Sunbeam Day Nursery

Sunbeam Day Nursery 41 Upper Tulse Hill, London, SW2 2SG

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 31 January 2018 5 August 2014

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Outcomes for children Requires improvement

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This provision requires improvement. It is not yet good because:

 Staff do not use the information gained from their assessments to plan effectively for individual children's learning. Planned activities do not always promote children's learning effectively. Consequently, children do not make good progress.  The quality of teaching is variable. At times, activities lack challenge, which does not support children to make good progress in their learning and development.  Staff do not consistently maintain the children's interest and motivation.  Leadership and management systems for monitoring staff practice are not fully effective in ensuring that teaching is consistently strong so that every child makes as much progress as possible.

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It has the following strengths

 Staff talk to children during their play and help them learn how to play cooperatively with others. They teach children to share toys, take turns and be kind to one another.  Partnerships with parents and other professionals are effective. Staff regularly talk to parents to share information about their children, including their activities at home, to support continuity in their children's learning.  The key-person system is effective and helps to ensure that children develop their confidence and settle quickly at the nursery.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

To meet the requirements of the early years foundation stage the provider must:

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Due Date

 ensure that planned activities take account of children's individual learning needs, interests and styles of learning, to help them make consistently good progress 28/02/2018

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 improve the quality of teaching to ensure that staff challenge and guide children's learning effectively to help them to make good progress in their learning and development. 28/02/2018

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To further improve the quality of the early years provision the provider should:

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 help staff to find ways to fully engage children in planned activities so they are keen and motivated to learn  extend procedures for monitoring and improving the quality and effectiveness of teaching to ensure that all children make as much progress as possible.

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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 spoke with staff and children during the inspection.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the nursery manager.  The inspector held a meeting with the nursery manager. She looked at relevant documentation, such as evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery.  The inspector spoke to a number of parents during the inspection and took account of their views.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management requires improvement

Staff receive regular supervisory meetings. However, these have not yet been fully effective in raising the quality of teaching and outcomes for children. This is because further training is not sufficiently targeted on the weaknesses in teaching. The management team has begun to develop systems to evaluate the service it provides. Safeguarding is effective. Detailed recruitment and vetting procedures are followed to determine the suitability of staff to work with children. Staff have a clear understanding of safeguarding issues and procedures to follow if they have any concerns.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

Despite staff's qualifications, the quality of some teaching is not good enough to ensure that children make consistently good progress. As children play, staff do not consistently offer children the challenge they need to secure their good progress. For example, children enjoy exploring a range of media as they create their own pictures. However, staff do not use the activity well to teach children new skills or to extend their language. Staff do not use the information gained from their observations effectively to plan activities that promote children's individual development. Therefore, they do not consistently challenge and extend children's learning. There are inconsistencies in the quality of teaching. For example, adult-led activities are not managed well. However, staff plan sensory activities that children enjoy exploring. Parents are very positive about the nursery and say that staff share good information with them about the activities their

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare require improvement

Inconsistencies in the quality of teaching mean that some children are not motivated or inspired to learn as much as they can. Despite this, staff are attentive to their care needs and reassure and comfort younger children when they are unsettled. This supports children to develop their confidence. Staff sometimes interrupt children's learning with adult-led activities and prolong the time these activities take. Staff promote healthy lifestyles. For example, children follow appropriate hygiene routines. Children enjoy healthy meals and snacks, which contributes to their understanding of a healthy lifestyle. Staff help children to learn about each other's backgrounds and diversity, for example, through pictures and displays. Staff help children to understand right and wrong and recognise the feelings of others. They occasionally guide children to recognise how to keep themselves safe. For example, children know to take care when the floor is wet.

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Outcomes for children require improvement

Weaknesses in teaching mean that children are not making good progress in their learning. As a result, children are not developing all of the skills they need for their future learning quickly enough. At times, they show an absence of focus and concentration because of the lack of stimulation that activities provide. Nevertheless, children choose what they want to play with, and this helps to develop their independence.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY405072 Local authority Lambeth Inspection number 1071235 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register Age range of children 1 - 3 Total number of places 30 Number of children on roll 17 Name of registered person Gloria Winsome Robinson

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Date of previous inspection 5 August 2014 Telephone number 020 3441 0954

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Sunbeam Day Nursery registered in 2009. The nursery employs six members of childcare staff. Of these, three hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 5 and two at level 3. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday all year round, closing for one week at Christmas. Sessions are from 7.30am until 6.30pm. 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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