Little Echoes Day Nursery

Inspection of Little Echoes Day Nursery Community Centre, Whitmoor Road, Bagshot, Surrey GU19 5QE

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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 settle well in the calm environment. They develop warm, caring relationships with staff and develop friendships with each other from a young age. Babies enjoy looking at a book together of photographs of their families. This helps them to learn each other's names and develops their awareness of other family members, such as brothers, sisters and pets. Children who need extra help in their learning and development make very good progress. Staff have an in-depth knowledge and understanding of their needs and how to support them. Children behave well and follow the familiar routines with ease. Staff provide clear boundaries and expectations to children, along with plenty of praise and encouragement. Children develop good levels of confidence and happily approach adults for help.

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The provision is good

Children enjoy a good range of toys, resources and activities that support their learning and development. They make choices about their play and activities. For instance, toddlers make song choices from different picture cards with images of nursery rhymes. Children are keen to learn and play. They take part in activities with enthusiasm and interest. For example, older children enjoy experimenting by rolling cars down lengths of drainpipe.

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need to do better?

n Staff understand children's starting points on entry and regularly assess their progress. This helps staff plan for what children need to learn next and close any gaps in learning. Staff know the skills and knowledge they expect children to learn and develop. This helps children become ready to move rooms and on to school. For example, children develop their dressing skills over time. Babies learn to pull off their socks and toddlers learn how to take off their shoes and coats. The pre-school children gain the skills to manage these tasks independently. n New children, and those returning since the nursery reopened after a closure due to the pandemic, settle in well. Effective settling-in processes support children to feel safe and secure. These include a number of visits with and without their parents, which are tailored to each child's needs. n Overall, staff are very thoughtful in how they support children's individual needs.

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For example, staff completed training in yoga and provide regular sessions, which helps to support children's well-being. In particular, they used these sessions, along with other support, to help prepare a child for a stressful event in their life. However, some staff do not fully understand how to support children who speak other languages at home, to help them use and develop these alongside English. n Staff work very effectively with parents and external professionals when needed,

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7 May 2021 to ensure children receive any additional help they may need. Parents speak highly about the service and communication they receive. This includes information they received when the nursery was closed, such as activities to try at home. Parents and staff share information well, including through daily verbal handovers, along with written assessments about children's learning. This helps staff and parents to support children consistently. n Overall, staff provide good interactions with children to support their learning. However, at times, although quieter children are happy, staff do not fully engage them during some activities, such as small-group discussions. Staff help young children to learn words, for example naming the fruit for snack and encouraging children to repeat these. However, on occasion, staff working with babies do not consistently respond to babbling, to help further support early

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language skills. n Leaders and staff have reflected on the quality of the provision effectively since their last inspection, in order to make consistent improvements. Leaders provide regular times for staff to discuss their work and the children they care for, for example during team and individual supervision meetings. Staff receive support for their ongoing professional development, including through an online training provider. This helps to support their practice and children's needs. Staff feel confident in approaching leaders and they feel their well-being is considered.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The designated safeguarding lead and other staff know and understand their safeguarding roles and responsibilities effectively. Staff know how to report any concerns they may have about children or adults. Leaders regularly check staff's understanding of child protection issues, referral processes and wider safeguarding matters. In addition, relevant information, including referral and support agencies, is displayed in different areas of the nursery for staff to easily access. Leaders have robust recruitment and emergency procedures, which they review and update regularly, for example after completing training. Staff know the importance of keeping children safe, including checking the environment. They raise children's awareness of keeping themselves safe, for example when using outdoor play equipment.

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should:

n increase staff's understanding of how to support children who speak other languages at home, including the benefits of this for children's learning and development n support staff to develop further awareness of their responses to children, such

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7 May 2021 as engaging with children who may be quieter, and consistently responding to babies' babbling, to help further extend early conversation skills.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY440447 Local authority Surrey Inspection number 10133241 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 65 Number of children on roll 62 Name of registered person Little Echoes Day Nursery Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 01276 453113 Date of previous inspection 26 November 2019

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Information about this early years setting

Little Echoes Day Nursery registered in 2011 and is located in Bagshot, Surrey. It is open each weekday from 8am to 6pm for 51 weeks of the year. The nursery is in receipt of funding for the provision of free early education for children aged three and four years. There are 14 staff who work with the children, 12 of whom hold recognised early years qualifications at level 3 or above. The manager holds a level 3 qualification and a level 5 qualification in management. The deputy manager has early years teacher status. The nursery also employs a chef and an administrator.

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Inspection activities

n This was the first routine inspection the provider received since the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic began. The inspector discussed the impact of the pandemic with the provider and has taken that into account in their evaluation of the provider. n The manager explained the nursery curriculum during a learning walk with the inspector. n The manager and the inspector completed a joint observation of an activity together and discussed the quality of teaching and learning afterwards. n Children spoke to the inspector about the activities they took part in. n A number of parents provided feedback about the nursery through discussions with the inspector, including by phone and via written feedback.

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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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