Shaping Futures

Inspection of Shaping Futures Church Street, Warsop, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire NG20 0AQ

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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 are happy and feel safe in this family-focused nursery. They get lots of cuddles throughout the day from attentive staff, who know them well. Babies have a wonderful time as they develop their ability to walk independently while staff praise their achievements. Young children who speak English as an additional language feel settled. Staff ensure texts in their home language are available in familiar everyday formats. For example, staff use packets of food and newspapers from children's home life in the role-play area.

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The provision is good

Children respond positively to the high expectations of staff. They are active, curious and keen learners. Children become totally enthralled as they make potions, dressed up as scientists, while staff play alongside them. The enthusiasm staff bring to the activity ensures that children remain focused and show sustained thinking. Children make independent choices about what they would like to play with and are confident in what they can do. Toddlers enthusiastically stack blocks to create towers in the construction area. They display resilience and resolutely try again if their tower falls.

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The provision is good

Children respond well to the staff's high expectations for their behaviour and follow the clear, age-appropriate boundaries. Children learn right from wrong because staff discuss the consequences of children's behaviour with them.

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need to do better?

n Staff know children and their families well. They gain information about what children can already do when they start to attend the setting. Staff plan activities around the children's interests and help to build on their existing knowledge and skills. As a result, children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, make good progress in their learning. n Staff use a good range of strategies to support children's language development. They talk with the children, model language, introduce new vocabulary and ask children questions. They differentiate their approach for children who speak English as an additional language, ensuring they repeat words, so that children have every opportunity to hear new vocabulary. However, at times, their enthusiasm means that they do not allow children enough thinking time to enable them to form answers to their questions or join in conversations. This

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need to do better?

means that staff do not take advantage of opportunities to further extend children's language by helping them to practise their emerging skills. n Staff work closely with parents to settle children into the nursery. They provide regular updates to parents about their children's day and well-being. Staff support parents with ideas to promote their child's learning at home. For example, staff provide parents with information and stickers to promote potty

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8 November 2022 training, and bags to take on a walk to collect autumnal items. n Staff are well deployed and interact sensitively with children to ensure they are fully immersed in their learning. They get down to the children's level and model how to use resources. For example, staff show toddlers how to make marks in coloured sand on a light box. Babies enjoy a range of sensory play, including cornflour, sand and water, and delight in getting messy as they stick coloured paper onto a group picture. n Children learn to behave well and use their manners. Staff provide a wealth of opportunities for children to express their feelings, and their views are valued. For example, they vote to choose which rhyme to sing next. n Children's physical health is promoted well through nutritious food, regular fresh air and exercise. Staff provide ample opportunity for all children to be physically active outdoors. For example, babies develop their core strength on the rockers.

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need to do better?

Furthermore, staff use mealtimes to help children understand the benefits of eating well. n The manager and area manager support the staff team well. The manager regularly observes staff's teaching and provides them with helpful feedback to support their professional development. Staff have access to an extensive range of training and use this to improve outcomes for children. For example, the room lead for babies has improved the environment after completing training specific to this age group. The well-being of the staff is very important to the management team, and staff report that they feel well supported.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Staff have a strong understanding of the different types of abuse and possible signs that may indicate a child is at risk of harm. This includes wider issues, such as the risks children may face from domestic violence or radicalisation. They know what procedures to follow if they have concerns, and they understand how to make a safeguarding referral themselves. Staff regularly check the environment for potential hazards to ensure that children play in a safe environment. The premises are secure to ensure that only authorised people can enter. There are rigorous recruitment procedures in place to help ensure that staff are suitable to work with children.

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should:

n support staff further to develop their teaching to ensure they give children enough time to think and respond to questions they ask in order to extend children's language skills.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY280082 Local authority Nottinghamshire County Council Inspection number 10233642 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 54 Number of children on roll 39 Name of registered person Shaping Futures Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 01623 845359 Date of previous inspection 11 November 2016

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Information about this early years setting

Shaping Futures registered in 2004. The nursery employs eight members of childcare staff. Of these, one holds an appropriate early years qualification at level 6, six at level 3 and one at 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-year-old children. The nursery supports children with special educational needs and/or disabilities and those who speak English as an additional language.

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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 manager took the inspector on a learning walk around the nursery to share what the staff provide and how this assists children in their learning and development. n The quality of teaching during activities indoors and outdoors was observed, and the inspector assessed the impact this has on children's learning. n The inspector spoke with management, staff, parents and the children at appropriate times throughout the inspection. n The inspector carried out joint observations with the manager. n The inspector held a meeting with the manager. She looked at relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of staff.

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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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