Bambinos Day Nursery

Inspection of Bambinos Day Nursery 54 Plymouth Road, Tavistock, Devon PL19 8BU

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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

Managers do not allow parents to enter the premises currently due to COVID-19 restrictions, but regardless of this, children leave their parents confidently at the front door. Children enter the nursery happily and are eager to greet staff and friends, which shows that they feel safe and secure. They demonstrate good behaviour, for example when they listen to staff and follow instructions. Children are friendly and play well alongside and with each other. Pre-school children are kind and learn to share the toys and resources. For example, they offer the pencils they have finished using to their friends.

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The provision is good

Staff plan a broad and varied curriculum to help children develop the skills and knowledge needed for later learning, including school. Babies and toddlers watch and listen with interest when staff sing to them and try to copy the actions, developing their communication skills and rhythm. Staff support pre-school children to look carefully at pictures of animals, discuss the features and try to draw them. The children comment enthusiastically on colours and sizes and count the number of legs and ears the animals have as they try to copy the picture with care. They proudly show staff and visitors their work when they have finished.

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n Managers and staff provide challenging learning experiences for children and flexibly adapt their plans to follow children's emerging interests. For example, staff initially plan for pre-school children to learn about dinosaurs and to build imaginative homes for them, to encourage them to be creative, share their ideas and solve problems. The children really enjoyed this activity and in their excitement, extend their conversations with staff to learn more about jungle animals and their diets too. Staff model language effectively and teach them a range of new words, such as pterodactyl, herbivore, hibernate and fungus. n Staff understand how children learn and provide an attractive and stimulating environment for children to explore and investigate. Two-year-olds choose to look at books independently as they rest, turning the pages and chatting to themselves about the pictures, developing an early love of books. Babies and

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toddlers use brushes and their fingers to paint and show interest in the marks they make, which supports their literacy development. Pre-school children are curious, concentrate well and show determination, for example as they to try to balance items to build imaginative homes for the toy dinosaurs to live in. n Staff know the children well and are sensitive and responsive to their care needs overall. At times, staff working with the babies and toddlers spend too much time tending to routine tasks, such as tidying and cleaning, rather than helping to settle and soothe new children, to give them as much emotional support and reassurance as possible.

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10 January 2022 n Partnerships with parents are effective. Staff share detailed information with parents about children's experiences and what skills their children are working towards. Parents are highly complimentary about the nursery and comment that they appreciate staff's support and advice about how to extend their children's learning at home. n Children communicate confidently. Babies babble happily and staff respond skilfully to continue the interaction. Two-year-old children listen as staff read well-known stories and they join in with the repeated words and phrases. Staff use effective approaches to develop pre-school children's thinking and language skills. These older children begin to use sentences and more complex vocabulary to express their thoughts and ideas. n The managers and staff work together well. Managers encourage staff to identify areas of interest and develop their knowledge and skills, for example by

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need to do better?

completing additional courses. Training on children's brain development has motivated staff to review the learning environment and they have created areas of contrasting colours to capture the babies' attention. Staff are currently learning to use signing to support all children's communication. However, managers do not routinely monitor staff's practice and provide targeted coaching for their development as effectively as they could, to help all staff to meet children's learning needs consistently well. n Staff form good links with other settings attended by children. This helps them to get to know children quickly and to provide consistency for children's care and learning.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Managers and staff understand their roles and responsibilities to keep children safe. They know how to identify potential concerns about children's welfare and the procedures to report these to the relevant agencies. Managers recognise the pressures that families have been under during the COVID-19 pandemic. They have provided support for parents' and children's well-being, such as gifts, activities and signposting to other professionals who can offer further help. Managers implement effective recruitment and vetting procedures to ensure staff are suitable to carry out their roles. Managers complete risk assessments of the nursery to provide a safe and secure environment for children and staff.

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should:

n develop monitoring, support and coaching for staff, with particular regard to new and less experienced staff, to help them meet children's individual learning needs more consistently

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should:

10 January 2022 n review staff deployment for those who work with babies and toddlers, to support the younger children's emotional well-being more effectively when they settle in.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY350857 Local authority Devon Inspection number 10218036 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 59 Number of children on roll 87 Name of registered person Bambinos Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01822 613 416 Date of previous inspection 6 July 2018

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Information about this early years setting

Bambinos Day Nursery registered in 2007 and is one of four settings in the Plymouth area operated by the provider. The nursery opens each weekday from 7am to 6pm, for 51 weeks of the year. There are 11 staff who work with the children, 10 of whom hold relevant qualifications. The nursery receives funding 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 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 inspector observed staff and children during activities and interactions, and assessed the impact this has on the children's learning. n The inspector spoke with parents, managers, staff and children during the inspection to take account of their feedback. n A manager led a learning walk and joint observations with the inspector, to demonstrate and reflect on the quality of the curriculum. n The managers and the inspector discussed the organisation of the nursery and the policies and procedures.

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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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