Treetops Ashbourne

Inspection of Treetops Ashbourne 13 Derby Road, Ashbourne, Derbyshire DE6 1BE

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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

Children benefit from playing in the stimulating and spacious garden and playrooms. They make lots of decisions and choices about what they want to do. For example, some children choose to explore the outdoors, while others stay indoors and learn about outer space. Staff have high expectations for all children, who thoroughly enjoy experimenting with a wide range of different materials. For example, older children use all their senses as they explore items such as custard powder and sugar. They watch intently and predict that 'it might fizz', before they add bicarbonate of soda to vinegar.

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The provision is good

All children are curious about the world around them. Younger children develop their physical skills as they use furniture and play resources to pull themselves to standing and start to walk around the playroom. Older children use their thinking skills and consider what sounds they can hear while outdoors. Children are motivated and eager to learn because activities and experiences build on their unique interests and lifestyles. For example, children are made aware of how others in the nursery, who are of Scottish ethnicity, celebrate 'Burns Night'.

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The provision is good

Children happily enter the nursery and show that they feel safe and secure. They receive a very warm welcome from friendly staff and enjoy lots of hugs and cuddles. Children behave well and play cooperatively together with their friends. For example, they throw and kick the ball to each other while playing in the garden.

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n All children develop their literacy skills. Younger children concentrate well as they make marks on paper using paint and utensils such as brushes and sponges. Older children use their imagination and name colours as they draw pictures using crayons. n Children show a real interest in books and reading. They select their favourite storybooks from the nursery library. Children sit and concentrate well as staff read the stories to them. Children turn the pages and predict what will happen next. Staff ask children questions, introduce new words and help them to build on their vocabulary. n Staff provide children with lots of opportunities to broaden their knowledge of the world in which they live. They are attentive to any possible gaps in children's experiences. For example, younger children are given time to be independent and to do things for themselves, while at home their older siblings do things for

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them. Older children are excited to participate in new science activities and learn that different media can be combined to create new effects. n Staff work in partnership with parents. They talk to parents in the morning and

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7 January 2020 evening and at planned parents' evenings. Staff keep parents up to date with the progress that their children make. They share ideas with parents about activities they can plan at home and about care practices, such as weaning. Parents are highly complimentary about the care and learning experiences offered to their children. They comment on how quickly their children settle into the nursery. They state that the nursery is very clean and that the manager is 'massively informative'. n The managers and staff are well qualified. They use their team-time talks and supervision meetings to identify what needs to be developed in the nursery. They have recently improved how they promote children's mathematical development. Staff weave mathematics through children's play very well. They encourage children to count as they explore the resources, and to use mathematical language to describe shape and size. For example, younger

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children hear number names while singing rhymes. Older children correctly name shapes while painting pictures. They explore 'big' and 'small' as they race cars through cardboard tubes. n Staff use assessment to check what children can do well and what skills they need to learn next. The key person identifies children's learning intentions. They use the information to plan and to help all children to make good progress. However, this information is not always shared with the rest of the staff. Consequently, some staff are not clear about children's learning intentions and do not support all children to make the best progress they are capable of. n Staff working with younger children do not always organise routine times, such as speaking to parents, tidying up and preparing for children's lunch, effectively. At these times, some younger children wander around the playroom and are not as well engaged in meaningful activities and experiences.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

All staff attend regular training events to enhance their safeguarding knowledge and skills. They attend training on child protection and the wider aspects of safeguarding such as the 'Prevent' duty. All staff have an in-depth understanding of the actions they must take to protect children from harm. Recruitment procedures are robust. Managers complete regular checks to make sure staff are suitable to work with children. Staff complete daily checks of the nursery and remove any potential hazards. This helps to make sure children are safe as they play.

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should:

n make sure all staff are informed and know the intentions for children's learning so that all children are helped to make the best progress they are capable of

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should:

7 January 2020 n organise routine times better, such as speaking to parents, tidying up and preparing for children's lunch, so that at these times, younger children continue to be engaged in meaningful activities and experiences.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 206329 Local authority Derbyshire Inspection number 10062448 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 4 Total number of places 81 Number of children on roll 90 Name of registered person Treetops Nurseries Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01335 342712 Date of previous inspection 24 November 2015

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Information about this early years setting

Treetops Ashbourne registered in 1998. The nursery employs 24 members of childcare staff. Of these, one member of staff holds an appropriate early years qualification at level 6, one holds a qualification at level 5, 11 hold qualifications at level 3, and two staff hold qualifications at level 2. The nursery opens Monday to Friday, from 7.30am to 6pm, all year round except for bank holidays. 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 learning walk across all areas of the nursery with the manager. The inspector spoke with the management team and staff to gain an understanding of how the early years provision is planned and the curriculum is implemented. n The inspector held meetings with the nursery manager and the regional manager. The inspector reviewed a sample of the nursery's documentation, including records relating to staff recruitment, evidence of suitability and training, and checked the nursery's policies and procedures. n The inspector completed a joint observation with the nursery manager. n The inspector spoke to staff, parents and children at appropriate times throughout the inspection.

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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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