Clive Vale Nursery School

Inspection of Clive Vale Nursery School Elphinstone Family Centre, 211 Elphinstone Road, Hastings TN34 2AX

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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 happy, safe, and secure in this warm and welcoming nursery. They understand that the staff will help them to manage risk and keep safe. For instance, children gain confidence in their movements as they balance on logs and beams, knowing staff are close by to help them if necessary. Children of all ages benefit from the range of different sized ride-on toys and bicycles available. This helps to support their physical development. Children have close bonds with their key person, often choosing to sit quietly together to share a book. They freely choose activities to engage in, from the interesting and motivating range on offer. Children begin to develop scientific skills, predicting that the banana will go brown if it is left in the open air and observing the changes that take place.

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The provision is good

Children understand the expectations staff have of them and follow established routines without question. Children behave well, responding positively to praise about a specific achievement. They know how to take turns and share. For example, they share the marbles and take turns to put them on the run. The youngest children enjoy playing outside, where they excitedly find the different creatures in the soil and create concoctions in the mud kitchen.

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need to do better?

n Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities are well supported. The special educational needs coordinator works with parents and external professionals to plan appropriate activities to help support their progress. Children who speak English as an additional language receive effective support and make good progress. n Parents say their children are happy in the nursery and settle well. They value the daily communication they receive. However, staff are not fully effective at sharing information about learning and providing suggestions to help parents reinforce learning at home. n Children have many opportunities to develop their fine motor control and this helps to support their early writing skills. For example, younger children enjoy threading and painting the outside walls with water, while older children use a range of items to draw and write their names. n The manager holds regular meetings with her staff to discuss their practice and

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training needs. Staff are well supported in pursuing additional qualifications to help to build on their knowledge and skills. For example, some staff members have undertaken training to help support children's early reading. n Staff routinely monitor the progress of their key children. Where children have gaps in learning, staff plan suitable, sequential learning experiences to address these delays. They plan engaging activities, based on children's interests, to support the progress children make.

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29 November 2022 n Children are enthusiastic participants in their favourite stories, making tea for the tiger for example. They delight in joining in with the actions and repetitive refrains of well-known tales. Children have positive attitudes and good levels of concentration when listening to stories. n Staff provide good support for children's communication and language development. They speak clearly and model good language, repeating words and phrases back to children to support correct pronunciation. Staff question children well, encouraging more detailed responses, which helps to promote speaking and listening skills. n Children are provided with many opportunities to develop their mathematical understanding and language. Older children work collaboratively to investigate which shapes roll and which are best to build with. Younger children begin to use the language of comparison, using words, such as 'bigger' and 'smaller,' and

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need to do better?

naming common two- and three-dimensional shapes. n Staff have forged good links with other settings children attend. They share information about children's learning and progress to help to ensure consistency of care. This helps them to ensure children are well prepared for school. Children confidently manage their own self-care. However, at times, they are not given enough opportunities to do things for themselves.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Leaders and staff are fully aware of their responsibilities in keeping children safe at all times. The premises are checked daily to ensure that children can learn in a safe environment. Recent and regular training ensures that all staff can identify a child who may be at risk of abuse, from radicalisation or from county line activity. They know who to inform should they need to seek advice about children's safety or welfare. There are appropriate systems in place should an allegation be made against any member of staff.

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should:

n ensure that children have more opportunities to do things for themselves, promoting their independence n provide parents with more detailed information about their children's activities and how they can support their learning at home.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2601012 Local authority East Sussex Inspection number 10251576 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 64 Number of children on roll 111 Name of registered person CVNS Hastings Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01424441636 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

Clive Vale Nursery School re-registered in 2020. It operates in Hastings, East Sussex. The nursery employs 18 members of staff. Of these, 15 hold appropriate early years qualifications. Two members of staff hold qualifications at level 6, 10 hold qualifications at level 3 and three at level 2. The nursery is open from Monday to Friday all year round. Sessions are from 8am to 6pm. 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 her evaluation of the nursery. n The manager took the inspector on a learning walk and tour of the premises. She explained the purpose behind the learning experiences provided for the children. n The inspector discussed safeguarding responsibilities with the staff. n At suitable times, the inspector spoke to children, staff and parents and took their views into consideration. n The manager and the inspector undertook a joint observation and discussed the learning that took place. Interactions between staff and children were observed by the inspector, both indoors and outside. n The inspector viewed documents relating to the suitability of staff to work with children, record keeping and safeguarding.

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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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