Coton Day Nursery and Out of School Club

Inspection of Coton Day Nursery and Out of School Club Coton C of E Community Primary School, Whitwell Way, Coton, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB23 7PW

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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 Requires improvement

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The provision is good

Children freely move around the playroom, choosing activities and equipment that they are interested in. Small groups gather in the home corner, pretending to make cakes and other food. They share tins and spoons before setting a table for their imaginary food. This helps children make sense of familiar routines and tasks they experience at home.

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The provision is good

Older children sit with their younger friends at meal and snack times. Children are encouraged to help pour water or milk into the cups. Younger children pick up on the good examples set by others and master how to feed themselves from an early age. Children talk to staff about the food they are eating. This helps all children develop an understanding about nutrition and hydration and contributes to their developing attitude towards good health.

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The provision is good

Children behave well. Minor disputes are quickly resolved. Children understand that they can use sand timers to help them work out when it is their time to have a turn with equipment or toys that others are using. This helps them begin to regulate their emotions and contributes to a mainly calm and harmonious environment.

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need to do better?

n Since their last inspection, the manager, who was newly appointed at the time, and her strong team of staff have made significant improvements in the nursery. For example, staff confidently plan activities that support children's learning. They join children's self-chosen play and exploration too, gently encouraging children to build on what they already know and understand. For example, children find their names written on lolly sticks. Staff encourage them to have a go at copying the first letter before children point out other letters they recognise. This helps children develop early literacy skills. n Parents report that they can see remarkable improvements in the nursery. They value the regular updates they receive through a secure electronic application. Information and ideas about how parents can support their children's learning at home are given. For example, questions and things for parents to observe are

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included inside story books that children enjoy taking home from a lending library. This helps to strengthen the continuity of learning between nursery and home. n The manager ensures that all staff receive regular and effective supervision, support and training to help enhance their professional development. Representatives from the provider's company regularly visit to help ensure continual improvements to the quality of education and care children are maintained. Staff work well as a team and share ideas about how they can effectively support children's learning. This contributes to the friendly and

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8 December 2022 positive environment of the nursery. n Staff respect children's actions and views. They do not unnecessarily interrupt children engrossed in self-chosen activity. For example, young children spend a long time turning wooden spoons the other way up in a pot. They carefully look at the pictures on each spoon before they replace it. Staff wait until they have moved all the spoons before inviting them to have their nappies changed. This contributes to children's ability to reach a natural conclusion in their explorations. n Staff ensure that children who need to sleep are safe and settled. Children bring comforters from home to add familiar reassurance to their rest times. Staff find out from parents what children like and about their daily routines at home, helping to establish similar care practices in the nursery. The key-person system is well established, helping children form strong and trusting bonds with staff.

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need to do better?

n Children enthusiastically welcome staff to join their games and experiments. Staff respond positively, showing an interest in children's activities. However, at times staff do not give children enough time to solve problems for themselves or to think about what might happen next. This restricts children's opportunities to develop their own thinking skills. n Staff encourage children to move books and other equipment around the playroom, helping to promote creativity. However, some equipment is displayed or stored in places slightly out of reach of children, interrupting the flow of their independent learning.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The provider and manager ensure that everyone in the nursery receives regular training to update and refresh their safeguarding knowledge. This helps to enable staff to confidently identify, record and report any concerns they might have about children's well-being. The manager asks staff questions and poses scenarios about child protection and safeguarding to help ensure staff know what their role is in such situations. This contributes to healthy dialogue about safeguarding within the team.

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should:

n give children time to solve problems and predict what might happen next for themselves n arrange resources, so that children are able to easily reach the equipment they choose to use.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2560330 Local authority Cambridgeshire Inspection number 10233354 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 58 Number of children on roll 49 Name of registered person Davidson-Roberts Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 01954 211228 Date of previous inspection 10 March 2022

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Information about this early years setting

Coton Day Nursery and Out of School Club registered in 2019. The nursery and club employs seven members of childcare staff. All staff hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 2 and above, including one with qualified teacher status. 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-, three- and four-year-old children. The out-of-school club opens Monday to Friday term time only. Sessions run between 7.30am and 9am and from 3.30pm until 6pm. The nursery is situated on the site of Coton C of E Community Primary School.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector discussed any continued impact of the pandemic with the provider and has taken that into account in their evaluation of the provider. n The inspector observed activities in the nursery, garden and out-of-school club. She spoke to staff and children at appropriate times throughout the inspection. n The manager took the inspector on a learning walk of the nursery. Together, they discussed the curriculum and how it supports children's learning. n A joint observation was carried out with the manager and inspector. n The inspector held meetings with the manager and with a member of the provider's senior team. n The inspector looked at documents, including records of suitability checks and records of complaints. n A number of parents spoke to the inspector. She took their views, and those contained in emails and testimonials, into account.

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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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