Lonsdale Nursery

Lonsdale Nursery 22 Grange Road, HARTLEPOOL, Cleveland, TS26 8JB

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 3 November 2017 7 April 2014

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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

 Leaders and staff are committed to developing the nursery. They have a range of strategies in place to take account of the views of parents, staff and children, to inform planning for continuous improvement.  Staff know children well and develop close, caring relationships with them. Children who are new to the setting are supported to bond well with staff and to thrive. They feel safe and secure at the nursery.  There is a well-established and effective working partnership with parents. Staff regularly consult with parents. They gather, and use, good-quality information about what children have achieved or engaged in at home, to support continuity of learning.  Children behave well. Staff are positive role models who encourage and support children with frequent praise. Children are confident and independent.  Staff use skilful questioning to support the development of children's good communication and language skills. All children make good progress in their learning.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Information from observations is not used consistently to identify as precisely as possible what children need to learn next.  Procedures to observe, develop and enhance the quality and impact of staff practice are not focused sharply on improving the quality of teaching 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

 enhance the use of information about children's achievements so that teaching focuses even more precisely on what they need to learn next  continue to develop and embed the range of procedures for monitoring staff practice to help further enhance the quality of teaching.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching activities, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact of this on children's learning.  The inspector spoke to staff and children, at appropriate times, throughout the inspection.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the nursery manager.  The inspector looked at documentation, including evidence of the suitability of staff working at the nursery.  The inspector took into account the views of parents spoken to during the visit.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. Managers and staff have a secure understanding of child protection issues. They demonstrate that they know how to identify and report any concerns about a child's welfare or the conduct of an adult. The staff team is suitably qualified. It has opportunities for ongoing professional development, for example at staff meetings, that help to refresh and extend existing skills overall. Partnerships with other settings are established to support good two-way communication. Managers monitor the progress of groups of children and identify any support needed. Staff also work with other professionals to address any gaps in children's learning. Parents praise the nursery staff for the good help and support provided to their children.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff know children well and provide activities to encourage them to explore a wide range of resources that stimulates their senses. For example, young children search for model dinosaurs hidden in a tray of straw. They use their imaginations as they pretend to prepare meals when mixing mud and water together. Children practise their mark-making skills as they draw lines in salt and paint brick walls with water. During children's play, staff focus their time and attention effectively on the children. Staff name the toys that children choose and describe children's actions. Children hear and learn new words about what they are doing. This helps them to make good progress in learning to speak. Children listen carefully to stories and answer questions about the characters and events. They are encouraged to share ideas and listen to each other.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children learn to share and take turns. They are kind and helpful towards each other. Staff use a range of strategies to help children form positive relationships with their peers and with adults. They also provide a range of activities and experiences to help children learn about similarities and differences between themselves and others. Children choose from an interesting range of resources in both the indoor and outdoor play areas. They learn to keep themselves safe, for example, when playing on a slope into the garden. The outdoor area is well organised, so that it provides many opportunities for those children that prefer to learn outside. Children benefit from regular physical exercise and are provided with healthy, nutritionally balanced meals and free access to drinking water.

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Outcomes for children are good

All children make good progress. They are well prepared for the next stage of their learning and the eventual move on to nursery and school. Children have regular opportunities to become independent, for example, when they serve their own food at lunchtime. They enjoy being praised as they find the labelled peg to hang their coats on. Children are settled and happy. They form firm friendships with each other.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY410762 Local authority Hartlepool Inspection number 1102266 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 2 - 10 Total number of places 58 Number of children on roll 35 Name of registered person Lonsdale Nursery Ltd

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Date of previous inspection 7 April 2014 Telephone number 01429 861 400

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Lonsdale Nursery registered in 2010. The nursery is open each weekday from 7.30am to 6pm, except for Bank Holidays and the week between Christmas and the New Year. Funded early education for two- and three-year-olds is provided. The nursery employs nine members of staff to work with the children, most of whom hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 and above.

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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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