Kinderworld Montessori Nursery

Inspection of Kinderworld Montessori Nursery 169 Bispham Road, Southport, Merseyside PR9 7BL

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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 Good

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The provision is good

Children arrive happy and content. They thoroughly enjoy their time at nursery and separate from parents easily. They are excited to greet their key person with a cuddle. They feel safe and secure and staff know the children and families well. Children confidently select activities and know that staff are there for reassurance and support when needed. They benefit from a wide range of enjoyable activities and experiences across all areas of learning and development, indoors and outdoors. The staff team plan activities that interest and excite children. For example, in the pre-school room, children set up tents to extend imaginative play after some children had recently had the experience of camping.

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The provision is good

Staff have high expectations for all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Children behave well and know the routine of the day at nursery. Staff are aware of the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on children's social and emotional development and have put strategies in place to support this. For example, a staff member has been trained in supporting children with their emotional health. She adds well-being strategies to their daily routine, such as positive affirmations and things that make us special.

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need to do better?

n Staff plan a curriculum that follows children's interests and considers what children need to learn next. Children are enthusiastic and have a positive attitude to their learning. For example, children discuss the ingredients needed when making dough. They consider the texture as they make the dough and are encouraged to think about whether they need more flour or water to make the dough, deciding what it will do as they add it to the water. Children make good progress in their learning and development, including children with SEND. n Partnership with parents is good. Information about their child's daily routine is shared with parents on collection. Children's developmental assessments are completed and shared with parents via an online application. However, some parents do not understand what this information means for their child's development. This limits the specific targets that parents can support at home.

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need to do better?

n Children's language development is well supported, for example children participate in communication group time. They are encouraged to use their language skills during the activity. Staff repeat words and model language using correct pronunciation. Communication and language is promoted well. n Staff benefit from regular staff meetings and supervisions. The staff feel supported in their professional development. For example, a staff member finished her degree and was able to change her working hours while she was studying. This has helped to extend her already good practice and share this with less-experienced staff members. However, the leadership and management

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need to do better?

29 July 2022 team has not yet implemented fully effective coaching and training to support all staff, to build on their knowledge and teaching skills. n Children have access to outdoors. Babies have access to an area which has been planned to support all areas of their development. They explore a large, covered sand pit, which allows them to immerse their whole bodies in exploring the sand. Staff encourage children's physical skills outdoors, giving them opportunities to build on their growing physical skills. n Babies and children enjoy healthy snacks, such as fresh fruit. Children discuss the fruit they are eating and excitedly share what they like and dislike. Staff organise mealtimes well to support children's early independence and social skills.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Leaders ensure that all staff receive safeguarding training. They update staff with safeguarding issues through regular staff meetings. Staff know where they can find contact numbers if they have a concern about a child. All staff have a good understanding of the signs and symptoms of abuse. The manager and deputy manager liaise with professionals, such as social workers, and understand the importance of good relationships between professionals, parents and the setting.

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should:

n strengthen supervision, training and coaching to identify staff's training needs promptly and raise the quality of education to a consistently high level n be more specific on what information is shared with parents, to ensure there is a sharp focus on how they support their children's further learning at home.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 310432 Local authority Sefton Inspection number 10065719 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 173 Number of children on roll 173 Name of registered person Kinderworld Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01704 214272 Date of previous inspection 14 December 2015

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Information about this early years setting

Kinderworld Montessori Nursery is privately owned and registered in 1996. The setting employs 46 members of childcare staff. Of these, 45 hold appropriate early years qualifications to at least level 3, including one with qualified teacher status, one who holds a qualification at level 6 and one who holds a qualification at level 4. The setting opens from Monday to Friday, all year round. It opens from 7am until 7pm and caters for children attending the nursery, pre-school sessions and out-of- school provision. The setting provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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Information about this inspection

Inspectors Stacey Wendrenski Michelle Highcock

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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 deputy manager, manager and inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the nursery and discussed the early years curriculum. n Staff spoke to the inspector during the inspection. 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 carried out a joint observation of the deputy manager.

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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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