Bright Eyes Nursery

Inspection of Bright Eyes Nursery Bethel Apostolic Church, 48 Mount Pleasant Road, Luton, Bedfordshire LU3 2RR

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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 are eager to start exploring when they arrive at this welcoming nursery. They are secure and settled and form warm relationships with staff, including them in their play. Children respond to staff's positive attitudes and persevere at tasks. For example, they keep trying when they use cups to scoop beans out of the water, clapping themselves when they succeed. Children are confident and enjoy new challenges. For instance, they learn to use simple tweezers to pick up objects and enjoy the challenge of mastering the use of more difficult tweezers.

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The provision is good

Children enjoy daily opportunities that support them in developing their physical skills. They giggle as they stretch and jump up to pop bubbles. They develop their smaller muscles as they squeeze, roll and stretch dough. Children have practical opportunities to understand differences. They talk about their homes, sparking discussions about different foods and cultures. Children learn to keep themselves and others safe. When using the slide, they remember to allow time for others to move away from the bottom of the slide before they take their own turn. They are polite and kind to one another. Children playing with a construction set sensitively notice which colours their friends prefer and pass these to them.

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need to do better?

n The manager and deputy manager have reacted positively to actions set at the last inspection and have addressed these. They act as good role models to staff, passing on their commitment and enthusiasm. They have supported staff to develop their teaching practice, for example, through offering tailored training for each staff member. This has played a major part in significantly improving the nursery since the last inspection. Children now make good progress at this setting and are well prepared for school. n Staff report that they feel well supported. They receive frequent, practical supervision that enables them to review and develop their practice. They now effectively assess children's progress and understand what they need to learn next. They make good use of children's interests to plan activities that capture their attention. The manager's secure monitoring ensures that she quickly notes any weaker areas in children's learning and supports staff to address these.

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n Staff recognise the importance of supporting children to develop their communication skills. They talk clearly to children and use picture prompts to aid their understanding. This particularly supports children with special educational needs and/or disabilities and they make good progress. Older children demonstrate their good language skills, for example, as they explain their play and ideas. n Children show a great enjoyment of books. They eagerly join in with stories, predicting what will happen next. Children delight in retelling stories, for

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20 March 2023 example, using puppets and props. n Children develop a good knowledge of mathematical concepts. For example, they make paper chain beanstalks and talk about these getting 'taller', 'higher' and 'longer'. n Staff ensure that the resources reflect children's interests and learning needs. For instance, children develop their creativity as they use the toy kitchen and make 'magic bean pie'. They discuss the ingredients they are adding, referring to nearby posters for inspiration. n Parents praise the nursery. They feel that staff know the children well and help them settle and develop good social skills. Parents report that staff communicate well with them and support them in building on their children's learning, for example, by borrowing books from the nursery library. n Children thoroughly enjoy the activities and staff interact with them effectively and generally support them well. However, on occasion, staff do not make the

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need to do better?

best use of opportunities to build further on children's learning to promote this to the highest level. n Staff offer children some support in developing their independence. For example, children scrape their plates and put these to be washed after lunch. However, staff often do things for children that they could do themselves, such as putting on older children's coats for them and wiping their noses. This confuses children, particularly older ones, and does not promote their independence to the optimum level.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The manager and staff prioritise children's welfare. They have a secure understanding of safeguarding, refreshing this knowledge, for example, through completing training and discussing safeguarding at team meetings. Staff understand how to recognise possible concerns and know how to report these without delay to the correct professional. They are aware of wider issues, such as radicalisation and possible dangers associated with use of the internet, and take effective action to protect children. The manager ensures that the nursery is always clean and safe for children to use, further promoting their health and well-being.

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should:

n support staff to build their teaching skills even further to enable them to make the very best of opportunities to extend children's learning to the highest level n support staff to follow the nursery's procedures to fully promote children's independence.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2570073 Local authority Luton Inspection number 10247090 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises Registers Early Years Register Day care type Full day care

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inspection

Total number of places 30 Number of children on roll 45 Name of registered person Bright Eyes Nursery Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 07483 133709 Date of previous inspection 16 June 2022

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Information about this early years setting

Bright Eyes Nursery registered in 2020. The nursery employs eight members of childcare staff. Of these, six hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 or above, including the manager, who has a level 6 qualification. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, for 47 weeks of the year. Sessions are from 7.30am until 6pm. The nursery provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year- old children.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector discussed any continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic with the provider and has taken that into account in their evaluation of the nursery. n The manager joined the inspector on a learning walk and talked about their curriculum and what they want children to learn. n The inspector observed staff interaction with children during activities indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this has on children's learning. n The inspector completed a joint observation with the manager, who is also the nursery owner. n Meetings were held between the inspector and the manager. The inspector looked at relevant documentation and saw evidence of the suitability of staff. n The inspector held discussions with staff, children and parents at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views.

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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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