More Grace Day Nursery and Out of School Club

Inspection of More Grace Day Nursery and Out of School Club Eversley Leisure Centre, Crest Avenue, BASILDON, Essex SS13 2EF

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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 Good

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The provision is good

Children develop strong bonds with their key person and all staff. Younger children enjoy comfort from staff when they are unsettled. Older children are enthusiastic to engage in play. All children move around the nursery making choices about what they want to investigate. Older children engage with others, discussing and creating make-believe games, including going shopping or visiting the hairdressers.

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The provision is good

Overall, behaviour is good. For example, while outside, children eagerly anticipate the next part of an adventure as they run to different parts of the garden with their friends. On occasion, however, they do not always receive consistent opportunities to manage their turn taking independently. Outside, sand timers are used to help them organise and take responsibility for sharing equipment, but this is not currently extended inside the nursery. This means when inside, children rely more on staff to help them manage sharing rather than taking responsibility themselves, as they do outside.

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The provision is good

Children lead their learning; staff facilitate this by providing a curriculum centred around their interests. Older children show that they are developing problem- solving skills. For example, in their role play hairdressing salon, they pick up a hair clip and examine it, pressing different parts of the clip as they try to open it. They are confident to seek help and when shown once, they persist in repeating the technique, pressing the release button until they are sure they remember how to do this independently.

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need to do better?

n Staff encourage children to use their prior knowledge. For instance, during story time, they share what they know about how shadows are made. Children name the 'sun', 'clouds', 'dark' and 'torches'. Staff are quick to praise them for their 'good thinking' and 'sharing ideas'. Staff use intonation while reading stories and encourage children to take part. The effect on children is positive, as they become confident communicators willing to share their ideas. n Leaders and staff recognise the impact that the COVID-19 has had on children's learning, specifically in relation to early socialising, speech and language development. Staff provide opportunities for children to communicate and develop social skills that will help in future learning and their move to school. Children enthusiastically engage in adult-led activities, such as snack time where they chat about making healthy choices to support growth and protect their

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need to do better?

teeth. Very young children learn to socialise with others as staff take them into the main room to see older children playing. n The special educational needs coordinator works closely with parents and the local authority to provide a suitable learning environment. In addition, staff

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need to do better?

21 June 2022 gather relevant information from parents when children start. This enables them to identify children's starting points and next steps for learning. For example, when very young children and those unable to communicate verbally arrive, staff work as a team to support speech development. They encourage children to follow and use single, then simple sentences and provide opportunities for them to listen to and follow increasingly complicated instructions. These interactions assist children to hear and build an increasing vocabulary that is in context. As a result, children make good progress. n Parents report on how happy their children are at the nursery. They say that children are making good progress, as they share songs and stories they have not learned at home. Parents receive regular updates regarding learning and development from their child's key person. They express that leaders and staff

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need to do better?

are approachable and provide support and information as required. n The leadership team provides staff with good support to ensure they can carry out their roles and responsibilities well. Staff report that they are supported and have regular meetings to discuss their well-being and training needs. However, this programme of professional development is not yet sharply focused on driving the quality of teaching to the highest level, to ensure strong consistency across the staff team.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

All staff provide a safe and secure environment for children to play and learn. There is a good culture and understanding of safeguarding children. Leaders and staff know what action to take if they identify that a child is at risk of abuse. Staff take appropriate action to reduce the risk of harm by making a child protection referral in a timely way to the relevant agencies. Safe recruitment procedures, induction and ongoing monitoring through regular supervision meetings help to ensure that staff are suitable to work with children. The leadership team ensures that all staff undertake regular training so they remain familiar with their responsibilities to keep children safe.

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should:

n ensure staff consistently use the strategies that have been implemented, to support children's good behaviour n build on current practice and seek further ways to help all staff develop first-rate teaching skills.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY374563 Local authority Essex Inspection number 10232879 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 46 Number of children on roll 38 Name of registered person Triple Jo Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 01268 559788 Date of previous inspection 11 September 2018

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Information about this early years setting

More Grace Day Nursery and Out of School Club registered in 2008 and is situated in Basildon, Essex. The nursery employs five members of childcare staff, all of whom hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 or above. The nursery is open Monday to Friday all year round. Sessions run from 9am to 6pm. There is also a breakfast and after-school club for those attending local primary schools. This operates during term time and sessions are from 7.30am to 8.30am and from 3.30pm to 6pm. The setting provides early years funded places for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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Inspection activities

n This was the first routine inspection the nursery has received since the COVID- 19 pandemic began. The inspector discussed the impact of the pandemic with the manager and this has been taken into account in their evaluation of the setting. n The manager and the inspector completed a learning walk of the nursery, inside and outside. n Children spoke to the inspector about what they enjoy doing. n The inspector reviewed relevant documentation, including the suitability checks of all adults working in the setting. n Parents and staff spoke with the inspector at appropriate times 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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