Great Totham Nursery

Great Totham Nursery Great Totham Village Hall, Colchester Road, Great Totham, Maldon, Essex CM9 8NH

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Inspection date 17 October 2018 Previous inspection date 4 June 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 manager and staff establish effective partnerships with parents. Staff invite parents to meet with their children's key person to discuss their children's learning. Staff give parents ideas about how they can continue children's learning at home. n Staff work well in partnership with other early years settings children attend. They visit the other settings and share information about how they will help children to feel emotionally secure. n Staff help children to enjoy books. They read children stories to help children to develop their listening skills. Children join in with repeated phrases that help them to follow the events in the story. They demonstrate good literacy skills. n The key-person system is effective. Children develop a strong sense of security and build close attachments to staff. They demonstrate that they are happy and settled. n The manager monitors the progress made by individual and groups of children. She

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The provision is good

speaks to staff and puts measures in place to support children's individual needs. Children make good progress in their learning. n Staff work well with other professionals to help children who have special educational needs and/or disabilities. They provide activities that help children to develop their speaking skills.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

n Occasionally, staff do not adapt their teaching style during activities to challenge children and help them to learn at the highest level. n The management team has not embedded the use of supervision systems for staff to identify ways to build on their already good practice.

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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 help staff to adapt their teaching style more effectively during activities to challenge children's learning in the best way n strengthen the systems that are in place for staff supervision and focus 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 observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and outdoors and assessed the impact this has on children's learning. n The inspector spoke with staff and children during the inspection. n The inspector completed a joint observation with the nursery 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 several parents during the inspection and took account of their views.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is good

The manager reflects well on the quality of the nursery. She gathers the views of parents to help her to identify and make ongoing improvements that benefit children. Recent changes to how staff plan activities provide children with stimulating experiences based on their interests. All staff attend the same training courses. This helps them to promote consistency in managing children's behaviour. Safeguarding is effective. The management team implements robust procedures for recruitment to ensure staff are suitable in their role. Staff know the procedure to follow if they have any concerns regarding the safety of children. They supervise children well and carry out risk assessments to check the environment outdoors and indoors prior to children using these areas. They remove any identified hazards. This helps to keep children safe.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff are enthusiastic in their interactions with children. Children demonstrate that they enjoy spending time playing with staff and talk to them confidently about their interests. Staff provide many opportunities to help children develop their mathematical skills. They ask children to recognise numbers and to put them in the correct order. When children go on nature walks and learn about nature, they collect conkers. Staff provide opportunities for children to weigh them and use the conkers to help develop their creative skills. Through effective observations and assessments, staff plan activities and experiences that help children make good progress in their learning. Staff encourage children to learn about diversity and the different ways people communicate. They use sign language, for example, when they ask children if they would like water or milk to drink at snack time.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Staff explain the rules and boundaries in the nursery to children during group times. Children behave well and know what is expected of them. Staff help children to learn about how they can keep themselves safe. Children join staff to practice fire evacuation procedures. They learn how to exit the building safely. Children have a good awareness of the routine of the day. When staff ring a bell, children stop what they are doing and listen to staff's instructions. Staff encourage children to be independent. They provide children with a step to the sink to enable children to wash their hands on their own.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children are confident and make good progress from their starting points in learning. They are sociable and learn key skills in readiness for their move on to school. Children develop their balance and coordination, for example, when they move across stepping stones. They use paint to make marks on paper and recognise their name when they first arrive. This helps children to develop their literacy skills. Outside, children demonstrate their imagination. They use construction toys to make a 'rocket' and tell staff that they have made a 'transformer rocket'.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 404897 Local authority Essex Inspection number 10059863 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 2 - 4 Total number of places 26 Number of children on roll 30 Name of registered person Great Totham Nursery Committee

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Date of previous inspection 4 June 2015 Telephone number 07960947931

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Great Totham Nursery registered in 2000. The nursery employs seven members of childcare staff. Of these, six hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 2 and above. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday during term time only. Sessions are from 9.30am until 3.30pm. 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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