Lollipops Bramble House

Inspection of Lollipops Bramble House 88 Southwood Road, LONDON SE9 3QT

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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 display high levels of self-esteem. Babies have settled extremely well into the setting and feel content despite recent changes in staff. Children show high levels of curiosity and remain consistently engaged. For instance, babies excitedly explore different colours of paint while making handprints to decorate their Christmas tree artwork. They display good confidence and independence skills as they go up and down the slide and navigate their way through a tunnel.

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The provision is good

Older children enjoy looking at books and recounting familiar stories to help support their early comprehension skills. Children manage risks with confidence. For instance, they skilfully use hammers and nails when making shapes out of wood. Staff supervise the activity to help keep the children safe.

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The provision is good

Children happily arrive at the nursery and separate from their families with ease. Children develop very good relationships with staff. They feel safe and secure in this nursery. This is because staff take their time getting to know the children and have good attachments with them.

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The provision is good

Children learn the expected behavioural boundaries, and staff consistently support and praise children, who are learning to share and take turns. Children have formed good friendships at the nursery and are proud to tell what they like about the nursery. All children, including those who receive additional funding, make good progress from their starting points in learning.

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need to do better?

n The nursery is led by a strong leadership team, which strives to achieve the best outcomes for children. Leaders are working hard to address some of the challenges facing the sector as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, such as staffing shortages. Despite recent staff changes, leaders have acted well to ensure that there is continuity for the children and their care and safety is not compromised. n Leaders of the nursery are clear about what children need to learn and why. For instance, they desire for each child to become confident and acquire good vocabulary before leaving the setting for school. However, they have not ensured that all staff working in the setting share this same desire. Some staff are not able to explain what they want the children to learn and why. As a result, the learning experiences they offer do not always build on what children already know. n Staff are good role models and use their knowledge of behaviour management

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well to help children learn what is expected. They teach children the importance of sharing and turn taking through effective strategies, such as explanations and

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24 November 2022 distractions. In addition, staff offer regular praise during activities, to boost children's self-esteem. Children are well prepared, emotionally and socially, as they move on to the next stage in their learning, including starting school. n Partnerships with parents are effective. The manager and staff consistently share information with parents about children's care and learning and provide ideas to support home learning. This helps to strengthen continuity and consistency. In addition, they seek and act on the views of parents to help drive improvements. n The manager and staff monitor the development of individual children efficiently to identify any gaps in their learning. They act promptly to organise extra support, working effectively with outside agencies to help children with additional learning needs. Additional funding is used well to help ensure better outcomes for children from disadvantaged backgrounds. All children acquire

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need to do better?

essential skills in readiness for their move on to school. n Overall, the manager provides staff with good training opportunities and mentoring to help them understand their roles and responsibilities. However, there is a slight weakness in how newly recruited and inexperienced staff are inducted, particularly in their understanding of how children learn in accordance with the early years foundation stage areas of learning and development. On a few occasions, some staff do not interact effectively with children to help extend their play and learning. n Children's physical well-being is supported well. The team provide healthy foods and daily opportunities for outdoor play. Older children enjoy taking age- appropriate risks in their play. They maintain their balance while taking large steps and jumps on logs. They learn to negotiate their bodies in different ways while riding and running around. Staff build on children's understanding of

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healthy eating through planting and role-play activities.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Leaders and staff implement robust policies to help safeguard children's welfare. They have a suitable understanding of child protection, including the procedure to follow if they have any concerns about a child's welfare. The team are aware of their duty to prevent children from exposure to situations that may put them at significant risk of harm. They carry out rigorous risk assessment of the learning environment to remove any potential risks, to help keep children safe. Leaders follow robust recruitment processes to ensure that staff working with children are suitable.

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should:

24 November 2022 n make sure all staff understand the curriculum intent and how to implement this to help children build on what they already know and make better progress across all areas of learning n improve induction processes to help develop new and inexperienced staff's knowledge and understanding of how young children learn, to help improve the quality of interactions between staff and children.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2577669 Local authority Greenwich Inspection number 10250927 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 48 Number of children on roll 48 Name of registered person Lollipops Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 02088595832 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

Lollipops Bramble House re-registered in 2020. The nursery is located in Eltham, in the London Borough of Greenwich. The nursery is open on weekdays, from 7.45am to 6.15pm, all year round. There are seven staff members, who work directly with the children. Of these, three hold relevant childcare qualifications between level 3 and 6. The nursery provides funded early years 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 A joint observation was conducted by the inspector and the manager of the nursery and discussions were held about children's learning. n The inspector spoke with some parents, staff and children and took account of their views. n The inspector conducted a learning walk with the manager and discussed how the provision is organised and structured as well as the curriculum intent and implementation. n Staff suitability documents, including Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) numbers and paediatric first-aid qualifications, were viewed by the inspector.

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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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