Emmy Jayne's Nursery School

Inspection of Emmy Jayne's Nursery School Valley Road, Northallerton, North Yorkshire DL6 1HY

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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 Outstanding

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The provision is good

Children thrive at this exciting and stimulating setting. They enter with big smiles on their faces and are eager to start their day. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, parents do not enter the setting. However, staff help children to separate from their parents with ease and children happily greet their friends. Staff and children have excellent bonds. Children take pride in their achievements and are eager to share these with staff. They respond to the praise that they receive with smiles and cheers. Children are confident and demonstrate positive behaviour.

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The provision is good

Children have plenty of opportunities for fresh air. They enjoy a vast range of activities in the extensive outdoor areas. This supports children who prefer to learn outside very well. Babies explore sensory activities, such as sand, rice and water. Children are eager to explore the garden and use large play equipment. This helps to develop their large-muscle skills well. Older children learn about how to care and look after plants. They confidently discuss how they planted an apple seed, and it has started to grow 'shoots'. Children are very independent. Young children peel and chop fruit with the support of staff. Older children mix ingredients to make play dough. They excitedly follow simple recipe cards. Children confidently discuss the changes in the dough mixture as they add ingredients.

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n Children show a love for books and reading. Staff read stories to older children with enthusiasm. They use props and ask children to predict what might happen next. Babies sit cuddled up with staff to listen to their favourite stories. Staff regularly take children to visit the local library. They have developed a lending library, to encourage parents to share books with their children at home. This helps to support children's literacy skills. n Staff are very caring, sensitive and nurturing. They respond to children's needs. For instance, babies who are unsettled are quickly provided with cuddles and reassurance. Staff use their knowledge of behaviour management to help children to resolve conflicts. For example, staff support older children to discuss what has upset them. They consider with their friends how they could resolve the problem. Children of all ages learn the difference between right and wrong.

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Children display excellent levels of emotional development. n Overall, staff support children's communication and language skills well. Children enjoy singing songs and rhymes, and quickly learn and join in with repetitive phrases. Staff enthusiastically engage children in conversations and support them to hear new vocabulary. For example, staff introduce words, such as 'cream of tartar', as children mix ingredients to make play dough. Staff ask children questions to extend their vocabulary. However, occasionally, staff ask questions too quickly, and they do not give children enough time to answer.

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1 March 2022 n The passionate leadership team thinks carefully about how to support the well- being of staff. It considers the workload of staff to ensure that this is manageable for them. The morale among the staff is high. They work well as a team, and they speak respectfully to each other. Staff comment that they feel well supported. n Staff regularly observe and assess children's development. They quickly identify children who may have special educational needs and/or disabilities. Staff take swift action to help families access relevant services from other agencies. This helps to ensure that children with a specific need are appropriately supported. Staff work closely with other professionals to develop support plans. This means that children make the best possible progress from their starting points in learning. n Staff work very closely with parents. During the pandemic, they developed the use of an online system. This has allowed effective communication between

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parents and staff. Staff keep parents up to date with their children's development. They provide parents with suggestions of activities to carry out at home. Parents are extremely positive about the setting. They comment that they 'could not be happier' and that the setting goes 'above and beyond'. n Generally, staff demonstrate a consistently good level of teaching. They promote children's independence and provide praise and encouragement. For example, staff encourage children to persevere when using scissors. However, on occasions, staff allow more-confident children to dominate an activity, which means quieter and less-confident children do not get the same learning opportunities.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

All staff have a good understanding of their roles and responsibilities. The leadership team ensure that all staff complete safeguarding training and that safeguarding is discussed at each team meeting. Staff can recognise the signs of abuse and know the procedures to follow if they have concerns about a child's welfare. Furthermore, all staff are confident of the procedures to follow, should an allegation be made against a member of staff. Robust recruitment procedures ensure that all staff are suitable to carry out their role. Risk assessments and daily checks are carried out to make sure that the building is safe and secure.

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n develop staff's questioning techniques, so that they give children time to respond to questions and develop their critical thinking skills n support staff to identify the quieter children to make sure that they have the

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1 March 2022 same learning experiences as the more-confident children.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY463521 Local authority North Yorkshire Inspection number 10117679 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Day care type Full day care

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inspection

Total number of places 70 Number of children on roll 124 Name of registered person Emmy Jayne's Nursery School Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01609771177 Date of previous inspection 14 October 2013

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Information about this early years setting

Emmy Jayne's Nursery School registered in 2013. It is situated in Northallerton, North Yorkshire. The nursery employs 21 members of childcare staff. Of these, 16 members of staff hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 or above, including two staff who hold qualified teacher status. The nursery opens all year round from 7.30am until 6pm, Monday to Friday. It 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 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 inspector undertook a learning walk with the manager to find out about the nursery and the children who attend. n A joint observation of an activity was completed and evaluated with the manager. n The inspector observed the quality of education during activities indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this was having on children's learning. n The inspector held a meeting with the leadership team. She looked at relevant documentation, including evidence of the suitability of staff working in the setting. n The inspector took account of parents' views through written feedback.

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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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