Tudor Hall Private Day Nursery Ltd.

Inspection of Tudor Hall Private Day Nursery Ltd. 168 Birmingham Road, Redditch, Worcestershire B97 6EN

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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 warmly welcomed into the nursery by caring staff. They form strong attachments with their key person. This helps them to settle quickly. Children are confident and independent in this well-resourced, child-centred environment. They are happy, calm and are eager to talk to staff and peers as they engage in conversation. Children demonstrate that they feel safe and secure.

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The provision is good

Children develop skills in the outdoor area. For example, babies learn to walk by confidently pushing a wooden trolley. This helps their physical development. Furthermore, babies delight as they explore musical instruments and play peekaboo. Staff support and praise children, which helps to build their confidence. Children enjoy and explore a range of activities. For example, in pre-school, children engage in mixing ingredients in a variety of containers to make potions. Staff skilfully develop children's mathematical language as they introduce words such as 'full', 'empty', 'long' and 'short'. This provides opportunities to enhance skills that children have learned and practise and remember mathematical concepts.

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The provision is good

Support for children who speak English as an additional language and for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) is excellent. Resources and activities meet their individual needs. For example, children benefit from a 'secret garden', which is a calming sensory area. This helps them to develop their personal, social and emotional skills.

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need to do better?

n Leaders and managers confidently and passionately talk about the provision they provide for children. They offer excellent support and understand individual family circumstances. n Staff are provided with many opportunities to continue their professional development. Staff's well-being is supported extremely well and they speak enthusiastically about their 'open door' time. n Staff develop babies' early literacy skills through singing rhymes and songs. In pre-school, staff support children to recognise letters and sounds. For example, children play with letters and use these to confidently identify and say the sounds in their names. n In pre-school, staff support children's knowledge of communities and enhance learning experiences. For example, they take children to the local fire station and teach them about differences. Staff provide opportunities for children to use well-selected resources in an imaginative way to celebrate how they are

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need to do better?

different from each other. However, babies and younger children do not consistently receive the same level of opportunities to enhance their

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need to do better?

25 August 2022 understanding of themselves and others. n Staff develop children's mathematical skills well. They model counting to children. For example, they help children to count the legs on bugs and use their fingers to guide their counting one by one. However, on occasion, staff are unclear about what they want children to learn and, as a result, children sometimes disengage. n Children develop their independence. They wash their hands and pour their own drinks at snack time, supported by a member of staff. Care practices for children are excellent and well thought out. This helps to contribute to children's understanding of good health and hygiene. n Children's behaviour is good. Staff are consistent in their approach and help children to learn and follow behavioural expectations to keep themselves safe. n Parents speak highly of the nursery. They comment positively about the environment for their child and say it is clean, calm and happy. Parents know

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who their child's key person is and talk about the extensive support they receive. Parents are engaged with home learning linked to topics and themes and speak positively about this. n Parents feel the nursery is inclusive and the support for children with SEND and for children who speak English as an additional language is excellent. Furthermore, children benefit from extra-curricular tennis activities. Leaders and managers talk positively about the activities and share how much children enjoy them.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The manager and staff have an in-depth understanding of safeguarding. They know how to identify signs of abuse and understand the correct procedures they would need to follow to keep children safe. Managers and staff understand how to refer information of a safeguarding nature to other professionals. Robust recruitment procedures help to ensure that staff are suitable to work with children. The premises are safe and secure.

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should:

n help staff working with younger children to fully understand the curriculum and what they want children to learn from activities, so that children stay focused and engaged n provide opportunities for children to further develop their awareness of differences within their communities.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2555977 Local authority Worcestershire Inspection number 10233464 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 91 Number of children on roll 91 Name of registered person Tudor Hall Private Day Nursery Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 07976 555589 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

Tudor Hall Private Day Nursery Ltd. registered in 2019. The nursery employs 17 members of childcare staff. Of these, 14 hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 and level 2. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, all year round. Sessions are from 7.30am until 6pm. The nursery provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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Information about this inspection

Inspectors Reena Rai-Aheer Josephine Heath

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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 setting. n The manager and inspector completed a learning walk together to gather information on how the provision and curriculum are organised. n The manager and inspector carried out a joint observation together. n The inspector spoke to staff, children and parents at appropriate times during the inspection. n The inspector observed the quality of teaching and assessed the impact this has on children's learning. n The inspector held meetings with the leaders and managers. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation, including first-aid certificates and evidence of the suitability of those working with children.

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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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