Lascelles Park Nursery

Inspection of Lascelles Park Nursery The Lodge, Lascelles Park, Lascelles Road, Slough SL3 7PR

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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 Requires improvement

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The provision is good

Children demonstrate they feel safe and that they are happy at the nursery. They enter the nursery with confidence and leave their parents easily at the door. Children have a welcoming environment in which to play. Staff attractively set up exciting activities for the children to inspire them to play. For example, the children have cosy den areas to relax and enjoy books in. The environment is organised effectively to ensure all areas of learning are catered for and to promote learning. For instance, children have access to media and materials, such as paint, dough and cutters, which help them to build on their small-physical skills. Outside, children have a good range of play equipment, which they climb, balance and pull themselves onto. This supports and builds on children's moving and handling skills for physical development.

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The provision is good

Children are busy, engaged and have fun playing games with their friends where they are heard giggling together. For instance, children show great delight as they wave ribbons and copy each other in different movements. Children behave well, and together they share and turn take effectively. Staff have high expectations in helping children to manage and talk about their feelings. For example, they ask children about family members and talk about different ways their friends feel as they play. This supports children's emotional well-being. Children benefit from staff talking and providing a narrative to their play, and overall, communication and language is well promoted.

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need to do better?

n The management team have successfully enhanced the nursery since the last inspection. They have reflected on ensuring all documentation is now in place and that training for staff is fully embedded and understood. n The curriculum is organised well. The management team and staff know what they want the children to learn and provide good-quality teaching to help children achieve this. Staff know their key children and plan and provide activities that are supportive of their next steps and help them make progress. Additional funding is used effectively to enhance children's learning experiences and development. n All staff provide a wide range of activities that support children's future skills in learning. For instance, staff incorporate mathematical learning in everyday activities to help children learn about numbers, measures and size successfully. This was seen at the inspection, as the children hunted for treasure in the sand,

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counting how many pennies they have, to filling containers with water. These types of activities help children in their development for future learning. n Staff support children's communication and language skills well overall. For instance, they respond to what children say and repeat words back to children to

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20 July 2022 help them with pronunciation. Staff help children to learn words in context accordingly. For example, they use songs, rhymes and stories to help children hear, speak and sing with the repetition of words. This helps to build on their vocabulary. However, sometimes, staff do not encourage less-confident children to join in during group activities to help them take a more active role. n Children are seen to manage their personal care needs very well. For instance, they wash their hands without prompting, and most know when they need a tissue and use these effectively, disposing of them as needed in the bin. Staff support children's behaviour well and offer consistent praise to them for their achievements. However, on occasion, staff do not help children to understand the consequences of why rules need to be followed. For example, children are not supported to learn why they should not run inside or why they should not

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kick toys. n Partnerships with parents are good. Parents speak very positively about the support their children receive, how lovely the staff are and the good amount of information that is shared with them. Partnerships with other professionals is well established to help meet and maintain continuity of care. n Staff receive good support, coaching and training to help them advance their knowledge and skills. They comment that they are valued and supported by the management team, that they have regular supervision and can talk about their performance and training regularly. This helps to ensure that staff are confident and capable in their roles and responsibilities.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Staff have a good knowledge and understanding of child protection. They are confident in the signs and indicators of abuse and the procedures to follow should they have a concern about the welfare of a child. All staff are familiar with the referral processes, both within the nursery and to outside agencies. There are clear procedures in place for the recruitment of new staff and staff's suitability is checked regularly to ensure that staff working with children are safe to do so. Staff understand and follow effective procedures to deal with any incidents, and to promote children's welfare.

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should:

n encourage all children to take an active part in group activities, in particular to support those who are less confident at these times n build on the good-behaviour management strategies to help support children's understanding of the rules and boundaries even further.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY485215 Local authority Slough Inspection number 10213976 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 24 Number of children on roll 66 Name of registered person Barney Bees Day Nursery Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 01753 533626 Date of previous inspection 13 October 2021

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Information about this early years setting

Lascelles Park Nursery registered in 2015. It operates from premises in Lascelles Park, in Slough, Berkshire. The nursery opens from 8.45am to 3pm, term time only. In addition, an after-school club operates from 3.15pm to 6pm, and a holiday playscheme runs during the school holidays. The setting employs nine staff including the management team. One member of staff has an early years teaching qualification, and seven other staff hold recognised childcare qualifications. The setting is in receipt of funding for the provision of free early education for children aged two-, three- and four-years old.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector discussed any continued impact of the pandemic with the provider and has taken that into account in their evaluation of the provider. n The deputy manager explained the nursery curriculum during a learning walk with the inspector. n The deputy manager and the inspector completed a joint observation of an activity together and discussed the quality of teaching and learning afterwards. n Children spoke to the inspector about the activities they took part in. n A number of parents provided feedback about the nursery through discussions with the inspector.

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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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