Yorley Barn Nursery School

Inspection of Yorley Barn Nursery School Yorley Farm, Upper Road, Little Cornard, SUDBURY, Suffolk CO10 0NZ

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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 Not applicable

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The provision is outstanding

There is a buzz of excitement heard from the children as they enter this highly stimulating and nurturing nursery. They happily part from their parents and carers. Staff use their excellent teaching skills to ignite children's curiosity and motivate them to be independent learners. Children are highly inquisitive; they ask questions to further their knowledge. For instance, when painting using water on the concrete flooring on a sunny day, they ask staff why their pictures are disappearing. Children share their own thoughts and ideas on why this has happened.

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The provision is outstanding

Children consistently try hard to succeed. For example, they persist when exploring which objects float and sink in water. Children use the freedom they have to explore the highly stimulating environment and wonderfully rich selection of resources. Younger children enjoy playing with friends digging, looking for objects in the mud garden, and building sandcastles.

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The provision is outstanding

Babies maintain high levels of involvement in their play. They concentrate for prolonged periods given their age, such as when they are building towers and listening to a story. Older children are becoming confident communicators and join in with in-depth conversations with staff and their friends. Staff successfully introduce new words into children's vocabulary, such as 'delicious' and 'sunk'. Children later use these words independently in their play.

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n Staff expertly build on children's knowledge and interests and what they need to learn next. Children make excellent progress and develop the key skills needed to be ready for school. All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, are fully included in all aspects of the routines of the nursery. Staff have an exceptional knowledge of how to captivate children's attention. Staff encourage children to investigate and have a go at activities. This helps children to become inquisitive learners. For example, they become fully immersed when looking for shapes around the room. n Children's behaviour is impeccable. They are happy, calm and friendly. Younger children readily share and take turns. Older children are excellent role models; they recognise the feelings of others and willingly invite them to join their activities. n Staff create an ambitious curriculum for all children with an abundance of

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experiences and opportunities that enhance their learning. Children thoroughly enjoy water play as they tip and pour water into containers. Staff offer highly effective support to children and model new language expertly, introducing new words, such as 'empty' and 'full'.

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24 March 2022 n Children have excellent opportunities to discover the natural world around them. They learn to care for living things such as the nursery's chickens and have the opportunity to collect the eggs that have been laid. When horses are walked past the nursery, the children stop their play to see and talk to them. n Staff skilfully support children to develop healthy lifestyles. Children enjoy a range of fruits for snack and healthy lunches from home. They are actively encouraged to do things for themselves and develop their independence skills. For example, children are challenged to take the lid off their yogurt and to competently pour their own milk or water. When finished, children put their rubbish in the bin and slide their chairs under the table. n Partnerships with parents are superb. Parents share the staff's passion for the setting and are extremely happy with the regular communications they receive

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on their child's development. Parents comment that the nursery is 'amazing' and 'wonderful'. n Staff significantly demonstrate high levels of interactions with children. These interactions actively contribute to children's good language and communication skills. Children take books home and share with their families. They enthusiastically engage in stories that are planned for their age and stage of development. Older children listen to stories and recall what the story is about, demonstrating their excellent understanding. Babies thoroughly enjoy listening to stories and staff skilfully use books to extend and challenge their learning during activities. n The management team continually reflect on the service provided. The team's dedication and passion for providing the highest quality care and learning helps to ensure staff are continually improving the quality of the provision. There is strong focus on the well-being of staff, who consistently all state that they are

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extremely well supported. Staff have outstanding training opportunities, including bespoke training to support individual staff training needs.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The manager and staff have an excellent understanding of how to safeguard children and are aware of wider safeguarding issues. They know how to report concerns, in a timely manner, if they believe that a child's well-being is at risk. Robust recruitment and vetting arrangements help ensure that staff working with children are suitable to do so. Staff know the procedures to follow if they have concerns about the behaviour of another adult working with children. Effective staff deployment means that children are well supervised and cared for. This promotes children's safety and welfare.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY561764 Local authority Suffolk Inspection number 10194205 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 Sessional day care

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inspection

Total number of places 36 Number of children on roll 63 Name of registered person Yorley Barn Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01787227144 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

Yorley Barn Nursey School registered 2010 and is privately owned and run. The nursery employs 13 members of childcare staff. Of these, nine hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 2 and above, including one member of staff who holds qualified teacher status. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, for 48 weeks each year. Sessions are from 8am to 4pm. 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 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 her evaluation of the provider. n The inspector, provider and the manager completed a tour of the setting to understand how the early years provision and the curriculum is organised. n The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and outdoors and assessed the impact this had on children's learning. n The inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager and discussed the quality of teaching. n The inspector asked staff questions throughout the inspection to establish their understanding of how to safeguard children, and how they assess and plan for children's learning. n The inspector looked at a sample of the nursery's documentation during a meeting with the managers. This included reviewing information about

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safeguarding, staff suitability and training. n The inspector spoke to several parents during the inspection and took account of their views.

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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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