Bright Eyes Nursery

Inspection of Bright Eyes Nursery Bethel Apostolic Church, 48 Mount Pleasant Road, Luton, Bedfordshire LU3 2RR

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Overall effectiveness Requires improvement

The quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Overall effectiveness at previous inspection Not applicable

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The provision requires improvement

Children enjoy coming to the nursery. They separate from parents with ease and quickly settle into their day. Staff are attentive to children. When children require additional reassurance, staff are quick to support. This ensures that children feel safe and secure. Children are confident and demonstrate this when interacting with visitors. They watch for their familiar adults, knowing they are close by if needed.

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The provision requires improvement

Children enjoy the company of their friends. They actively seek each other out to play with. Older and younger children mix well together in the main room. There is a large array of resources available to children and they enjoy exploring these. However, the quality of education is variable. Staff's interactions with children are inconsistent across the nursery. This has an impact on the amount of progress children make.

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The provision requires improvement

Babies have access to a range of activities. They are at differing heights to support their physical development. The large open space provides room for those babies who are crawling. They explore the whole room and select what they would like to play with. Some staff narrate the day-to-day activities for babies. This helps to promote babies' language development. However, this is not consistent for all children.

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need to do better?

n The manager has a good understanding of her curriculum intent for the nursery. However, staff do not implement this curriculum effectively. Interactions between staff and children are not always inspiring or offer challenge to children. For example, when children are exploring new resources, staff do not allow children time to support and create their own ideas and imagination. Staff recognise children's interest in the activity. That said, they lack the skills to further children's cognitive development. n Children develop a love of books. Using a book of the month, staff bring alive stories, such as 'The Three Little Pigs'. Children explore hay, string and bricks to create houses. Staff attempt to adapt the activities to support younger children. However, staff lack the skills to keep the younger children engaged and they become distracted very easily. n Children enjoy making play dough each day. They choose if they would like to

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need to do better?

help make it and quickly become immersed in the activity. Some staff introduce new words, such as 'scoop', 'full' and 'empty', to help children to develop a wider vocabulary. However, children do not consistently benefit from good support to help them develop their communication skills. Sometimes, staff do not spend enough time interacting and talking to children to ensure they hear a rich variety of words.

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need to do better?

16 June 2022 n Staff support children to learn to share. They explain why they must share and offer alternatives while children wait. Therefore, on the whole children share well. n Partnerships with parents are strong. Parents delight in explaining how happy their children are and how well developed the relationships are with staff. They find staff approachable and friendly. Parents are aware of the next steps in their children's learning and know how to use the online platform to find information about these. n Children develop healthy lifestyles. They independently wash their hands regularly. The nursery provides nutritious meals, and staff support those who bring a packed lunch to ensure the food is healthy. Children have regular access to water. Children use the garden area each day. If weather does not allow, children can take part in large physical movement play inside. This helps to support children's physical development.

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need to do better?

n Staff say that they feel well supported by the manager and they work well together as a team. Recent staffing changes have meant that the number of qualified staff has reduced. This has had an impact on the quality of teaching. However, the manager and her team are working with the local authority and other settings to review their practice and to strengthen the learning environment. n The manager completes regular individual staff meetings. That said, not enough is done to develop staff's teaching skills to improve the quality of education. The manager uses team meetings to discuss training. She and her team are committed to making changes to ensure all children make good progress while at the nursery.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Staff have a clear knowledge of the signs and symptoms of abuse and know where to report any concerns they may have about a child. They are aware of where to report any concerns about a colleague, and the manager understands her responsibility to manage allegations against members of staff. Wider issues in society, such as the 'Prevent' duty guidance and county lines, are discussed at training to ensure staff have knowledge of these issues. The manager completes regular in-house training to keep staff's knowledge up to date. The manager monitors the ongoing suitability of all staff.

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Due date

16 June 2022 develop the curriculum to ensure that it clearly identifies what it is that all children need to learn, how this reflects their individual needs and offers appropriate challenge, to help them make at least good progress 20/09/2022

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Due date

ensure that children have rich opportunities to develop their communication and language skills so that the development of their spoken language firmly underpins all seven areas of learning 20/09/2022

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Due date

focus professional development plans on improving staff's teaching skills that help them to support children in building on what they already know and can do. 20/09/2022

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should:

n improve the monitoring of staff's practice to develop their knowledge and understanding of how children learn so that all children benefit from consistently good-quality learning experiences.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2570073 Local authority Luton Inspection number 10239334 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises Registers Early Years Register Day care type Sessional day care

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inspection

Total number of places 30 Number of children on roll 40 Name of registered person Bright Eyes Nursery Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 07483 133709 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

Bright Eyes Nursery registered in 2020. The nursery operates Monday to Friday, from 7.30am until 6pm, for 47 weeks of the year. The nursery closes on bank holidays and at Christmas, Easter and for a week during August. 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 their evaluation of the provider. n The manager completed a learning walk with the inspector of all the areas of the nursery and discussed their curriculum and what they want children to learn. n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this was having on children's learning. n A joint observation was completed between the manager and the inspector. n The inspector spoke with parents throughout the inspection and took account of their views. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation and reviewed evidence of the suitability of the staff.

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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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