Usworth Colliery Nursery Childcare

Usworth Colliery Nursery Childcare Usworth Colliery Nursery School, Manor Road, Washington NE37 3BL

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Inspection date 11 October 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 Partnership working with parents is robust. Parents provide staff with a wealth of information before their children start the setting. They have very regular opportunities to contribute to their children's learning and review their progress. This helps to provide a continued approach to children's learning. n Children are confident learners. Staff play alongside them and promote their mathematical development. For instance, they encourage children to count and begin to recognise differences between volumes. Children spend time filling and emptying various sized containers and make comparisons between full and empty. n Children participate in physical activities. They learn to use apparatus, including a slide, in the nursery garden. Staff provide support, including holding children's hands as they learn to walk along balancing beams. n Children use a range of different media to make various marks. For instance, they talk

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The provision is good

about the marks they make when using chalks to draw on a chalkboard outside. This helps to promote children's literacy skills.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

n Staff do not fully promote children's understanding of how to celebrate their own successes to help develop the highest levels of self-esteem n Staff do not provide the highest possible level of challenge during activities to help children make the best possible progress.

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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 promote further opportunities for children to celebrate their own successes and develop the highest levels of self-esteem n provide even further challenge to children during activities that help them make the best possible progress.

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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 provider. She looked at relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery. n The inspector spoke to parents during the inspection and took account of their views.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. Staff demonstrate a very good understanding of local safeguarding procedures. They have a very good understanding of the possible indicators of abuse. Furthermore, they are aware of the procedure to follow in the event of a concern regarding staff's practice. Leaders evaluate the overall quality of the provision. They have embedded effective strategies to gather the views of others, to help them identify emerging gaps in practice. Leaders complete regular supervision sessions and identify training needs. Staff evaluate their learning and make changes to practice. For example, staff reviewed how to make story books more appealing and interesting to children. Following these changes, staff comment that more children are showing a keen interest in books. Leaders review children's learning and monitor the differences between various groups of children. This helps to identify what children need

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The well-qualified staff complete regular observations and assessments of children's learning. They incorporate children's interests during activities and resources within the environment. Children learn to care for other living things. For example, they help staff to water plants in the outdoor area. Staff model how to use resources. They encourage children to choose from a wide range of puppets during song time. Children recall their favourite rhymes and join in with repeated phrases. This helps to promote their communication skills. Children are motivated to learn.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Staff provide children with a range of healthy choices during mealtimes. They very regularly promote excellent standards of hygiene practices. Children are encouraged to develop an understanding of why it is important to wash their hands. They behave well and demonstrate strong attachments to the adults who care for them. Leaders and staff have implemented very effective risk assessment procedures. Staff supervise children well and talk to them about the various hazards in the environment. For instance, staff talk to children about the possible risks of pouring water onto the floor during water play activities.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children make good progress from what they know and can already do. They demonstrate excellent imaginative skills. Children use role-play activities and resources, including cars and vehicles. They talk regularly as they play. Children demonstrate a pride in completing small tasks appropriate to their age and stage of development. They are equipped with the key skills needed for their eventual to move to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY539771 Local authority Sunderland Inspection number 10079330 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 - 2 Total number of places 5 Number of children on roll 17 Name of registered person Usworth Colliery Nursery School Governing Body

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reference number

Date of previous inspection Not applicable Telephone number 01912193620

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Usworth Colliery Nursery Childcare registered in 2016. The nursery employs three members of childcare staff, all of whom hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 and above, including one with qualified teacher status. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday during term time only.

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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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