The Honey Bee Day Care

Inspection of The Honey Bee Day Care Tilia Lodge, London Road, Reading, Berkshire RG1 3PA

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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 Requires improvement

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The provision is good

Children arrive happily and settle easily on arrival. They are enthusiastic to learn and play. Children form very positive relationships with staff. They are confident and are able to express their needs, such as asking staff for help. Staff have a secure knowledge of children's individual needs and how to meet these. They have a good understanding of how to support children's learning, including those who may need extra help. Staff know the importance of identifying and taking action to close any gaps in children's learning. For example, through planning activities, working with parents, and seeking guidance from professionals, if required.

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The provision is good

Children have access to a broad range of resources, activities and equipment. Staff are very attentive to children and, overall, they support children's learning and good progress across all areas of learning effectively. Children hear new words regularly and staff explain the meaning of these to them. This helps children to gain a secure knowledge and understanding of the words and their meaning. For example, during a walk, staff and children repeated phrases from a book when acting out the story. In addition, fun activities help children to develop understanding of words, letters and their sounds, such as finding and talking about pictures hidden in sand.

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The provision is good

Children learn about keeping themselves safe and behaving appropriately. For instance, staff gained children's attention before talking with them about the rules for going out for a walk.

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need to do better?

n Staff value and include children's uniqueness well, such as other languages spoken at home. Staff display words in other languages children speak at home and use familiar greetings with them. In addition, they encourage families to share their individual backgrounds. For instance, through bringing in traditional food, clothing or providing photographs to share with all the children. n Children and parents who are learning English as an additional language are supported well. Many of the staff are multilingual and this helps them to find out about children's and parent's needs and wishes. Staff ask parents to provide key words and find out how these are pronounced. This helps staff to use familiar words with the children alongside English. n Children show an interest in keeping themselves healthy. For example, they enjoy brushing model teeth and learn about healthy foods. Children are able to talk about their new knowledge. For example, while at the snack table, a child

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need to do better?

explained that drinking milk helps to make their teeth strong. n The quality of education is good, overall. The manager and staff have a secure understanding of what they want children to learn and how to sequence learning

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need to do better?

10 September 2021 over time for children. Although staff are very responsive to children this, occasionally, limits children from freely exploring their play and activities. In addition, on occasion, staff do not extend on their discussions, to help children gain further knowledge and understanding. n Staff understand how to support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. They know how to use appropriate strategies, such as visual timetables and picture cards, to help support communication. Staff plan for children's learning needs using individual education plans when appropriate, which they regularly review and update. n Parents comment very positively about their children's time at the nursery and the support they and their children receive. They are highly complimentary about the staff team, the activities that are offered to their children, and the feedback they receive about their child's day and learning.

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need to do better?

n Staff provide a good role model to children as they are calm and respectful. Children are given simple reminders about their behaviour and are encouraged to use good manners. Staff value children and promote their self-esteem and confidence effectively, including through well-timed praise. n The provider organises staff well. For example, more experienced staff from another setting the provider also operates now work at the nursery. Staff say they are supported in their work and their well-being is considered. They have regular individual and team meetings to support their knowledge and understanding of their roles and responsibilities. In addition, senior staff observe their work and give feedback. This helps to promote a consistent approach to their practice. Staff are encouraged to complete training, including working towards qualifications and higher level qualifications. This supports their professional development securely.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The manager and staff know and understand their responsibilities to safeguard children securely, including working with relevant agencies when required. They have a good awareness of safeguarding matters, including those relating to the 'Prevent' duty. Staff know who to report concerns to, including outside of the nursery, should they have concerns about children or other adults working with them. Staff are alert and quickly respond to possible risks and hazards to children, such as when walking in the park. At the time of the inspection, staff have ensured areas of the building that are not currently safe for children to use are inaccessible.

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should:

n increase staff's awareness about the interactions they provide, to help children

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should:

10 September 2021 explore and develop their own play more fully, to support their self-initiated learning n develop staff's knowledge of how to extend discussions with children, to help build on their knowledge and understanding further.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2508530 Local authority Reading Inspection number 10133051 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 60 Number of children on roll 28 Name of registered person Prima Edu Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 07898948837 Date of previous inspection 25 November 2019

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Information about this early years setting

The Honey Bee Day Care registered in 2019. It is situated in Reading, Berkshire. The nursery is currently open on weekdays from 9am to 3pm during term time only. The nursery employs 11 members of staff. Of these two staff hold level 7 qualifications, including the manager. The rest of the staff team hold qualifications at either level 2 or 3. The nursery receives funding for the provision of free early years education for children aged two, three and four years.

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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 took the inspector on a learning walk of the nursery and explained the curriculum intentions. n The manager and the inspector observed and evaluated an activity together. n The inspector gained some parents' views through discussions with them. n The inspector observed children's activities and interactions with staff. She chatted to children at appropriate times.

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Inspection activities

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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