New Brighton Day Nursery

Inspection of New Brighton Day Nursery New Brighton Children's Centre, Mount Pleasant Road, Wallasey CH45 5HU

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Overall effectiveness Good

The quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Overall effectiveness at previous inspection Outstanding

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The provision is good

Children arrive happy and are quick to become busily engaged in inspiring play. They are extremely eager to join in activities that ignite their curiosity and deep thinking. With gentle guidance from staff, children persist and try hard as they experiment with paints to work out how to make green. Children demonstrate patience and positive attitudes to the world around them. They carefully search for insects and talk at length about spiders and woodlice. Staff skilfully join in with children's investigations. They provide appropriate challenge to extend children's knowledge.

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The provision is good

Children have an exceptional sense of self-confidence. They talk in detail about their play dough creations. Without prompt, children recollect key features of favourite stories and facts in books. They show great enthusiasm for learning as they take part and have a go at new things. Because children are highly engaged in purposeful play, their behaviour is excellent. Older children are polite towards each other. They are superb at listening to instructions from each other and adults. Children take pride in their nursery. They show delight as they proudly present their creations to parents in a special art gallery celebration. Babies confidently explore their surroundings and practise their new physical skills. Right from when babies first start, they settle very well because staff are highly nurturing.

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n Staff adopt a curriculum that helps children to develop new skills over time. All areas of learning are supported very well. Nature-based learning and developing children's self-expression, confidence and creativity are key features of this nursery's curriculum. Children participate in rich, hands-on activities as part of forest school. They visit the beach to explore and investigate sea life and nature. Children have many opportunities to create art and develop their early writing and drawing skills. n Children develop a deep understanding of how they feel and their emotions. They learn how to respond with appropriate behaviours based on how they feel. Babies explore what their face looks like in mirrors when they are happy or sad. Older children learn about emotions, such as calm and angry. Staff use stories and discussion in small groups to help children to identify what emotions are and link colours to how children feel. Children express themselves well in their

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drawings. They discuss their own prior experiences and link this to new learning. n Overall, staff know their key children very well. They consider specific next steps in learning for each child and support their development well. However, staff who are temporarily covering the key-person role are not clear about what they want children to learn. On occasion, staff do not build on what children know and can do.

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9 June 2022 n Children who need extra help are identified very quickly. Staff sensitively support children who may struggle at times, for example when following the nursery routines and expected behaviours. Staff are patient and calm in their interactions and follow plans to provide support. They work tirelessly with external professionals and use appropriate strategies to help to close any gaps in children's development. n The provider strives for 'excellence in early education'. Following a period of staff changes, they have recently restructured the leadership team. This enables leaders to provide more targeted and specific support for staff in their professional development. Staff particularly appreciate having well-being reviews and they feel supported in their work. A vast amount of training is provided for all staff to complete further qualifications. This continually improves the quality of their teaching over time. Staff recently completed training on sign language,

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to support younger children's communication skills. n Parents speak extremely positively about the professionalism of the nursery staff. They say that staff 'go to great efforts' to make their children feel included. Parents are very well informed about what their children are learning. They receive regular updates via an online journal. They comment on the superb resources and activities provided for children that excite them while they learn. Parents say, 'We love it here. It is so personal.'

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Staff are vigilant and uphold a strong safeguarding culture. They know to respond immediately to concerns about children or the misconduct of another staff member. Knowledge of the local safeguarding partnership is embedded into staff practice. The designated safeguarding leads promote children's good well-being. They are aware of complex factors in a child's life that could be a cause for concern. They work with other professionals well to keep children safe. Leaders ensure the staff team receives continuous training. They ensure that their awareness of children's needs is at the forefront of their work. Children have opportunities to take risks in their play. Staff are deployed effectively to ensure children remain safe and hazards are limited.

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should:

n strengthen information-sharing to ensure that all children receive personalised and specific support and teaching at all times, including when their key person is absent.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY475792 Local authority Wirral Inspection number 10219815 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Day care type Full day care

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inspection

Total number of places 85 Number of children on roll 187 Name of registered person New Brighton Day Nursery Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 0151 6300992 Date of previous inspection 30 August 2016

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Information about this early years setting

New Brighton Day Nursery registered in 2014. The nursery employs 30 members of childcare staff. Of these, 21 staff hold qualifications from level 3 to level 6, including three members of staff with early years teacher status. The nursery opens 7.30am to 6pm from Monday to Friday, all year round. 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 A quality and training manager took the inspector on a learning walk to explain the nursery curriculum and what they want children to learn. n The inspector spoke to children, staff and parents at appropriate times during the inspection. n A joint observation was carried out in the pre-school room with a quality and training manager, to determine the effectiveness of leaders' support for staff's professional development and teaching. n Leadership discussions were held with managers and the provider at various points throughout the inspection. n The inspector observed practice and interactions between staff and children across all rooms and the outdoor area. n The inspector looked at documents, including qualification certificates, evidence

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to demonstrate staff's suitability, complaints, accident forms and staff training plans.

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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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