Ladybird Nursery

Ladybird Nursery 45 Anerley Park, Penge, London, SE20 8NQ

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 21 November 2017 8 April 2013

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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

 Children are very happy and curious learners, especially the younger children who enjoy exploring the environment and resources.  Children develop their physical skills daily. They learn how to coordinate their larger body movements outdoors, using balancing resources and ride-on-toys, for example. Indoors, they enjoy craft activities and puzzles that help to strengthen their smaller physical skills.  Staff have developed effective partnerships with parents to help ensure all children make good progress. Staff share valuable information about the child's development at the setting, which helps to support parents to extend their children's learning at home.  Children are exposed to the diverse community they live in. For example, they sing and listen to nursery rhymes in different languages, use resources from different cultures and read books about other countries. Consequently, children develop positive attitudes

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 At times, the organisation of the environment and planned activities does not enable all children to remain fully engaged in their learning, particularly in the toddler and pre- school rooms.  The leadership team has not fully developed effective systems to identify any gaps in particular groups of children's learning and provide additional support when required to help ensure all children make the best progress possible.

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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

 revise the organisation of the environment and activities for the older children to help all children fully engage in their play and learning  monitor and track particular groups of children more effectively to help identify any less obvious gaps in their learning and development.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the manager.  The inspector spoke with children, parents and staff during the inspection and considered their views.  The inspector sampled documentation, including children's learning and assessment records.  The inspector checked evidence of the suitability and qualifications of the staff working with the children, and discussed the provider's self-evaluation process.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The leadership team uses a very effective evaluation process to improve the quality of the provision. They considered the views of children, parents, staff and other professionals. This lead to rearranging rooms to ensure that very young children get the attention and focus they need. Safeguarding is effective. The leadership team implements secure recruitment procedures to ensure staff are suitable to work with children. They are fully aware of the procedures to follow if they have a concern about a child's welfare and safety. The leadership team supports staff to evaluate each other's practice to help identify training to develop the quality of teaching. Parents are very complimentary about the warm, friendly and welcoming environment staff create.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff are very confident in their knowledge of how children learn. They assess each child's development effectively and use what they know to plan flexibly for children's next steps in learning, according to their needs and interests. Teaching is good across all rooms and staff communicate well with the children. For example, staff are very conscious of ensuring they engage at the child's level. Younger children enjoy making music, using instruments and singing songs. Older children share their ideas when cooking 'meals' in the mud kitchen. Staff encourage children to use their imagination during activities. They show curiosity in their play as staff interact and engage with them.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children develop secure attachments to staff, who help them settle from the beginning and ease transitions between rooms. Children develop their confidence and self-esteem. For example, when playing outside, children bring additional resources for the inspector to join in their games. Children develop strong social skills and learn to share. Staff use appropriate strategies to promote children's positive behaviour. For example, they use visual aids, such as picture time lines and sand timers, to help children understand routines and time restraints. Staff support children to learn about being healthy. Children understand the importance of washing their hands before eating and enjoy talking about the healthy food they eat. Staff deploy themselves well to supervise children and keep them safe.

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Outcomes for children are good

All children make good progress from their starting points, including those who are learning English as an additional language. Children enjoy and learn from an early age to make marks and learn about writing. They practise counting each day, listen well to staff and follow instructions, for example, using the stairs safely to go outdoors. Children build good skills in readiness for their move on to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 137220 Local authority Bromley Inspection number 1115928 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 - 5 Total number of places 44 Number of children on roll 51 Name of registered person Priya Bhatia

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Date of previous inspection 8 April 2013 Telephone number 020 8778 2810

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Ladybird Nursery registered 1995. It is situated in the London Borough of Bromley. The nursery is open Monday to Friday from 7.30am to 6.30pm, 51 weeks a year. The nursery employs 14 members of staff, including the manager. Of these, eight staff hold a relevant qualification at level 3, four hold a qualification at level 2 and the manager holds a relevant qualification at level 5. The nursery receives funding for the provision of free early years education to children aged two, three and four years.

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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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