Piplings Nursery

Piplings Nursery The Elms, Forest Hill Road, London, SE22 0SH

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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 Good 2

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This provision is good

 Staff are consistent in their approach to behaviour management. For example, they teach children the importance of using 'kind hands and words' as they play. Children behave well.  The key-person system is effective. Staff work well with parents to help children to settle into nursery. Children are happy, arrive eager to learn and make good progress.  Staff support children's health and well-being. They gently explain to babies when they are going to wipe their noses so they are fully aware of what is happening. Staff also teach the older children how to care for themselves, teaching them valuable life skills.  Staff effectively supervise the children as they play. They are close at hand to offer support when they need it, for example, cutting up their lunch or helping them to put on their shoes when they struggle. This helps to support children's personal and social development well.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Staff do not consistently adapt focused activities to help to support less-able children to understand what is happening during games.  Tracking of groups of children is in its infancy. The provider has not fully identified all groups of children and areas to work on to narrow all gaps in their learning.

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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

 support staff to know when to adapt focused activities to support less-able children to fully understand what is happening, to further aid their learning and development  strengthen the tracking systems to help narrow the achievement gaps between groups of children.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children in the main play areas.  The inspector talked with the provider, staff and children at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector discussed with the provider how she reviews practice with the staff.  The inspector took into account parents' views.  The inspector sampled documents, including safeguarding, children's files and staff suitability checks.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The provider and staff have a clear understanding of the procedures to take if they have any concerns regarding children's safety and well-being. The provider undertakes regular risk assessments and safety checks, to help to make sure all play areas are safe for the children. Staff listen well to the views of the parents and keep them informed of changes in the nursery. Recent changes have been to the security of the fence separating the front and back gardens. This helps to keep children safe. The provider works closely with staff to review practice. Recent training has helped staff to adapt sensory play. This has helped staff to adapt activities to support children's personal and social development. Staff work in good partnership with local schools, sharing children's progress. Teachers regularly attend the nursery to meet the children who will attend their school. This helps to provide good continuity of care and learning.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff work in good partnership with parents to help to support children's learning and development. Parents regularly share with staff activities from home, helping to inform staff's planning. Staff carry out good-quality teaching, helping to support children's learning and development well. The most able children enjoy learning how to play games. Staff explain the rules of the game well and the children learn to take turns and calculate simple sums. This helps to develop children's mathematical development. Younger children enjoy reading through their favourite books and anticipate the next part of the story. They excitedly pre-empt the actions that come next. This helps to develop children's early literacy skills and their physical development.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The nursery is a warm and welcoming environment where staff meet children's individual needs well. They make sure they follow routines, such as sleep and giving bottles, to help the children to settle. Staff develop close bonds with the children and are close at hand to offer cuddles of reassurance. This helps to support children's self-esteem and confidence in trying new activities. For example, babies learning to walk show great excitement with their achievements and receive cuddles of encouragement from the staff. Older children develop good physical skills as they serve their own meals and learn how to use their knife and fork.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children are motivated learners and make good progress. The most able children are skilled in identifying and sounding out their written names, supporting their literacy development well. Older children are skilled in identifying countries and the weather they have. For example, they link cold weather with Antarctica and describe icebergs being 'big' and 'very cold'. This helps to support their language development well. Babies enjoy exploring new activities, such as messy play, showing great excitement as they feel the texture of shaving foam. Children are gaining the necessary skills for future learning and their subsequent moves to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY544975 Local authority Southwark Inspection number 1133737 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register Age range of children 1 - 4 Total number of places 43 Number of children on roll 65 Name of registered person Pml Education Ltd

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reference number

Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Telephone number

Piplings Nursery registered in April 2017. It is based in East Dulwich in the London Borough of Southwark. The nursery is open from 7.30am to 6.30pm on weekdays for 50 weeks of the year. There are 12 staff working with the children, nine of whom have relevant childcare qualifications from level 2 up to level 6. The nursery is in receipt of funding for the provision of free early education to children aged three and four years.

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Telephone number

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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Telephone number

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Telephone number

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Telephone number

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