All Aboard Nursery

Inspection of All Aboard Nursery Whitfield House - Ground Floor, Stockport SK3 0AD

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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 Requires improvement

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The provision is good

Children are cared for in a clean, safe and secure environment. Leaders and staff plan a variety of activities based on children's interests and their understanding of what they need to learn next. Occasionally, some staff do not give children enough time to think and respond when asking questions. However, overall, staff have high expectations of children and challenge them effectively in their learning.

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The provision is good

Children are happy and enthusiastically join in activities. For example, toddlers enjoy exploring the texture of paint as they use a range of resources to make marks. They remark on how the paint changes colour as they place their hands in the paint and then rub them together. Younger children confidently build their communication and language skills. For example, staff provide songs and books with repetitive phrases and rhymes to help support their growing vocabulary. Older children learn about letters, sounds and recognising their own names, to encourage their literacy development. They search in shredded paper for the letter that represents the first letter sound of their chosen toy animal.

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The provision is good

Staff are kind and nurturing in their approach. However, sometimes they do things for children that they could try to do for themselves. Staff manage children's behaviour consistently and explain when some behaviours are not wanted. Children of all ages behave well.

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need to do better?

n Since the previous inspection, the manager and staff have worked very hard to improve the quality of the provision. The manager and staff evaluate the quality of the nursery and seek the views of children and parents when planning future changes to improve the quality of their service. n Staff observe and accurately assess what children know and can do. They use this information to provide activities that help children to take the next steps in their learning and development. Staff ask questions to challenge children in their thinking as they play. However, some staff quickly respond with the answer and do not give children enough time to think and demonstrate their understanding. n Staff identify when some children may need additional support in order to make good progress. They work in partnership with outside agencies to ensure the needs of all children are met. n Staff provide a range of opportunities that help to enrich children's experiences.

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need to do better?

For example, a visit from a local children's author who told stories has helped to ignite children's love of books and develop their early reading skills. n Staff encourage children's mathematical development effectively. Children regularly use mathematical language in their play. Older children confidently count out pretend money and recognise numerals important to them as they

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need to do better?

9 December 2019 play in a pretend shop. Younger children count and begin to consider the difference between full and empty as they play in the water tray. n Staff know the children they care for well. A successful key-person system is used to support children to establish close attachments with staff. Staff share information with parents about what their child has achieved. They provide suggestions on activities parents may wish to try at home to help support their child's care and learning further. n Children are confident and eager to learn. Overall, they learn and develop skills to support them in becoming more independent. That said, some staff do not make the most of opportunities for children to extend their self-care skills and try to do tasks themselves. For example, rather than encouraging children to wipe their nose or pour their own drinks, staff are too quick to help. n The management team works alongside staff, coaching and mentoring them as

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need to do better?

they work with children. They target training to help staff to develop their professional skills and knowledge. For example, recent training in the development of communication skills is used effectively to support children to speak confidently.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Staff understand their responsibility to safeguard and protect children. They attend safeguarding training and receive regular updates to ensure their knowledge is up to date. Staff can identify the signs of possible abuse and neglect. They know the procedures to follow in the event of a concern being raised. The manager follows robust recruitment and vetting procedures to ensure that all staff are suitable to work with children. Daily risk assessment checks are undertaken by staff to help to ensure the nursery remains a safe place in which children can play and learn.

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should:

n enhance teaching skills and provide children with enough time to think, respond and show what they know and understand when challenging them in their learning n use all opportunities available for children to do things for themselves and develop their independence skills fully.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY546936 Local authority Stockport Inspection number 10087053 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Day care type Full day care Age range of children 0 to 4 Total number of places 40 Number of children on roll 40 Name of registered person Jones, Emma Jane

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reference number

Telephone number 01614809978 Date of previous inspection 4 December 2018

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Information about this early years setting

All Aboard Nursery registered in 2017. The nursery opens Monday to Friday, all year round. Sessions are from 7am to 6pm. It employs 11 members of childcare staff, including the manager. Of these, eight hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 2 or above. The nursery provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector completed a tour with the manager and deputy manager, observed the quality of teaching during activities, indoors and outside, and assessed the impact this has on children's learning. n The deputy manager and the inspector carried out a joint observation. n The inspector observed the staff and children as they played and held discussions with them at appropriate times during the inspection. n Parents talked to the inspector about their views of the nursery. n The manager, deputy manager and inspector discussed the leadership and management of the nursery. n The inspector sampled documentation, including staff suitability checks and children's records.

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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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