Cranleigh Lodge Day Nursery

Inspection of Cranleigh Lodge Day Nursery 177 Cranleigh Road, BOURNEMOUTH BH6 5JZ

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Overall effectiveness Good

The quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Overall effectiveness at previous inspection Good

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The provision is good

Throughout the nursery, children receive good support to be independent and safe. The youngest children gain confidence in exploring their surroundings and the different accessible toys. They learn to help tidy up and to put things away. As children progress, they learn to start helping to dress themselves and get ready for outdoor play. They learn to put dirty, used tissues in the bin and to wash their hands. The younger pre-school aged children serve themselves their own lunches. They handle the cutlery and bowls of food independently, with good encouragement from staff. Pre-school aged children use the toilet facilities unaided and wash their hands ready for lunch. Children gain good skills ready for the next stage of their learning, including going to school.

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The provision is good

Children are very happy and secure, and have positive relationships with staff. They benefit from the high levels of support and encouragement from staff to act on their ideas and try new ways of doing things. Staff are positive role models and help the children sensitively to learn to share and take turns. There are effective leadership and management processes that are highly supportive of staff. They say that they feel a valued member of the team and the support from management protects their emotional and physical well-being successfully.

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need to do better?

n Staff support children and parents positively to help new children settle. They adapt arrangements to suit the children's needs, and follow familiar practices from home that make the children feel safe and secure. Children benefit from the familiar care routines and loving relationships with staff. n Staff work effectively with parents to ensure children receive consistent care and learning experiences. The good communication enables them to share what they know about the children each day, to adapt routines and activities to meet the children's individual needs. Parents value the input and support they receive from staff. n Staff in the pre-school room provide good encouragement to children to explore different ways of achieving. For example, to use glue to stick the blocks together to make their tower taller. Children making a rocket ship out of large boxes receive good support to construct and decorate their ship. Children become

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thoroughly engrossed in their imaginative play outdoors, using pallets, tyres, wood and tarpaulin to build a boat to 'escape from the sharks'. n The baby room offers the youngest children a calm and welcoming environment. Staff provide the babies with lots of reassurance and encouragement to explore. They put their training to good use, for example, to support children's developing communication and language, and their exploration of sensory items. n Staff read stories well in the toddler room that engages and captures children's

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7 October 2019 interest in books. Staff include the children well in discussion, encouraging them to share their thoughts, needs and ideas, which children do so confidently. n Staff provide good learning opportunities for the younger pre-school aged children. The children play alongside each other, handling real money and food in their play shop. They use their language well to share their ideas. In yoga, they practise the different moves and show increasing control of their bodies. n There are good self-evaluation processes that effectively bring about change. The views of staff, parents and children contribute to the positive changes that take place, for example, to the puddings that babies receive, and the use of books and of outdoor play spaces. n Although staff support children well with special educational needs and/or disabilities throughout the nursery, they do not support those children who learn

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need to do better?

English as an additional language as well as they could, to provide opportunities for them to see and hear their home languages. n The toddler room learning environments are not as inspiring or stimulating as other play spaces in the nursery, to engage and enthuse children more in their experiences. n Staff provide good challenges overall, although at times, these are not as focused as they could be to extend children's learning even further. For example, to learn different mathematical concepts when making play dough, or to target children's individual needs more closely, ensuring all activities are appropriate for the age ranges, such as when children cut up food for the nursery rabbit.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Staff and management have a thorough knowledge of their roles and responsibilities to protect children from harm. Staff are clear about the different signs and symptoms across the areas of abuse and wider safeguarding issues. They know to report their concerns immediately to the designated safeguarding lead. The lead is clear about her role to monitor the risks to children and report any concerns promptly. Staff provide a safe and secure play environment for children indoors and outside. They supervise the children well to ensure their safety. There are secure processes to review staff's understanding of safeguarding matters through regular discussions and quizzes to test their knowledge.

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should:

n extend the support to those children who learn English as an additional language, so they benefit from hearing and seeing their home languages used at the setting

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should:

7 October 2019 n develop the toddler room learning environments further, to provide more inspiring and stimulating learning spaces to engage and enthuse children more n ensure that challenges throughout the nursery are more focused to extend children's learning even further, helping them to achieve their next steps and make rapid progress.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY361917 Local authority Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole Inspection number 10061667 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 to 3 Total number of places 38 Number of children on roll 67 Name of registered person Cranleigh Lodge Day Nursery Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01202 426086 Date of previous inspection 10 June 2016

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Information about this early years setting

Cranleigh Lodge Day Nursery registered in 2007. It is located in Tuckton in Bournemouth, Dorset. The nursery is open each weekday from 7.30am to 6pm all year round. The nursery receives funding for the provision of free early years education for children aged two and three years. The owner holds an early years qualification at level 4 and employs 14 staff. Of these, 10 staff hold early years qualifications at level 3, one has qualified teacher status, and one has a level 2 early years qualification.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector had a tour of the nursery and talked to the manager and staff about their aims for children's learning in each room. n The manager took part in a joint observation with the inspector and assessed the quality of teaching and learning. n A range of documents and paperwork were viewed as part of the inspection. n The inspector spoke with parents, staff, children and the management team during the inspection. n The inspector observed the staff and children throughout the nursery in their daily routines and activities.

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We carried out this inspection 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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