Wickham Bishops Nursery

Inspection of Wickham Bishops Nursery The Annexe, Wickham Bishops Village Hall, Church Road, Witham, Essex CM8 3JZ

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Overall effectiveness Good

The quality of education Outstanding Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Leadership and management Good Overall effectiveness at previous inspection Inadequate

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The provision is good

Children understand that when they arrive at nursery, routines have changed because of the pandemic. Staff wearing face masks now meet them and their parents at the main gate. Children competently learn about undertaking risk assessment for themselves. They help complete daily checks, including making sure that the main gate is padlocked to keep everyone safe. Children develop their knowledge over time, and staff are very vigilant to support and further this learning. During snack time, staff teach children that grapes need to be cut to prevent them choking and older children explain this to younger ones.

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The provision is good

Children use their exceptional imaginative skills to create and share stories. They talk about visiting 'Aliens in outer space'. Staff prompt children who fluently explain that to get there, 'you have to walk a really, really long way'. While sharing their adventure children make sounds, which they describe are the 'alien's language'. Children are very eager to extend their story, talking knowledgably about what aliens like to eat and do. Other children join in with great excitement, confirming that they too have enjoyed meeting real aliens. Children are articulate and develop very high levels of self-esteem. Extremely encouraging relationships between children and staff build independence and resilience. Behaviour is exceptional, older children negotiate turn taking, while younger ones respond very quickly to the gentle guidance from staff.

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n Staff work extremely well, taking account of each child's backgrounds and experiences. They use this information to secure success for every child. Teaching is of an exceptional quality and interaction is consistently meaningful for the child and sensitive to their learning styles. Staff allow plenty of time for children to engage in and see tasks and activities through. The café style snack bar means that children stop and have snack when they are ready. Children play and learn at their own pace. n Staff carefully observe children to help them plan an environment that invites children to take part and builds on their interests. Staff promote active learning that enables children to evolve their critical thinking skills. n Children demonstrate a growing knowledge of shapes and numbers. They confidently identify groups of different amounts, counting out seven or four shells respectively and identifying the correct numeral that represents these

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values. Staff have high expectations and all children are well challenged and make extremely good progress. n Children enjoy sensory play, manipulating dough, or chalking and splashing in bubbly water. They concentrate extremely well as they fish for sea creatures. Older children learn that when a sea creature is placed in the drainpipe, they can

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28 June 2021 make them move down the pipe by pouring in water. Children quickly discover that the more water they pour the faster the object is moved by the force of water. Younger children are encouraged to name the wide variety of plastic sea creatures, and share observations about where they live. n Staff skilfully encourage children to take risks and consider how they can make activities safe for themselves and others. Children learn to collaborate and take turns, discussing, drawing up and agreeing their nursery rules. n Parents speak very highly of the staff team. They talk about how staff go over and above their expectations, for example, studying topics that interest their children, to extend their understanding. Parents appreciate the support staff provide, such as when dealing with bereavement or planning for new additions to their family. Staff respect children's backgrounds and cultures. A wide range

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of celebrations are organised throughout the year. This enables children to learn about each other and the wider world they all come from and share. n Staff take individual responsibility for their professional development. One of the results of this, while not planned, is that staff are extremely competent and very able to use their increasing knowledge and understanding of child development. They provide excellent learning opportunities that make a real difference to all children, including those in receipt of additional funding. The manager recognises and agrees that if she identifies the collective needs of the setting, she can better coordinate this professional development to raise practice still further.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Since the last inspection, the management team and staff have taken time to improve their knowledge and understanding of child protection procedures. All staff know what their responsibilities are and what action to take if there was an allegation made about the manager or a member of staff. In addition, they have completed and updated mandatory training which has refreshed their knowledge of child protection and wider issues. Safeguarding audits are now regularly undertaken to ensure the welfare of children remains protected.

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should:

n strengthen the supervision of staff to ensure an effective program of professional development is wisely planned, and chosen with care, to take account of the context and performance of the setting.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 402028 Local authority Essex Inspection number 10132386 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

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inspection

Total number of places 36 Number of children on roll 39 Name of registered person Wakelin, Belinda Frances

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reference number

Telephone number 01621 892991 Date of previous inspection 21 November 2019

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Information about this early years setting

Wickham Bishops Nursery registered in 2000 in Wickham Bishops, Essex. The nursery employs six members of childcare staff, all of whom hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 or above, including two with early years professional status. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday during term time. Sessions are from 9.30am to 1pm on Monday, closed on Wednesday, then from 9.30am to 4pm on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. The nursery provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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Inspection activities

n This was the first routine inspection the setting received since the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic began. The inspector discussed the impact of the pandemic with the manager and provider and this has been taken into account in their evaluation of the setting. n The manager and inspector completed a learning walk of the nursery, inside and outside. n Children spoke to the inspector about what they enjoy doing in the setting. n Parents and staff spoke with the inspector at appropriate times during the inspection. n The inspector reviewed relevant documentation, including the suitability checks of all adults working in 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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