Happy Hours Nursery

Happy Hours Nursery 9 Worcester Gardens, Nailsea, Bristol, Avon, BS48 4RJ

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 19 December 2017 30 May 2017

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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 make good progress, relative to their starting points. Staff use their good assessments well to plan children's next steps in learning. The manager has effective systems to track children's progress, to identify and address any gaps in learning.  Good self-evaluation helps the provider and manager prioritise improvements that benefit children's learning. For example, they have changed daily routines so children spend less time sitting. This has had a positive impact on children's behaviour, particularly the older boys who enjoy being active as they learn.  Children have good self-esteem and show that they feel emotionally secure. Babies confidently explore their surroundings and resources under good staff supervision. Older children are curious and inquisitive. They are keen learners who ask numerous questions to find out more.  Staff have good relationships with parents and involve them well in their children's

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This provision is good

learning. For example, they send them videos of staff singing new songs they are teaching children, so parents can learn the words and tune to sing with their children.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 There is not an effective system for staff to share information about children's learning with other early years settings they attend, to ensure there is more consistency in planning their next steps.  Whole-group activities in the pre-school room are not organised effectively to engage all children. Some children quickly lose interest and start to talk among themselves.

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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 an effective system of sharing information about children's learning with other settings they attend, to ensure consistency when planning  review the organisation of whole-group activities in the pre-school room, to better meet the needs of all children involved.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children and staff engaged in learning activities in both rooms and outside.  The inspector talked to the provider, manager, staff and children.  The inspector reviewed safeguarding procedures and other required documentation, including the complaints record.  The inspector reviewed the effectiveness of systems of observation, assessment and planning in helping children to make progress.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The provider and manager support staff well. They encourage them to make the most of training opportunities to continue to develop their skills. The manager monitors changes very well to ensure these have a positive impact on children's learning. For example, staff trained to use signing with children, and this has particularly benefitted babies and toddlers with limited speech. They now confidently sign as they learn to say new words and to have their needs met. For instance, at lunchtime, babies signed to ask staff for more water. Safeguarding is effective. The provider, manager and staff have a good understanding of local safeguarding procedures and what action to take if they have child protection concerns. The manager deploys staff effectively to ensure they supervise children well at all times. Staff record all accidents and incidents involving children, and the manager audits these regularly as part of her risk assessments to identify if they can

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff use their good knowledge of individual children well to make sure activities interest and challenge them. They use outdoor spaces particularly well, making sure that children of all ages who prefer to learn outside have as good a variety of resources to support their learning as when indoors. Staff encourage children to be curious, and they use the computer tablet well to help them find out new things. For example, when children wanted to know how a hedgehog moves, they looked it up together and found a video to watch that answered their question. Staff plan good activities for babies and toddlers that encourage their communication and physical development. For example, the children thoroughly enjoyed searching for 'treasures' buried in the tinsel. Each time they discovered an object, staff encouraged them to repeat its name.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children are confident and well behaved due to good support from staff. Mealtimes are sociable and children happily talk to each other about what they have been doing. They enjoy sharing their knowledge. For example, older children had a lively discussion about carrots being good for their eyes. Babies and toddlers receive good support as they learn to use cutlery independently. For example, toddlers watched how staff used a knife to help push the pasta onto the fork and they copied this. Children have good safety awareness. For example, they made sure they had fastened the safety net securely before using the trampoline.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children develop good skills to prepare them for the next stage in their learning, including going to school. Children who will soon transfer from the baby room spend regular time in the pre-school so they are confident about joining the larger group. Older children enjoy focused activities that extend their knowledge and understanding of letters and how to sound these out to form simple words.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 115263 Local authority North Somerset Inspection number 1119634 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Age range of children 0 - 4 Total number of places 0 Number of children on roll 82 Name of registered person Happy Hours Nursery Limited

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reference number

Date of previous inspection 30 May 2017 Telephone number 01275 790433

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Happy Hours Nursery registered in 1990. It operates in Nailsea, North Somerset. It is open Monday to Friday from 7.30am to 6pm for 51 weeks a year. The nursery owner employs 19 staff. Of these, one member of staff has early years professional status, two have relevant childcare qualifications at level 6, and 13 staff have early years qualifications at level 3.

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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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