Little Scribblers Day Nursery

Little Scribblers Day Nursery 21st Bath Scout Site, Charlcombe Lane, Bath, BA1 6NS

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 15 September 2017 3 June 2015

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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 have positive relationships with parents. They share knowledge and work well together, to effectively support children's well-being and learning.  Staff know the children well and develop caring and respectful relationships with them. Children are well settled and confident at the nursery. They enjoy learning and behave well.  All children, including those who have special educational needs and/or disabilities, receive good support. The managers and staff have strong, effective relationships with a wide range of professionals to ensure continuity in children's care and to support their developmental needs effectively.  Staff have a good understanding of how children learn, and they plan a wide range of stimulating activities to support learning successfully. Children make good progress and staff prepare them well for the next stage of their learning.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Although staff monitor individual children's progress effectively, they do not use the information fully to monitor the progress made by groups of children to help them evaluate the effectiveness of learning overall.  Some staff do not consistently interact with children as effectively as possible to challenge and extend their learning even further.

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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 further the monitoring of progress made by different groups of children and use this information fully to evaluate the effectiveness of teaching and learning  enhance staff interactions with the children so that staff consistently challenge and extend children's learning.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children and adults in the indoor and outdoor environments.  The inspector held discussions with the managers and staff during the inspection.  The inspector looked at documentation, including children's development records, staff records and policies.  The inspector carried out a joint observation with one of the managers.  The inspector took account of the views of parents spoken to on the day of the inspection.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The staff keep their safeguarding knowledge up to date and are clear about what they should do if they had any concerns about a child in their care. Managers check that staff are suitable to work with children and evaluate the provision well to identify areas for improvement. They support the well-qualified staff to update their professional knowledge, which has a positive impact on children's learning. For example, recent training on speech and language has helped staff to support children to develop their understanding of language more effectively.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff observe children and use information from parents to assess progress and successfully identify next steps in learning. They effectively use children's interests to plan exciting activities. For example, older children experiment with bubble painting, finding out how to make the biggest bubbles, while younger children enjoy exploring the paint with their hands. Overall, most staff foster good communication skills. They listen attentively to children, respond to toddlers' babblings and introduce new vocabulary to children, such as 'lush' and 'scorpion'.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Staff work effectively with parents to help children feel settled at the nursery. For example, they follow parents' requests for toddlers to sleep outside in the fresh air. Staff give children's emotional well-being a high priority. Caring relationships with key persons provide a secure base from which children learn and develop independence successfully. Children confidently select their own toys and manage their own needs well, relative to their ages. For example, children are encouraged to help lay the table for lunch. The indoor and outdoor environments are welcoming and stimulating with a broad range of resources for toddlers and older children. Children enjoy access to the outdoors at all times. Staff are vigilant in supervising children well. They provide clear explanations so that children learn how to keep themselves safe.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children are confident to explore and develop their own ideas successfully. They have good social skills and show concern for others. Even the youngest toddlers are confident to interact with visitors. They develop good physical skills as they run and play chase and catch balls. Children use mathematical words and numbers well as they play. For example, they talk about the different-sized bubbles they have blown. Younger children are keen to snuggle up with staff to share books, and older children listen well and ask questions about stories.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY332969 Local authority Bath & NE Somerset Inspection number 1092698 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 - 4 Total number of places 16 Number of children on roll 24 Name of registered person Little Scribblers Ltd

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Date of previous inspection 3 June 2015 Telephone number 07747 081626

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Little Scribblers Ltd registered in 2006. It is in the city of Bath. It opens on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 7.45am until 5.30pm and on Friday from 7.45am until 4.30pm, all year round. The nursery also offers after-school and holiday care for children up to the age of eight years. It provides free funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children. Six members of staff work directly with the children. One member of staff holds qualified teacher status, one holds early years professional status, three hold relevant early years qualifications at level 3 and above, and one member of staff holds a qualification at level 2.

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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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