Crank Nursery Limited

Inspection of Crank Nursery Limited Crank Hill, Crank, St Helens, Merseyside WA11 7SD

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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 Outstanding

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The provision is good

Children are excited, motivated learners. They giggle with delight as they conduct various experiments. They work with textures and colours to create different potions in the garden. Pre-school children are amazed to find they can alter the potions by adding different coloured paints and soap flakes. Staff support children's learning well. They skilfully introduce new language and encourage children to express their thoughts and ideas. This helps to support children's critical thinking and processing skills. Children enjoy warm, genuine relationships with staff and their peers. Staff and the management team have high expectations for every child. This reflects in children's behaviour. They behave well and are welcoming, kind and respectful.

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The provision is good

Children feel secure at this nursery. They know that staff will meet their needs. Even the youngest children communicate effectively. For instance, babies express to staff when they need a nappy change. They take staff by the hand and lead them towards the changing station. Routines are very well embedded, and this supports children in sharing their needs before they are yet able to speak. Older children enjoy both group activities and their own individually led play. They show impressive levels of concentration. Pre-school children build complicated train tracks and use their imaginative skills to create exciting story lines and imaginary worlds to play in.

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need to do better?

n The management team, alongside the staff, have developed a challenging, engaging and well-thought-out curriculum. All children make good progress in their development. Staff recognise how to adapt the curriculum to meet the individual needs of every child. They extend challenge for those who are excelling and concentrate on children's individual next steps in learning within activities. This leads to high levels of engagement and concentration from children, who thoroughly enjoy their play and exciting learning. The curriculum is effectively sequenced, which means children recall their previous learning and constantly build on this throughout their time at nursery. n Diversity is an integral part of the curriculum. Children are enthralled by the opportunities they are given to learn about other cultures. Staff plan meaningful activities to truly delve into the differences in children's lives across the globe.

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Children share new words in different languages and sample typical foods from various countries. This ongoing learning is fully embedded, and children are captivated by the differences they see in other cultures. This helps to prepare children for a life in modern Britain and supports children to be respectful to all. n Parents feel supported and value the 'welcoming and safe' atmosphere at the nursery. They comment that their 'children thrive' and constantly shock them

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1 September 2022 with new things they have learned. Parents appreciate the management team and their effective, open communication. This helps them to feel equipped to support their children's development even further at home. n The management team are passionate and ambitious. They thrive at providing a high-quality experience for children every day and work hard to constantly evolve the nursery. They closely monitor staff to ensure they can offer support, training and guidance whenever needed. Staff appreciate this and comment that their work loads are fair and they are happy in their roles. Some elements of risk assessment are not quite robust enough. For instance, the outdoor play area is easily accessible by the public. The nursery is located in a quiet, rural area. However, the management team have not considered the risk of someone entering the grounds. Importantly, there has been no negative impact on

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need to do better?

children, and the management team are keen to strengthen this area of risk assessment immediately. n Babies enjoy nurturing relationships with staff. They reach out for cuddles and giggle out loud as they play peek-a-boo with their key workers. They gaze at their reflections in mirrored surfaces and are amazed to watch the changes in their own faces when they make expressions. At times, babies fall asleep, unplanned, within baby swings. Staff sit directly by babies when this happens to monitor their safety. However, as this is not recommended practice with regards to safe sleep guidelines, children need more support to swiftly adapt to nursery routines, such as sleeping in a cot.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The management team create a culture of vigilance and awareness within the nursery. Staff recognise the signs and symptom which may indicate a child is being abused or neglected. They know the procedures they must follow should they have concerns for any child. The designated safeguarding lead has secure safeguarding knowledge and is well equipped to lead the staff team in this area. The majority of staff are trained in paediatric first aid which helps them to know how to respond in the case of an accident or injury. All staff undergo robust suitability checks before being allowed to work with children. These measures help to ensure children's safety and well-being at the nursery.

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should:

n consider ways to further strengthen risk assessment outdoors in the case of an unknown person entering the premises n consider more effective and swift means of helping babies to adapt to some aspects of the nursery routine, such as sleeping in a cot.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 315416 Local authority St Helens Inspection number 10218139 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 120 Number of children on roll 142 Name of registered person Crank Nursery Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01744 886166 Date of previous inspection 16 November 2016

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Information about this early years setting

Crank Nursery Limited registered in 1990 and is situated in Crank, St Helens. The nursery employs 31 members of childcare staff. Of these, 25 hold a relevant early years qualification at level 3 or above, one holds a qualification at level 2 and five are unqualified. The nursery opens Monday to Friday, all year round. Sessions are from 8am until 6pm. The nursery provides funded early education for two- and three-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 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 Children told the inspector about their friends and what they like to do when they are at the nursery. n The inspector talked to staff at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning. n The manager and the inspector carried out a joint activity in the pre-school room. n Parents shared their views of the setting with the inspector.

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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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