Stebbing Green Day Nursery

Inspection of Stebbing Green Day Nursery 1 Saling Road, Dunmow, Essex CM6 3TD

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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 confident and curious. The inviting outdoor area provides many opportunities for them to investigate a range of natural resources. Young children explore what happens when they pour water through funnels and excitedly watch it fill the bucket below. Staff provide useful words, such as 'full' and 'empty', to extend their understanding and vocabulary.

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The provision is good

Children freely move around, both inside and outside. Staff are attentive to children's cues and interests. As a result, children often spend quality time with one adult, who uses these moments to build on individual children's learning. For example, children sit in a small playhouse and are supported to re-enact a story about a crocodile brushing his teeth, using a puppet and relevant props. Skilful interactions encourage children to make predictions and work things out for themselves. They know that 'static' helps a balloon stick to the ceiling and guess how long it will stay there. Staff place a timer so children can watch the numbers and see if their guesses are successful.

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The provision is good

Children show they have a depth of knowledge and eagerly demonstrate what they know and can do. They mix coloured water and describe the mixture as 'translucent green'. Older children challenge themselves on large climbing equipment. They are aware of how to safely dismount and remind their friends how to jump down.

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need to do better?

n The strong leadership team create an environment where children and adults are equally valued. As a consequence, there is a stable, well-established team who know the children and their families well. n Leaders reflected on changes introduced during the pandemic. They have adapted and maintained aspects that they found beneficial. They recognised that parent partnerships were negatively affected when parents were not entering the nursery. Therefore, they are now welcomed in to collect their children to share more detailed information with their child's key person. n Staff spend time getting to know their key children before they move up to the next room. This contributes to smooth transitions and helps form firm foundations for trusting relationships. There is a clear progression as children move through the nursery. They have the opportunity to practise and grasp the skills they need in readiness for their next stage of learning.

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need to do better?

n Children's well-being is at the heart of practice throughout the nursery. Staff sensitively help children to identify their emotions and settle disagreements. Older children negotiate and happily decide to share their resources. Children show high levels of independence. Despite this, they do not all have the same

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need to do better?

29 July 2022 opportunities to develop their self-help skills. For example, meals that meet dietary requirements are already portioned out so children are unable to practise serving themselves. n Staff sharply focus on developing children's speech and language skills. Books and sharing stories play an important part in the nursery curriculum. Children are developing a rich vocabulary. They listen to one of their favourite stories and suggest alternative words for 'bigger', such as 'humungous' and 'enormous'. n Babies and toddlers are cared for in a warm, caring environment. This helps them to feel emotionally secure. Staff effectively support babies' physical development. They encourage 'tummy time' to strengthen babies' core muscles in preparation for sitting and crawling. However, some aspects of the routine do not always work as well in practice. The youngest children sit at the table for longer than necessary before lunch is ready and some become unsettled.

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need to do better?

n Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are exceptionally well supported. Their key person works closely with parents and other professionals to maximise each child's potential. Additional funding is used to effectively enhance children's experiences. As a result, all children make progress and are able to play an active part in the nursery. n Parents enthusiastically praise the staff team's commitment and dedication. They feel their children have benefitted by developing, for example, their social skills and a love of reading. They comment that support through the pandemic went 'above and beyond'.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The manager describes how she prioritises safeguarding from the start of recruitment. All new staff attend face-to face training, wherever possible, which is followed up by annual refresher courses. This helps to keep staff's knowledge current and up to date. The managers and staff demonstrate a secure understanding of a wide range of safeguarding issues, including in the event of an allegation being made. They know how to identify possible signs of abuse and the procedures to follow if they are concerned about a child's welfare. Relevant checks are regularly carried out to demonstrate staff's ongoing suitability to work with children.

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should:

n improve consistency in how practitioners support all children to develop their self-help skills n review and improve the lunchtime routines so that children do not wait too long for their meals to be served.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY554348 Local authority Essex Inspection number 10190180 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 50 Number of children on roll 82 Name of registered person Breezy Kids Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01371856594 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

Stebbing Green Day Nursery registered in 2018. The setting employs 28 members of childcare staff. Of these, 24 hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 2 and above, including one who holds early years professional status and another who has qualified teacher status. The setting is open from 7am until 6pm, Monday to Friday, for 51 weeks of the year. The setting 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 their evaluation of the provision. n The manager, the deputy manager and inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the nursery and discussed their ethos and curriculum. n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact that this has on children's learning. n The special educational needs coordinator spoke to the inspector about how they support children with SEND n The inspector spoke to parents and staff during the inspection and took account of their views. n The inspector, manager and deputy manager carried out a joint observation together to assess the quality of education. n The manager showed the inspector documentation to demonstrate the suitability

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Inspection activities

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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