Stickleberries

Stickleberries Stickleberries, Winterborne Stickland, Blandford Forum DT11 0NN

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Inspection date 13 March 2019 Previous inspection date 8 November 2018

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Effectiveness of leadership and management Requires improvement

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement

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Outcomes for children Requires improvement

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This is a provision that requires improvement

n Not all staff follow the health and hygiene procedures consistently to maintain a clean environment and to promote children's good health. n The quality of teaching is not consistently good. Staff do not all make effective use of the activities and their interactions to engage all younger children well, and to support their communication and language development effectively. n Staff do not help all older children to learn what is expected of them to support their understanding of positive behaviour more consistently. n Management does not monitor or evaluate all aspects of the provision successfully, including the quality of staff's interactions with children, to identify and address the weaknesses in the provision.

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It has the following strengths

n Children form warm relationships with staff to help them feel secure, and older children develop friendships with others. n Staff undertake some professional development to improve some aspects of children's learning outcomes. For example, following recent training, staff have improved the play spaces to encourage children to lead their own play and exploration more efficiently. n Staff help parents to get involved in their children's learning. For instance, they suggest activities to help children explore shape and people in their local community to learn more about the world.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

To meet the requirements of the early years foundation stage and Childcare Register the provider must: Due date ensure all staff follow health and hygiene practices consistently to maintain a clean environment and to promote children's good health 03/04/2019

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

improve the quality of teaching and use of activities to engage all younger children well and to support their communication and language skills effectively. 10/04/2019

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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 support all older children to learn the nursery's behaviour expectations more consistently n develop self-evaluation systems to identify and address all areas for improvement and to promote consistently good standards of teaching.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

n The inspector observed activities and the quality of teaching in the playrooms and outdoor play area. n The inspector sampled children's assessment records and planning documentation, and talked to children at appropriate times. n The inspector assessed the suitability of staff and discussed management's knowledge and understanding of the early years foundation stage. n The inspector conducted a joint observation with the manager.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management requires improvement

Management has developed new systems to monitor and evaluate the quality of the provision. However, these are not yet successful to identify and address the inconsistencies in staff's teaching skills and understanding of the health and hygiene procedures. Management has addressed the weaknesses successfully from the previous inspection. For example, staff use new risk assessments to maintain safe and secure environments throughout the nursery and outdoor play areas. Staff have a secure understanding of their child protection responsibilities and the risks to children to safeguard their welfare. This includes a robust mobile phone policy that restricts staff from using their own mobile phones when caring for children. Safeguarding is effective.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

Staff monitor and assess children's development to identify next steps for their learning. However, the quality of teaching is variable. On occasions, staff do not interact with some younger children or encourage them to join in the activities when they wander around alone. This does not help to engage the children well and support their communication and language skills. Most staff working with older children encourage them to think, recall past events and to communicate their ideas. Staff encourage children of all ages to develop an interest in books. For instance, younger children explore materials and toys to help them understand the stories. Staff extend older children's learning well with lots of mathematical challenges. For example, they encourage children to count and compare sizes. Staff build further on children's learning, such as challenging them to think of different words to describe small sizes, and children

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare require improvement

Staff do not all follow the health and hygiene procedures consistently to keep every area of the nursery clean and hygienic to support children's health. For example, staff do not keep the pre-school toilet and wash area clean, and do not ensure the refrigerator temperature is monitored. Key persons meet younger children's care routines consistently and provide parents with feedback about their children's day. Staff do not all help older children to understand the nursery's behaviour expectations, such as when they disrupt other children's play or run indoors. Children benefit from many activities to encourage their physical development. For instance, they ride wheeled toys, play ball and hoop games, climb, build and create in the large outdoor play area.

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Outcomes for children require improvement

Although most children make expected progress for their age, at times some younger children do not engage in activities or benefit from good support to develop their communication and language skills. Overall, most children gain some of the skills they need for their future learning. Children of all ages enjoy managing tasks for themselves to build their independence. Younger children feed themselves at meals, older children serve themselves at snack and learn to change their clothes. Younger children enjoy singing familiar songs and older children learn about sounds and letters to support their literacy.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY493669 Local authority Dorset Inspection number 10085363 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 - 8 Total number of places 52 Number of children on roll 56 Name of registered person Dunbury Day Nursery Ltd

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Date of previous inspection 8 November 2018 Telephone number 01258 880417

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Stickleberries registered in 2015 and is located in Winterborne Stickland, Dorset. The nursery is open all year round from 7.45am to 6pm, except bank holidays. The nursery receives funding for the provision of free early years education for children aged two, three and four years. The two owners hold qualified teacher status and an early years qualification at level 3. They employ six members of staff, of whom four hold early years qualifications at levels 3 to 5.

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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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