Stanleys at Riverside

Inspection of Stanleys at Riverside Riverside Children's Centre, Garrick Street, SOUTH SHIELDS, Tyne and Wear NE33 4JT

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Overall effectiveness Outstanding

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

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The provision is outstanding

Children are very happy, safe and secure at this extremely welcoming and friendly nursery. Staff plan exceptional opportunities to help all children make excellent progress in their learning. There is superb support for children's physical development. Children use a range of tools as they pump and squeeze water and oil into bowls of flour to make dough. This encourages them to use their hands in different ways and develop their smaller muscles. Children make marks with sticks and mud on a large screen. They use their whole bodies, stretching their arms and standing on their toes. This helps to develop their larger muscles, balance, and coordination in preparation for later tasks, such as early writing.

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The provision is outstanding

Children's behaviour is remarkable. Staff encourage children to be respectful, take turns and help others. Staff are excellent role models who have high expectations of all the children in their care. Children grow rapidly in confidence and independence. For example, staff support young children to spread their crackers and chop the fruit they have chosen at snack time. Children love coming to nursery. Those who are new to the setting settle quickly. Children show great enthusiasm for the activities on offer and are highly motivated to learn.

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n Staff are highly skilled and well qualified. They have secure relationships with children in their care. Children and staff form very strong bonds and clearly enjoy each other's company. Support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities is superb. Staff use a number of ways to support children to communicate. For example, they use gestures, pictures and sign language. Staff work extremely closely with other education and health professionals. This helps to provide consistent strategies to support children's learning and development. The manager and staff provide exceptional support to the families of children in their care. Parents speak very highly of staff and the quality of education and care they provide. Parents feel fully informed about their children's learning. n Support for children's developing communication and language skills is excellent. Staff introduce new vocabulary as children learn about conkers at the nature

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table and investigate with magnets. Children with English as an additional language make exceptional progress. There is outstanding support for children to flourish in both English and their home language. Staff work with interpreters to share information and help gather the views of parents. Through outings, food and stories, staff provide children with rich opportunities to learn about language and communities beyond their own. n Staff provide excellent opportunities for children to access fresh air and exercise. Children learn directly about nature as they grow and eat carrots and potatoes from the nursery's vegetable plot. Children learn first hand about life cycles and

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4 October 2021 how to care for living things. They discuss how the caterpillars they look after turn into butterflies before their release. These experiences contribute highly to children's personal and emotional well-being. n Children have rich opportunities to learn about and understand technology. They learn which buttons and sequences to use when taking photographs of each other with toy cameras. Children explore with lights and torches. They concentrate fully as they skilfully steer remote-controlled cars under arches as part of an obstacle course. Staff encourage children to make their own obstacle courses with resources outside. This helps them to understand scale and how to sequence, connect, build and position the equipment. n Staff provide excellent opportunities for children to develop their mathematical skills. For example, children learn in detail about size as they measure sunflowers, building bricks and each other with measuring tapes. They learn in

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depth about direction and position as they play group games with their friends using large stretches of elastic. Children compare the sizes of pumpkins at the nature table. They count the number of strikes they make with hammers on lengths of wood as they play outside. n The manager and staff have a deep understanding of where children are in their learning. They have an excellent knowledge of what to do next to help them make progress. The manager is inspirational and has a very strong vision for the nursery. She has very high standards and supports staff exceptionally well.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The manager and staff have an excellent understanding of their responsibilities around keeping children safe. All staff attend training to keep themselves up to date with procedures to protect children. They know very well how to identify any concerns about children or staff, what procedures to take and who to contact. Children have rich opportunities to learn how to keep themselves safe and healthy. For example, staff encourage children not to run inside. They pretend that the toy cooker is hot and warn children not to touch it. Children learn about the impact of their physical actions on their health as they feel their heartbeats after exercise.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY332276 Local authority South Tyneside Inspection number 10131582 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 36 Name of registered person South Tyneside Council

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reference number

Telephone number 0191 4569404/07813397738 Date of previous inspection 10 December 2015

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Information about this early years setting

Stanleys at Riverside registered in 2006. It opens Monday to Friday from 8.30am to 4.30pm all year round. The nursery employs 11 members of childcare staff. All staff are qualified at level 3 or above. One is a qualified teacher and one holds early years professional status. 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 nursery received since the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic began. The inspector discussed the impact of the pandemic with the manager and has taken that into account in their evaluation of the nursery. n The manager discussed with the inspector how the nursery organises and plans the curriculum and experiences for children. The inspector viewed the inside and outside space used by the nursery. n The inspector observed the quality of education during activities and assessed the impact on children's learning. The manager and the inspector evaluated an activity together. n The inspector looked at a sample of the nursery's documents. This included evidence of training and the suitability of staff. n The inspector held discussions with the manager and staff. She spoke to a number of parents to gather their views on the nursery.

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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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