Wishing Well Day Nursery

Wishing Well Day Nursery 2 Oakfields Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham NG2 5DN

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Inspection date 15 August 2018 Previous inspection date 24 November 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 Staff undertake regular checks of the environment to ensure it remains a safe place for children. They deploy themselves well to ensure children are appropriately supervised at all times. n Most of the staff, including the management team have worked at the nursery for several years and have built up effective links with parents and other professionals working in the community. n The management team and staff reflect regularly and have a strong drive to improve the quality of service they offer to families continually. They seek the views of parents and children when planning future changes to the nursery. n Staff regularly share information with parents about their child's progress. Parents comment on how this helps them to continue their children's learning at home. n The staffs' consistent approach to managing behaviour is very effective in supporting children to understand boundaries. This helps them to behave well, to learn how to

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The provision is good

share and be considerate of others' feelings. n The staff have successful links with the local schools that children attend. They share information about children's learning and staff take children for visits. This supports children to make smooth transitions when the time comes.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

n Procedures for monitoring the quality of teaching are not precise enough to identify where staff can improve further and raise their practice to an even higher 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 build on the current arrangements for the monitoring of staff practice, specifically on raising the quality of teaching to an even higher level.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

Inspection activities n The inspector spoke to parents during the inspection and took account of their views. n The inspector spoke to members of staff and children at appropriate times throughout the inspection. 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 completed a joint evaluation of an activity with the nursery manager. n The inspector held a meeting with the nursery management team. She looked at relevant documentation, such as the self-evaluation and evidence of the suitability of staff working at the nursery.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is good

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. Staff have a good understanding of how to identify any concerns about a child's welfare, including signs that a child may be at risk from extreme views and behaviours. The management team understands the importance of working with child protection agencies and of informing Ofsted of any significant events. They follow safer recruitment procedures and check the ongoing suitability of staff to ensure that they fulfil the requirements of their roles. The management team uses additional funding effectively to help close any gaps in children's development and help them to progress well. Recent staff training has seen improvements in the way in which they promote children's language development.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The well-qualified and experienced staff have a good knowledge of how young children learn. They use observation and assessment effectively to deliver activities that take account of what children need to learn next. Children confidently make choices about what they would like to play with in the well-resourced environments, indoors and outside. Children are keen to invite staff to join them in their play. Staff interact with children and build on their speaking skills successfully. They encourage children to talk and share their experiences well. Staff reinforce words children say and introduce new ones.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children are very happy and settled. They have warm relationships with staff. Children excitably enter the nursery, happily leave their parents and quickly engage in activities. The nursery cook provides children with a healthy range of meals and snacks that caters well for their child's individual dietary requirements. Children enjoy relaxed and sociable mealtimes with staff, where they talk about the foods they like and why vegetables and fruit are good for them. Children have many opportunities to be physically active and enjoy daily fresh air and exercise. They eagerly take part in ring games. Children develop good balance and physical control of their bodies. Staff implement good transition routines to help babies and toddlers when they move up to the next room.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children are making good progress in all areas of learning. They acquire the skills, knowledge and attitudes to learning that prepare them well to start school. Older children confidently initiate and hold conversations with adults. They have good manners and strong social skills. They are developing good early writing skills and give meaning to the marks they make as they paint. Young children join in happily with action songs and nursery rhymes. Older children listen well to stories and begin to remember the sequence of events. They join in eagerly with repeated phrases and action. Children know that written numerals and words carry meaning. They count and use numbers well as part of activities and routines. Children are developing an understanding of diversity, as they explore people's similarities and differences.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 253398 Local authority Nottinghamshire County Council Inspection number 10065275 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 - 10 Total number of places 92 Number of children on roll 150 Name of registered person Wishing Well Day Nurseries Ltd

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Date of previous inspection 24 November 2015 Telephone number 0115 9142233

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Wishing Well Day Nursery registered in 1998. The nursery employs 17 members of childcare staff. Of these, one holds an appropriate early years qualifications at level 6, one at level 5 and 13 at level 3. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, all year round. Sessions are from 8am until 6pm. The nursery provides funded early education for children aged two-, three- and four-year-old.

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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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