Early Years Nursery

Inspection of Early Years Nursery Early Years Nursery, Hastings Road, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex TN40 2PU

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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 come into the nursery with pleasure and enthusiasm. They independently follow established routines, hanging up their coats and bags. Children eagerly greet their friends and staff alike. They are happy and clearly feel safe and secure in this friendly and nurturing nursery. Children behave well. Where there are disagreements, staff deal with these sensitively and skilfully. They encourage children to speak about their feelings, supporting their understanding of how their actions impact on how others might feel. Children demonstrate a willingness to share and take turns. For example, when playing with bubbles, children hand the bottle to a friend saying, 'your turn'. They play collaboratively together, excitedly finding the 'king' scorpions in the soil and discussing the part of the scorpion that stings, which the children call 'stingers'.

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The provision is good

Children are provided with a healthy diet. They understand the importance of eating healthily. Children are developing good oral hygiene practices, cleaning their teeth after lunch. Outside, children have wide ranging opportunities to develop physically in the fresh air and in an indoor soft-play area. Outside, they practise their balancing skills and use the ride-on toys and bicycles to skilfully negotiate the space to avoid crashes.

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n Parents speak highly of the nursery and its staff. They value the regular and detailed information they receive, as well as the availability of the staff to discuss any concerns they have. Parents appreciate the advice and guidance they have to support learning at home, such as home learning bags, the lending library and the information evenings. They say their children settle well and are happy in the setting. n Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), are well supported. Staff engage with parents to ensure consistent strategies are used at home and in the nursery. Staff seek the advice of external professionals and this helps to support the good progress these children make. Staff use additional funding effectively. n Staff prepare children well for the next stage of their education, including school. Children learn to independently manage their personal care. They listen and

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follow simple instructions. Children enjoy listening to stories and will often curl up in a cosy corner with a favourite book or listen to poems and songs. n Overall, staff know their children well and have high expectations. They plan interesting and engaging activities, based on children's interests, which helps to support good progress. Occasionally, staff are not clear enough about what they want specific children to learn, to ensure that activities consistently meet the needs of all children and help to extend their learning.

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17 April 2023 n Children's communication and language skills are developed effectively. Staff talk to children in clear voices to help support accurate pronunciation. Children enjoy activities relating to poems and stories. For instance, they read a story about a hedgehog and create their own hedgehog from modelling dough. Staff extend children's vocabulary, introducing words, such as 'spiky.' n Children learn about similarities and differences between themselves and others. For instance, they read stories about other cultures and recognise that some people use wheelchairs to aid their mobility. Parents, and others from the local community, bring clothes and food from their home culture for children to see and sample. Children learn about community services and were delighted when the police visited and showed them the police van and its gadgets. n Leaders reflect on practice well and have a comprehensive improvement plan in

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place. Staff are receiving training to support the further development of their knowledge and skills. Staff benefit from regular discussions with the manager to discuss their training needs. n Staff provide a wealth of opportunities for children to engage in mark making to help support early writing skills. For instance, children relish painting with several paintbrushes at once, creating thick paint to make further marks in. Children paint outside walls with water, run cars through the sand and mud, draw conventionally and use different implements to make marks in the soil. Children make lists and write recipes for their 'cooking'.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Staff benefit from frequent and comprehensive safeguarding training. They have a thorough understanding of their responsibilities to keep children safe at all times. Staff know who to inform, and the procedures to follow, should they have a concern about a child's safety or welfare. They can describe the symptoms and possible circumstances that may suggest a child at risk of harm. Leaders have completed training in safe recruitment. Records relating to absence and accidents are checked and analysed to identify patterns that may indicate a safeguarding issue. The nursery premises and equipment are checked regularly to ensure they are safe for children to use.

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should:

n support staff to help them understand how to more effectively focus curriculum planning on the intent for children's learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY302014 Local authority East Sussex Inspection number 10263033 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Day care type Full day care

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inspection

Total number of places 40 Number of children on roll 48 Name of registered person Bexhill College

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reference number

Telephone number 01424 223707 Date of previous inspection 18 April 2017

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Information about this early years setting

Early Years Nursery registered in 2005. The nursery is located in Bexhill, East Sussex. The nursery is open between 8am and 6pm each weekday, for 48 weeks a year. The setting employs seven staff, three of whom hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 5, two at level 3 and two at level 2. The nursery receives funding to provide 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 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 escorted the inspector on a learning walk of the premises. Together with room leaders, we discussed the activities available and how they supported children's learning. n The inspector held discussions with nursery leaders about their responsibilities towards keeping children safe and ensuring the suitability of staff. n The manager and the inspector carried out a joint observation of a child and, with the child's key person, discussed the learning that had taken place. n The inspector observed the interactions of staff with the children. n The inspector viewed documents and spoke to staff, parents and children, taking their views into consideration.

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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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