Tender Years Day Nursery

Inspection of Tender Years Day Nursery 46 Castle Lane, Solihull, West Midlands B92 8DD

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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 Inadequate

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The provision is good

Children excitedly enter the nursery, eager and ready to learn. They receive a warm welcome from nurturing staff, who know them well. Children quickly settle into the routines of the day. Pre-school children delight in experimenting as they mix coloured liquids. They carefully use pipettes to transfer the different colours between beakers. They are learning to make predictions about what new colours they will make. Children are highly engaged and staff ask open-ended questions to help them to think critically. This strengthens their analytical skills.

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The provision is good

Children are encouraged to be creative and follow their own interests. Young babies curiously explore different textures as they paint pictures of vegetables. This helps to strengthen their small hand muscles as they manipulate the different brushes. They enjoy the sensory feeling from painting their own hands and smudging it onto the paper. Staff are attentive when babies indicate they are finished and want to move on. Having their needs understood and well met helps them to feel safe and secure.

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The provision is good

Staff have high expectations for all children. Children show high levels of respect for adults and their peers. They also learn about empathy and how to care for other creatures. The two nursery rabbits roam freely as the children play in the garden. Children learn how they need to negotiate the space so that it is safe for everyone, including the rabbits.

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need to do better?

n Leaders are passionate about their role in shaping the experiences for early years children. They have designed a challenging and structured curriculum that builds on what the children already know and can do. Leaders have made strong improvements in staff's safeguarding knowledge since their last inspection. They implemented an interactive group training session, which has built staff's confidence in dealing with a range of safeguarding situations. Staff's safeguarding knowledge is secure. n The established staff team speak very highly of the supportive manager. They say that she makes sure she is present and approachable. The manager ensures that a senior staff member completes closing checks at the end of each day. This means staff always have someone to talk to before they leave. This supports staff well-being and ensures that any concerns about children are dealt with in a timely manner. n There is a strong relationship between home and nursery. Staff know children

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need to do better?

and their families very well. Parents comment that they appreciate the calm and common-sense approach of the manager. Parents report that they receive support for their children with a variety of different needs. For example,

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14 April 2023 reassurance for first-time parents when their children have common medical conditions. This strong bond helps children and families to feel valued, safe and happy. n Staff caring for young babies and pre-school children plan exciting activities. This ignites the children's curiosity and inquisitiveness to learn and helps them to remain highly engaged. Children expand their growing knowledge as they focus on an activity for a long time. However, there is further opportunity for staff working in the tweenies room, which is for children aged two years, and the toddler room to plan adult-led activities that will focus their children to the same high level. n Children show a love of books. Staff considerately place books so that even the youngest babies can reach for them independently. Children show care as they delicately turn the pages. Staff make good use of stories to promote children's language skills. They cleverly stop reading during familiar stories so that children

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can recall the end of the sentences. Children shout with delight the words 'there's a shark in the park' when reading their favourite book. n By the time they leave the nursery, most children are confident communicators. They can express their own ideas and feelings. Interactions between staff and children are warm and meaningful. However, occasionally, the quieter children do not always get the same level of interaction with staff. This means their opportunities to learn are sometimes less than other children. n Older children enjoy a variety of rich experiences to support them to be a valued member of their local community. For example, they regularly visit the local elderly care home where they share songs and activities. This helps to build intergenerational relationships. Children are learning to show respect and kindness towards older adults.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The managers and staff fully understand their role and responsibility to keep children safe. Staff have a good understanding of procedures to follow if they are concerned about a child's welfare. The manager follows the correct procedure if there are allegations made against staff. The environment is risk assessed throughout the day and the premises are safe and secure. Recruitment processes are thorough and robust.

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n support staff to be aware of all children needs, so that quieter, less-confident children have the same opportunity to interact and learn at the highest level n focus the planning in the tweenies and toddler rooms to provide activities that

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should:

14 April 2023 excite and engage children, so they can be challenged to the highest level.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 250132 Local authority Solihull Inspection number 10269977 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises Registers Early Years Register Day care type Full day care

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Total number of places 74 Number of children on roll 147 Name of registered person Tender Years Day Nursery Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 0121 706 5619 Date of previous inspection 18 November 2022

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Information about this early years setting

Tender Years Day Nursery registered in 1992. The nursery employs 29 members of childcare staff. Of these, 22 hold childcare qualifications, including one who holds early years teacher status and four who hold a level 5 qualification. The nursery operates all year round. Sessions are available Monday to Friday, from 8am to 5.30pm. 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 pandemic with the provider and has taken that into account in their evaluation of the provider. n The managers joined the inspector on a learning walk and talked to the inspector about their curriculum and what they want their children to learn. 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 observed the interactions between staff and children. n The inspector spoke to several parents 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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