The Old Station Nursery, Henley

Inspection of The Old Station Nursery, Henley Fairmile, HENLEY-ON-THAMES, Oxfordshire RG9 6AD

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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 enjoy their time at the nursery. Babies and young children leave their parents easily on arrival. They are happy and content in the care of staff. Children form positive relationships with staff and other children. They develop their confidence very well. For example, babies are keen to explore and investigate. They crawl across the garden to play with interesting resources, where they make sounds with spoons and metal pots.

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The provision is good

Children benefit from a broad range of interesting learning experiences. Staff identify what children need to learn next. They have a good understanding of children who may need extra help and support. Overall, children receive consistently good interactions from staff, to support them in their play and learning.

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The provision is good

Pre-school children join in discussions and conversations well with staff. They confidently offer their own ideas and views. Toddlers develop their listening skills. They enjoy listening to short stories being read to them. Pre-school children demonstrate that they can work cooperatively with each other. They use crates and lengths of wood to build a climbing structure, to walk and balance across. Children use good manners as they pass each other carefully when walking across. This helps them to use the structure safely, while challenging their physical skills.

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need to do better?

n Staff know and understand how to meet children's needs well. They support the care needs of babies sensitively. For example, babies can follow their home routines for feed and sleep times. Staff gently cuddle babies when they wake up, helping them to feel safe and secure. n Children develop their independence very well. Toddlers and pre-school children serve their own meals and pour their own drinks. Children make their own choices and decisions about their play. For example, toddlers and pre-school children have free-flow access to the outside area. n Staff understand the learning intentions of the curriculum securely. They provide exciting learning experiences for children. For instance, all children enjoy forest school activities. This includes sensory experiences for babies and toddlers, where they explore natural materials, such as leaves and pine cones. Pre-school children benefit from regular visits to a nearby forest school area. They take part

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need to do better?

in activities that help them to manage risk and solve problems. n The nursery's special educational needs coordinator works effectively with staff, parents and children to support them. Staff demonstrate a good knowledge and understanding of children's individual special educational needs and/or disabilities, and how to support them. They work closely with parents and other

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25 March 2022 professionals involved, to help provide a consistent approach. This supports children effectively in their development and progress. n Staff understand how to support their key children's learning to meet their needs. At times, some staff do not extend children's learning as well as possible. In addition, not all staff fully consider the support they offer to children, who happily play alone but do not seek out staff's time and attention. n Staff feel supported by the management team at the nursery. They receive regular supervision meetings. These help to review their well-being as well as their day-to-day work. However, some aspects of staff's practice are not yet fully embedded, to ensure there is better consistency across the staff team. Staff have access to continuous professional development opportunities, including gaining qualifications. n Parent partnerships with the management team and staff are strong. Parents

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speak highly about their experiences of the service provided. They comment very positively about the quality of their children's care and learning. The staff and management team have continually strived to maintain effective communication with parents, despite the impact from the COVID-19 pandemic. Staff work closely with parents when their children join the nursery. This helps staff to understand and support children's individual needs well from the start. Staff provide a flexible settling-in process for new children. This supports parents and children to gain confidence during a time of change for them. n Children show pride in new skills they have gained. Staff recognise children's efforts and achievements. They positively praise children and give encouragement. Children develop a suitable understanding of the behaviour expectations. This helps them to behave well.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Staff, including agency staff, know and understand their responsibilities to safeguard children. They understand how to recognise and respond to possible indicators that may raise their concerns about children or other staff. The management team follows robust recruitment procedures to check staff's suitability to work with children. For instance, new staff's identity is verified and they complete a Disclosure and Barring Service check. There are regular reviews of staff's ongoing suitability, to help check that they remain suitable for their role. Staff follow procedures that promote children's safety. For example, they regularly check on children while they sleep.

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should:

n develop staff's awareness of supporting children who happily play alone, to

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25 March 2022 ensure they receive more consistent interactions that help to extend their learning and development further n build on the already good arrangements to monitor staff's practice and help identify and implement further support, to improve their teaching skills in order to strengthen the overall quality of education.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY455419 Local authority Oxfordshire Inspection number 10226587 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 64 Number of children on roll 79 Name of registered person The Old Station Nursery Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01491577716 Date of previous inspection 5 January 2017

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Information about this early years setting

The Old Station Nursery, Henley registered in 2013. It is located near Henley-on- Thames, Oxfordshire. The nursery is open Monday to Friday from 7.30am to 6.30pm for 51 weeks of the year. There are currently 19 staff employed to work with the children. The manager holds a qualification at level 6, and 13 staff members hold recognised early years qualifications between level 2 and level 6. The nursery receives funding to provide free early education to 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 manager discussed the curriculum intentions and took the inspector on a learning walk of the nursery. n Discussions and meetings were held with the management team and staff during the inspection. n The manager and the inspector observed and evaluated an activity together. n The inspector gained some views from parents about the nursery. n Children interacted and talked to the inspector during the inspection.

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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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