Cherrytree Nursery School - Kingsnorth Rd

Inspection of Cherrytree Nursery School - Kingsnorth Rd 149 Kingsnorth Road, Ashford, Kent TN23 6NE

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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 are happy, safe, secure and enjoy their time at the nursery. They settle quickly here as staff get to know families and their routines well. Children have developed warm and trusting bonds with their key person and the staff team. They are confident and self-assured. For example, younger children confidently choose activities that they would like to do from the range of resources that are carefully selected by staff to support their development. Older children play cooperatively together and confidently negotiate their ideas during their play and exploration. Children learn a wide range of skills, which prepares them well for school.

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The provision is good

Children show good physical skills. They explore different ways of moving, such as balancing, running, jumping and hopping. Children are provided with a wide range of opportunities to extend their physical development, both indoors and outside, in the exciting nursery garden. For instance, young children learn to balance on stepping-stones and crawl through tunnels while carefully navigating around others to keep themselves safe. Older children know how to prepare themselves effectively with coats and wellington boots to enjoy jumping in muddy puddles in the rain.

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The provision is good

Children behave well and enjoy the company of others. Staff are good role models and provide positive praise to help the children gain a sense of achievement and boost their self-esteem.

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need to do better?

n The management and staff work together to plan a broad curriculum. Staff carefully follow children's interests and use information from observations and assessments to plan activities. However, sometimes, when planning specific activities, staff introduce too many ideas for the teaching to be fully effective. n Staff have high expectations, and children are motivated in their learning. Staff place a strong focus on developing children's communication and language skills. For instance, they talk clearly to the children and clearly emphasise keywords within their interactions, to help enhance children's understanding and speaking skills. Staff also use some signing to help children make choices, understand routines and express their needs, particularly children who speak English as an additional language. n Staff encourage children's mathematical development effectively. Children are encouraged to regularly use mathematical language in their play. They

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confidently count and identify numbers in sequence as they play. n Children with special education needs and/or disabilities are supported well and staff work effectively in partnership with other professionals. Staff follow advice received from professionals to close any gaps in learning a child may have. They

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need to do better?

3 November 2022 use additional funding well to support children's learning. All children make good progress in their development. n Staff help children develop a love of books. For example, children choose books to take home and share with their families, and have cosy spaces within the setting to relax in and read books. This supports children's early literacy skills well. n Regular self-evaluation and effective teamworking contribute to a well-organised provision. There are good opportunities for staff's professional development. For example, training is focused to meet the needs of children and the interests of staff, to ensure children receive tailored and meaningful teaching and learning. Staff are effectively deployed so that children are supervised and safe. Leaders engage with staff to support them in daily tasks and are aware of the daily pressures on them. This helps to create a happy and positive work environment.

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need to do better?

n The provider and staff members develop and maintain strong parent partnerships. New parents are happy that their children quickly feel secure and settled. Parents are kept up to date with the activities children have accessed each day through a daily communication book. However, occasionally, staff do not share enough information with parents. There are times when parents are not always clear about their children's progress and development. n Children learn about what makes them unique. Staff support them to understand similarities and differences between themselves and others. Children learn about different cultures, celebrations and ways of life different to their own. This supports children to understand the world around them.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Staff understand their responsibilities to keep children safe. Risk assessment is effective and ensures that premises and environments for children are kept clean, safe and secure. Leaders and staff show a good knowledge of child protection issues and know how to respond promptly and appropriately when concerns arise about the welfare of a child in their care. Staff attend regular safeguarding and child protection training and have good opportunities to refresh their knowledge on a regular basis. Adequate numbers of staff are first-aid trained, which allows them to respond swiftly to any accidents and incidents.

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should:

n support staff to more precisely implement what they want children to learn from planned activities, to focus teaching more effectively n enhance systems for sharing information with parents about their children's learning and development.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY286202 Local authority Kent Inspection number 10234815 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 38 Number of children on roll 40 Name of registered person Cherrytree Nursery School Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01233 636748 Date of previous inspection 3 March 2017

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Information about this early years setting

Cherrytree Nursery School is one of two nurseries run by a limited company. It registered in 2003 and is located in Ashford, Kent. The nursery is open weekdays from 8.45am to 3pm, term time only. The nursery offers a flexible play scheme during the school holidays. The nursery employs 17 staff. Of these, 12 members of staff, including the manager and supervisors, hold appropriate early years qualifications, including two with BA (Hons) degrees. The setting provides funding for the provision of free early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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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 manager and has taken that into account in her evaluation of the provider. n The senior staff and the inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the nursery and discussed the early years curriculum. n At suitable times during the inspection, the inspector spoke to staff and children and took parent views into account. n The inspector and the nursery leader observed interactions between adults and children. They discussed the learning that took place. n The inspector viewed a range of documents relating to safeguarding, suitability of staff and record keeping.

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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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