Woodberry Day Nursery

Inspection of Woodberry Day Nursery 63 Church Hill, WINCHMORE HILL, London N21 1LE

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Overall effectiveness Outstanding

The quality of education Outstanding Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Overall effectiveness at previous inspection Outstanding

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The provision is outstanding

Children are highly settled, happy and busy. They thrive in the warm and welcoming environment of the setting. Children have warm relationships with staff, who they seek out to read stories, share ideas and tell them about important things happening in their lives. Children demonstrate high levels of engagement. They are inquisitive and make links to their past learning to help make sense of current experiences. For instance, during a woodwork activity, children explain that they need to wear goggles 'to keep their eyes safe'. Children show immense focus as they carefully hammer nails into wood. They predict if the nail will go through the wood, and they confidently measure and count the nails as they work.

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The provision is outstanding

Staff share consistently high expectations for every child. They establish exceptional partnerships with other professionals, such as occupational health and speech therapists. This helps them to support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities superbly. For example, staff regularly ask parents to seek advice and review children's progress. All children make good progress.

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The provision is outstanding

Children's behaviour is outstanding. They demonstrate huge amounts of kindness towards others. For example, children ask the inspector her name when she arrives, offer her stickers and make her some 'raspberry milk' in the role-play area. Staff teach children to respect one another. They provide excellent opportunities for children to talk about their feelings and emotions and build their emotional resilience. The nursery is a very happy and harmonious one.

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need to do better?

n Leaders have a clear vision for continued excellence and place children at the heart of everything they do. They reflect on and evaluate their provision consistently. Leaders use staff's extensive knowledge of children's learning experiences and progress to identify ways to further improve and ensure that each individual child's needs are met. They gather feedback from parents in a variety of ways to ensure that each family has a voice and can influence their plans. Leaders are genuinely passionate about the children, their families and the staff. This creates a nurturing, respectful atmosphere that is felt throughout the setting. n Children explore books, writing opportunities and mathematics in all the areas in which they play. They take part in small-group activities with great enthusiasm. For example, children enjoy taking 'notes' on paper when they take the inspector's order in the 'café'. This helps to develop their literacy and creative

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skills. Children show a huge interest in books. Younger children snuggle in for a cuddle while staff read to them. Older children copy some of the actions they see on the pages. For example, they 'stomp' their feet just like the character

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5 December 2022 does in the book. Children show pride when they successfully stack foam blocks on top of each other. They use mathematical language as they carefully count all the blocks with staff. n Staff prioritise healthy lifestyles. The nursery's menu is healthy and nutritious. Children have countless opportunities to be independent. When they arrive, they find their own water bottle and fill it themselves. Children carefully serve themselves lunch, sharing with staff that they can see that they are having broccoli and fish to eat. Children show high levels of understanding about how to keep themselves safe. For example, children eagerly explain that it is important to keep the kitchen tidy, otherwise there will be 'hazards'. n Leaders place great emphasis on staff's well-being. They work collaboratively with staff and are always available should staff have any concerns. This creates a positive working environment where staff enjoy coming to work and strive to

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help the children flourish. Staff have countless opportunities to develop their own professional development. For example, some staff have recently completed training in supporting babies' development. Staff feel this has given them a deeper understanding of the importance of facial communication and how to support children's emotional development. n Partnerships with parents are outstanding. Parents are extremely happy with the high-quality service which they receive. They comment that their children show high levels of 'compassion and kindness' since starting at the nursery. Leaders place a huge focus on creating strong relationships with children's families. For example, parents have regular meetings with their child's key person, sharing ideas and working collaboratively. n Leaders and staff create a culturally rich and diverse learning environment. Staff organise many cultural events and activities to celebrate each child's uniqueness

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and to help them learn about their differences. For example, parents recently spent time in the nursery, such as coming in to teach children about Diwali. Staff talk to children in their home languages at points throughout the day. The atmosphere and curriculum successfully help children to develop high self- esteem and highly respectful attitudes.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

All staff are thoroughly vetted and are trained to provide appropriate care and safety assistance to all children. Staff receive excellent safeguarding training, which helps them to identify the signs that families and children may need extra support. Staff confidently describe the signs of potential abuse and neglect. There are clear systems for reporting concerns, and record-keeping is well organised and rigorous. Leaders use this information well, taking the correct action without hesitation. For example, they know that children's attendance is important, and efficient procedures are in place to follow up on children's absence to check that they are safe.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 135424 Local authority Enfield Inspection number 10234174 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 86 Number of children on roll 118 Name of registered person Childbase Partnership Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 020 8882 6917 Date of previous inspection 13 December 2016

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Information about this early years setting

Woodberry Day Nursery opened in 2000. It is part of the Childbase Partnership Ltd and operates from purpose-built accommodation in Winchmore Hill, in the London Borough of Enfield. The nursery is open from Monday to Friday, 7.30am to 6.30pm, all year round, apart from bank holidays. It receives funding to provide early education for children aged two, three and four years. There are 47 members of staff working directly with the children; of these, two members of staff hold early years qualifications at level 6, and 28 hold qualifications at level 2 or above.

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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 A learning walk was conducted across the nursery to understand how the early years provision and the curriculum are organised. n The inspector observed the quality of education during activities, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this has on children's learning. n The manager and the inspector carried out a joint observation of a group activity. n The views and opinions of children and parents were taken into account during the inspection. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation and reviewed evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery.

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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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