Paint Pots Preschool & Nursery

Inspection of Paint Pots Preschool & Nursery 400 Bursledon Road, Southampton, Hampshire SO19 8NG

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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 Outstanding

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The provision is outstanding

The leadership and management team is inspirational. It shows an exceptional commitment to achieving the highest possible standards for the families that attend the nursery. Children benefit greatly from the extremely warm and secure emotional attachments they develop with the tremendously caring staff. They thrive and are highly motivated to join in with activities, showing that they are emotionally secure and excited to learn.

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The provision is outstanding

Children remain actively engaged for long periods as they explore the interesting resources with high levels of independence and curiosity. Staff skilfully help children to develop self-control and to share. For example, using sand timers to take turns with the resources. Staff use specific praise extremely well to help children understand expected behaviour. Older children take turns to be the helper of the day and undertake manageable tasks, such as laying the tables for lunch. This helps them to take responsibility and enhances their self-esteem.

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The provision is outstanding

Staff carefully plan a highly stimulating curriculum that sparks children's interest and helps to build on what they know and can do. For example, young children relished the sensory experience of handling modelling dough. They squeezed and rolled it, which helped to develop their coordination. Children squealed with excitement as they explored the dough's texture with their bare feet. Staff helped children count the impressions of their toes left in the dough, showing that they expertly use teaching opportunities as they arise to constantly increase children's learning.

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need to do better?

n Children's well-being is central to everything the nursery does. Staff gather detailed information from parents about children so they can support all aspects of their development. Staff are highly alert and responsive to children's needs. They provide a programme of planned activities that support children's emotional well-being very successfully. This helps children to become increasingly more confident and develop friendships as they learn to listen and respect others very well. n The nursery works hard to achieve excellent relationships with families and provides a very broad range of support for them. Parents speak very highly of the manager and staff. They say, 'The staff go that extra mile to help me and my child'. Parents are well informed about their child's progress and how they can continue to support their children's learning at home. n The manager makes excellent use of additional funding to support those who

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need it most. For example, by employing additional staff to work with individual or small groups of children. As a result, any gaps in children's development are

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6 January 2020 narrowing quickly, including for children with special educational needs and/or disability, in readiness for school. n Children have lots of fun and often spend a long time at their chosen activities. Staff use their excellent knowledge and understanding of how children learn to plan innovative activities that engage and motivate children. For example, older children used real tools, such as screwdrivers, to take apart an old printer. Staff interact skillfully by asking questions, allowing children time to think, and challenging all areas of their learning. Children develop excellent communication and language skills in relation to their starting points, including those learning English as an additional language. n Staff use the skills they learn through training extremely well. For example, they have developed their knowledge and skills in making accurate assessments of children's development. This helps them to precisely monitor children's progress

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and plan highly effectively for the next stages in their learning. n Children benefit from many exciting experiences, such as visiting the fire station and the shops, that greatly enhance their learning and enjoyment. Staff capitalise on opportunities to promote children's understanding of healthy living, through eating well and risk taking in the challenging outside area. Children enjoy nutritious and healthy meals and snacks. They develop excellent levels of independence and learn how to tend to their self-care needs from an early age. n Leaders are excellent role models, and constantly encourage self-reflection and improvement. They value staff at every level. For instance, the nursery has a staff well-being 'champion' that staff can go to. Staff are highly motivated and say they appreciate the high levels of support they receive. Supervisions, appraisals and peer-on-peer observations take place regularly. These help the

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manager to maintain the high-quality teaching skills of the experienced staff and to further support those who are training.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Leaders and managers have an extremely secure knowledge and understanding of all aspects of safeguarding and promote children's safety very well. They intervene quickly when they have a concern about a child in their care and work extremely well with agencies to promote children's welfare. The manager follows extremely robust recruitment and vetting procedures to ensure the suitability of all staff. Regular checks confirm they remain suitable to work with children. Staff are well trained in child protection and know the signs that may indicate a child is at risk of harm. They are very confident in the procedures to follow should they have a concern about a child or about the behaviour of another adult.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY283566 Local authority Southampton Inspection number 10108572 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 10 Total number of places 52 Number of children on roll 81 Name of registered person Paint Pots Pre-School & Nursery Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 02380 404334 Date of previous inspection 11 April 2014

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Information about this early years setting

Paint Pots Preschool & Nursery registered in 2004 and operates from a detached, converted house in Sholing, Southampton. It is open each weekday from 7.30am until 6pm for 51 weeks of the year. The setting is in receipt of funding for the provision of early education for children aged two, three and four years. A team of 17 staff work with the children. Of these, 14 hold early years qualifications at level 3 and above. The three owners and company curriculum lead are all qualified early years teachers.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector spoke with staff, children and parents during the inspection and took their views into account. n A learning walk was carried out by the inspector with the nursery manager, to gain an overview of the curriculum offered and how this is implemented. n The inspector observed the quality of teaching and the support for children's learning during activities inside and outside. n A joint observation was carried out by the inspector and the nursery manager to assess how well leaders monitor the quality of teaching. n The inspector held a meeting with one of the directors, the company curriculum lead and the manager. She looked at relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery, and sampled 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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