Twiglets Forest School Nursery

Inspection of Each Peach Forest School Grays Nursery Annexe, Railway Road, Newhaven, East Sussex BN9 0AS

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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 Good

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The provision is outstanding

Staff use their excellent knowledge and experience to create a rich and inspiring learning environment where children thrive. They meet children's individual needs extremely well. Babies show that they feel safe and secure in the care of the skilled staff team. They receive support from staff through positive praise and sensitive interactions. They know who to go to for cuddles, which staff give willingly, calmly and with great empathy. Babies show extremely high levels of curiosity and perseverance. They listen with fascination to the sounds of rice as they pour it in and out of small metal scoops. Babies enjoy exploring the textures of soil and bark in the outdoor mud kitchen. Older children display excellent behaviour due to the clear boundaries and golden rules consistently implemented by the staff team. Children known how to feed and care for ducks in the outdoor learning environment. They follow safety guidance that have been extremely well

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established. Staff focus strongly on ensuring all children develop their physical skills that will help them with their future learning. For example, staff provide resources to develop children's small hand muscle skills. Children particularly enjoy using the handsaws and drills to cut up small branches in outdoor play. They use these tools with great care and precision. There is a high focus on children gaining a wonderful experience in a calm and nurturing outdoor learning environment.

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need to do better?

n The manager and her staff are highly effective in accurately assessing the quality of the provision and clearly identify areas for improvement. Staff have completed training and implemented the use of sign language and picture labels. This is having a significant impact on all children's communication skills. Children with non-verbal communication now confidently communicate with staff and their friends. This creates a wonderful sense of inclusion within the setting and has improved children's behaviour greatly. n Staff receive excellent levels of support from the leadership team. This ensures that their workloads are manageable, which contributes to their overall well- being. They plan an exciting curriculum, with key learning intentions for each child, and what they need to learn next. Children are making rapid and exceptional progress in their social and emotional development. The manager has successfully embedded a culture of reflective practice. This motivates and

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empowers all staff to continuously look for ways to improve the experiences they give children. n Children spend significant amounts of time outdoors tending to the vegetable allotment. They harvest their produce, such as corn on the cob, beetroot, pumpkins and soft fruits. They help prepare and eat these at snack times and take home excess produce. This supports them in learning to be resourceful and to eliminate waste. This is part of the setting's healthy eating programme and

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need to do better?

27 January 2020 lunch box challenge. n Staff provide children with excellent opportunities to develop their speech and language skills. These include highly enjoyable activities outdoors. For example, children learn new words, such as 'camouflage' and 'disguise', when building a bird watch area outdoors. They know to sit quietly, use binoculars to watch, and then excitedly record the names of birds that visit the garden. This activity truly captures the children's interest and resulted in them making bird feeders and identifying birds through their bird song. In addition, children sing with enthusiasm and pleasure. They learn songs around the outdoor camp fire while toasting marshmallows during forest school sessions. n Children have wonderful opportunities to develop a strong understanding of who they are and what makes them unique. They proudly point out photographs of themselves and talk about their family members, such as older siblings. They

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experience equally rich learning experiences of the local community. They visit the beach and talk about passenger ferries that exit the local port. n Staff keep parents very well informed of their children's experiences and learning. The sharing of information lets parents know which activities and events have been planned for the coming weeks. Children's ongoing development and progress are shared in individual meetings, to help parents remain informed. Parents comment that staff are extremely approachable and give excellent advice, for example on toilet training techniques, which is greatly appreciated. n Staff work closely with other early years professionals to make sure that they identify children and families who may benefit from extra support. They seek additional funding that children may be entitled to, which helps to enable them to make the best possible start in life.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Staff have an excellent knowledge of child protection procedures. They are confident in the procedures to follow should they have any concerns about a child. Staff are vigilant about children's well-being. They monitor children's attendance and follow up any non-attendance to help ensure children are safe. Thorough and effective recruitment systems are in place to recruit suitable staff and to ensure their ongoing suitability. New staff complete an extensive induction programme to help them fully understand the setting's policies and procedures. Staff deploy themselves extremely well to ensure all children's needs are met and that adult-to- child ratios are met throughout the day. Extremely detailed risk assessments for both indoors and outdoors help to minimise risk and safeguard children.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY468480 Local authority East Sussex Inspection number 10144129 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 80 Number of children on roll 72 Name of registered person East Sussex Forest School Nursery Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 01273 515 971 Date of previous inspection 18 January 2017

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Information about this early years setting

Each Peach Forest School registered in 2013 and operates from an adapted building in Newhaven, East Sussex. It is open each weekday from 8am to 6pm, for 51 weeks of the year. The setting receives funding to provide free early education for children aged two, three and four years. There are 10 staff who work directly with the children. Of these, eight hold relevant childcare qualifications and one is a qualified early years teacher.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector had a tour of the premises and observed the impact of teaching on children's enjoyment and development. n The inspector spoken with the provider, manager and staff about their practice and children's ongoing learning and development. n The inspector completed a joint observation of an activity with the manager to evaluate the quality of education. n The inspector sampled a range of documents, including nappy changing procedures, the care of children with severe allergies and the referral process for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. n The inspector sought the opinions of parents to gain an understanding of their views about the setting.

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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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