Little Angels Nursery UK Limited

Little Angels Nursery UK Limited Woodrow Community Centre, Woodrow Centre, Redditch, B98 7RY

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 5 June 2018 20 November 2014

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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

 Managers have good understanding of their key roles and responsibilities. The nursery is well organised. Staff successfully implement a range of policies, records and documents. This helps to promote children's safety, welfare and learning at a good level.  Staff are welcoming, friendly and kind. They get to know children well from the outset and help them to become familiar with their surroundings. Children settle quickly and develop positive relationships with staff. They are happy and content attending.  The environment is bright and well resourced. Staff provide children with a range of activities and experiences. Children are motivated to play, explore and learn.  Staff are good teachers. Overall, children make good progress in their development. Those who have special educational needs and/or disabilities progress particularly well from where they started.  Staff share detailed two-way information with parents, professionals and other

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This provision is good

providers about children's care and learning. This helps to foster good continuity.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Children who prefer to learn outside do not progress at the highest level. There is scope to extend further the planning and make better use of outdoor play.  Monitoring systems are continually developing. Managers do not reflect as closely as possible on the curriculum and children's progress to help promote outstanding outcomes for all children.

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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 further the planning and make the best possible use of outdoor play to help promote the learning of children who prefer to learn outside at the highest level  build on the existing monitoring systems and reflect more closely on the curriculum and children's progress to help promote outstanding outcomes for all children.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and outside. She assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the manager of the nursery.  The inspector spoke to staff and held a meeting with the nursery manager.  The inspector looked at relevant records and documentation. She checked evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery.  The inspector spoke to parents during the inspection and took account of their views.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. Staff conduct daily visual safety checks of the environment. Managers also complete annual risk assessments of the toys, equipment and premises. Managers and staff have strong knowledge of child protection issues. They know how to identify and act on different types of concerns. This helps to keep children safe and protect them from harm. Managers supervise staff within their roles. They observe their practice and meet with them one-to-one. Staff benefit from a variety of opportunities to upskill. Overall, this has a positive impact on the quality of the provision. Self-evaluation is good. Managers have high expectations. They value the views of staff, parents and children. Clear targets for future development are set. This helps them to achieve and maintain good practice.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff observe children's development and make precise assessments of their progress. They use what they know about children's age, stage and abilities to plan activities weekly. For example, children enjoy creative and imaginative activities. Staff help young children to engage with junk modelling. They support them to join in with small-world play with cars and familiar play characters. Staff also encourage young children to explore pretend play in the mud kitchen. Staff help pre-school children to build models out of sand and construction bricks. They support them to pretend they are going on holiday in the role-play area. Staff also encourage them to make play dough and use it to pretend they are making pizzas and cakes. Overall, staff use a range of teaching strategies to extend children's learning and promote their good progress.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Staff promote children's physical and emotional well-being effectively. They provide healthy snacks and talk to children and their parents about the benefits of eating well. Staff ensure children take part in lots of physical activities. Children enjoy music and movement sessions inside. Staff help children adopt good hygiene routines, such as regular handwashing. The nursery is fully inclusive. Staff help children to celebrate and learn about diversity. Children behave well. They play well with others and cooperate fully with the nursery routines. Staff foster respect and tolerance.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children develop all the key skills they need to move on to school successfully. They are confident and independent. Children make play choices and manage their self-care needs from an early age. They develop good communication, language and literacy skills. Children enjoy opportunities to sit nicely, listen carefully and share their ideas during group times. Children delight in reading familiar stories with their teachers. They also enjoy experimenting with early writing by using a range of tools to make marks.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY333450 Local authority Worcestershire Inspection number 1104482 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 2 - 11 Total number of places 49 Number of children on roll 68 Name of registered person Little Angels Nursery UK Limited

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Date of previous inspection 20 November 2014 Telephone number 01527 502 020

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Little Angels Nursery UK Limited registered in 2006. The nursery employs 13 members of staff, including 12 who work directly with the children. Of these, 10 hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 2 or 3. There are also two members of staff who hold early years foundation degrees. The nursery operates term time only. Sessions are available Monday to Friday from 8am until 6pm. This includes a before- and after-school club for children from local schools. 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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