Casper Nursery

Inspection of Casper Nursery Capel-le-Ferne CP School, Capel Street, Capel-le-Ferne, Folkestone, Kent CT18 7HB

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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 Inadequate

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The provision is outstanding

All children arrive with eager anticipation to begin their day at nursery, including those who have recently started. Staff create an atmosphere which is extremely calm, interesting and engaging for all children to enjoy.

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The provision is outstanding

Children benefit from trusting relationships with incredibly warm, caring and friendly staff. Children and staff joke and giggle, and they show a genuine affection and warmth for each other. Staff skilfully bring their playful nature into activities. For example, children squeal with excitement as they rush to correct staff when they say that there is an elephant on the cover of the storybook and not a bear as pictured. This approach draws children into activities, and they continually show a high level of engagement in their learning.

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The provision is outstanding

Children's behaviour is very impressive. They have excellent relationships with each other and social skills, which enables children of all ages to play cooperatively. For example, children independently discuss the game they want to play and organise their roles with ease. They listen intently to others, and all play an active role. This is a result of the carefully constructed curriculum. Staff place a high emphasis on children's personal, social and emotional development as a result of their observations of children following the COVID-19 pandemic.

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n Staff morale and well-being are very high. Staff feel extremely well supported by the manager, who is also the provider, and the strong team environment. Staff receive regular supervision and have the opportunity to attend training to extend their professional interests. They learn even more about how to support children's individual needs. All concerns raised at the last inspection have been fully addressed. n Children relish the opportunity to take part in daily yoga sessions to support their well-being and physical development. For example, children listen intently as staff explain how to change the depth of their breathing. They learn how to blow out their pretend candle with a small puff of breath and fill their tummies like a balloon with a deep breath. Children later tell staff about how they use these techniques when they start to become frustrated and cross. Children become emotionally articulate and can recognise their feelings.

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n Partnerships with parents are outstanding. Parents are extremely happy with the care and learning that their children receive. For example, staff recognise that their role includes support for the whole family in order to fully support each child to the highest level. Parents praise the individualised approach that staff offer to help their children settle and feel secure. n Children's learning and personal achievements are at the forefront of staff

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29 March 2023 discussions. Staff precisely observe children's development and have an excellent understanding of their learning needs. They have ongoing professional discussions and celebrate the skills that children have developed. As a result, children make swift progress in their learning and development from their individual starting points. n Staff skilfully foster children's involvement in their own learning to the highest level. Children's views are highly respected, and staff help them to gain more confidence. For instance, staff help children to look at photos of past building structures to support children to extend on their own learning. Staff use these opportunities very well to model language to extend children's vocabulary. Children learn that because they made the structure higher it has 'imploded'. n Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities particularly benefit from staff's highly accurate observations of their development. Staff form

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excellent relationships with other professionals to gain a true understanding of children's individual needs. This helps them to ensure that the nursery is completely inclusive, and children of all abilities reach their full potential. n Staff use daily experiences very well to incorporate a range of learning opportunities into their routines. For example, as children separate for key- person time, they count how many people are in each group and notice that the numbers are equal. Children enjoy washing up after snack and being involved in the daily risk assessment of the garden. Children develop a wide range of skills to help ensure that they are extremely well prepared for school.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Staff have an acute awareness of the important role to safeguard children. Staff have a secure knowledge of what could impact on a child's welfare. They are vigilant in their everyday practice to help keep children safe. Staff have a secure knowledge of the steps to take if they have concerns about a colleague. They are confident in the local authority procedures to report any concerns. The manager takes active steps to ensure that she regularly checks staff's suitability to work with children. She closely monitors children's attendance and contacts parents to see if there is any further support they may need. The safeguarding action raised at the last inspection has been thoroughly explored and addressed.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY441472 Local authority Kent Inspection number 10269472 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 28 Number of children on roll 40 Name of registered person Casper Nursery Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01303226570 Date of previous inspection 29 November 2022

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Information about this early years setting

Casper Nursery registered in 2012 and is based in the grounds of Capel-le-Ferne Primary School, Folkestone. The nursery is open from Monday to Friday during term time only. Sessions are from 8am to 6pm. The nursery offers a breakfast club and after-school club. The nursery employs six members of staff. Of these, five hold relevant qualifications at level 3 or above. The manager has an early years degree. 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 and the inspector had a learning walk together of all areas of the nursery and discussed the early years curriculum. n Staff, parents and children spoke to the inspector during the inspection. n The inspector observed the interactions between staff and children. 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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