Albrighton & Donington Nursery

Albrighton & Donington Nursery Rectory Road, Albrighton, Wolverhampton WV7 3EP

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Inspection date 14 January 2019 Previous inspection date 26 March 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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This provision is good

n The manager provides staff with effective support, guidance and coaching to improve their practice. For example, recent training has helped them to extend further their good skills to support children's early literacy, and communication and language development. n An effective key-person system is in place. Staff use children's assessment information to plan successfully for the next steps in their learning. n All children make good progress, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Children gain a wide range of useful skills that prepare them well for their future learning and starting school. They concentrate well on activities that interest them. n Staff are positive role models and provide children with clear guidance about what is expected of them. Children behave well and develop good social skills. For example, when two children want to use the same tricycle, they decide that they will work

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This provision is good

together to operate it. n The manager has not fully developed procedures to monitor and track the progress of different groups of children in order to raise their achievement to the highest level. n At times, staff do not fully consider how to adapt their large-group activities to more successfully meet children's individual interests and stages of development.

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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 extend the arrangements for monitoring the progress of identified groups of children to target the quality of provision and teaching even more precisely n review and enhance planning for some activities to more successfully meet children's varying interests and developmental stages in order to 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 teaching practices and the impact these have on children's learning. n The inspector held discussions with the provider, manager, staff, children and parents. n The inspector read some of the setting's documentation, including the safeguarding policy and procedures. n The inspector sampled children's development information and records. n The inspector carried out joint observations with the manager.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. Leaders and staff have a good understanding of how to protect children and understand the procedures to follow if they have any concerns. Partnerships with parents and other providers are strong. Staff update parents on their children's progress regularly and share ideas to help children's continued learning at home. Staff work closely with childminders and other settings where children also attend, to exchange relevant information and provide continuity in children's care and learning. Leadership and management reflect effectively on the service they provide to identify and target areas for further improvement. They value the contributions that parents make to this process. For example, following requests from parents, they changed the session times to better accommodate the needs of families.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff work closely with health professionals to provide tailored learning programmes for children with SEND. This helps to ensure they progress well. Staff provide children with good opportunities to investigate and challenge their thinking. Older children enjoy playing with ice. They describe it as 'cold' and 'slippy' and observe how it changes as it begins to melt. Younger children eagerly explore sensory materials, such as shaving foam. They talk about how it feels, smells and how it resembles snow. Staff effectively help children to gain good physical skills. Children explore the effects on their bodies as they use swinging equipment and spin themselves around quickly. They race their friends as they climb up to a slide and travel down it, and enthusiastically join in with parachute games. Older children concentrate as they use tweezers and spoons to transfer the ice into containers.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Staff are friendly and nurturing, and children form close bonds with them. They help children to learn about keeping themselves safe, and the importance of washing their hands after using the toilet and before mealtimes. Children develop good levels of independence and learn to manage their own needs successfully. They gain an understanding of the lives of people from around the world and the local area. For example, children visit older residents in the community and take part in events to help others.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children enjoy using a range of technology resources. This includes microscopes, electronic tills and computer programs. They progress well with their literacy and mathematical understanding. Children learn to recognise their names and practise making marks. They develop their understanding of weight and enjoy placing objects onto a balance. They use their observation skills to match pairs of gloves.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 511122 Local authority Shropshire Inspection number 10071212 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Day care type Full day care Age range of children 2 - 4 Total number of places 32 Number of children on roll 30 Name of registered person Michael J C Pickard Partnership

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Date of previous inspection 26 March 2015 Telephone number 01902375444

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Albrighton & Donington Nursery registered in 1994 and is located in Albrighton, Wolverhampton. The nursery employs eight members of childcare staff. Of these, seven hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 and one at level 2. The nursery opens from 9am to 4pm on Monday to Friday, term time only. It provides funded early education for two- and three-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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