Jack In The Box Nursery

Jack In The Box Nursery Upton Hospital, Albert Street, SLOUGH SL1 2BJ

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Inspection date 22 October 2018 Previous inspection date 6 December 2016

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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 management team uses a wide variety of sources to inform the nursery's self- evaluation, including the views of children, parents and staff. Parents have opportunities to be involved in changes. For example, they review menus to help to support children's healthy lifestyles. n Children behave well. Staff are caring and positive role models. Children learn to take turns, share and be kind and respectful to others. n All children, including those who have special educational needs, enjoy their learning and make good progress. Staff make observations and know the children well, which helps them plan effectively for children's individual development.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

n Staff's professional development is not robustly focused on minimising the few inconsistencies in the quality of teaching to ensure it is consistently high quality. n Methods of tracking groups of children's progress are not effective to raise outcomes for children to the highest level. n Some staff do not use information gathered by parents of children as effectively as possible when planning next steps from when children first start.

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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 procedures for staff's professional development to minimise the few inconsistencies and help ensure teaching is consistently very high quality n develop the methods used to track the detail of groups of children's learning further, to help enhance the ongoing individual assessments of children n use information gathered by parents of children when they start to help plan effectively for children's learning from the outset.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

Inspection activities n The inspector had a tour of the premises and observed the children taking part in activities and evaluated the impact on their learning. n The inspector sampled a range of documentation, including records of children's learning and staff's suitability checks. n The inspector spoke with staff at convenient times during the inspection. n The inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The management and staff team understand the procedures to help take appropriate action in terms of child protection concerns. The management has recently updated procedures to help it record information from parents, to help bring about improvement and help children's care needs effectively. Staff closely supervise children as they play and keep a detailed record of any accidents or incidents, which they share with parents. Staff are vigilant and ensure that children's safety and security are prioritised. Staff are well qualified and are effectively deployed in the environment to ensure that the children's needs are met at all times. Staff have opportunities to extend their professional development. For example, recent training has helped staff support children's behaviour effectively.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The management supports staff well to help them monitor and assess the development of individual children, which helps identify and close any gaps in their learning. Staff provide interesting and challenging activities that encourage children to learn. Children develop their creativity and finer physical skills, for example, as staff teach them to use scissors to cut material as they enjoy creating pictures of skeletons. Staff interact skilfully with children and extend their communication skills successfully. For example, they repeat words they say and encourage children to respond. Older children become engrossed in activities that support their imaginations. For example, they have tea parties, decide together whom to invite, and then write the invitations.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Kind, caring and well-organised staff quickly put young children at ease. Children's care needs are met well, and overall staff work with parents well. For example, they gather important information from parents about children's ongoing individual needs. Staff help children to take care of their personal care needs. For example, they supervise and encourage them using the bathroom as they manage to wash their hands and faces and teach them the importance of following good hygiene routines. Staff interact purposefully. They get down to the children's level and join in with their play. Staff provide support and reassurance when required, which helps children's emotional well- being effectively.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children are inquisitive and develop a positive attitude towards their learning. They enjoy looking at books and listening to stories with staff. Children relish singing songs and enjoy copying actions staff make. Children are confident. For example, older children recognise letters and confidently count. All children make good progress and gain the skills they need in readiness for their next stage in learning, including their eventual move on to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY460528 Local authority Slough Inspection number 10081514 Type of provision Full day care

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register

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Day care type

Age range of children 0 - 5 Total number of places 78 Number of children on roll 63 Name of registered person Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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Date of previous inspection 6 December 2016 Telephone number 01753 635 480

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Jack In The Box Nursery registered in 2013. It operates within the grounds of Upton Hospital in Slough. The nursery is open on Monday to Friday from 7.30am until 6pm for 51 weeks of the year. The setting employs 21 staff, all of whom hold appropriate early years qualifications from level 2 to level 6. The nursery receives funding to provide free early education to children aged two, three and four years.

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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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