Rainbows Day Nursery

Rainbows Day Nursery Mauldeth Hotel, Kingsway, Manchester, M19 1BB

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 17 April 2018 31 May 2017

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This inspection: Good 2

Previous inspection: Requires Improvement

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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

 Experienced managers have worked hard since their last inspection to evaluate and improve the quality of the nursery. They have successfully addressed the actions that were raised. For example, staff now make regular and accurate assessments of children's learning and plans for individual children help them to make good progress.  Partnerships with parents are strong. Staff keep parents well informed about children's learning and parents' contributions are valued. Parents' views are also important and they are gathered in a range of ways. For example, staff provide parents with a question each week, such as asking them if they are happy with the nursery menu.  Staff spend time getting to know children and have a good understanding of their interests, likes and dislikes. Children have good bonds with staff and they are happy and show that they enjoy their time at the nursery.  The manager trains all staff to consistently promote children's positive behaviour.

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This provision is good

Training has a positive impact and children's behaviour is good in relation to their age.  Food provided for children is healthy and nutritious and children wash their hands prior to eating. This contributes to developing children's healthy lifestyles.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Staff working with two-year-old children have not fully considered the organisation of some routines to help to keep children fully engaged throughout.  At times, staff working in the pre-school room do make good use of all opportunities to promote children's early writing 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

 review the organisation of routines in the room for two-year-old children to help to keep them fully engaged at all times  enhance the opportunities for pre-school children to develop their early writing skills even further.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities and free play inside and outdoors. She assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector held meetings with the nursery manager and a representative from the local authority. She viewed a range of documents and checked evidence of the suitability of staff working on the premises.  The inspector observed a planned activity and jointly evaluated the teaching with the nursery manager.  The inspector spoke to staff and children throughout the inspection.  The inspector spoke to parents on the day of the inspection and viewed written feedback provided prior to the inspection. She took account of their views.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The manager closely monitors children's progress. She uses the information gathered to support staff to help raise outcomes for children. For example, she identified that children's progress in mathematics was not as well developed as other areas in the pre- school room. The manager supported staff to raise the quality of their teaching during activities and together they redeveloped the learning environment. This has had a positive impact, as the teaching is now strong in this area and children's progress has improved. Staff practice is monitored by the management team in a range of ways. The experienced deputy works alongside staff modelling good practice and staff benefit from regular feedback and supervisory sessions with the manager. Safeguarding is effective. Staff are able to recognise the potential signs that a child's safety or welfare may be at risk and are confident in reporting procedures. The environment is safe and secure. Recruitment

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

procedures are robust and ongoing suitability of staff is monitored.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff working with younger children interact naturally and follow their lead. For example, they recognise children who enjoy music and involve them in song and rhymes. Children smile as they rock to the rhythm and start to use their hands to copy actions. This promotes their listening and attention, speaking and physical skills. Two-year-old children enjoy being outdoors. They carefully balance along crates and confidently jump off the end. They use double-seated tricycles and call for their peers to join them. This helps to promote their physical and social skills. Staff engage older children in planting sunflower seeds. Children confidently count as they add scoops of soil to their pots. Children use mathematical language to describe how tall and big their flowers will grow. Staff teach children about growth and children are interested and motivated to find out more. This helps to develop their awareness of the natural world and how and why things happen.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Staff working with younger children work closely with parents to find out specific care routine details. For example, they know how each child likes to be settled to sleep. This helps to provide children with consistency and helps children to feel safe and secure. All children are encouraged to become independent. One-year-old children confidently feed themselves and older children help to serve meals and pour their own drinks.

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Outcomes for children are good

All children make good progress. Overall, children are well prepared for their move on to school. Older children are confident and self-motivated. They attend to their own personal care needs, follow routines and engage well during adult-led activities. Children join in with stories and recall familiar parts, and their understanding of number is good. Younger children are developing good communication and language skills. They attempt to copy new words that staff model and enjoy pointing at pictures in books to share an interest.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY536172 Local authority Manchester Inspection number 1100559 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 - 10 Total number of places 100 Number of children on roll 97 Name of registered person Rainbows Day Nursery Manchester Ltd

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reference number

Date of previous inspection 31 May 2017 Telephone number 0161 248 4004

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Rainbows Day Nursery registered in 2016. The nursery is open from Monday to Friday, all year round, with the exception of bank holidays and one week at Christmas. Sessions are from 7am until 7pm. The nursery employs 22 members of childcare staff, including the manager. Of these, one holds an appropriate early years qualification at level 5, seven at level 3, six at level 2 and eight members of staff are unqualified. The nursery provides funded 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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