Woodlands Early Learning

Inspection of Woodlands Early Learning 108 Barnes Lane, Sarisbury Green, SOUTHAMPTON SO31 7BJ

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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 happily into the nursery and are greeted warmly by staff. Babies and younger children develop strong, nurturing relationships with their key staff. They settle confidently into the new nursery routines and demonstrate that they feel safe and well cared for. Children behave well. Pre-schoolers listen well to staff. They understand and respond to the rules that are in place to keep them safe. All children enjoy being independent and are keen to manage some age-appropriate routines for themselves. For instance, babies learn how to tip and drink from their water bottles, to support their good physical skills. Toddlers take great pride in feeding themselves using spoons. They develop good hand-to-eye coordination skills as they carefully scoop and transfer foods to their mouths.

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The provision is good

Staff are deployed effectively and provide an exciting environment in which children can make independent choices and become active learners. Children are very inquisitive, and staff enable them to become engrossed in the activities and explore their own ideas. For example, older children notice the marks they make in flour. They trace shapes and identify letters that represent those found in their names. Children's speaking and listening skills are good, as they are immersed in experiences that broaden their language skills. All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), make good progress from their starting points.

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need to do better?

n The management team works well together. Leadership within the nursery is good. There is a strong culture of mutual respect and a shared vision of enabling children to make the best possible progress. Recent changes to the curriculum are still in their infancy. The management team recognises that there is yet more that can be done to embed this, to enable staff to have a more precise understanding of what they want children to achieve next. n Staff promote children's communication and language skills well. From the outset, staff model language and provide clear explanations of what new words mean. For instance, as staff talk to babies, they introduce words such as 'reflection' as they share picture books. Older children talk confidently to staff, and to each other. Staff teach them new words and help children to use these in their conversations with their friends. For example, as staff talk about 'camouflage', children test ideas about what can be seen and what is hidden as

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they use this new language confidently in their discussions. n Children behave well. Staff are highly respectful in their interactions with children. Consequently, children learn how to play cooperatively with their peers. For instance, toddlers take turns to choose favourite songs to sing at rhyme time. They wait patiently for their turn and join in with songs that their friends

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need to do better?

16 August 2022 choose. Children learn about the unique qualities they have, as staff value and celebrate these. This helps all children to learn about tolerance and respect and enables them to be prepared well for life in modern Britain. n Partnerships with parents are good. Staff share a range of information with parents to ensure they are kept updated with children's daily activities and achievements. For all children, including those with SEND, these partnerships support a shared approach to children's care and learning. These strong partnerships contribute to the good progress children make. n Staff support children's physical skills well. Children enjoy active play and are confident and coordinated in their movements. For example, staff help younger children to develop their fine-motor skills as they use spray bottles to paint paper. They skilfully teach and enable children to persist at more difficult tasks.

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need to do better?

Children learn to use the trigger to spray in their creative play. Babies develop core muscles. They gain confidence as they are encouraged to stretch and reach for toys. Toddlers climb steps to the slide, practising their new skills with growing confidence. n The nursery has recently seen changes in staff, including some who are new to senior roles. Staff teaching is good. This has a positive impact on the progress that children make. Staff benefit from supervision and coaching opportunities to continue to build good-quality teaching. However, this does not focus on enabling all staff to gain skills and knowledge that can be used to enhance the support for individual children's learning, based on their particular needs.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The management team and staff have a good understanding of safeguarding. They know the signs and symptoms that may indicate that a child is at risk of harm, and how to report and escalate these. Staff are very clear about what to do in the event of an allegation against a member of staff. The managers have robust recruitment procedures in place to ensure staff are suitable to work with children, including on an ongoing basis. Daily checks of the premises help staff to identify and remove any potential hazards to children. Children are supervised closely at all times, to maintain their physical welfare.

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should:

n embed the curriculum more securely and enhance the intent behind planned activities to help extend children's learning even further n focus staff professional development more precisely on gaining skills and knowledge that can be used to enhance the support for individual children's learning, based on their particular needs.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY273149 Local authority Hampshire Inspection number 10250229 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 132 Number of children on roll 216 Name of registered person Woodlands Early Learning Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 01489 605495 Date of previous inspection 26 June 2017

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Information about this early years setting

Woodlands Early Learning nursery registered in 2004. It operates in Sarisbury Green, Hampshire. The nursery opens each weekday all year round from 7.30am to 6pm. The nursery employs 69 staff in total to work with the children. Of these, 51 hold appropriate early years qualifications from level 2 to qualified teacher status. The setting provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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Inspection activities

n We carried out this inspection as a result of a risk assessment, following information we received about the provider. n The inspectors viewed the provision and discussed the safety and suitability of the premises. n The inspector spoke to several parents during the inspection and took account of their views. n The provider, managers and inspectors completed a learning walk together of all areas of the nursery and discussed the early years curriculum. n The inspectors 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 looked at relevant documentation and reviewed evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery.

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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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