The Secret Garden Children's Day Nursery

Inspection of The Secret Garden Children's Day Nursery The Gladiator, Tuffley Lane, Tuffley, Gloucester, Gloucestershire GL4 0PZ

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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 Not applicable

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The provision is good

Children show that they are very happy and settled in this warm and welcoming nursery. They have developed close bonds with the caring and nurturing staff. For instance, babies enjoy cuddles with staff when they wake up from sleeping and older children know who their key person is and confidently state that they would go to them if they needed help.

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The provision is good

Children behave well. They are kind and caring towards each other and learn to share as they play cooperatively together. For instance, older children share a teapot well as they take it in turns to pour coloured water into cups.

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The provision is good

Due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, parents do not currently enter the nursery building. Staff still ensure that parents are fully aware of what their children have done while at nursery. For instance, they provide parents with a thorough handover when collecting their children. They have also moved key information to where staff can still view it from outside the nursery.

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need to do better?

n Staff know the children well. They identify children's individual next steps in learning and provide activities that promote these effectively. Staff interact well with children in their chosen play and extend activities well. For example, in the toddler room, children show delight as they use large tweezers to find bugs and insects in a tray of mud. This then leads on to painting the different things that they have discovered. n The management team has established a clear supervision process to help monitor staff practice and support their development. Staff complete a variety of training. For example, staff have developed prompts around the room to support them to extend children's vocabulary after attending training on communication and language. n Children have opportunities to enjoy fresh air and be physically active. They enjoy chasing staff and developing their balancing skills. However, staff do not

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need to do better?

always consider how they can fully utilise the outdoor area to support children who prefer to learn outdoors. n The manager has promoted a culture of reflective practice across the staff team. For example, staff develop their own room development plans. In one of the pre-school rooms, they have developed a cosy space where children can go to read and share stories. This promotes children's literacy development effectively. n Parents speak very highly of the nursery and the care their children receive. They comment that the staff are extremely supportive and friendly. Staff keep parents updated about their children's day and share some general activities for parents to do at home. However, this could be developed further to ensure

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4 October 2021 specific information about their child's next steps is shared to include how parents can support their child's learning at home. n The management team and staff have high expectations for all children, and children develop good skills to support their future learning. Staff are quick to respond when children need additional support. Partnership working with other settings and professionals is well established. The special educational needs coordinator works very well with parents, staff and other professionals to support children to make progress in their learning and development. n The management team use additional funding effectively to support children with a variety of needs. They recognise when families need extra support, identifying this early on and implementing interventions quickly. Additional funding is used well to support children's individual needs. n Children are confident learners and are eager to explore the activities on offer.

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For instance, babies show curiosity as they explore the texture of sand on their feet. They thoroughly enjoy staff pouring sand on their feet and then try to copy this.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The manager has excellent safeguarding knowledge and supports the staff team extremely well to develop their understanding of all aspects of safeguarding. Staff have a clear understanding of the signs and symptoms of abuse and what procedures to take should they have any concerns. They know the action to take if they are not happy with how the manager deals with any concerns. The manager follows a clear, robust staff recruitment process to help ensure that staff are suitable for their roles.

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should:

n enhance the curriculum for outdoor learning to ensure that those children who learn better outdoors have more opportunities to do so, and to support development across all areas of learning n further develop information provided to parents about their child's next steps and the ways in which they can develop their children's learning at home to help them make even better progress.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY555809 Local authority Gloucestershire Inspection number 10174650 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 90 Number of children on roll 179 Name of registered person Secret Garden Nursery Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01452 548711 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

The Secret Garden Children's Day Nursery registered in 2018. It is located in Tuffley, Gloucestershire. The nursery is open Monday to Friday, 7.30am to 6pm, all year round. It is in receipt of funding for the provision of free early education for children aged two, three and four years. The nursery currently employs 34 staff to work with the children. One staff member holds a qualification at level 4, 18 staff members hold a qualification at level 3, five hold a level 2 qualification and 10 are unqualified. The nursery also employs a cook and a cleaner.

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Information about this inspection

Inspectors Kelly Sunderland Terri Breakwell

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Inspection activities

n This was the first routine inspection the setting received since the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic began. Inspectors discussed the impact of the pandemic with the provider and have taken that into account in their evaluation of the setting. n The manager carried out a learning walk with the lead inspector and discussed how staff provide the teaching and learning for the children. n The inspectors observed the quality of teaching indoors and outdoors, and talked with staff about how different activities met the needs of the children. n A joint observation was carried out by the lead inspector and the manager. n The inspectors talked to staff, children and parents at appropriate times during the inspection to seek their views. n A meeting was held between the lead inspector and the manager. A sample of relevant documentation was viewed, including staff suitability and training 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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