Jack In The Box In Blurtons Children's Centre

Inspection of Jack In The Box In Blurtons Children's Centre Blurtons Sure Start, Oakwood Road, Stoke On Trent ST3 3AR

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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 Good

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The provision is good

Children demonstrate positive attitudes to their play and learning and quickly settle in when they arrive. They enthusiastically greet staff and their friends and excitedly join in their chosen activities. Children make good progress in all areas of learning. They are curious learners and eager to take part in activities and new experiences. Children look forward to their weekly 'pyramid' physical session, where they engage in outdoor activities. Great excitement is had as children run around chasing staff and finding matching cards with colours and shapes.

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The provision is good

Children enjoy counting, measuring quantities and comparing the size of different objects as they learn about volume and capacity. They repeatedly empty and fill various containers using materials, such as sand and water. Older children use numbers in their daily play as they pick pom-poms out of the water. Older children learn to recognise letters in their names. They use sticks to tap out simple rhymes and syllables in their names and learn phonics. Children enjoy making marks as they draw with chalk on the ground outdoors. Children behave well. They understand the 'golden rules' and staff talk about why these are in place. For example, to be kind to their friends and to keep everyone safe.

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need to do better?

n Staff swiftly identified that many children had fallen behind due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, particularly in their language, behaviour and making relationships. Staff have worked relentlessly to help children catch up in all aspects of their development and, as a result, they are making good progress. Staff place a high focus on including mathematics and literacy through many of the activities children enjoy. For example, toddlers enjoy counting and learning about size as they use tweezers to pick up worms. n Play areas are bright and interesting and reflect the interests and needs of children. Staff clearly understand what children can already do and what they need to learn next. They take opportunities as they arise, to build on what children already know and extend their learning even further, for example by creating fact cards about dinosaurs. n Children enjoy healthy and nutritious snacks and meals, cooked fresh daily, and

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are offered an alternative if the meal is something they do not eat. Fresh fruits are offered at snack time. This ensures children develop good eating habits. Staff leave some fruit whole, so they can talk to children about what a pineapple looks like and how it grows. n The manager and staff are passionate about their roles. The manager has an ambitious vision for the kind of provision she wants the nursery to be for the children. Staff feel valued and appreciated and speak highly of the management team. They benefit from regular training and feedback about their performance.

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28 June 2021 n Partnerships with parents and other professionals are good. During the pandemic, the manager and staff have maintained effective ongoing telephone and video contact with the children and their families. The staff recorded stories and created home learning packs with activity ideas for parents to do with their children. Consequently, children's transitions back into the nursery have been successful. Children enjoy taking 'Barney the Bear' home and sharing their adventures. Parents share 'wow moments' and their 'hopes and dreams' for their children, such as using the potty. Parents speak highly of the staff and the support their children receive. They describe the staff as being 'one in a million, like family'. n Staff provide effective support for children in receipt of early years pupil premium. Additional funding has been used to buy resources to develop children's communication and language skills and their physical skills. This has

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need to do better?

supported children effectively to develop their vocabulary and their physical development. Children who speak English as an additional language are supported well. Teaching is good. However, occasionally, less confident staff ask children too many questions without giving the children enough time to respond.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The management of the nursery has effective recruitment processes and good procedures in place to help ensure that those working with children are suitable to do so. There are effective procedures to check the ongoing suitability of all staff. The manager and staff have a good awareness of their safeguarding responsibilities. All staff complete regular training in child protection. They have a good awareness of the indicators of abuse and know how to report concerns. The provider notified Ofsted of a recent incident involving a child being given medication that was not prescribed for them. There was no impact on the child. The manager took swift and decisive action to help prevent any reoccurrence. Effective systems are now in place and when medication is administered this is overseen by senior staff who carry out stringent checks and witness the medication being administered. This keeps children safe.

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should:

n build on staff's professional development further to support them to develop their questioning skills by giving children time to respond.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY495361 Local authority Stoke-on-Trent Inspection number 10198802 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 55 Number of children on roll 52 Name of registered person Jack In The Box (Day Nursery) Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01782333139 Date of previous inspection 30 January 2017

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Information about this early years setting

Jack In The Box In Blurtons Children's Centre was registered in 2015. The nursery employs 15 members of childcare staff. All of whom hold appropriate early years qualifications between level 2 and level 6. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, for 51 weeks a year. Sessions are from 7.30am until 6pm. 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 setting and has taken that into account in her evaluation of the setting. n The deputy manager took the inspector on a learning walk to explain how the curriculum is organised and delivered. n The inspector took account of the views of parents spoken to during the inspection. n The inspector spoke with staff at appropriate times throughout the inspection and completed a joint observation with the deputy manager. n The inspector held a leadership and management meeting with the provider, deputy and the manager joined in via the internet. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation, including evidence of the suitability of staff working in the setting, records of children's learning and a selection of policies and other records.

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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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