Greenglade Day Nursery and Forest School

Inspection of Greenglade Day Nursery and Forest School Greenglade, Denholme Gate Road, Hipperholme, Halifax HX3 8HX

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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 arrive at the nursery eager to start their day. They are greeted by staff, who know children very well. This helps children to settle into their routines quickly. Children spend lots of time outdoors in the nursery garden or at the nursery's forest school. Children explore their environment confidently and are creative with the resources and nature around them.

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The provision is good

Children understand the boundaries that are in place to keep them safe. This is evident at the forest school, where children recall the rules and boundaries as they move into different areas. For example, as children move to the fairy path, they demonstrate excellent risk assessment skills. They discuss where they can freely explore and point out which trees which they are able to climb. Children show lovely consideration to their friends as they move out of their way and remove obstacles in their path while transporting soil. Children learn to manage their safety with the support of experience staff members.

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The provision is good

Children demonstrate their knowledge of creating repetitive patterns. They use coloured animals to repeat a red and yellow pattern with animals. Children recognise numbers and are confident to count out the corresponding number of animals. Children learn good mathematical knowledge and skills.

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need to do better?

n The nursery's curriculum builds on what children already know and can do from their starting points in learning. For example, babies learn to hold a spoon at lunchtime, toddlers learn to use a knife and fork, while older children serve their own food and pour their own drinks. As a result, children make good progress in their learning and development, including children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). n Babies explore their senses as they scrunch a foil blanket and shake instruments. They thoroughly enjoy the nursery rhymes that caring and enthusiastic staff sing to them. Babies start to join in with the actions, such as 'Wind the Bobbin up'. However, sometimes, such as lunchtime, babies are sat down too early, resulting in them waiting too long for their meals and they become restless. n Children of all ages enjoy stories. Knowledgeable staff engage children's interest in the stories, using props or changing their voices. Children call out in

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anticipation of what is to come as they know the stories well. Staff repeat words often and recall what children have said or asked, to ensure that children develop good speech and language skills. n Experienced staff teach children to understand cause and effect. For example, children use tubes and pipes to move water outdoors. They look what happens

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27 March 2023 to the flow of the water when the pipes are moved higher and lower. Children who are making play dough consider if they need more water or flour when the dough becomes sticky. Children are critical thinkers in their play and learning. n The nursery's special educational needs coordinator (SENCo) is knowledgeable about her role and how best to support the children in her care. She works tirelessly to ensure that children's needs are met. The SENCo supports parents in any way she can. She ensures that children's targets are in place. This means that children with SEND have the reasonable adjustments that they need so that they can thrive. n Children develop good health and care skills, such as washing hands before eating and after personal care routines. However, when staff are checking to ensure food is at a suitable temperature to serve to children, they do not always use the correct food hygiene procedure.

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need to do better?

n Staff use additional funding effectively to ensure that children make better progress in their learning and development. For example, they have purchased additional resources to build on children's interest or needs to encourage their participation. n Overall, parents are very happy with the care and support which their children receive from the nursery's staff and management. Parents are kept informed of their child's routines, personal care and activities that they enjoy doing through an electronic app. They have access to information about their children's development on the app and can speak to their child's key person at any time.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

All staff have a good understanding of their roles and responsibilities to keep children safe. A high percentage of staff hold a paediatric first-aid certificate. Staff at the forest school have outdoor first-aid training. Staff are able to identify the signs and symptoms that may indicate a child could be at risk of harm. All staff and management know the procedures to follow and who to contact if they have a child protection concern. Children learn to keep themselves safe by learning how to risk assess an area or activity. Staff, especially the SENCo, have an excellent understanding of how to support children that are looked after and how this can impact their development.

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should:

n consider the time that babies have when sitting waiting, especially at lunchtimes, to ensure that they are engaged and happy n ensure that staff follow food hygiene procedures to check the temperature of the food before serving to children.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY251317 Local authority Calderdale Inspection number 10283977 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 100 Number of children on roll 287 Name of registered person Hipperholme Day Nurseries Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01422 200123 Date of previous inspection 21 March 2018

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Information about this early years setting

Greenglade Day Nursery and Forest School registered in 2003. The nursery employs 37 members of childcare staff. Of these, 29 hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 2 or above, including six who hold early years degrees, and one who has a degree in outdoor leadership. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, all year round, with the exception of bank holidays. Sessions are from 7.30am to 6pm. 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 inspection the nursery received since the COVID-19 pandemic began. The inspector discussed the impact of the pandemic with staff and has taken that into account in their evaluation of the nursery. n The manager and the inspector completed a learning walk together to understand how the nursery and curriculum are organised. n The inspector made observations throughout the inspection of children's experiences in the nursery and assessed the impact on children's learning. n Children spoke to the inspector about their experiences in the nursery. n Parents shared their views of the setting with the inspector. n A meeting was held with the manager. This included a review of relevant documentation, including staff's suitability and training.

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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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