Puss 'n' Boots Day Nursery

Inspection of Puss 'n' Boots Day Nursery 2 Lindsay Road, Branksome Park, Poole, Dorset BH13 6AR

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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 blossom in this outstanding nursery. All children make excellent progress in all areas of their learning and development. Highly skilled staff ensure that children's individual needs are thoroughly met from the moment they start. Staff take time to get to know children and their families with a thorough settling-in programme and home visits. Children arrive happy and separate from their parents with ease. They form strong relationships with the caring and knowledgeable staff.

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The provision is outstanding

Children enjoy playing and learning in all areas of the spacious, well-resourced and effectively planned environment. They show high levels of confidence when in their rooms and when exploring outside. Babies enjoy dancing to music and copying their key persons. They show enjoyment and focus during story time and join in with familiar phrases. Staff expertly promote babies' physical development and early walking. Babies benefit greatly from daily opportunities to explore the different surfaces, gradients and natural resources in the garden. Older children demonstrate high levels of confidence and independence as a result of the outstanding interactions and teaching. Staff expertly support children's learning and curiosity in the garden, which offers motivating and challenging experiences and an area where they can safely take risks. Children's early literacy skills are successfully promoted through regular mark-making activities, early phonics

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The provision is outstanding

activities and access to a wide range of books in an enticing quiet space. Staff sensitively support children's social and emotional development. They have high behavioural expectations and children's behaviour is exceptional.

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need to do better?

n The manager has a clear understanding of the curriculum intent throughout the nursery. This is exceptionally well understood by the team of staff, who use highly effective teaching methods to implement it. Staff work collaboratively to monitor children's progress and plan learning opportunities which are based on children's interests and individual next steps. This is regularly communicated with parents. n Parents are very happy with the care and education their children receive. They receive regular communication and feel completely involved in their child's learning. Parents compliment the staff on the individual care their children receive and the signposting to additional professional support and advice. n Staff receive highly effective supervision and training opportunities, which ensures that the whole team provides exceptional teaching and learning opportunities. This is evident in how staff expertly interact with children, using a

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need to do better?

range of teaching and learning strategies. These include modelling language, demonstrating, questioning and providing a narrative for children's play. n Staff's ability to support children with additional needs is outstanding. The

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need to do better?

18 August 2022 nursery's special educational needs coordinator (SENCo) and the whole team make use of a wide range of highly effective approaches to meet the needs of individual children. Staff have strong links with a wide range of professionals, including the area SENCo and health visitors, who regularly visit to offer support and guidance. Staff skilfully implement this professional advice to ensure that all children make excellent progress. Staff recognise the importance of involving families in this process. n Care practices are excellent throughout the nursery. Children learn to manage their personal care, and healthy eating is promoted very well. Babies are supported to wash their hands and use cutlery independently. Older children have fun as they learn the importance of good oral health through teeth cleaning activities and resources. Children develop an understanding of recycling through clearing their leftovers into the correct bins after meals.

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n The ambitious curriculum is delivered expertly and consistently by all staff. Children confidently demonstrate their embedded knowledge and skills across all areas of learning. During a game of hide and seek for example, children cooperate with each other, take turns, count accurately to 20 and show a secure understanding of the rules of the game. n Staff's interactions with children are of a very high quality. They diligently follow children's interests and learning styles, and the way they develop children's uniqueness and character is exemplary. For example, when children showed curiosity in the inspector's identification badge, staff supported them to successfully make their own. n Children's personal, social and emotional development is extremely well supported. Staff expertly model emotional language, and a puppet is successfully used to encourage children to share their feelings and worries about

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Staff have a very strong knowledge of safeguarding and of what to do if they feel that a child may be at risk of harm. They fully understand the procedures to follow should they have any concerns about a child in their care. Children are very well supervised throughout the day. The environment is extensively risk assessed, which enables children to take safe risks in their play, especially outdoors. For example, they use the swings carefully and play with natural resources, such as sticks, in a safe way. Staff in the baby room show an excellent understanding of how to keep the youngest children safe, particularly non-mobile babies. This is reflected in the clear and supportive non-mobile baby policy, which is shared with parents.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY246907 Local authority Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole Inspection number 10234690 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 40 Number of children on roll 75 Name of registered person Fiona Garvey and Scott Garvey Partnership

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reference number

Telephone number 01202 768769 Date of previous inspection 26 October 2016

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Information about this early years setting

Puss 'n' Boots Day Nursery registered in November 2002 and is privately owned. It is based in the Branksome Park area of Poole, Dorset. The nursery operates over two floors of the building. There is a separate baby unit on the first floor. The nursery is open from Monday to Friday all year round, except for a week at Christmas. Sessions are from 8.30am to 5.45pm. The nursery provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children. There are 17 members of staff, including the manager. All staff, except for two, hold relevant early years qualifications.

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Inspection activities

n This was the first routine inspection the nursery 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 nursery. n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact on children's learning. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation and reviewed evidence of the suitability of the staff team. n Children communicated with the inspector during the inspection. n The inspector spoke with parents during the inspection and took account of their views. n The inspector talked to staff at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. n The manager and the inspector had a learning walk together of all areas of the nursery. They discussed the curriculum and what the manager wants children to learn. n The manager and the inspector carried out a joint observation of an activity.

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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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