Flying Start Nursery - Redruth

Inspection of Flying Start Nursery - Redruth Redruth Children's Centre, Drump Road, Redruth, Cornwall TR15 1NA

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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

The nursery provides a highly nurturing environment where children are extremely emotionally secure and happy. The management team prioritises the well-being of children and staff, recognising the impact this has on their ability to deliver and receive high-quality care and education.

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The provision is outstanding

Children are highly motivated and become engrossed in their learning because staff use children's interests to plan for their development. They skilfully observe the children as they play, allowing them to have a key role in their learning. Staff know exactly when to move children's ideas on and challenge them even further. For example, children develop excellent hand-to-eye coordination as they manipulate oats through the neck of a bottle. Staff introduce prepositions and mathematical language, such as half full, empty, on top and underneath. Children use their imaginations extremely well as staff engage them in discussions about what they are making. When children suggest it is hot, older children get them oven gloves, moving their learning to the role play, where staff encourage their ideas to escalate. Children have high levels of curiosity and a thirst for learning.

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The provision is outstanding

Parents no longer enter the nursery as they did before the COVID-19 pandemic. However, they comment that they now see this as a benefit, as their children settle much quicker. The key workers who had to work throughout the lockdowns are extremely grateful for the support the nursery gave them, without whom they could not have done their part. They highly praise the excellent communication.

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n The manager's ambitious intent for every child, including those with special educational needs, is implemented very successfully. Staff have embedded their revised curriculum and new assessment system, which they use highly effectively to have an outstanding awareness of what each child is capable of and what they need to learn next. Managers work exceptionally well with outside agencies to ensure the enthusiastic team meets children's individual needs extremely well. n All children are excellent communicators. Staff competently develop the children's skills. For example, as toddlers add couscous to their play dough, staff help them to recall having it cooked for lunch. Staff narrate what children are doing and extend their vocabulary, for example by using cookery books in their role play and pointing out the different ways they are kneading their dough. Children learning English as an additional language very rapidly gain the

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confidence to speak. n Children arrive excited to explore the exceptionally well-planned environment. For example, toddlers recognise different herbs as they start making potions in

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8 February 2022 the garden, and older children want staff to join them in making scales balance. Managers and room leaders are highly enthusiastic role models, so teaching is of a consistently strong standard. Staff have ambitious expectations of what the children can achieve, so children believe in their own capabilities and persevere to accomplish a task. n Children's behaviour is exemplary. They understand the staff's high expectations and play together harmoniously. The highly inclusive nursery has an exceptionally positive culture of celebrating differences, and children recognise their own uniqueness. There is a strong focus on children's personal, social and emotional development, which robustly underpins their confidence to learn. Staff empower children to have a 'can-do' attitude, seeing problems as a learning opportunity. For example, children find different ways of making materials stick together when glue does not work. Children develop outstanding attitudes,

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which prepares them exceptionally well for their next stages of learning and school. n The nursery has a strong ethos of children growing their own produce and then cooking with it and eating it. This has had a significant impact on their incredible approach to new foods. For example, every day, even the young children are involved in choosing ingredients to add when making bread, such as courgette and cheese. Older children use peelers and knives to prepare vegetables and make soup. Then all the children have these later for their tea. Children thrive at the nursery, where they gain an excellent understanding of how to take care of their personal needs and the importance of healthy practices. n Staff confirm the excellent support their receive from the management team. The meticulous monitoring of the quality of teaching ensures extremely well- targeted professional development and bespoke training. For example, the

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manager and deputy supervise newly qualified staff, providing them with outstanding guidance. Managers have a superb understanding of the expertise within their staff and empower them to disseminate their knowledge. This enables all staff to implement outstanding teaching, which impacts significantly on children's development.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The managers and staff have an exemplary awareness of their responsibilities to keep children safe. They have an excellent understanding of the procedures to follow if children are at risk of harm. All staff receive annual training in safeguarding children, including what to do if they have concerns about their colleagues. All staff are trained in paediatric first aid, and senior managers are trained mental health first-aiders. Staff provide vigilant supervision of children and expertly support them in managing their own safety. For example, babies and toddlers balance on crates, and older children use a wide range of tools.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY426302 Local authority Cornwall Inspection number 10125870 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 40 Number of children on roll 70 Name of registered person Flying Start Nurseries (SW) Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01209 217171 Date of previous inspection 10 March 2014

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Information about this early years setting

Flying Start Nursery - Redruth is one of a chain of nurseries privately run by Flying Start Nurseries (S.W) Ltd. It registered in 2011. The nursery operates from Redruth Children's Centre, sited in the grounds of Pennoweth School in Redruth, Cornwall. It is open each weekday from 8am until 6pm for 51 weeks of the year. The nursery receives funding to provide free early education to children aged two, three and four years. It employs 15 members of staff plus a designated nursery cook. Of these, one holds qualified teacher status and one holds another appropriate qualification at level 6. One member of staff holds an early years qualification at level 5 and one holds level 4. There are eight members of staff who hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 and one who holds level 2.

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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 manager led the inspector on a learning walk around the nursery and discussed the early years curriculum. n The inspector observed activities and the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact that this was having on children's development. n The manager and the inspector carried out a joint observation of a planned activity indoors. n The inspector spoke with several parents and children, and took account of their views. n The inspector held a leadership meeting with the director of education and the manager, and sampled documentation. The inspector spoke with staff at convenient times and assessed their safeguarding knowledge.

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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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