Bright Horizons Muswell Hill Day Nursery and Preschool

Magic Nursery Muswell Hill 150 Fortis Green, London N10 3AT

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Inspection date 17 August 2018 Previous inspection date 20 July 2017

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Previous inspection: Good 2 Effectiveness of leadership and management Outstanding 1 Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding 1 Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding 1 Outcomes for children Outstanding 1

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The provision is outstanding

n The manager and staff are vigilant and make children's welfare a high priority at all times. For instance, they thoroughly assess any risks and very swiftly minimise these to ensure a very safe environment for children to play. n Staff use their expert knowledge of teaching to plan highly challenging activities that fully engross children. Children are always keen to join in and concentrate closely while they engage in the highly effective learning experiences. Staff are exceedingly alert to children's needs and skilfully adapt activities to follow their interests, contributing to all children making excellent progress from their starting points. n All children are very independent and learn to use equipment skilfully for their age. For example, they very carefully and sensibly serve themselves at mealtimes. They behave very responsibly and develop high levels of self-esteem whilst learning how to manage

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The provision is outstanding

risks, for example, while using cutlery safely and with excellent control. n The manager's self-evaluation processes are rigorous and accurate. She carefully reflects on the setting's practices recognising its strengths, and incisively targets areas to improve. She and staff continuously adapt practice to ensure children's outcomes reach an outstanding level.

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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 continue to build on opportunities for children to use their home languages in their play and learning.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

Inspection activities n The inspector observed the interactions between staff and children as they engaged together in activities. n The inspector and the manager undertook a joint observation of a teaching activity. n The inspector held discussions with the manager and staff during the inspection about children's care and the activities provided for them. n The inspector took into account the views of the parents and carers spoken to on the day and engaged with children at appropriate times. n The inspector viewed documentation during the inspection, such as the setting's policies and procedures and children's attendance registers.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is outstanding

Safeguarding is effective. The manager and staff follow very robust procedures and clearly understand their duty to protect children, ensuring children are always extremely well supervised and cared for. The manager checks on staff performance extremely well, such as through thorough supervisory arrangements. She carefully plans opportunities for them to enhance their in-depth knowledge, such as though targeted staff meetings to help develop their practice to an outstanding level. The manager actively seeks and keenly acts on the advice of others, such as parents, to help continuously improve provisions for children. She implements very successful systems to help her support children in making continual progress. Staff quickly recognise and reduce any identified gaps in children's development to help them maintain their excellent rates of progress.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

Children are highly confident and motivated to explore in a highly stimulating, well organised environment. Staff eagerly work with parents to share information and fully involve them in their children's learning and development in the setting and at home. Staff know their key children's abilities exceedingly well and are highly responsive to their individual needs. They brilliantly adapt their teaching to cater for all children's abilities. For instance, they carefully plan and provide an interesting assortment of books that reflect children's current life experiences, such as their move on to school. They skilfully support children's preparation for change and their emotional well-being superbly and expertly deepen their understanding of the routines they will experience at school. However, leaders recognise that the use of children's home languages in their play could be enhanced to help aid children's learning experiences even further.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children are visibly happy and behave exceptionally well. They learn how to sensibly use equipment and develop an excellent understanding of how to stay safe. For instance, children carefully balance and climb on the apparatus in the setting, while boosting their physical skills and self-esteem. Children have an exceptional range of opportunities to learn about themselves and others. For example, staff embrace the different backgrounds of families and ask them to bring in resources linked to their culture to help children deeply understand their uniqueness and to help support high levels of mutual respect.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

All children are extremely well prepared for their next steps in learning and their eventual move on to school. Older children develop excellent literacy skills, such as sounding out simple words. Younger children develop their physical skills exceedingly well. They skilfully handle resources to create pictures and move around curiously and explore the environment independently.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY496015 Local authority Haringey Inspection number 10067308 Type of provision Full day care

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register

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Day care type

Age range of children 0 - 4 Total number of places 97 Number of children on roll 145 Name of registered person Magic Nursery Muswell Hill Limited

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Date of previous inspection 20 July 2017 Telephone number 020 8883 9032

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Magic Nursery Muswell Hill registered in 2015. It is based in Muswell Hill, in the London Borough of Haringey. The nursery employs 20 members of staff. Of these, one holds qualified teacher status and 19 hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 2 to level 6. The nursery is open from Monday to Friday, all year round, apart from one week at Christmas and bank holidays. Sessions are from 7.30am until 6.30pm. 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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