Montessori Nursery Loughborough Road

Inspection of Montessori Nursery Loughborough Road 137 Loughborough Road, LEICESTER LE4 5LQ

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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 Inadequate

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The provision is good

Children are happy and engaged at the nursery. They have good relationships with staff and display high levels of confidence and contentment. Staff work hard to include the interests children have well. This is managed through not only knowing the children well, but through good partnerships with parents. Staff use information shared by parents about their children to plan activities they know they will enjoy. For example, the role-play area in pre-school has been made into a 'building site'. Children thoroughly enjoy using their imagination to 'paint' and 'saw' as they pretend to decorate the room.

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The provision is good

Staff provide children with a safe, well-resourced and fun learning environment. This allows children to be independent and make choices about how and what they want to play with. Staff support children to have good behaviour. Toddlers are reminded to share and take turns, while older children are praised when using good manners and being kind to others.

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The provision is good

Staff have high expectations for children's learning and development. The curriculum is broad and covers all areas of learning well. The manager understands how this is delivered across the setting and monitors this regularly to ensure it meets the individual needs of children. As a result, all children make good progress.

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need to do better?

n Since the previous inspection, actions taken by the manager and staff have ensured that the quality of the provision has improved. Staff take time to observe and make accurate assessments of what children know and can do. They use this information to plan challenging, fun and interesting activities to support children's next steps in learning. Furthermore, information is gained from parents to help build on and extend what children know and can do. n Overall, children are supported well to develop their communication and language skills. Staff ask questions during children's play to challenge their thinking. Children enjoy singing, listening to and 'reading' stories to staff and each other. However, some staff do not always model language to support the development of speech for younger children. n Supervision, coaching and support are offered to all staff in the setting to enable them to feel valued and develop their practice. Staff observe each other's

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need to do better?

practice to help identify where changes may be needed to improve children's learning experiences. However, there is still scope to further develop the training opportunities offered to staff. n Children develop good levels of independence, particularly in their self-care skills. For example, toddlers and pre-school children learn how to put on their

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15 January 2020 coats and wash their hands after using the toilet. Pre-school children enjoy serving themselves at mealtimes. Younger children enjoy using wipes to clean their hands and face before and after eating. This helps to prepare all children well for their eventual move to school. n Overall, staff encourage children to count and develop number recognition as they play. Pre-school children count the number of chairs around the table and inform visitors of their age and show them this figure on the wall display. However, staff are less focused on supporting younger children's understanding of early mathematical language. n Partnerships with parents are strong. Staff encourage parents to share what they know about children when they start at the setting. Staff keep parents up to date and involve them with children's ongoing progress. Parents are invited to attend stay-and-play sessions so that they can experience first hand how

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children learn. Parents comment on the positive steps taken to improve the provision since the last inspection and say how well their children are developing. n Staff are knowledgeable about the children and families attending the setting. They use this information to enhance children's experiences. For example, they take children on outings to local parks, places of worship and restaurants. This widens their knowledge of the community, other cultures and lifestyles. n Children really enjoy playing outdoors. Here they have many opportunities to develop their physical skills. Children begin to learn how to take risks safely as they climb steps and jump on and off fixed benches. They confidently use wheeled toys, manoeuvring these safely in and around obstacles.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Since the last inspection, the manager has ensured that all staff have updated their safeguarding training. This includes knowledge of wider safeguarding concerns such as female genital mutilation and the 'Prevent' duty. Subsequently, staff demonstrate a robust knowledge of how to identify signs of potential abuse and how to report this. Furthermore, staff know what to do if they have concerns about another member of staff's conduct towards children. Risk assessments are completed daily to ensure that areas children access are safe and suitable. Robust recruitment procedures ensure that staff are suitable to work with children.

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should:

n use every opportunity to model language to support the development of speech for younger children n extend the programme of professional development, to further increase

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should:

15 January 2020 knowledge and skills and raise the quality of teaching to a higher level n enhance the teaching of mathematics to help younger children gain a secure understanding of early concepts relating to shape, space and measure.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY538781 Local authority Leicester Inspection number 10119470 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises Registers Early Years Register Day care type Full day care Age range of children 1 to 4 Total number of places 44 Number of children on roll 46 Name of registered person Dayah, Sheila

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reference number

Telephone number 01162610022 Date of previous inspection 23 July 2019

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Information about this early years setting

Montessori Nursery Loughborough Road re-registered in 2016. The nursery employs eight members of childcare staff, all of whom hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3. The nursery opens Monday to Friday, all year round, apart from bank holidays and a week at Christmas. Sessions are from 8am until 6pm. The nursery provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this has on children's learning. n The inspector carried out a learning walk and a tour of the nursery with the manager. n The inspector spoke with staff and children during the inspection. n The inspector completed a joint observation with the nursery manager. n The inspector held a meeting with the manager. She looked at relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of staff working in the setting. n The inspector spoke to several parents during the inspection and took account of 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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