University Of Nottingham Day Nursery

Inspection of University Of Nottingham Day Nursery University Park, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire NG7 2RD

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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's personal, social and emotional development is given priority, especially when they first start attending. Staff invite parents and children to attend taster sessions. This helps children to become familiar with staff and the environment and to feel safe and secure before they are separated from parents. Children show close relationships with staff. They sit on their knee and cuddle into them for comfort. Children behave well, are kind and helpful. Four-year-old children fetch their friends scissors to use, so they have a pair each. Two-year-old children help staff to sweep up rice off the floor.

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The provision is good

Staff plan experiences to help children progress in their learning, such as to develop their mathematical skills. For example, staff ask children to recall how to make dough. Children show their understanding of measure and quantity and say that they use two cups of flour and one cup of water. When children ask staff how to make their dough flat, they show a positive attitude to learning new skills. For example, staff show them how to use a rolling pin. Children show a good imagination. For example, three- and four-year-old children work as a team to pull string that has a wooden log attached to the end. They confidently tell visitors that it is a 'log dog' and pretend to take it for a walk.

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need to do better?

n The manager and senior staff invite staff to attend meetings to discuss their practice and well-being. Staff attend in-house training that helps them to identify how to look after themselves, so they are able to care for children effectively. Staff say that this training helps them to be their best self. n Some staff who work with the older children have completed forest school training. They take children into woodland where they provide opportunities for them to explore, investigate and to be creative. Staff help children to learn what a fire needs to survive. When staff light the fire, they encourage children to take part from a safe distance. Children pretend that the spark to ignite the fire is a dragon sneezing. n Overall, staff support children's communication and language skills well. They introduce new words for older children to learn. For example, when children play musical instruments and explore how sounds can change, staff introduce words

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such as crescendo and diminuendo. They explain to children what the words mean. However, occasionally, not all children who speak English as an additional language are supported as effectively. Some staff do not promote children's home language at nursery to support their language development. n Staff share information with parents about children's learning, achievements and care routines. They support parents to continue their children's learning at home. For example, staff encourage parents to read stories to children to help

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21 March 2022 them to develop a love of books. n Staff do not always plan the environment effectively to encourage children to make independent choices in their play. They use gates to partition areas in some of the rooms. These are often closed, thereby restricting children's access to other resources that are available. n Staff promote positive behaviour. For example, they clap their hands to praise younger children's achievements. Staff give children stickers to praise and support them through toilet training. n Staff provide opportunities for children to learn about oral hygiene to extend their knowledge of healthy practices. They provide children with their own toothbrushes and ask them to clean their teeth after lunchtime. Staff read children stories about a dentist and ask them questions that encourages them to think. For example, staff ask, 'What happens when you sit in the chair?' n Staff plan experiences to help children to progress and to learn skills that will

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need to do better?

help them in the future. When they take children for forest school sessions, children learn how they can keep themselves safe. For example, children say that they are not to touch nettles because they will sting them.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The management team follow robust recruitment procedures and ongoing suitability checks to help ensure that all staff remain suitable in their role. The manager and staff understand the signs and symptoms that may indicate a child is at risk of harm. This includes being able to identify if a child is being drawn into radicalisation. The manager and staff know the procedure to follow to report concerns about children's safety or welfare. Security within the setting is good, a fingerprint system allows parents to enter the premises with their children. The manager monitors this, to ensure that other people do not enter the building who are not authorised to do so. This helps to keep children safe.

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should:

n strengthen staff's understanding of how to support language development for children who speak English as an additional language n support staff to provide children with further opportunities to make independent choices in their play.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 254648 Local authority Nottingham Inspection number 10138648 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 57 Number of children on roll 66 Name of registered person The University of Nottingham

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reference number

Telephone number 0115 9515222 Date of previous inspection 9 December 2015

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Information about this early years setting

University Of Nottingham Day Nursery registered in 1995 and is situated in the grounds of Nottingham University, Nottinghamshire. The nursery employs 23 members of childcare staff. Of these, 18 hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 and above, two hold early years teacher status and three hold early years professional status. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday all year round apart from one week at Christmas and bank holidays. Sessions are from 8am until 6pm. 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 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 and the inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the nursery and discussed how she intends to implement the curriculum. n The inspector observed the quality of education during activities, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this has on children's learning. n Children spoke to the inspector throughout the inspection. n The inspector spoke with staff at appropriate times throughout the inspection. n The inspector carried out a joint observation with the nursery manager. n The inspector held a meeting with the nursery manager. She reviewed relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery. n Parents shared their views of the setting with the inspector.

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Inspection activities

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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