Little Gems Day Nursery

Inspection of Little Gems Day Nursery Childrens Centre, 1 Readon Close, PETERSFIELD, Hampshire GU31 4BN

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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 Not applicable

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The provision is outstanding

Staff have high expectations for every child. They provide children with an exceptionally exciting, challenging and stimulating learning environment. Staff focus strongly on helping children to enjoy learning, and their inspirational teaching enables children to make the best possible progress. Staff enthusiastically join in children's play. Older children are extremely interested in conducting experiments. They concentrate very well, respond to questions, learn about number, and predict the reason for differences in size, such as while watching balloons inflate over containers which they fill with vinegar and bicarbonate of soda. Younger children also enjoy making discoveries, for instance, while searching for toy animals hidden in shaving foam. There is an extremely strong focus on supporting children's sensory development. Children enthusiastically work together to mix sand, water and other items in a large builder's tray and say they are making 'the biggest mud

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pie ever'. Children behave exceptionally well. Staff introduce numerous initiatives that support children to understand their own and other people's feelings. This successfully helps children to learn to share from a very young age. Children are exceptionally happy and safe in the nursery. Staff supervise children very well. They are extremely well deployed to meet children's individual needs and keep them safe and secure in the premises. Managers regularly evaluate accident records to identify any trends and inform risk assessments.

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n Children make excellent progress from their starting points. Managers and staff have an exemplary knowledge and understanding of the curriculum and strive to make it ambitious for all children. Every child has an individual learning plan, including children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Staff consult with parents about all aspects of their children's care, learning and development. They regularly provide parents with activity ideas to continue children's learning at home. n Staff plan a wide range of activities that provide children with excellent opportunities to understand the world. For instance, children thoroughly enjoy planting, growing and harvesting vegetables in the nursery garden, which they use to make soup. Children watch ducklings hatch and help to look after stick insects. n Staff enthusiastically respond to children's choices and interests to successfully

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promote all areas of their development, including their language development. n Babies rapidly develop their understanding and listening skills and frequently try to copy words they hear staff using during their play. Older children thoroughly enjoy singing and using related actions. Children remember and use what they have been taught. For example, children learn how to operate a colour-changing bubble machine in the sensory room and enjoy repeating games such as 'What's

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19 November 2019 the time Mr Wolf?' n Children's individual care needs are extremely well met. All areas of the premises are extremely clean and well organised. Staff give children plenty of time to explore and develop physical skills. Children thoroughly enjoy playing in an outdoor mud kitchen and construction area. Staff are exceptional role models. They treat children with great kindness and respect, and respond very patiently to any behavioural incidents. They consistently talk with children and ask them how they feel, to help them understand their different emotions. Children form close friendships and learn to appreciate diversity. n The quality of support for children with SEND and those in receipt of pupil premium funding is excellent. Managers carefully consider how funding is used to target and support children's individual development. For example, they have obtained a wonderful wooden 'hobbit house' that has significantly developed

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children's confidence, language and social skills. The nursery inclusion development manager works extremely well with children, parents, staff and other agencies such as physiotherapists to rapidly reduce gaps in children's development. n Managers skilfully train their staff to the highest level. The extremely well- qualified staff have an exceptional understanding of their key children's individual needs and how to meet them. The manager prioritises her time exceptionally well, to enable her to spend as much time as possible observing practice and coaching and supporting staff. She skilfully evaluates and continually improves the excellent teaching practice. There are excellent regular training opportunities for staff to continually improve their professional development. Managers give top priority to supporting staff's well-being. n Children successfully develop the knowledge and skills they need for future

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learning. Staff provide an exceptional range of activities that successfully develop children's interest in books. Children take familiar books home to share with their family and friends. Staff make excellent use of exciting resources to teach children the sounds of letters and rhyming words. They work extremely well in partnership with parents to develop children's independence, including toilet training.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Staff have an excellent understanding of how to protect children and keep them safe, including reporting any safeguarding concerns to other agencies. They regularly complete training, to keep their exemplary knowledge of safeguarding up to date. There are excellent procedures in place, which staff fully understand, to support children's well-being. Staff vigilantly follow accident recording and reporting procedures and carefully risk assess every aspect of children's care. For example, staff have reorganised the baby room, to give younger children more space to move around freely and safely. Staff focus very strongly on teaching children how to stay safe. For example, during outings, they help older children learn to avoid thorns while picking blackberries to make pies.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY554894 Local authority Hampshire Inspection number 10137277 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises Registers Early Years Register Day care type Full day care

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inspection

Total number of places 40 Number of children on roll 43 Name of registered person Bexsters Services Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01730260132 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

Little Gems Day Nursery registered in 2017 and is located in Petersfield, Hampshire. The nursery employs nine members of childcare staff. Of these, two hold a BA Honours in Early Years and Education, two hold early years foundation degrees, three hold BTEC and QCF level 3 and two hold qualifications at level 2. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday all year round. Sessions are from 7.30am to 6pm. The nursery provides funded early education for three- and four- year-old children. The nursery is also in receipt of pupil premium funding.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector completed a learning walk with one of the nursery managers to discuss the intent of the curriculum. n The inspector talked with children, staff, managers and parents and looked at a sample of documentation. n The inspector observed children's activities, indoors and outdoors, and completed a joint observation with the manager. n The inspector discussed self-evaluation. n The inspector checked children's safety, including the supervision of the children and the organisation and security of the premises.

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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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