Busy Bees Day Nursery at Colchester Stanway

Inspection of Busy Bees Day Nursery at Colchester Stanway 342 London Road, Stanway, Colchester, Essex CO3 8LT

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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

The manager and staff have a clear vision for the nursery. They follow children's interests to support and extend children's learning and experiences. Activities are well planned, and children's learning is appropriately challenged. Children's views and opinions are respected and valued by staff; for example, older children are able to cast a vote about which story they read. Children are invited to be part of the nursery council, where children discuss with staff what activities they like to play with and what they would like to learn about next. For example, when a child wanted to learn about trees and how they grow, the staff completed an activity about the life cycle of a tree with the children.

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The provision is good

Children's independence skills are promoted throughout the nursery. Children from a young age independently wipe their own noses and feed themselves. Children then learn to use open-top cups to drink water from, and then learn to pour their own drinks. Older children dress themselves and put their own coats on. They are praised for tidying up after themselves, showing how they are taught to respect their environment. Children are encouraged to 'keep trying', which promotes their resilience.

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The provision is good

Children are very settled and have strong bonds with their key person. Staff are very nurturing, and children are often seen laughing with staff and enjoying cuddles. Younger children enjoy playing 'peek a boo' with their key person. Staff read stories with the children and make the sounds of animals in the book. They pause to encourage the children to copy the sounds, promoting their communication and language development. Older children discuss the character's feelings, which helps them to learn about different emotions.

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n Children learn how to keep themselves safe. They discuss different topics of safety, including road safety, and risks in the home such as chemicals or the oven and how to stay safe around these objects. Children comment that their parents are allowed to touch these objects, not children. Children are offered the opportunity to be 'garden detectives' where they learn to assess their own risks in the garden and how to stay safe. n Children learn how to stay healthy. They learn about oral hygiene and the importance of keeping their teeth clean. Children participate in an activity where they learn to clean the dirt off of pictures of teeth with toothbrushes. n Staff have a good understanding of how to support and extend children's communication and language development. They sing songs and read stories to children. Younger children are encouraged to repeat simple sentences, such as 'all gone', and older children are introduced to new vocabulary such as

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2 November 2022 'stethoscope'. However, there are moments where some children, particularly those less confident, are not fully engaged in an activity. n Children have family books, where they can share special photos with their peers. They look at different family dynamics and cultural differences. They learned about different dress codes of children around the world. For example, they looked at what children wear in China. Children also listen to different languages. This supports children's understanding of the world and the ability to reflect on similarities and differences in communities. n Parents record phrases for children to listen to throughout the day. This supports children to feel settled. When staff play these phrases, children smile and hold onto the device. This also supports children's understanding of routines and requests, especially where they speak another language. Parents can record

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phrases in their home language such as 'do you need the toilet?' n Parents speak highly of staff at the nursery. They comment that their children settled really well, and they receive good feedback from staff in relation to how their child is developing. They comment that children's development is well supported, in particular their speech and language. n The staff also work closely with the local schools that children will be attending. They invite the teachers to visit the children and key persons at the setting, where they discuss children's learning and development. The local school has commented on how well prepared the children are for school, with regards to knowing school routines and having great independence skills. This has enabled the transition to be smooth for children. n Staff comment that they feel very well supported by the management team, particularly with regards to their well-being. Staff feel involved in planning what

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need to do better?

training they have access to, following their needs and interests.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Staff have a good understanding of how to keep children safe. They are aware of local risks such as county lines. They are also aware of the signs and symptoms of abuse and wider safeguarding concerns including modern day slavery and female genital mutilation. Staff have regular training on safeguarding. The manager refreshes staff's knowledge through asking scenario-based questions on a monthly basis. Staff have training during staff meetings and annual training. They are aware of the procedures to take if they have a concern about a child or a member of staff, including if they were concerned about management.

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should:

n support staff to engage with all children consistently, particularly those who are

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2 November 2022 less confident, to extend all children's learning and development.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY308705 Local authority Essex Inspection number 10234936 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 103 Number of children on roll 135 Name of registered person Busy Bees Nurseries Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01206 212233 Date of previous inspection 9 March 2017

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Information about this early years setting

Busy Bees Day Nursery at Colchester Stanway was registered in 2007. It is one of a large chain of nurseries owned and managed by Busy Bees Nurseries Limited. The nursery employs 26 members of childcare staff. Of these, one member of staff holds an appropriate early years qualification at level 5, 12 at level 3 and two at level 2. The nursery opens Monday to Friday, all year round. Sessions are from 7.30am to 6.30pm. The nursery provides funded early education for two, three- and four-year-old children.

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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 discuss the areas of learning, their curriculum and what they want children to learn, both inside and outside. n The inspector carried out a joint observation of a group activity with the manager. n The inspector spoke to children about what they are doing at the setting. n The inspector spoke to parents to take account their views of the setting. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation, including first-aid certificates, disclosure and barring service numbers of staff and staff's qualification certificates.

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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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