records.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The management team ensures staff have a good understanding of their roles and responsibilities to protect children's welfare. Staff carry out regular risk assessments on the provision to help to identify and minimise any hazards. The manager and staff meet the ratio requirements and deploy themselves well to supervise the children closely and help to keep them safe. The management team carries out regular evaluations and offers staff ongoing support and training. For example, staff benefit from training such as behaviour management to help them to consider ways to support children in managing their feelings. However, the monitoring of staff practice has not continued to focus on maintaining teaching to the highest quality to promote the best possible outcomes for children. Communication with parents is good. For example, parents receive regular updates that keep them well informed about ongoing changes in the nursery and

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

receive good feedback on their children's development to support ongoing learning at home.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff plan exciting opportunities to help children to extend their understanding of the world. For example, they provide opportunities for children to explore ice. They help children learn to use magnifying glasses to investigate insects they have hidden in the ice. Staff make effective use of children's experiences to help them to build their vocabulary. For example, toddlers learn the names and sounds of animals as they join in with familiar songs about a farm. Staff plan a wide range of sensory experiences for all ages of children. For example, babies use their keen investigative skills as they explore the new textures and materials. Older children use different paint colours to create pictures and observe how colours change when they mix.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Staff develop positive relationships with all children and get to know them well. They offer lots of comfort and reassurance to babies and children, who settle well into the nursery and their new rooms. Staff make good use of opportunities that promote children's understanding of similarities and differences of other people from around the world. Staff work in close partnerships with other professionals to establish any additional support needed quickly. Staff promptly highlight any gaps in children's development and provide every child with good individual support to help them catch up quickly in their learning.

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Outcomes for children are good

All children gain good skills to help prepare them for their next stages in learning, including those who have special educational needs and/or disabilities. They enjoy using their developing mathematical skills in everyday play. For example, babies and younger children enjoy taking part in number songs while older children learn new shape names and start to compare the sizes of different objects.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY436012 Local authority Slough Inspection number 1112709 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 134 Number of children on roll 152 Name of registered person All About Children Limited

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Date of previous inspection 19 July 2016 Telephone number 01753 532 718

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The Cherry Trees Nursery registered in 2012. It is situated on the Slough Trading Estate in Berkshire. The nursery is open each weekday from 7.45am until 6.15pm for 51 weeks of the year. It is in receipt of funding for the provision of free early education for children aged two, three and four years old. The nursery employs 43 members of staff. The manager is qualified to degree level and 28 other staff have relevant 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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