Park House Nursery

Inspection of Park House Nursery Park House, Maidenhead Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 9DS

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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 and excited to explore the wide range of activities on offer. They eagerly seek out friends to share experiences with. For example, they happily sit together, sharing familiar stories and telling each other what happens next. Children make great friendships and feel safe and secure at the nursery.

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The provision is good

Children have a wide vocabulary and articulate what they know and can do. Staff skilfully use everyday routines to support children's communication and language skills. For example, they cheerfully sing about wiping tables from left to right as they clean surfaces. The language-rich environment helps children to learn new words. Older children demonstrate their wide vocabulary well when they talk about why a 'gilet' is different from a 'hoodie'. Children have strong communication and language skills, which they need for future learning.

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The provision is good

Staff have high expectations of children's behaviour. They use the nursery's 'golden goals' to help children understand what they expect of them, such as giving others personal space. Staff demonstrate the rules well when they gently remind children to be kind and take turns with creative materials. This helps children to learn about how their actions affect others.

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need to do better?

n Leaders and staff plan a well-thought-out, sequenced curriculum. They recognise the importance of babies building secure attachments. They explain this helps children to feel emotionally secure so that they can explore new experiences on offer. Consequently, babies receive responsive and sensitive interactions from staff. For instance, staff happily lie on the floor and gain good eye contact to engage babies in play. This helps children to build trusting relationships with those that care for them. n Children take pride in themselves and know what makes them unique. For example, older children excitedly talk to friends and staff about when the 'travelling ted' came to stay at their homes. They engage for a long period of time, showing their friends photos of their adventures. Children have a secure sense of self and enjoy celebrating this with others. n Overall, most staff know how children learn and how to teach them. For

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example, they use technology well to support children's interests, such as searching for images of pufferfish. Children excitedly talk about what they look like and where they live. This helps children to learn new concepts and use them in play. However, some staff do not have consistently high-quality interactions with children. For instance, at times, staff do not fully extend children's language skills while they play alongside them. This means that some children do not fully benefit from all learning opportunities.

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15 February 2023 n Children know routines and excitedly follow them. This helps children to be independent and ready for school when the time comes. For instance, they enjoy giving out cups and cutlery to their friends at mealtimes. However, some parts of the routines, such as lunchtime and transitioning to the garden, interrupt children's learning, and they sit waiting for long periods of time. n Children have endearing, positive attitudes to play and are extremely confident. For instance, they enjoy asking visitors questions about who they are and what they do. In return, children excitedly tell them about what they like to do and the pets they have at home. They have the personal and social skills they need to be curious learners. n Leaders and staff have an ambitious curriculum for all children. Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities make good progress in their development. Staff use individual plans to ensure that these children have the

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support they need to help them reach their full potential. For example, staff expertly introduce new games with a turn-taking element to support children to work collaboratively. As a result, children progress to playing happily alongside others. n Staff and leaders build positive parent partnerships. Parents say that they appreciate the online updates about their children's learning and development. They say that the nursery offers a friendly home-from-home environment. Parents explain that staff are nurturing and build close bonds with children. This helps children to settle quickly and feel safe.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Leaders promote a positive safeguarding culture. They adopt effective strategies to keep staff knowledge up to date. For example, they ask regular safeguarding questions and partake in quizzes at staff meetings to help staff keep their knowledge up to date. In addition, staff and leaders attend regular safeguarding training and have an in-depth knowledge of issues. For example, they know how to spot the signs and symptoms that a child is at risk of female genital mutilation. Staff know how to report if they have a concern over a child's welfare. Leaders know how to report if they receive an allegation about a member of staff. This helps to minimise the risk to children.

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should:

n strengthen staff's skills to ensure all children benefit from consistent high-quality interactions that support their learning n help staff to better manage periods of transition, such as mealtimes and coming in from the garden, to limit waiting times and reduce interruption to learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY484350 Local authority Windsor and Maidenhead Inspection number 10276458 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 50 Number of children on roll 51 Name of registered person Countryside Nurseries (UK) Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01628 476153 Date of previous inspection 17 July 2017

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Information about this early years setting

Park House Nursery is one of six nurseries run by Countryside Nurseries UK Limited. It registered in 2015 and operates from a converted house in Maidenhead, in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. The nursery is open each weekday, from 7.30am to 6pm, all year round, except for bank holidays and one week at Christmas. The nursery currently employs 14 staff, 11 of whom hold relevant childcare qualifications. Of these, six staff hold qualifications at level 3 or above. 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 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 The manager joined the inspector on a learning walk and talked to the inspector about their curriculum and what they want their children to learn. n Children told the inspector about their friends and what they like to do when they are at nursery. n The inspector talked to staff at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning. n Parents shared their views of the setting with the inspector. n The inspector carried out joint observations of group activities with the manager.

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Inspection activities

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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