Abc at Atherton's Children Centre

Inspection of Abc at Atherton's Children Centre Meadowbank Primary School & Nursery Education Centre, Formby Avenue, Atherton, MANCHESTER M46 0HX

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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 Outstanding

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The provision is good

Children benefit from a wide range of exciting play opportunities which help them to make good progress in their learning and development. The nursery is fully inclusive and is particularly effective at supporting children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. Children arrive happy and eager to delve straight into the array of activities on offer. Staff have high expectations of children. They encourage children to develop a 'can-do' attitude and persevere in their chosen tasks. Continuous praise and encouragement help children to have high levels of confidence and self-esteem. Overall, staff give good consideration to promoting children's well-being. However, on occasions, staff do not follow stringent hygiene procedures. Partnerships with parents and carers are actively fostered to ensure children experience good levels of continuity of care. Furthermore, staff gather detailed information about children's previous experiences to help them plan a rich

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The provision is good

and meaningful curriculum across all areas of learning. Through effective and insightful self-evaluation, the dedicated manager and her staff team have recently revised the way they plan children's activities. However, this is a new system that is not yet fully embedded and not all staff fully understand the changes made.

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need to do better?

n Good relationships are evident between the staff and children. All children are happy, relaxed and settle well into the daily routines. Babies bond well with staff and positively respond to the good levels of care shown to them. However, intermittently, staff working with the youngest children do follow robust hygiene procedures and cross-contamination occurs. For example, occasionally, children drink from each other's cups and staff do not always wash their hands after wiping children's noses. This impacts on children's overall well-being. n Children of all ages are wonderfully inquisitive as they develop a sense of the world around them. Babies and toddlers enjoy an abundance of sensory experiences. They explore the texture of sand as they fill containers and enjoy making marks with paint. Older children concentrate intently as they use oranges, water and tea bags in the home corner, developing their imaginative

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skills as they make 'dinner'. Staff talk to them about what they are doing and skilfully ask questions that encourage children's thinking skills and growing vocabulary. n Children behave very well. Staff provide clear and consistent reminders that help children to understand right from wrong. Children show kindness for their friends as they play together. They are beginning to share and take turns and listen well to the instructions given by staff. n Children are becoming increasingly secure in managing everyday tasks for themselves, such as hanging up their coats and pouring their own drinks. Staff nurture children's independence and understand the importance of promoting

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3 October 2019 opportunities for children to develop self-care skills. n Partnerships with parents are good, with staff ensuring they keep parents informed about their children's development and achievements. Opportunities for parents to provide detailed information about children's starting points in their learning are good. Parents are also encouraged to add information as children progress and develop. Information is shared with parents on a daily basis. Comments from parents are extremely positive. They state that staff are 'warm and friendly' and that their children thoroughly enjoy attending. n The dedicated and passionate manager shows a good commitment to the professional development of her team, encouraging training in all areas. Regular staff meetings and individual supervision sessions play an integral part in the development of the setting. This helps to promote children's progression. Staff

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are given the opportunity to feed back to the team about training they have attended and are encouraged to bring new ideas to influence practice. n Leaders have an accurate understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of the nursery and are committed to driving further improvement. They stringently monitor children's progress and this helps to ensure that any additional support for children is swiftly secured. Leaders recognise that further work is needed to ensure that staff fully understand the revised planning systems and implement these correctly.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Staff have a very clear understanding of their responsibilities in the area of child protection. There are named staff members for safeguarding and detailed procedures are in place. All staff are aware of the procedures to follow should there be any concerns regarding a child's welfare, and information is readily accessible. All members of staff hold current first-aid certificates, so children are well protected in the event of a minor accident. Robust risk assessments help to ensure that children can play in a safe and secure environment. A wide range of policies and procedures are successfully implemented to further support children's welfare.

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should:

n further improve hygiene procedures to maximise children's well-being at all times n embed the recently revised planning systems and ensure that all staff have a sound knowledge and understanding of the new process.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY367012 Local authority Wigan Inspection number 10109761 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 70 Number of children on roll 44 Name of registered person ABC Pre-School Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01942886111/07495 334584 Date of previous inspection 29 November 2012

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Information about this early years setting

Abc at Atherton's Children Centre registered in 2008. It is situated within Meadowbank Primary School & Nursery Education Centre in the Atherton area of Greater Manchester. The nursery employs nine members of childcare staff. Of these, eight hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 or above., including one with level 5. The nursery opens Monday to Friday for 51 weeks of the year. Sessions are from 8am until 6pm. The nursery provides funded early education for two-year-olds.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector and the manager completed a learning walk across all areas of the nursery to understand how the early years provision and the curriculum are organised. n The inspector completed a joint observation with the manager. n The inspector observed the interactions between staff and the children and considered the impact on children's learning. n The inspector sampled documentation, including staff's qualifications, children's records and evidence of paediatric first-aid training. n The inspector spoke to parents and children during the inspection and took account of their views.

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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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