Ladybirds Nursery

Ladybirds Nursery 39 Bradford Street, Bolton, Lancashire, BL2 1HT

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 22 March 2018 Not applicable

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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

 The management team is passionate, committed and has a clear vision for the nursery. Managers show an excellent attitude to enhancing practice where necessary and have made sustained improvements since opening.  Children who have special educational needs (SEN) and/or disabilities are given excellent support. Staff work collaboratively with all involved in their care and learning, including other professionals, and advice is accurately threaded into individual plans.  Children are happy, confident and excitedly welcome new visitors to the nursery. They enjoy positive relationships with their key-person who enthusiastically acknowledge and value children's contributions and home experiences. Children's physical and emotional well-being is high and they make good progress in their learning.  Children have wonderful opportunities to learn about themselves, the lives of others and the wider world, this helps promote their understanding of difference well.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The performance management of staff does not yet provide the manager with in-depth evaluations of staff teaching to raise the quality to the highest levels.  Staff are not always aware of when children loose concentration and become less engaged in their activities.  Although parents are provided with a wide range of opportunities to be involved in their children's ongoing learning, this is not implemented as effectively when children first start.

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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 performance management of the staff team and gain more in-depth evaluations of teaching practice  enhance awareness of when children become less engaged in activities and promote learning to the highest levels  strengthen current partnerships with parents and provide further opportunities for them to be involved in their children's learning from the outset.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching and the impact this has on children's learning, during play indoors and outdoors.  The inspector carried out a joint observation with the nursery manager.  The inspector spoke to children and staff at appropriate times during the inspection and held a meeting with the nursery manager and deputy.  The inspector took account of the views of parents spoken to on the day of the inspection and other written comments.  The inspector looked at children's records, evidence of the suitability of staff and a range of other documentation, including policies and procedures.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. All staff have a firm understanding of how to identify and report any safeguarding concerns. The premises are safe, secure and subject to regular risk assessment. Sleeping arrangements are well considered and children's dietary needs are fully catered for, further supporting children's safety. Overall, staff receive good support from the manager through regular supervisions. This also provides an opportunity for the manager to assess and monitor children's progress and to address where children may require additional support. Staff recently enhanced the provision for physical development and opportunities in the baby room, as a result of good monitoring of the educational programme by the managers. Additional funding is used well to target children's individual needs.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff are well qualified and this is reflected in their, overall, good practice and teaching skills. Staff use their good knowledge of the children to make accurate assessments of their learning and to plan for their individual next steps. Staff help support younger children's communication skills well. For example, they provide a narrative and describe their actions, as well as modelling the associated action using sign-supported communication. Staff provide babies with a wide range of natural, sensory based resources that widely engage their exploratory impulses. Children who speak English as an additional language receive good support. The nursery has invested in wonderful resources to promote children's play and learning in their home language.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The nursery environment is bright, welcoming and extremely personal to the children and families that attend. Children thoroughly enjoy their time at nursery and develop good relationships with their peers. They share, take turns and know to ask staff for help if they cannot negotiate issues themselves. Outdoors, children use good physical skills and practise good risk assessment as they mount the climbing equipment in different ways. They have plenty of opportunity to be physically active and independently access the water station when they are thirsty. Children enjoy learning about healthy snacks and the impact on their bodies.

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Outcomes for children are good

All children, including those who have SEN and/or disabilities and children who speak English as an additional language, make good progress. There is an abundance of opportunity for all children to make marks and write for purpose and this helps support their excellent small-muscle skills and emerging literacy skills. This has been particularly beneficial for boys, successfully engaging them in mark making through staff's implementation of novel mark making strategies. Children are exceptionally well prepared for their future learning and their eventual move on to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY496636 Local authority Bolton Inspection number 1035786 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 65 Number of children on roll 72 Name of registered person Gillian Ann Franklin

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Date of previous inspection Not applicable Telephone number 07976 303715

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Ladybirds Nursery registered in 2016. The nursery employs 14 members of childcare staff. Of these, 13 hold appropriate early years qualifications. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday 51 weeks of the year. Sessions are from 7am to 6pm. 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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