Priory Poppets

Inspection of Priory Poppets Priory School, Sir Harrys Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands B15 2UR

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Overall effectiveness Outstanding

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

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The provision is outstanding

Staff build close, trusting relationships with children. Their commitment to providing outstanding care and learning for all children is infectious. Staff use their knowledge of children's abilities and future learning to focus sharply on ways to stimulate, motivate and challenge children through an excellent range of activities and experiences. As a result, children flourish in this exceptional nursery. Children relish being outdoors. They rustle through the fallen leaves and staff encourage them to express what they are doing and the sounds that they can hear. Children develop an excellent understanding of right from wrong and staff support children as they learn to negotiate from an early age. Children show high levels of confidence and independence. Their manners are excellent and their care and kindness towards each other is impeccable. Babies and young children relish opportunities to explore. Staff nurture children, meeting their individual needs at all

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times, and babies and young children clearly value time with them. Children develop a strong understanding of the wider world and diversity. They learn about their own uniqueness and the traditions and cultures of others. Children show high levels of interest as they learn why we wear poppies on Remembrance Day.

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n Children make exceptional progress. They welcome the praise and recognition for their excellent work. Staff motivate children at all times. They gently encourage and support children and they, in turn, strive to be the best they can. As a result, children become extremely confident and self-assured. n Teaching is superb. Staff plan a curriculum that continually builds on what children already know. Robust assessments of children's abilities enable staff to focus sharply on every child's next stage of learning. Staff have high aspirations for all children. They use their own professional development opportunities to raise their awareness across the wide spectrum of childcare and continually build their own knowledge and skills. n Children thrive in this nurturing environment. Staff are excellent role models. They work closely with parents and other professionals to provide consistency between home and nursery. Staff channel children's energy and enthusiasm

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through activities and children learn to regulate their own behaviour. Staff encourage children to think about the impact of their behaviour on others. Children show respect towards their peers and adults. They listen intently to what others have to say and understand that their views and opinions are important. n Partnerships with parents are superb. Parents praise the nursery and the committed and caring staff. They are delighted with the service and everything that their child learns and is involved in. Parents play an active role within the nursery and the school as a whole. Their participation is valued highly and staff

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7 November 2019 encourage parents to share their knowledge and experiences of cultural events and traditions. Transition through nursery and on to school is superb. n Children show high levels of confidence and engage extremely well in activities. The exciting outdoor environment enables children to explore the natural world. Children access a wealth of resources that support that exploration. For example, they confidently use small tools to dig and hunt for different insects and show great excitement when they find worms in the soil. Children collect different natural materials, such as twigs, soil, leaves and stones, mixing them together to make alternative foods for the birds. Children are reminded to use the cutlery safely as they cut and chop clay into different shapes to recreate their own pictures of hedgehogs and other wildlife. n Babies and young children show awe and wonder as they explore different

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materials and make marks in various coloured sand. They are intrigued and excited as staff sprinkle glitter and it falls softly on to paper and they watch, mesmerised to see where it has come from. Babies show high levels of concentration as they try to pick up the glitter between their thumb and forefinger and study it as it sticks to their hands. Staff use lots of repetition of words and expressive language to encourage children's developing language and communication skills. n High emphasis is given to building children's awareness of healthy foods and lifestyles. Children enjoy an excellent variety of foods which are prepared freshly each day. Staff place great importance in ensuring they know individual dietary needs and preferences and that these are met at all times. Comprehensive care plans are drawn up with parents to ensure that children's safety and well-being is assured at all times.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Managers follow robust procedures to ensure that all adults are suitable to care for children. Highly effective measures are in place to ensure that all staff maintain a secure knowledge of safeguarding and child protection. Policies and procedures support staff's knowledge and practice extremely well. Children's safety is given the utmost priority. Staff follow effective routines to ensure that all areas of the setting are safe and secure. Children learn about their own safety as they learn to use tools safely and how to keep themselves safe. Staff are vigilant at times of arrival and departure and ensure children are only released into the care of known adults.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY289773 Local authority Birmingham Inspection number 10113681 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 5 Total number of places 59 Number of children on roll 63 Name of registered person Priory School Edgbaston Trustees Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 0121 440 4103 Date of previous inspection 28 May 2013

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Information about this early years setting

Priory Poppets registered in 2005. It operates from self-contained rooms in Priory School, in Birmingham. The setting opens 51 weeks of the year from 8am to 6pm. The nursery employs 20 members of staff, all of whom hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 2 or 3. The nursery is in receipt of funded early education for three- and four-year-old children.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector completed a learning walk with the manager and her deputy. They looked at all of the areas used by the children and looked at how staff plan the curriculum to support children's learning. n The manager and inspector completed a joint observation of an activity. The manager evaluated the quality of teaching and learning for the children involved in the activity. n The inspector viewed a range of documentation. This included evidence of suitability of adults working with children and a sample of policies and procedures. The inspector looked at the online observations and assessments of children. n The inspector spoke to staff, children and parents at appropriate times during the day.

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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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