Twinkle Stars Montessori Nursery

Twinkle Stars Montessori Nursery St Edmund the King Parish Hall, Pinner Road, NORTHWOOD, Middlesex, HA6 1QS

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 31 October 2017 20 March 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

 The manager has developed effective ways to evaluate the quality of the nursery. She skilfully seeks the views of parents and staff and ensures they can share their thoughts. For example, parents complete questionnaires and attend coffee mornings where they provide feedback and suggestions. Staff value parents' opinions and listen to these well.  Staff have developed strong relationships with parents and involve them well in children's learning. For example, staff invite parents to attend assemblies and they provide religious festival workshops for children.  Staff provide a wide range of exciting activities to engage children and develop their concentration skills. Staff skilfully extend and challenge children's learning, such as encouraging them to remember and share their own previous experiences.  Children develop extremely good independence skills and keep themselves safe and healthy. For example, children serve their own fruit and wash their own bowl after

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This provision is good

snack. They also have access to wet wipes and tissues, which they use independently when they need to. Children are ready for the next stages in their learning.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Staff do not ensure that all children can hear them when conducting group activities.  Staff do not consistently ensure that assessments are robust and teaching is targeted as precisely as possible, to help children make the best possible progress in their learning.

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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 staff teaching skills even further to help maintain children's focus and attention, particularly during group activities  enhance the monitoring systems to ensure the meticulous and accurate assessment of children's progress, to help target teaching as precisely as possible.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager and observed the quality of teaching, and interactions with children.  The inspector spoke to staff and held a meeting with the manager.  The inspector took account of the views of parents spoken to during the inspection.  The inspector sampled documentation, including staff and children's records, policies and procedures, and evidence of staff suitability to work with children.  The inspector observed and interacted with the children in the inside and outside environment.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The manager has a secure understanding of her role and responsibilities. Staff have a good understanding of the signs and symptoms that could indicate a concern about a child's welfare. Safeguarding is effective. The manager follows robust procedures to help ensure that staff working with children are suitable. Leaders are committed to working with other professionals to help ensure that children who have special educational needs receive consistent support, appropriate care and make good progress. The manager implements effective ways to monitor staff performance and make improvements. For example, staff complete peer observations and group supervisions where they can share ideas to extend their professional development.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff provide activities that challenge children's learning. They plan for children's next steps well, to help ensure that children make good progress in all areas of their learning. For instance, children enjoy matching words with objects and ordering blocks by size to help develop their language skills and mathematical understanding. Children and toddlers benefit from warm and caring interactions from staff. Staff are committed to ensuring that children are respectful of different cultures and religions. For example, staff teach children about different festivals, such as Hanukah, and they celebrate the different languages spoken within the setting. Staff also encourage children to understand the world around them, such as through exploring mini-gardening and discovering outer-space and under- the-sea boxes which contain real resources.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children behave very well. They have a good understanding of what staff expect of them, such as independently tidying away their games. Staff effectively support new children and toddlers to settle and swiftly meet their care needs. Staff follow an effective key- person system and successfully support children's emotional well-being. For instance, staff observe children and respect their choice about whom they would like to be their key person. Staff help children to understand and express their feelings, such as by using puzzles depicting emotions and discussing how they feel when reading stories. Staff successfully cater for medical or dietary requirements to protect children from harm.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children are happy, confident and motivated learners. Toddlers develop good social and listening skills, which support them in their move into the older section of the setting. Children gain skills in early literacy and mathematics, such as confidently counting forwards and backwards and learning letter recognition. Children, including those who speak English as an additional language, make good progress from their starting points.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY414322 Local authority Hillingdon Inspection number 1094463 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 - 5 Total number of places 60 Number of children on roll 55 Name of registered person Parin Alibhai

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Date of previous inspection 20 March 2015 Telephone number 07858361350

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Twinkle Stars Montessori Nursery registered in 2010. The nursery opens term time, but also offers a holiday club. Sessions during term time are from 8am until 3pm from Monday to Friday. The nursery employs 15 staff. Of these, one holds early years professional status and nine others hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 and above. The nursery receives funding for the provision of free early education for children aged two, three and four years. The nursery follows the Montessori educational ethos.

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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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