Poppy and Jacks

Poppy and Jacks Thorn House, Warrington WA4 5NS

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Inspection date 14 November 2018 Previous inspection date Not applicable

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Previous inspection: Not applicable Effectiveness of leadership and management Outstanding 1 Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding 1 Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding 1 Outcomes for children Outstanding 1

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The provision is outstanding

n The staff have established extraordinarily positive partnerships with parents and keep them extremely well informed about their children's learning. The parents have created their own forum and meet regularly to discuss driving forward improvements to the nursery, such as the development of the forest school. They have their own display board to inform other parents of their agenda and upcoming events. n The management team tracks the progress of individual children and different groups extremely well. This enables them to identify any gaps rapidly and provide exceptionally good support for children to catch up quickly and continue to make outstanding progress in their learning and development. n The highly positive attitudes of all the staff permeate every area of their work. Children mirror these attitudes. They flourish in a positive environment where their emotional and developmental needs are met through the highest levels of care and support.

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The provision is outstanding

n Children have excellent opportunities to respect and understand the world around them and the similarities and differences of people in the wider world. They thoroughly enjoy an extensive range of interesting activities. For example, children learn about caring for the environment by recycling and reading familiar stories in different languages. n Professional development is extremely important to the management team. They create an environment where staff are committed to creating new initiatives to improve their knowledge and support the children. For example, all the staff are learning sign language to support children who have special educational needs and/or disabilities, and children who speak English as an additional language.

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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 continue to expand the programme of continued professional development, to ensure the quality of teaching is maintained at the highest 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 manager. n The inspector held a meeting with the manager, deputy manager and area manager. She looked at relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery. n The inspector spoke to a number of parents during the inspection and took account of their views.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is outstanding

The management team is exceptionally good at evaluating its practice. For instance, they observe the staff as they teach the children and set highly challenging targets for staff to improve their practice. To further enhance staff practice, the manager wants to introduce staff observations and further training about being more self-reflective. Safeguarding is effective. Staff regularly attend training to further develop their excellent knowledge and skills, and to strengthen their understanding of their role in safeguarding children. For example, they have increased their awareness of how to identify and protect children from extreme views and behaviours. The management team follows excellent recruitment and induction systems to check the suitability of staff and ensure that they are competent in their roles.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

Teaching is consistently of a very high level. Staff are highly responsive to the children's learning needs. Children and parents are actively involved in this process. For example, parents choose from a wide range of activity packs to extend their children's learning at home. The staff use the indoor and outdoor environments exceptionally well. For example, the children can experience forest school activities digging in the soil and then bring the twigs and branches inside to stir and mix glitter for their potions. Staff have created a highly stimulating atmosphere where children can explore, investigate and be active. They put a great deal of thought and effort into their planning to provide experiences that capture children's imaginations. For example, children learn about famous artists, develop a passion for cookery and create music. The children develop a passion for numbers as they learn to add the large shaped numbers together and then

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

to divide objects between their friends.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Staff are inspirational role models. Children behave impeccably and they are incredibly polite. They have outstanding opportunities to challenge their physical skills, such as climbing on the trees in the garden and balancing on the huge tractor tyres. Children develop an excellent understanding of healthy eating. For example, older children make fruit kebabs using exotic fruits. Younger children visit the local farm shop and buy the fresh fruit and vegetables for their lunches. Parents provide the highest praise for the care and learning their children receive. They comment that the nursery offers an, 'Extremely safe environment with fantastic staff who know our children better than we do'.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children achieve a tremendous foundation for their future learning, including their eventual move to school. Babies enjoy exploring textures as they play with the porridge oats and look at their reflections in the foil trays. Toddlers skilfully follow the pictures on the recipe as they pretend to bake cakes and set the timer on the oven. Older children readily share their ideas, thoughts and feelings as they read familiar books together, predicting new endings for their stories.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY539429 Local authority Warrington Inspection number 10079172 Type of provision Full day care Registers Early Years Register Day care type Childcare on non-domestic premises Age range of children 0 - 4 Total number of places 64 Number of children on roll 91 Name of registered person Poppy&Jacks Limited

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Date of previous inspection Not applicable Telephone number 07875710176

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Poppy and Jacks registered in 2016. The nursery opens Monday to Friday, from 7.30am to 6pm, all year round, excluding bank holidays and one week at Christmas. It employs 19 members of staff. Of these, 14 hold appropriate early years qualifications from level 2 to level 6, and two hold qualified teacher status. 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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