The Little Ripley Day Nursery

Inspection of The Little Ripley Day Nursery 335 Birmingham Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands B72 1DL

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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 greeted enthusiastically by staff as they are met at the doors of the nursery. Staff are attentive, building warm and close relationships with children. Babies enjoy lots of cuddles. This helps their emotional development. Children are well behaved. They are supported by staff to learn how to take turns and share. Staff help older children to learn how to negotiate with each other and to cooperate together as they play games. Children thrive on the praise they receive from staff. This supports their self-esteem and confidence.

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The provision is good

Children enthusiastically explore the indoor and outdoor environments and find interesting and inspiring activities to develop their imagination. Babies, toddlers and older children have their own dedicated outside space. Toddlers develop their large-muscle skills as they negotiate the garden, climbing up slopes and coming down slides. Older children enjoy finding new ways to roll and slide down the large mounds in their outside space. This enables them to develop physical skills safely.

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The provision is good

Staff, children and parents celebrate the pre-school children's graduation from nursery to Reception class. Children enthusiastically and confidently sing songs and perform dances for their parents to show how they have developed during their time at nursery. This helps children to have a good sense of achievement.

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need to do better?

n The manager has a well-thought-out curriculum, sequenced on what children know and can do and what they need to learn next. As a result, all children, including children with special educational needs and/or disabilities, make good progress and show positive attitudes towards learning. n Children develop good communication and language skills. Staff take every opportunity to extend language, introducing new words to the youngest children and engaging older children in meaningful conversations. For example, when older children show an interest in planets and identify which one they live on. Staff introduce new vocabulary and support language development through fostering children's love of books, songs and rhymes. n Children's development of literacy is supported well. Staff provide children with a range of materials to encourage writing, as well as activities to develop their fine-motor skills. n Mathematics is embedded well and woven throughout children's activities. For

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example, when working with younger children, staff count the number of sides on a three dimensional shape and introduce the names of new shapes, such as pentagon and hexagon. Staff say one, two, three, go when playing with babies. n Children talk to staff about what they have learned during the morning. Staff support this by linking experiences together. For example, when children

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22 July 2022 spontaneously make pirate treasure maps, staff hide treasure for them to find outside. This is later linked to a story about pirates, enabling children to recall what they had done earlier in the day. This assists staff to build the children's knowledge and understanding. n Occasionally, staff are called away from an activity to carry out routine tasks. When this happens, they do not explain to children that they will shortly return to resume the activity or ask other staff to carry out the task for them. As a result, there are times when children lose interest and move away and the activity is then packed away without children completing it. This impacts on valuable learning time and disrupts children's concentration. n The manager has a clear vision for improvement and staff say that they feel supported. The manager monitors the quality of teaching and promotes staff's professional development. Staff have regular supervision and staff meetings.

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need to do better?

This has a positive impact on developing staff practice. n An effective key-person system supports children to form strong attachments and promotes their well-being and independence. Partnership with parents is good. Parents talk enthusiastically of the progress their children make. Parents receive regular updates on their children's well-being and progress via email and an interactive learning diary. n Management and staff understand the importance of working in partnership with other providers and do this successfully, supporting children's transitions on to school. They also support children well as they make transitions through the nursery by working with parents and planning for children to make short visits to their new rooms over a period of time. This enables children to settle quickly and become confident learners.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Leaders, managers and staff are clear about their responsibility to keep children safe. They know who to contact and report to if they have concerns about a child. Leaders and staff attend regular safeguarding training to keep their knowledge and skills up to date. Management regularly check staff's understanding of safeguarding polices and procedures and reinforce training through scenarios. Robust recruitment and vetting procedures ensure that staff are suitable for their roles. Risk assessments are effective. Staff check all areas of the nursery each day to ensure children play in a safe environment.

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should:

n review the organisation of daily routines, so that learning is not disrupted and children's attention and concentration is sustained.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2550952 Local authority Birmingham Inspection number 10215729 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises Registers Early Years Register Day care type Full day care

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inspection

Total number of places 94 Number of children on roll 166 Name of registered person The Little Ripley Day Nurseries Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 0121 354 7878 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

Little Ripley Day Nursery registered in October 2019. It is situated in the Sutton Coldfield area of Birmingham. It is one of 15 nurseries operated by the same company. The nursery is open Monday to Friday 7am to 6pm for 52 weeks of the year. The nursery employs 25 members of childcare staff. Of these, 22 hold a qualification at level 2 and above, including two who hold level 5 and three who hold level 6. 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 with the provider and has taken that into account in their evaluation of the provider. n The area coordinator, manager and inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the nursery and discussed the early years curriculum. n The inspector talked to staff at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. 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 inspector carried out a joint observation of an activity with the manager. n The inspector spoke to several parents during the inspections and took account of their views.

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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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