Peapods Nursery School

Peapods Nursery School Manor Farm, Peppard Common, Henley-On-Thames, Oxfordshire, RG9 5LA

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 28 February 2018 5 November 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

 Children make good progress in their learning and development. They are happy and engaged, and enjoy the vast range of activities which staff plan for them to support their development.  Staff track and observe children's development consistently. They accurately link children's individual next steps into planning to support ongoing development.  Children benefit from an extremely welcoming environment, which is fully risk assessed by staff to ensure the areas used by children are safe and secure.  Partnerships with parents are good. For example, staff welcome children at the door to gain valuable feedback about the children's evening, which may affect their day, to support continuity of care.  Strong and robust recruitment procedures are in place to ensure new staff and pre- existing staff are suitable to work with children.  Self-evaluation methods are effective in seeking the views of staff, parents and children

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This provision is good

to advance the provision and maintain consistently good-quality care for children.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Staff do not consistently extend children's awareness that print carries meaning.  At times, some staff do not give children sufficient time to think and respond to questions to develop their own ideas and solve problems.

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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

 extend opportunities for children to build on their literacy skills  create more opportunities to challenge children's thinking and encourage them to solve problems and come up with their own ideas.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed activities and learning experiences available to children.  The inspector observed interactions between children and staff.  The inspector asked staff questions about their work, observed, and asked questions to staff about their practice.  The inspector spoke to some parents about their views and opinions of the nursery and considered these.  The inspector sampled documentation and completed a joint observation with the manager.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. Staff have a strong understanding of their roles and responsibilities to protect children's welfare. They are confident in the signs and indicators of a child being at risk of harm and the referral systems if needed. The management team and staff work well together. Staff benefit from good induction, supervision, support and training to enable them to fulfil their roles appropriately. For example, staff benefit from regular one-to-one sessions to review their teaching strategies and ongoing training, such as food hygiene, to help them to embed healthy practices. Overall, the management team reviews staff practice and children's progress well, to ensure learning is consistent.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff provide a good range of activities for children, which successfully occupies and engages children. For example, children enjoy singing and dancing to music from around the world, which helps them to learn and understand different languages. Staff encourage children's physical development well. For instance, they offer a variety of sensory experiences to encourage children to explore and feel media and materials. For example, babies enjoy exploring with flour as they make dough and older children enjoy experimental play as they learn about the effects of mixing paints together. Staff encourage children's communication and language skills well. For instance, staff talk and engage interactivity with all children. They skilfully ask questions and model words to encourage children's listening and speaking skills.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Staff have good relationships with children and use the key-person system well to offer good support. All children show that they feel safe and secure. For instance, they happily explore the play areas with confidence and access toys and resources from drawers and shelves independently. Staff support children's developing self-care skills and health well. For example, staff teach children about good hygiene routines, such as handwashing, and older children are encouraged to pour drinks when thirsty using jugs and glasses. All children have daily opportunities to play outside and be physically active.

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Outcomes for children are good

All children are making good progress towards their next stages in learning, given their starting points. All children learn about numbers, shapes and space well as they build with puzzles, explore with media and containers, and sing number songs with staff. Children learn to listen to instructions and demonstrate good imaginations. For example, they listen for traffic as they cross the road to go to the field. They respond excitedly to the enactment of a story, where they imaginatively step through the grass and run away from the bear in the cave.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY455468 Local authority Oxfordshire Inspection number 1071531 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 1 - 4 Total number of places 30 Number of children on roll 50 Name of registered person Hopcroft Childcare Ltd

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Date of previous inspection 5 November 2014 Telephone number 07825 889 307 **01491 628395

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Peapods Nursery School registered in 2013. The nursery opens Monday to Friday during term time from 8am to 4pm, with a core day of 8.30am to 3.30pm. The holiday club runs during some of the school holidays from 8.30am to 3.30pm. The setting receives funding for three- and four-year-old children. There are eight staff, including the manager, six of whom hold suitable childcare qualifications.

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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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