Crispin Nursery

Crispin Nursery Crispin Secondary School, Church Road, STREET, Somerset BA16 0AD

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Inspection date 2 October 2018 Previous inspection date 3 July 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 All groups of children make good progress. Staff ensure that they prepare older children well to start school. The older ones recognise initial sounds in words and calculate the total for small quantities when counting objects. Younger children recognise pictures of objects in a story book. Toddlers enthusiastically explore, climb steps and use the slide. n Staff plan activities that follow children's interests well. They make good suggestions and extend children's learning effectively. Staff question carefully so that children explain their understanding. n Children are inquisitive and enthusiastic. They use a wide range of tools, such as pens, brushes and the interactive white board, to experiment and develop their mark-making skills. They cooperate well with their friends to develop their imaginative play. n The management team works effectively with the staff to evaluate and improve the provision. It ensures that the close links with its 'sister' nursery enable staff to develop

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The provision is good

their training and skills further, sharing best practice. The management team ensures that it uses additional funding well to support the specific needs of individual children.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

n Managers do not make sure that staff work closely with parents to establish children's stage of development when they first start. n Managers and staff have not fully developed the range of children's learning opportunities outdoors.

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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 ensure that staff work closely with parents as soon as their children start, to establish the precise stage of children's development n develop further the quality and range of learning opportunities for children outdoors.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

Inspection activities n The inspector spoke to parents, children and staff, and took their views into account. n The inspector observed teaching and learning indoors and outdoors. n The inspector conducted a joint observation of teaching and learning with the supervisor. n The inspector met with three members of the management team, the headteacher, the school business manager and the supervisor. n The inspector sampled policies, procedures, and other documents.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is good

The management team identifies any gaps in learning between groups of children, for example, in speaking. It gives staff additional training to provide children with specific teaching, so that they catch up quickly. The management team has made sure that it has adjusted routines, so that children can work in their groups, undistracted by others. It ensures that staff share assessment information with other providers that children attend, so that children's learning is secure and consistent. Safeguarding is effective. The designated safeguarding leader delivers annual, detailed training to all staff, so that they know exactly the concerns they need to report. Staff know to whom to report and how to accelerate their concerns if necessary. Staff protect children's identity by not putting photographs online, for example.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff observe children's development accurately. They work well with colleagues at the 'sister' nursery to plan interesting activities that extend children's learning and skills. Staff follow children's preferences and play ideas well, quickly providing additional resources, such as planks, for example. This enabled the older children to create ramps for the toy vehicles and compare slopes and speed. Younger children request resources, for example, dolls to dress and a construction kit to move wheels. Staff use their additional training well to extend children's speech and communication development. Staff provide specific individual activities and equipment to enable children to listen to themselves and improve their pronunciation.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Toddlers are curious and inquisitive. They are confident to explore and feed themselves. Younger children join in activities. They develop role play, serving pretend ice-creams for example. Older children relate well to each other, gathering leaves for the whole group to use for play. All children play safely. They understand not to run indoors and to use the slide safely by waiting for their friends to go down first. Children learn to use the toilet and wash their hands independently. Staff give children the opportunity to take responsibilities and be a 'special helper' for the day. Staff create a strong partnership with parents. Staff record children's particular achievements each day and display children's work, so that parents know and can support learning at home.

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Outcomes for children are good

Toddlers enjoy investigating the texture and properties of thick liquids. They communicate their desires well and begin to use speech-like sounds to communicate with their friends. Younger children understand how to take turns and begin to identify the initial sound when naming objects. They eagerly join in the activities older children choose, for example, dancing to music. Older children enjoy stories and relate these to their own experience. They identify features on their faces and draw them for themselves. They count accurately and copy simple patterns.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY388235 Local authority Somerset Inspection number 10065843 Type of provision Full day care Registers Early Years Register Day care type Childcare on non-domestic premises Age range of children 1 - 3 Total number of places 25 Number of children on roll 20

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Name of registered person

Brookside Community Primary School Academy Trust

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Date of previous inspection 3 July 2015 Telephone number 01458 443340

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Crispin Nursery registered in 2008. It is a one of two nurseries provided by Brookside Academy and is in the grounds of Crispin School, in Street, Somerset. The nursery is open term time only, on Monday to Friday from 8am until 6pm. It receives funding to provide early years education for children aged two, three and four years. There are five staff. Of whom, one is qualified at level 5, one at level 4, one at level 3, one at level 2 and one has other qualifications.

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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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