Normanhurst Day Nursery

Normanhurst Day Nursery 110 St Georges Avenue, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN2 6JF

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 4 October 2017 10 January 2017

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This inspection: Good 2

Previous inspection: Requires Improvement

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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

 Managers have worked closely together to make many improvements since the last inspection. They ensure staff manage children's behaviour well. Managers use performance management, including the monitoring of teaching, alongside professional development opportunities to help ensure teaching is good.  Children freely explore the stimulating and welcoming environment that staff provide. All children make good progress relative to their starting points.  Staff in pre-school are particularly focused on helping children who are learning English as an additional language to learn to speak English quickly in preparation for school. Some staff are able to chat to children in their home languages. Staff read stories in dual languages and help children use pictures and words to communicate their needs and wants.  Staff help to children build positive relationships together. Children settle quickly and happily. Staff are vigilant about meeting children's physical needs. For example, they

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This provision is good

ensure children playing with water outside do not get too cold.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Staff working with two-year-old children do not precisely focus some activities as well as possible on their stage of development and level of understanding.  Highly successful strategies are not in place to further support parents to extend their children's learning at home.

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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

 consider even more carefully children's existing skills and levels of understanding when planning activities for two-year-old children  develop more opportunities to help parents further support their children's learning at home.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and outdoors and assessed children's learning.  The inspector considered the written and verbal views of parents and carers.  The inspector and manager completed a joint observation and considered the managers self-evaluation.  The inspector spoke with the staff and held a meeting with the manager and nominated person. She looked at relevant documentation, including the self-evaluation form, records of children's learning and development, a selection of policies and procedures and risk assessments.  The inspector spoke to staff and children at appropriate times.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The manger ensures all staff regularly update their safeguarding knowledge. Staff are aware of the reporting procedures to follow in the event of a child protection concern. The designated safeguarding officer works closely with other professionals involved in protecting children's welfare to help ensure their safety. The manager has worked closely with the local authority to improve teaching and staff's understanding of how children learn. She considers the views of parents, staff and other professionals in her accurate self-evaluation to identify areas to strengthen. As a result of feedback, she has improved security measures when parents drop off and collect their children. The manager checks children's progress to meet any requirements for additional support. She uses tracking of specific groups of children to help identify and address any areas in her provision that can be strengthened.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff are attentive to children and support their ideas well. Staff working with children under two focus successfully on supporting their early physical, communication and social skills. They provide many opportunities for younger children to explore using their senses. They follow children's self-selected play well. Overall, two-year-old children receive effective support to develop the key skills needed for future learning. For example, they enjoy making marks in sand, in foam and on paper using pencils. Pre-school children receive good support to develop skills in preparation for school. Staff effectively use their planned opportunities to teach children the sounds that letters represent. Children have daily opportunities to engage in mathematically focused activities. Staff keep parents regularly informed about their children's progress.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Staff support children's safety and welfare effectively. Children settle quickly. Key persons work well with parents to ensure children are physically comfortable and receive continuity in their care experience. For instance, staff strictly adhere to any dietary requirements for children. Children learn to follow a healthy lifestyle. They enjoy daily, often energetic, outdoor play that particularly supports children who prefer to learn outside. Staff support children's social skills well. Staff help children learn to value each other's differences, such as languages.

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Outcomes for children are good

Assessment and planning systems show all children are making good progress in their learning and development. All children learn to communicate well, including children who are learning English as an additional language. Children learn how to use the toys and environment safely, such as holding the bannister as they walk downstairs. Children who require additional support, including those who have attended only a short time, close gaps in their development as a result of effective targeted provision.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY315302 Local authority Northamptonshire Inspection number 1083176 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 - 4 Total number of places 45 Number of children on roll 51 Name of registered person ABC Day Nurseries Limited

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Date of previous inspection 10 January 2017 Telephone number 01604 713048

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Normanhurst Day Nursery registered in 2005. The nursery employs 11 members of childcare staff. Five members of staff hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3, two members of staff hold level 5 and one holds level 6. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday all year round. 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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