Noah's Ark Day Nursery

Noah's Ark Day Nursery Lowford Community Centre, Portsmouth Road, Bursledon, SOUTHAMPTON SO31 8ES

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Inspection date 23 August 2018 Previous inspection date Not applicable

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This inspection: Good 2

Previous inspection: Not applicable 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 staff set up a well-resourced, rich and stimulating learning environment which inspires children to play and learn. They show strong teaching skills, follow children's interests and extend their learning well. Overall, children make good progress. n Babies are particularly well cared for by the competent staff, who meet their individual care routines extremely well. They receive lots of cuddles, close attention and playful interactions from staff during meaningful play. n Partnership with parents is extremely strong. Extensive information is shared with parents and they speak knowingly and positively about the setting. n Children build very strong relationships with the staff and are well behaved. They quickly settle in to the nurturing nursery and show confidence and self-assurance.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

n The provider recognises that the monitoring methods of staff teaching practice are not of the highest quality. They do not enable staff to make the most of all learning opportunities and promote higher learning outcomes for children. n Some staff lack confidence in supporting and identifying children's mathematical development.

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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 strengthen the methods for monitoring staff teaching practice, to help staff make the most of all learning opportunities and promote higher learning outcomes for children n develop staff's confidence in supporting and identifying children's mathematical development.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

Inspection activities n The inspector spoke to children, observed the children's play activities indoors and outdoors, looked at the available resources and read relevant documentation. n The inspector held a meeting with the manager and provider to discuss their leadership and management, including self-evaluation methods. n The inspector spoke to a sample of parents and took account of their views. n The inspector carried out a joint observation with the provider.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. Staff are well trained and understand what to do if they are worried about a child, including protecting them from extreme views. Premises are secure and safety measures are followed well to help keep children safe. The provider ensures she undertakes strong recruitment, induction and coaching procedures to ensure staff are suitable and fully aware of their responsibilities. The manager regularly discusses the staff team's ongoing performance, which includes individual supervision and team meetings. Evaluation and improvement of the nursery is ongoing. It is mostly successful, with a strong emphasis on staff development through training, such as 'in the moment' planning. The nursery works proactively with other agencies to support children with specific learning and care needs.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff place a strong emphasis on effective learning. They successfully help all children with different starting abilities along their learning journey. Staff understand each child's developmental needs and their teaching role. For example, they demonstrate how to make different shapes and are imaginative with the play dough, asking varied questions to promote their ideas, talking and thinking skills. Children explore, discover and 'have a go' at various play activities, alongside staff who purposefully interact to challenge and extend them. For example, staff talk about the rising sun, the moon and the stars to support children's understanding of the world. Staff working with young children model vocabulary repeatedly to aid children's understanding and communication. Staff promote children's physical skills well, such as providing planks for balancing outdoors and an indoor climbing frame.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children enjoy a clean and safe environment where they feel happy and develop a keen sense of belonging. For example, they fondly talk about the nursery pets to visitors. Staff are good role models and give children clear safety expectations and boundaries, such as when they climb on the indoor frame. Staff support children's good health well and place a strong emphasis on healthy eating. For example, children enjoy home-cooked meals during an extremely well-managed lunchtime, in a relaxed, family atmosphere. Staff follow babies' individual, personal care and sleep routines extremely well, which has a positive effect on their growth and development. Babies swiftly go to sleep in the cosy sleep room. Staff gain good information from parents when children first start.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children happily engage in learning and benefit from their experiences. All children develop the skills required to support their next stages in learning and to prepare them for school. They thoroughly enjoy making independent choices in play, moving around the room confidently and experimenting with paint and stamps to make marks on paper. Older children talk with confidence about their play activities. They dress up, pretending to be different characters and use their imagination as they play and pretend to be on a boat with friends. Babies smile broadly, show a close bond to their key person and are curious about books, walking independently to pick up their favourite.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY547465 Local authority Hampshire Inspection number 10068343 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 56 Name of registered person Noah's Ark Pre-School (Southampton) Limited

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reference number

Date of previous inspection Not applicable Telephone number 07720928481

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Noah's Ark Day Nursery registered in 2017. It is one of two settings provided by a limited company in the Southampton area. The nursery is located in Lowford Community Centre, Lowford, Hampshire. It is open all year round, from 8am until 6pm. The provider employs 10 members of staff to work with the children, all of whom hold early years qualifications to level 3 or 5.

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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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