Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery

Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery 78 Shakespeare Road, BEDFORD, MK40 2DN

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 14 February 2018 15 June 2017

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Previous inspection: Requires Improvement

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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:

 Not all staff involved in serving food to children have a good enough understanding of children's dietary needs, or the ingredients in the foods being served.  The quality of teaching is not consistently good. Staff's interactions and engagement with children are variable.  The provider's arrangements for the supervision of staff are not yet effective enough to help them raise the quality of teaching to a consistently good level.  Leaders and managers do not use the self-evaluation process effectively to swiftly identify and address weaknesses.

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It has the following strengths

 Children are encouraged to be physically active. They enjoy energetic games indoors and outside.  The partnerships with parents are firmly established. Staff keep parents well informed about their children's progress and well-being. Parents like the warm, family feel of the nursery.  Staff have a good understanding of those children who need extra help and work well with other involved professionals.  Babies, in particular, form secure emotional bonds with their key person. They settle quickly and develop confident attitudes.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

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

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Due Date

 ensure children's special dietary needs, preferences and allergies are known to staff and adhered to at all times 28/02/2018

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 improve the quality of teaching to ensure that staff fully engage with children and have consistently warm and positive interactions that help to raise children's achievements. 28/02/2018

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Due Date

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

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Due Date

 improve the coaching and support for staff teaching practice to ensure that children have consistently good learning experiences  refine the self-evaluation process to effectively identify the areas for improvement and improve the actions taken to address them.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector looked at all the areas of the nursery. She spoke with staff and children during the inspection.  The inspector met with the two managers and representatives of the provider. The nursery's self-evaluation was discussed.  The inspector looked at various documents, including evidence of staff suitability, children's records and some policies and procedures.  The inspector spoke to a small number of parents and took account of the views of others through written feedback.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management requires improvement

Managers and staff demonstrate a positive desire to improve. However, although supervision meetings have been implemented, these are not yet targeted precisely enough to raise the quality of staff practice. Additionally, the self-evaluation process does not successfully help the provider to address weaknesses. Safeguarding is effective. Staff implement clear procedures for admitting visitors to the nursery. Rigorous recruitment procedures help to ensure staff working with children are suitable to do so. All staff undertake regular child protection training. They know how to recognise signs of abuse and understand the procedures to follow if a child is at risk. Staff have a good understanding of those children who need extra help to make expected progress in their learning.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

The quality of staff's teaching and their interactions with children is not consistently good. Staff are not always alert to times when children need support to extend their learning. At times, this leads to children being aimless because staff miss opportunities to engage with them and offer challenge and motivation. That being said, when staff do engage with children, interactions are warm and positive. Some small-group activities are well planned. Staff make story time interesting with finger puppets and support children's developing language skills with songs and rhymes. Throughout the nursery there is a good focus on activities that stimulate children's senses. Babies play with jelly and cereal, and older children experiment with slime and shaving foam. Staff work well with parents and offer regular meetings to discuss children's well-being and development.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare require improvement

Managers do not ensure that staff serving food know children's dietary needs or understand which ingredients particular foods contain. During the inspection, children with a dairy intolerance were served food containing milk. No harm came to the children as the food was swiftly removed once the mistake was recognised. Other aspects of children's care needs are suitably promoted. Staff collect detailed information from parents to support children's entry into the nursery. Relationships between children and staff are good. Children have a broad variety of resources to choose from, including a well- equipped sand room. They enjoy walks into their community and meet with other people, such as residents of a local care home.

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Outcomes for children require improvement

Children make sufficient progress from their starting points and develop key skills they need for school. However, they are not challenged to extend their capabilities. Children develop their independence as they help with practical routines, such as tidying away resources. Fun games, such as 'What's the time Mr Wolf?', introduce children to numbers. Older children learn to link letters with the sounds they represent and have lots of opportunities to practise writing.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY459217 Local authority Bedford Borough Inspection number 1108071 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 72 Number of children on roll 106 Name of registered person Mark Antony Crosby

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Date of previous inspection 15 June 2017 Telephone number 01234930282

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Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery registered in 2013. There are currently 17 staff working with the children. Of these, nine hold appropriate early years qualification at level 3, three hold level 6, one holds level 4 and one holds level 2. The nursery opens Monday to Friday for 51 weeks a year. Sessions are from 7.30am until 6.30pm. The nursery provides funded early education places 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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