School Lane Nursery

School Lane Nursery Badsey First School, School Lane, Badsey, Evesham, Worcestershire WR11 7ES

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Inspection date 12 October 2018 Previous inspection date 9 December 2014

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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 Teaching is good. Staff place a clear focus on identifying swiftly any children with additional needs, including children who have special educational needs and/or disabilities. Staff confidently use specific programmes of support tailored for each child to support their achievement. n Staff have a good understanding of children and their family circumstances and offer support and guidance to parents to promote children's learning, welfare and health. n Staff provide an exciting environment for children, indoors and outdoors and children enjoy their time at the nursery. n Staff use a good range of teaching strategies to motivate children to learn and place a strong focus on increasing children's speech and language, and their listening and attention skills. n Staff place a clear priority on promoting children's emotional well-being and behaviour.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

n Staff do not consistently encourage all children to make the very best use of activities and experiences available to help support children's learning to the highest level. n Staff do not make the very best use of children's assessment information to help plan highly challenging activities to help raise the quality of teaching and learning to an exceptional 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 encourage all children to make the very best use of activities and experiences available to help support their learning to the highest level n monitor precisely the use of assessment information to help staff provide highly challenging activities to help raise the quality of teaching and learning to an exceptional 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 and assessed the impact this has on children's learning. n The inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager. n The inspector held a meeting with the owner and the manager. She looked at relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery. n The inspector spoke with staff and children at the nursery during the inspection. n The inspector took account of the views of parents.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is good

The owner and manager work well together and offer good support and guidance to staff. Staff benefit from regular staff supervision sessions, training and staff meetings to help to raise their skills and knowledge. Leaders encourage staff to engage in cycles of reflective practice to help them to build on the good practice already achieved. Arrangements for safeguarding are effective. Staff are vigilant about children's safety and have a good understanding of child protection issues and wider safeguarding issues. There are effective vetting and induction systems in place to ensure staff are suitable to work with children. Parents report high levels of satisfaction. They are impressed by the progress their children make in their speaking skills and the support and advice they receive to support their children.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff plan well for children's interests and enjoyment. They use a good range of strategies to help children to learn. Small-group work is used well to help staff to target their assigned key children and they use a range of activities to encourage children to listen and speak. For example, staff use large books and visual aids which quickly capture the children's attention. Equally, children thoroughly enjoy the whole-group session where they sing and act out their favourite nursery and number rhymes. Staff skilfully and sensitively join in with children's play and encourage children to share their ideas. Staff place a strong focus on introducing new ideas, concepts and vocabulary during their interactions with children.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The forest school session is used very well to teach children about the natural environment and how to keep safe. For example, children learn about the rules in place when the fire is used to make snacks, such as popcorn, cakes and bread. Staff teach children about the role of the emergency services and about road and fire safety. Staff provide ample opportunities for children to be active outdoors in all weather conditions. For example, children enjoy using the physical play equipment and the outdoor covered classroom to explore, investigate and learn. Staff teach children about the benefits of healthy foods. For example, at snack time children benefit from a range of fruits and vegetables and staff talk to children about eating their healthy options first from their lunch boxes.

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Outcomes for children are good

All children, including those receiving additional funding, make good progress and are well prepared for school. Children enjoy making marks and writing in a variety of ways. For example, children make marks in the shaving foam and with the paint. They are creative and build and construct with a range of materials. Children show a keen interest in their natural world. For example, children look for insects in the environment, visit the pond to look for tadpoles and learn about the life cycle of plants. Children count, sort and match as they play and learn to recognise numbers and their own names. Children show an interest in early phonics activities, such as clapping the syllables of their names.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY426139 Local authority Worcestershire Inspection number 10069921 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 - 5 Total number of places 28 Number of children on roll 46 Name of registered person Clarke, Lucy Jane

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Date of previous inspection 9 December 2014 Telephone number 01386 830325

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School Lane Nursery re-registered in 2011. The nursery is located in a building in the grounds of Badsey First School near Evesham, Worcestershire. The nursery is open Monday to Friday, during school term times and sessions are from 9am until 3pm. The nursery provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children. The nursery employs eight members of staff of whom all hold an appropriate early years qualification at level 3.

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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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