All Saints Nursery

All Saints Nursery Bowyer Hall, All Saints Church, 155 Church Lane, Marple, Stockport SK6 7LD

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Inspection date 27 March 2019 Previous inspection date 18 September 2018

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This inspection: Good 2

Previous inspection: Requires improvement 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 dedicated manager and staff team are passionate about the continual development of the nursery. The manager and staff have worked extremely hard to successfully address the action and recommendations made at the last inspection. n Staff provide a welcoming, well-resourced and nurturing learning environment, to enhance each area of children's learning. For example, there is a strong focus on helping children's understanding of numbers. n Staff take their time to get to know individual children's needs well. They use accurate observations and assessments effectively to plan for children's next steps in learning. Staff actively include and encourage children's interests and choices in play. n Children have formed close attachments with staff. There is a strong key-person system in place. Staff are polite and courteous and provide children with positive role models. Children behave well and interact with each other with growing respect.

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This provision is good

n Parents speak very positively about the nursery and hold the staff in high regard. They are fully involved in their children's learning and staff support parents to continue their learning at home. n Staff ensure snack-time routines are calm, unhurried and well organised. Children are fully involved in helping with tasks and they engage in meaningful conversations. This promotes their social and communication skills particularly well. n On occasions, staff do not ensure that shy, quietly spoken children are consistently and fully involved and engaged in activities. n Sometimes, staff do not give children sufficient time to think and respond to questions they ask before they move on to the next question.

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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 use more effective ways to encourage quieter children to become fully involved and engaged in the activities provided n extend teaching skills that support children to think about and formulate their responses to questions that staff ask.

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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 nursery manager. n The inspector held several meetings with the nominated person, the manager and other members of the organisation's extended management team. 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 good

Safeguarding is effective. Staff have a thorough understanding of their roles and responsibilities to safeguard children and keep them safe from harm. They know who to report to, should they have concerns about children or the conduct of others. Staff attend regular safeguarding training, they have a secure knowledge of any wider safeguarding practices. The premises are well maintained and safe. Children are well supervised. The manager and staff team use incisive and purposeful evaluation which helps to identify what improvements they need to make next and includes the views of parents and staff. For instance, they have identified more opportunities to support children and families at home. They use a range of home learning resources to share information that include newsletters, play-and-stay sessions and parent information evenings.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Parents' views about what their child can do are sought when children first start. Staff provide regular reports for parents, including the progress check for two-year-old children. Staff know children very well and children are keen to listen to thoughtfully chosen stories. Overall, staff skilfully enrich children's language development as children eagerly listen and are captivated by the enthusiasm of the storyteller. Staff incorporate mathematical language into planned activities and extend learning opportunities, to help children explore maths in more detail. For instance, staff encourage children to consider 'more than' and 'less than' and use positional language. Staff implement effective strategies to develop children's small-muscle skills. For example, they provide malleable materials every day to help children strengthen the small muscles in their hands in preparation for handwriting.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children are confident and are keen to learn in this welcoming nursery. Robust settling-in procedures ensure that children settle quickly. Children enjoy cuddles from staff when they are feeling tired or need reassurance. They have good opportunities to develop their independence. For example, children manage self-care routines, such as washing their hands before snacks and putting on their coats before going outside to play. Children have plenty of fresh air and exercise and learn about good hygiene and healthy eating habits as part of their daily care. Children explore the wider world. They grow flowers in the garden and learn about special events from a range of cultures.

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Outcomes for children are good

All children make good progress in relation to their starting points, they are motivated and eager to learn. Children show a good ability to play imaginatively as they explore the role-play optician area. Children begin to identify initial letters and sounds. They listen and describe the sounds they hear during letters and sound activities, which supports their understanding in preparation for their future learning and school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY398803 Local authority Stockport Inspection number 10080571 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises Registers Early Years Register Day care type Full day care Age range of children 2 - 5 Total number of places 40 Number of children on roll 41 Name of registered person The Marple Childcare Company Limited

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Date of previous inspection 18 September 2018 Telephone number 07879 004374

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All Saints Nursery registered in 2009. The nursery employs six members of childcare staff. All staff hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3, including one staff who holds early years professional status. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, term time only. Sessions are from 9.15am until 3.15pm, except on Monday and Wednesday when the nursery closes at 12.15pm. 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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