Red Balloon Day Nursery

Red Balloon Day Nursery 68 Doncaster Road, Bawtry, DONCASTER, South Yorkshire DN10 6NU

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Inspection date 24 January 2019 Previous inspection date 25 July 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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This provision is good

n All groups of learners achieve well during their time in the nursery. They enjoy their learning and acquire the knowledge, skills and understanding they need to succeed in their future education, including starting school. n The staff help children to develop good social and personal skills overall. Children learn to cooperate well and to play and learn together. They are well behaved and learn to follow instructions. n Staff carefully observe children in their play and accurately assess their learning and development needs. They plan activities which build on children's interests and broaden their horizons. n Staff establish very good relationships with parents. They keep them well informed about their children's progress through daily diaries and well-attended parents' evenings. The nursery provides a wide range of information through leaflets and newsletters that help parents contribute well to their children's progress.

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This provision is good

n The leadership team has high expectations overall. It carefully considers the views of children, parents and staff in evaluating the quality of provision and planning for future developments. n The procedures for professional development are not fully based on highly incisive analysis of first-hand evidence of staff's performance and its impact on children's learning. n Staff do not consistently reinforce the development of children's self-reliance and organisational skills.

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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 build on the procedures for professional development through incisive analysis of first-hand evidence of staff's performance and the impact on children's learning n strengthen strategies to consistently promote children's self-reliance and organisational skills.

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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 spoke with staff and children during the inspection. n The inspector completed joint observations with the nursery manager. n The inspector held meetings with the manager. He 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

The leadership team establishes a strong drive for consistent improvement, which is shared by all staff. There are good procedures for establishing and delegating staff's roles. For example, the planning champion has developed good levels of consistency throughout the nursery in planning exciting activities to motivate children and help them meet their next steps. The nursery works well with other settings children attend to support their learning and their smooth transition to school. Safeguarding is effective. Most staff have first-aid training and know how to respond to an accident. Staff are well deployed to supervise children. All staff have attended child protection training and they ensure their knowledge and understanding are up to date. For example, leaders regularly set quizzes to help staff think deeply about all aspects of keeping children safe.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Resources are colourful and stimulating, and children are keen to play with them. Staff help children to think more deeply about their experiences, for example, by asking open and considered questions. Staff encourage children to use the skills they are acquiring in imaginative ways and link different aspects of learning. For example, staff link children's growing knowledge of animals to developing their balancing and moving skills. Staff help children develop their curiosity and explore the world around them. For example, they encourage children to explore their sensory language when they search for letters and numbers in a mixture of different cornflakes and oat cereals. Staff help children to develop their problem-solving and number skills, for example, through role-play shopping experiences in the nursery's 'market place'.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Staff set a good example for children to follow. There is a calm and busy atmosphere throughout the nursery. Children are polite and friendly. They learn to take their turn and cooperate with others. For example, they enjoy choosing and sharing a story together. Staff help children to be tolerant towards those who hold different ideas and beliefs to their own. The children learn about different faiths and cultures, including by visiting places of worship. Children and their parents get to know their key person well. Children settle in quickly when they first start. Staff promote children's knowledge and understanding of healthy lifestyles and good hygiene procedures. They help children to try a wide range of well-planned and prepared healthy meals and promote physical development well.

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Outcomes for children are good

Leaders carefully analyse the progress of all groups of learners to ensure they achieve well from their individual starting points. Children make good progress in their communication skills and develop good knowledge of popular stories and nursery rhymes. For example, they join in well with repeated phrases in traditional and contemporary stories. Children develop their knowledge of shape and measurement when they compare the shapes they create in their sensory play or in drawing and printing activities. Older children make good progress in their knowledge of letters and the sounds they represent.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY436869 Local authority Doncaster Inspection number 10074982 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 0 - 7 Total number of places 39 Number of children on roll 75 Name of registered person Red Balloon Nurseries Limited

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Date of previous inspection 25 July 2016 Telephone number 01302 714 589

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Red Balloon Day Nursery registered in 2011 and is located in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. The nursery employs 12 members of childcare staff. Of whom, all hold appropriate qualifications at level 2 or higher, including eight at level 3 and one at level 5. The nursery is open from 7.30am until 6pm on Monday to Friday, throughout the year. It is closed for bank holidays and one week for Christmas. The nursery provides funded early education for 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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