Shiny Stars Day Nursery Trentham

Inspection of Shiny Stars Day Nursery Trentham Shiny Stars Day Nursery, 5 and 11a Chivelstone Grove, STOKE-ON-TRENT ST4 8XR

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Overall effectiveness Outstanding

The quality of education Outstanding Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Overall effectiveness at previous inspection Not applicable

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The provision is outstanding

Children thrive in this inspiring nursery. They feel happy and safe in the warmth of the loving staff. Children develop strong relationships with their key person. Staff get to know their children and families very well, which helps them to create unique settling-in processes.

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The provision is outstanding

Children play and learn very closely with other children in their key group. They sit together at mealtimes and communicate with their friends, and their key person, developing rich vocabulary and language skills. Children's personal care needs are all supported exceptionally well by their key person. This promotes healthy relationships and cooperative play with others.

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The provision is outstanding

Children's behaviour is exemplary and staff are excellent role models. Children understand the rules and boundaries. They respect the high-quality resources that they have in nursery and help to take care of them. They hold books carefully and put them back in the suitcase where they belong. All children happily follow the routines. They respond immediately when they hear the tambourine and join in with the songs that gain children's attention.

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The provision is outstanding

Staff have extremely high expectations for every child. Babies take part in captivating circle time activities using bubbles to catch and pop. They join in with number rhymes, anticipating which number comes next, and develop their concentration.

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n Staff and managers in this nursery have created a unique curriculum that stems from the interests and needs of children. Staff provide carefully planned invitations for learning and encourage children to be curious, inquisitive learners. The stimulating open-ended resources in each learning environment allow children to lead their own play. For example, outdoors, children use crates and wooden beams to walk and balance on. This allows children to plan their own play and manage risks. Other children explore long-stem flowers. They concentrate deeply as they remove the petals to make perfumes or food to support their imaginative play. n Children make exceptional progress from their starting points. This is because staff get to know them very well and have highly effective assessment procedures in place to identify children's individual learning needs. Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities settle very well and make excellent

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progress at this inclusive nursery. The attentive manager goes above and beyond to ensure that all children have equal opportunities and experiences. The staff work closely with parents and other agencies to create unique learning

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23 March 2023 plans for children. This enhances children's learning opportunities even further. n Staff provide children with meticulously planned daily intervention groups to support them in their communication and language. Children sit and take part in highly interactive story times for extended periods of time. They display high levels of concentration and participation as they listen and join in the story. The experienced staff differentiate instructions so that children have a level of challenge that is matched precisely to their stage of development. For example, when teaching positional language to toddlers, children understand complex instructions and place two toy hippos on top of a box. This helps to extend children's understanding of language and problem-solving skills. n Parents speak extremely highly of the nursery and the outstanding experiences that children receive. Parents identify that the outings that staff take children on

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provide valuable learning about the world around them. For instance, staff follow children's interests and take them on trips to the airport to learn about aeroplanes. Parents value the support they receive from staff, such as advice around toilet training and sleep. This provides the children with consistency as the staff and parents work collaboratively to support children's development. n The manager heavily invests in the well-being of the staff and children at the nursery. She ensures that everyone feels loved and appreciated. The manager has recently added an outdoor classroom. This offers additional space for staff to provide children with individual care and interventions, such as one-to-one support. It also provides staff with a place that they can go to relax and reflect during their breaks. n Staff and managers continually reflect on and evaluate their practice. On a weekly basis, the staff teams in each room review practice and outcomes for

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children. This includes identifying strengths and areas for improvement. Staff receive regular training sessions with the manager to support their understanding of how children learn. In each room, staff use vision boards that display images of what they want children to experience and learn. These are used to inspire staff and support their teaching practice. This means that children's experiences are consistently being enhanced and quality of teaching is continually improving.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The staff and manager have excellent procedures in place to prevent children from coming to harm. Robust recruitment procedures ensure that only suitable staff can work with children. All staff have an excellent knowledge of the signs and symptoms of abuse and know what to do if they have concerns about the welfare of a child. The manager regularly provides staff with safeguarding updates during staff meetings and signposts them to appropriate training. The manager invites parents to attend first-aid training. This supports their understanding of what to do if their children came to any harm in their home.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2623742 Local authority Stoke-on-Trent Inspection number 10280873 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 51 Number of children on roll 112 Name of registered person Johnsons Day Nursery Trentham Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01782 642624 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

Shiny Stars Day Nursery Trentham registered in 2021. It operates all year round from 7am to 6pm with the exception of bank holidays. The nursery also operates a before- and after-school service and holiday club. The nursery employs 18 members of childcare staff. Of these, one holds an appropriate qualification at level 6, two hold appropriate qualifications at level 4, eight hold appropriate qualifications at level 3 and two hold an appropriate qualification at level 2. The provider is in receipt of funding for the provision of free early education for children aged two, three and four years.

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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 inspector viewed the provision and discussed the safety and suitability of the premises. 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 communicated with the inspector during the inspection. 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 The inspector carried out a joint observation of a communication and language activity with the deputy manager.

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n Parents and carers shared their views of the setting with the inspector. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation and reviewed evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery.

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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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