Waverton Cottage Day Nursery

Waverton Cottage Day Nursery 2 Sandstone Drive, Whiston, Prescot, L35 7NJ

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 22 May 2018 Not applicable

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Effectiveness of the leadership and management Outstanding 1

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding 1

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding 1

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This provision is outstanding

 Leaders are passionate about providing children with the very best early years experience and they strive for excellence. They lead the nursery with determination and demonstrate an excellent understanding of the early years foundation stage requirements.  Partnerships with parents are outstanding. Families praise the excellent care, support and learning opportunities the staff provide for their children, including activities to support learning at home.  Staff are well qualified and passionate about their role in supporting children's communication skills. They provide children with a narrative during play and skilfully question children to prompt their problem-solving skills and extend their developing language. Children make excellent progress in their learning.  Children's behaviour is excellent. Staff are superb role models and they encourage children to consider the feelings of others and develop strategies to support small

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This provision is outstanding

conflicts that children may have with one another. This helps children to develop excellent social skills.  Staff embrace partnership working with external professionals. Together they provide highly effective support for children who have special educational needs and/or disabilities.

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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

 enhance further even more-inspiring learning opportunities for children who prefer to mark make and to learn outside.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and outdoors and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector spoke to a number of parents during the inspection and also took account of their views from their written feedback.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the nursery manager.  The inspector held conversations with staff and children at appropriate times throughout the inspection.  The inspector looked at relevant documentation, such as children's learning and development records and planning. She looked at policies and procedures and reviewed the evidence of staff qualifications and suitability.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The manager and staff have an excellent understanding of the procedures to follow should they have concerns about a child's welfare. The manager sets extremely high standards for staff and she is passionate about developing their skills by ensuring they receive regular targeted training to enhance their expertise. The manager recognises the importance of having a highly trained team. Robust procedures are in place to regularly monitor staff performance, including supervision and peer reviews. Leaders track the progress of individual and groups of children. Any identified gaps in learning are swiftly addressed with detailed support plans. The manager is inspirational and shares a commitment to providing outstanding early years care and education. She is already considering ways she can enhance children's opportunities to creatively make marks in the newly developed outside play space. Staff

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

expertly use mathematical language throughout daily routines. This helps children to develop an excellent understanding of mathematical concepts.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

Staff know children extremely well. They spend time observing and assessing children's learning to plan further activities to ignite children's curiosity and motivate them to learn. Staff utilise every opportunity to share information with parents about their child's progress and use information from parents to support children's future learning. Babies develop excellent physical skills. For example, they relish the opportunities provided to manipulate dough and roll and shape it with tools. Staff embrace opportunities the outdoor learning environment provides. For example, older children delight as they take part in a bug hunt and investigate and describe the creatures they find. Staff skilfully facilitate children's passion for balancing and building structures. For instance, staff encourage children to select from a wide range of resources and provide safety advice to help children to build and complete a walkway of milk crates.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Staff carefully nurture babies and follow their home routines. The nursery has adopted a gradual transition approach to help children settle quickly. Relationships between children and staff are exceptionally warm and positive. Staff try exceptionally hard to capture children's thoughts and ideas and to encourage them to voice their thoughts and opinions. For example, children use named pebbles to vote for the story of the month. Mealtimes are highly social experiences and are used very well to encourage early independence skills. For example, young children select the amount of chilli and rice they would like and are supported to pour their own drinks.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children make rapid progress, they are well prepared for the next stage in their learning and school. Children benefit from regular visits within the local community. For example, children enjoy activities with residents of the local care home.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY498804 Local authority Knowsley Inspection number 1039261 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register Age range of children 0 - 8 Total number of places 72 Number of children on roll 113 Name of registered person Waverton House Day Nursery Ltd

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reference number

Date of previous inspection Not applicable Telephone number 0151 4262809

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Waverton Cottage Day Nursery registered in 2016. The nursery employs 15 members of childcare staff. Of these, 12 hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 or above. The nursery is open Monday to Friday all year round. The setting 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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