Beech House Day Nursery

Beech House Day Nursery 10 Huyton Church Road, Huyton, Knowsley, Merseyside L36 5SJ

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Inspection date 13 August 2018 Previous inspection date 10 August 2015

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This inspection: Good 2

Previous inspection: Good 2 Effectiveness of leadership and management Good 2 Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good 2 Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good 2 Outcomes for children Good 2

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The provision is good

n The established and qualified team are led well. The management team ensure staff understand and meet their professional responsibilities effectively. Together, they evaluate practice and strive to improve. The recently adapted outdoor environment provides children with a wide variety of stimulating resources to capture their interest. n Teaching is good. Staff are particularly skilled at supporting children's communication and language and mathematical awareness. Small-group times are used effectively to develop children's talking and listening skills. Children join in stories and repeat familiar refrains, count and sing songs. n The manager and her team swiftly identify children who need additional support to meet their developmental milestones. This is especially evident for those children who need extra support in speaking. Very effective partnerships with a range of professionals ensure children catch up quickly.

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The provision is good

n Children enjoy warm, nurturing relationships with their key person. Their emotional needs are prioritised. Staff assess their levels of well-being and have a good knowledge of their family circumstances.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

n For some children, assessments of progress are less thorough. Planned activities do not always focus sharply on what individual children need to learn next. n While parents do receive a termly progress summary for their child, previously effective methods of helping parents to support their child's learning at home even more have lapsed.

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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

n enhance planned activities for children by more precisely identifying what each child needs to learn next n extend opportunities for parents to contribute to their child's learning and to continue their learning at home.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

Inspection activities n The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and outdoors and assessed the impact this has on children's learning. n The inspector had a tour of the premises and spoke with staff and children at appropriate times during the inspection. n The inspector completed a joint observation with the manager. n The inspector held a meeting with the nursery manager and deputy manager. She looked at relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery. n The inspector spoke to parents during the inspection and took account of their views in written feedback.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is good

The manager implements effective monitoring and evaluation systems. She knows her staff team well and identifies who might benefit from additional training to help them support children's learning even more effectively. For example, two staff have completed specialist training to support children's speaking and listening development. In addition, the nursery has been awarded accreditation from a national organisation. The manager analyses children's assessment data in order to identify gaps. She sources support from the local authority early years team to help drive improvement. Safeguarding is effective. Staff can recognise when a child's welfare may be at risk and know how to refer any concerns they may have. Parents comment positively about the care their children receive and the progress they make.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff find out what children can already do when they start. They regularly observe children and plan small-group activities to help them make good progress. For example, toddlers enjoy listening to and engaging with another toddler named Lizzie. Lizzie is a large puppet who helps them understand how to hug their friends or know what is going to happen next, such as getting ready to play in the garden. Pre-school children are taught to write their names and use their fingers to count. Children confidently count up to ten and some recognise numerals and understand simple addition and subtraction. Babies have access to lots of sensory activities. They explore paint, mud and sand. Children who speak languages in addition to English make good progress in acquiring English and have opportunities to hear and use their home language in play. Additional funding is used effectively to boost children's attainment further.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children are well behaved. They listen to the simple instruction staff give them and cooperate with each other. Staff monitor children's well-being and levels of involvement in activities to ensure all children feel included. Good levels of information are exchanged between staff when children move from one room to another, helping them to settle quickly. Children develop good levels of independence. For example, toddlers spread jam on their toast and try hard to put on their own coats. Pre-school children make their own sandwiches and manage their own self-care needs. Children are full of fun and enthusiasm, they make great use of the very well-resourced indoor and outdoor environment. Children balance on stepping stones and tyres, they roll balls down tubes, play catch and practise road safety as they hold up stop-and-go signs to children riding wheeled toys on the roadway.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children show how confident they are as they busily go about their play or chat to their friends. They are keen to share their thoughts with staff and visitors. For example, they talk confidently about where they have been on holiday or explain what they are making. They are inquisitive and keen to join in activities. They happily concentrate as they draw detailed pictures or make models from play dough. Children are well prepared for moving on to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 313076 Local authority Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council Inspection number 10064032 Type of provision Full day care

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Day care type Childcare on non-domestic premises Age range of children 0 - 5 Total number of places 55 Number of children on roll 60 Name of registered person Moore, Joan

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Date of previous inspection 10 August 2015 Telephone number 0151 289 5224

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Beech House Day Nursery registered in 1997. The nursery employs 11 members of childcare staff. Of these, five hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 and two at level 2. The manager holds a level 6 qualification. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday all year round. Sessions are from 8am until 5.30pm. The nursery receives funding to provide free 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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