Seahorse Preschool @ Wimbledon Park

Inspection of Seahorse Preschool @ Wimbledon Park Christ The King Catholic Church Hall, The Crescent, London SW19 8AJ

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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 Not applicable

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The provision is good

Children are warmly welcomed by attentive and caring staff. They successfully provide support, reassurance and a cuddle to help very young children to quickly settle and find favourite toys. Children are curious and confident learners. They keenly explore a stimulating and carefully planned environment. Children confidently work things out and have a go, such as when they roll small and big balls down wooden guttering.

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The provision is good

Children are very happy and show that they feel safe and emotionally secure. Children giggle as they play peekaboo with staff and scream with delight as they splash in a water tray. Children enthusiastically explore outdoors. They confidently and successfully negotiate different surfaces and balance on coloured stepping stones to challenge their physical skills.

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The provision is good

Children are confident communicators. This is demonstrated when young children confidently babble, use single words and gestures to communicate their needs and wants. The curriculum intent has a strong focus on communication and language development. Staff successfully implement the curriculum intent well. For example, staff skilfully use language alongside children's play, extend children's vocabulary and sing lots of songs and rhymes. Children eagerly follow staff's actions when they sing 'Incy wincy spider'.

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need to do better?

n The strong leadership team have very high expectations and they share these expectations among all staff. Staff regularly receive focused training to help to support their professional development and to raise the already good teaching skills. Peer-on-peer observations and supervision meetings help to identify strengths in practice and where improvements can be made. n The manager and staff provide a curriculum designed to promote children's social, personal and emotional development, communication and language skills and physical skills. This is successfully implemented by all staff to provide the youngest children with the skills, confidence and independence they require for the next stages in their learning and development, and the best possible start to their education. n Staff's well-being is supported well, and they report high levels of support from leaders. For example, staff are given additional responsibilities to build their

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confidence and development opportunities. The key-person arrangements are well established, but not always evenly distributed, resulting in occasional inconsistencies in staff workload. n Staff very carefully consider young children's physical and emotional needs. For instance, staff very quickly recognise and respond to children who become tired.

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need to do better?

12 July 2022 Staff effectively follow children's home routines from when they first start. This helps children to feel emotionally secure and also helps to promote a consistent approach. Children build secure attachments with all staff and a key person. Although, the key-person approach is not implemented to the highest level to maximise consistency and continuity for children and parents. n Activities and opportunities available to children demonstrate staff's understanding of how children learn. For example, very young children eagerly throw, catch and rolls balls, giggle as they cover themselves with coloured fabric and transport toys in tiny shopping trolleys. They listen intently to stories read by attentive staff. Children concentrate as they lift flaps and turn pages. This also shows that from an early age young children show a keen interest in books and stories. Children enthusiastically engage in many activities and experiences

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they enjoy to further help to support and extend their learning. n Staff provide many opportunities to support children's good health, which is also shared among parents. For example, staff provide information about the importance of oral health and visits to the dentist to help to promote healthy habits. Children enjoy a variety of healthy meals and snacks. They have ample fresh air and exercise as they play outdoors. n Parents keenly share their views of the nursery, care of their children and the staff team. They say 'Communication is fantastic'. They say they welcome home visits before children start. This helps to build positive relationships with children and parents from the start.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The manager has excellent safeguarding knowledge. She very successfully delivers regular and robust safeguarding training to all staff to help to keep their sound safeguarding knowledge up to date. The manager and staff know the correct procedure to take to report their concerns. For example, staff know to raise their concern about a child's safety and welfare within the organisation and to external agencies. Furthermore, staff understand their role to tackle extreme views and beliefs. Staff recognise the importance of completing daily safety checks in all areas of the nursery to help to keep children safe and from harm.

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should:

n develop the positive engagement with staff even further to swiftly identify inconsistencies that occur in the distribution of workloads, specifically relating to the key-person arrangements.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2549939 Local authority Merton Inspection number 10215700 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 50 Number of children on roll 12 Name of registered person Seahorse (Wimbledon Park Two) Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 0203 198 4072 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

Seahorse Preschool @ Wimbledon Park registered in 2019. It operates in the London Borough of Merton. The nursery offers their service from 7.45am until 6.30pm, Monday to Thursday, for 51 weeks of the year. The nursery employs eight members of staff. Out of these, three members of staff hold childcare qualifications at level 6, one at level 5, two at level 3, and one at level 2.

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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 joined the inspector on a learning walk and talked to the inspector about their curriculum and what they want their children to learn. n Staff spoke to the inspector during the inspection. n The inspector carried out joint observations of group activities with the manager. n Parents shared their views of the setting with the inspector. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation and reviewed evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery.

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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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