Sherwood Playgroup CIO

Inspection of Sherwood Playgroup CIO Sherwood Community Centre, Woodthorpe House, Mansfield Road, NOTTINGHAM NG5 3FN

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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 separate from their parents well and happily walk into their group with staff. Staff work closely with families and build positive relationships, which help children to feel safe and secure. Children confidently take their belongings and hang them up on a peg and then choose items to explore. If children need help, they are confident to ask staff for it. Staff identify children's emotions. They comment and give children time, when needed, to manage their feelings.

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The provision is good

Children respect one another. For example, at group time, children calmly pass objects around to look at, and they wait their turn patiently. Children work together with their friends. For example, outside, older children tangle their bikes together as they ride past each other. They stop and speak to one another and, supported by staff, they get themselves untangled.

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The provision is good

Children engage for prolonged periods of time with activities and toys they have chosen. Children understand what is expected of them and behave well. Staff give children gentle reminders when needed. Staff use praise to support children to understand the expectations of behaviour, as well as how to use items. For example, in the garden, when children kick large shiny balls, staff say, 'good kicking.'

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need to do better?

n Staff and managers understand child development and how children learn. They use this knowledge to adapt the learning environment to support all children, including children with special educational needs and/or disabilities or children who speak English as an additional language. n Staff and managers know the children and their families well. Staff use this knowledge to provide meaningful experiences for children and their families. For example, they have set up events for families to visit and stay with the children and play. Staff and managers say that this has supported families to feel confident to send their children to the setting. n Children develop skills to become independent. Older children take themselves to the toilet and wash their hands, with support if needed. At lunchtime, children open and sort out their lunch boxes ready to eat. Children are encouraged to put on and take off their own coat, hat and scarf.

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n Children are supported by staff to develop their physical skills. Outside, staff encourage children to climb in and out of tunnels, ride scooters and tricycles, spin around in spinning tops and run around. Inside, staff model how to use items, and children use paintbrushes, press cutters into clay and roll clay using rolling pins. n Children gain an understanding of keeping themselves healthy because staff talk

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6 December 2022 to children about the foods they have in their lunch boxes and what is healthy and unhealthy. During a group activity with musical instruments, staff talk about germs and the need to wash the instruments after children put them to their mouths and blow down them. n Parents are happy with the group. They have brought all of their children and other friends' children to the setting. They are happy with the approach that the group takes, as well as the care that is given to their children. Parents comment on their children being able to access things at the group that they do not get elsewhere, such as learning skills out in the woods. n Generally, children's communication and language is supported. Staff sing, comment, use actions, repeat words and use facial expressions and signs with children. However, children are not consistently exposed to vocabulary beyond what they already know. For example, children explore different Christmas

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items, using vocabulary to describe them, such as 'sparkly'. Staff repeat the word but do not add additional vocabulary. n Staff say that they feel well supported by managers. They have supervision meetings to discuss their interests and training they are interested in. Any changes to their circumstances and whether there is an impact on suitability is also discussed. However, this process is not as effective for developing staff's practice with children, to ensure children are supported to learn. For example, staff share their overall focus for their key children, but they do not know specifically what they need to work on to improve their practice with children.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Staff and managers have a strong knowledge of signs and symptoms of abuse. They attend safeguarding training to support their knowledge of local safeguarding concerns, such as county lines and families being radicalised. Staff and managers are confident to make a referral to appropriate agencies if required. Managers and staff maintain strong communication between agencies, to continue to support families and their children. Staff and managers ensure that the environment is safe for children. They undertake regular risk assessments of the environment and make adaptations when necessary. Managers follow a rigorous recruitment process to ensure new staff are suitable to work with children. Managers ensure staff's ongoing suitability and take actions, when necessary, to safeguard children and their families.

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should:

n support staff to consistently expose children to vocabulary beyond what they already know

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should:

6 December 2022 n further develop processes to support staff to be clear on how they can improve their practice when interacting with children, to enhance children's experiences.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY487208 Local authority Nottingham Inspection number 10236630 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 26 Number of children on roll 23 Name of registered person Sherwood Playgroup

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reference number

Telephone number 01159553152 Date of previous inspection 31 January 2017

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Information about this early years setting

Sherwood Playgroup CIO registered in 2015 and is based in Nottingham. The group opens Tuesday to Friday, 9.15am until 4pm, term time only. They also provide a breakfast club from 8.30am. The group employs six members of childcare staff, of whom three hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 and two hold level 6 qualifications. The group 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 provider. n The manager and inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the nursery and discussed the early years curriculum. n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact that this has on children's learning. n The manager and the inspector carried out two joint observations in the morning and afternoon session. n The inspector spoke to parents during the inspection and took account of their views. n The inspector looked through a sample of key documentation, to ensure staff suitability.

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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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