The Little Blue Door

The Little Blue Door 1 Laburnum Grove, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 7DL

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 4 April 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 Outstanding 1

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This provision is good

 All staff are exceptionally supportive and attentive to every child's needs. They get to know children extremely well and build supreme bonds with them. Children are exceedingly happy and secure. They explore the exciting nursery environment with extreme confidence and are highly enthusiastic and motivated learners.  The manager effectively evaluates the provision. She actively includes staff, parents and other professionals in the process of improving the quality of care and learning.  Partnerships with parents are strong. Staff work hard to ensure there is regular and effective two-way communication. Parents are fully involved in children's learning. They regularly discuss children's progress with staff and share what they need to learn next.  Staff regularly observe children's learning and assess their individual development closely. They use their in-depth knowledge of the children to help plan an extremely

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This provision is good

stimulating and engaging learning environment. All children make good progress from the starting points in their learning.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Management does not precisely monitor and track different groups of children to quickly identify any gaps in their learning and to help them make even better progress.  Staff do not make the most of all interactions with older children to encourage problem solving and to fully extend their thinking skills.

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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

 build on the systems for monitoring the progress of groups of children, to help precisely identify potential gaps and raise outcomes to an outstanding level  make full use of opportunities to further encourage the problem-solving and critical- thinking skills of older children.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed teaching practice and the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector held discussions with the manager, staff and children.  The inspector read some of the nursery's documentation, including the safeguarding policy and procedures.  The inspector sampled children's development information and records.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the manager and discussed children's play, learning and progress.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The ambitious manager is very well supported by a highly qualified, enthusiastic and experienced senior management and staff team. Together, they reflect closely on the nursery and make continual improvements. For example, they have enhanced children's access to outdoor play and children of all ages now have extensive opportunities to move between the indoor and outdoor environments. Management monitors staff practice effectively and gives professional development a high priority. It regularly observes staff practice, provides reflective feedback and identifies relevant further training. After recent training, staff have developed their support for children's early literacy skills and created exciting new activity bags. Safeguarding is effective. Staff have an up-to-date knowledge of how to deal with any child protection concerns and follow comprehensive procedures.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff use 'in the moment' planning successfully to help engage children in their learning and respond spontaneously to children's current interests. For example, as babies excitedly explore dough, staff notice that they get chalks from the chalkboard to stick in the dough. They subsequently add paper to help build on children's experiences and provide further opportunities for them to make marks as they play. Staff plan regular, exciting trips to help broaden children's experiences. For example, two-year-old children thoroughly enjoy visiting local markets to buy fruit for their snack. They enthusiastically talk about the trip on arrival back at nursery, skilfully recalling what they bought and the cost.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Staff are superb role models and value children's achievements highly. Children behave extremely well and consistently consider the feelings of others, showing the utmost respect for their friends. For example, pre-school children thoughtfully ask others if they would like to join in with their imaginary play, offering out roles and agreeing them together. Children have an excellent awareness of safety and skilfully manage risks as they explore and exercise in the extremely challenging outdoor learning environment. They have extensive opportunities to develop their excellent physical skills and have a thorough understanding of healthy lifestyles. For instance, during snack time, children excitedly discuss fruit having 'vitamins' and 'helping to keep them healthy and strong'.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children quickly learn the skills they need for future learning and for school. They are confident communicators and effectively use language to help build their excellent friendships. Children have a good understanding of mathematics and confidently count and identify shapes as they play. They are inquisitive and thoroughly enjoy exploring how they can mix paint and change colours. Babies are extremely confident and develop strong physical skills, learning to walk from an early age. They are very curious and eager learners.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY498553 Local authority West Sussex Inspection number 1047792 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 60 Number of children on roll 128 Name of registered person The Little Blue Door Limited

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Date of previous inspection Not applicable Telephone number 07785357714

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The Little Blue Door registered in 2016 and is open from 7.30am until 6pm on weekdays throughout the year. There are 20 staff members, 19 of whom have relevant qualifications, including one with qualified teacher status, five with qualifications at level 6, and 13 with qualifications at level 3. The nursery receives funding to provide free early years 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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