Little Laura's Nursery

Inspection of Little Laura's Nursery West Lavington School,Church Road, West Lavington, MIDHURST, West Sussex GU29 0EH

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Overall effectiveness Outstanding

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

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The provision is outstanding

Children arrive and settle very quickly due to the extremely strong and warm bonds they have with the staff team. They are immediately engrossed in the excellent range of different activities. Children are incredibly enthusiastic and excited about their learning and are keen to share this with their friends and staff. The nursery atmosphere feels like an extended family. Children are extremely kind and caring towards each other. Younger children learn from older children, and in turn, older children embed skills by helping their younger friends. The behaviour of children is exemplary. They are aware of the exceptionally well-embedded expectations and routines. All children have incredibly strong attachments to the staff and seek them out for comfort, as well as to share learning with them.

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The provision is outstanding

Children show incredibly high levels of confidence and independence. They draw on previous learning and use this independently. For example, they know to look for insects under a log as they had learned this during their forest school experiences. Staff plan the environment to be thoroughly purposeful, playful and positive. Children have excellent role models in their teachers and this is reflected in the children's excellent attitudes to learning. Children show great excitement about exploring and engaging in activities indoors and outdoors. Staff readily share children's learning with their parents, so they can extend this learning at home.

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need to do better?

n Leaders have an extremely clear and ambitious vision for what they want children to learn and experience and the progress they want them to make. They share this with the staff, who are very nurturing and passionate about children's learning. n The staff are highly qualified and experienced. This shines through in the way they skilfully support children to reach their full potential. All children make excellent progress from their starting points, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities. n The special educational needs coordinator is extremely knowledgeable and knows the children very well. They welcome other professionals into the setting, such as speech therapists, to devise strategies and targets. Staff promptly identify children's needs and support them exceptionally well. For example, staff set up small intervention groups to support children's speech and language development.

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need to do better?

n There are very strong links with local schools the children will attend. New teachers come to the nursery to observe and spend time with the children. Staff attend local transition events to ensure that they share key information. Staff prepare children very well for school and share this with parents via a school readiness meeting. Children are excited about moving to school and are ready

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need to do better?

11 August 2022 for the next stage of their education. n Children develop exceptionally good communication and language skills. Staff take time to actively listen to them and respond thoughtfully and skilfully. Children learn new and ambitious vocabulary and use these words independently. For example, a child painted a sunflower and used the word 'nectar'. Another child on a bug hunt used the words 'wolf spider' and 'antennae'. n Staff embed mathematics extremely well. For example, children count how many children are at circle time and also use their skills independently. They readily use mathematical language such as 'square' and 'bigger' in their own play. n Staff have very strong links with the wider community. Children attend a community group for older adults where they sing to the adults and enjoy conversations. They learn increasingly high levels of kindness and empathy. Staff encourage parents to become fully involved in the nursery community. For

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example, staff ran a forest school session for fathers. n Parents are extremely happy with the care and education their children receive. They comment about the great improvement in their children's confidence levels and how they feel fortunate that their children attend. Pre-school children talk about what they like about nursery. For example, they comment that they love everything about nursery and being with their friends. n Staff skilfully tailor activities to meet the differing ages and needs of the children. For example, in an activity about insects, older children were encouraged to make observations and use non-fiction books for identification purposes. Whereas, babies had toy insects and staff used single words such as 'butterfly'.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

All staff have an excellent knowledge of reporting procedures if they have any concerns about a child. They are acutely aware of local safeguarding concerns and how these may impact their children and families. Recruitment systems are robust, and safeguarding is threaded through induction and ongoing staff training very successfully. Staff are deployed extremely effectively and they keep children under close supervision. Children learn about how to keep themselves and others safe. For example, they move very carefully near to a baby learning to walk. They also recently learned about wasps and how to be safe around insects. This was reflected in them finding a dead moth and showing immense care as they handled the insect.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY403628 Local authority West Sussex Inspection number 10066734 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 28 Number of children on roll 54 Name of registered person Attfield, Laura Jane

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reference number

Telephone number 01730814474 Date of previous inspection 12 January 2016

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Information about this early years setting

Little Laura's Nursery registered in 2010. It is situated in West Lavington in Midhurst, West Sussex. The nursery opens five days a week, for 49 weeks of the year. Sessions are from 8am until 5.30pm. There are 12 members of staff. Of these, nine hold appropriate early years qualifications, including three early years teachers, and five staff hold appropriate qualifications at level 3. The nursery receives funding to provide free early education for children aged three and four years.

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Inspection activities

n This was the first routine inspection the childminder received since the COVID- 19 pandemic began. The inspector discussed the impact of the pandemic with the childminder and has taken that into account in their evaluation of the childminder. n Members of the leadership team and inspector completed a learning walk together around all areas of the nursery and discussed the early years curriculum. n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning. n The special educational needs coordinator spoke to the inspector about how they support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. n The inspector spoke with the provider and the manager about the leadership and management of the setting. n The inspector spoke to children and parents to find out about their time at the setting. n The inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager.

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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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