Partou Woodlands Halton Day Nursery & Pre-School

Inspection of Woodlands Day Nursery Halton Tring Road, Halton, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP22 5PN

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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 behave well. They have consistently positive attitudes to their learning. This is demonstrated when they experiment with ingredients to make play dough. Children talk to each other about what they can add and what effect they think it will have. They delight in adding flour and paint one scoop at a time and seeing what happens. They persevere and look in amazement as their ingredients begin to bind together. Children are proud of the play dough they create and they enjoy showing it to others.

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The provision is good

Children are happy and safe in the nursery. For instance, younger children bounce with excitement and wave their arms as staff sing familiar songs. They enjoy snuggling with staff and sharing stories. Older children make independent choices during their play. They enjoy creating dens. They dress up and play imaginatively with others, letting them in through the 'gate' to their den.

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The provision is good

Children enjoy the range of learning opportunities which staff plan to help develop their curiosity. Staff find out about children's unique interests. They use this information well to help them plan activities for individual children. Staff have high expectations for children's development. However, at times, they do not fully consider how to share their knowledge and ideas to help them to challenge the most able children.

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need to do better?

n Staff develop good partnerships with parents, for example by developing strong communication methods. For example, parents receive face-to-face feedback, weekly memos and online updates of their children's achievements. Parents report that they enjoy receiving information about their children's progress. They like being able to share their children's achievements at home. Managers seek and consider the views of parents well, for example by using a question of the week. They use parent responses to help them reflect on the quality of their provision. n Managers monitor the performance of their staff. For instance, they observe practice in each room and give informal feedback. They have arrangements in place to supervise staff performance. Managers consult staff to seek their feedback on workload and work-life balance. However, they do not have clear expectations about when staff complete training. They have not considered how

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need to do better?

they can provide opportunities for staff to complete more training within their working day. n Staff establish positive working relationships with professionals. For example, the special educational needs coordinator works closely with a range of multi-agency professionals. This helps her to plan and review targets for children with special

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need to do better?

13 January 2020 educational needs and/or disabilities. n Staff support children's health and personal needs well. This is demonstrated when they gather information about children's routines, health and dietary requirements before they start nursery. Staff create health plans where needed. These help them to detail how they will meet children's needs. Managers have strong transition arrangements in place to ensure that staff share this information with the next key person. Staff are very attentive and support children's health well. For example, when children are unwell, staff promptly follow procedures to promote their welfare. n Staff are positive role models. They use strategies to encourage children's good behaviour effectively. For example, staff use singing well during children's daily routines, for example to signal that story time is about to begin. n Staff promote children's curiosity and enjoyment of learning. This is

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need to do better?

demonstrated when they respond to children's emerging interests and help children to follow these in their learning. When children show an interest in birds, staff help them to look for birds in the sky. They use technology to help children find out more about birds. They continue to talk about birds as children use lines and circles to draw them on the chalkboard. n On occasions, for example with the older and most able children, staff do not use their knowledge of individual children's development and of areas of learning to challenge and extend children's knowledge and skills further.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Members of the management team ensure that staff keep their safeguarding knowledge up to date. For instance, they test staff's knowledge regularly through discussion during meetings. They ensure that staff understand company procedures for dealing with concerns and local multi-agency safeguarding arrangements. Staff have a secure understanding of the signs and symptoms which may indicate that children are at risk of harm. This includes the risks of radical and extreme views or behaviours. Staff complete robust risk assessments in their individual rooms to help them to ensure that their environment is safe for children throughout the day.

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should:

n communicate clear expectations relating to workload and review staff deployment arrangements to help to provide opportunities for staff to complete more training within their working day n develop best practice and support staff to share their knowledge with each other, to challenge the older and most able children more effectively.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 140908 Local authority Buckinghamshire Inspection number 10128568 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 43 Number of children on roll 59 Name of registered person Bambino Hannah House Nursery Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01296 696429 Date of previous inspection 24 July 2015

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Information about this early years setting

Woodlands Day Nursery Halton registered in 2000 and is located in Wendover, Buckinghamshire. The nursery is open Monday to Friday from 7.30am until 6pm, for 51 weeks of the year. It receives funding to provide free early education to children aged two, three and four years. The nursery employs 16 members of staff, including a chef. Of these, 10 hold qualifications at level 3 and above, including the manager, who holds a qualification at level 6.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector went on a learning walk with the manager. n The inspector observed the children engaged in activities indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this has on their learning. n The inspector carried out an evaluation of teaching with the manager following a planned activity. n The inspector held a meeting with the manager and area managers. She discussed self-evaluation, staff support and safeguarding arrangements. The inspector looked at relevant documentation, including evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery. n The inspector talked to staff, children and parents at appropriate points during the inspection. She considered their views.

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Inspection activities

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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