The Carlton Day Nursery

Inspection of The Carlton Day Nursery The Carlton Centre, Outer Circle Road, Lincoln LN2 4WA

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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 are happy to arrive at the nursery. They confidently access and explore different activities and resources offered. Children who speak English as an additional language are supported by staff to develop an understanding of the daily routines. For example, staff use gestures and show them photographs to help them during snack time and with toileting. This helps children to feel secure. Children understand the rules in the nursery. For example, they know to ask an adult to watch them before they climb on large climbing apparatus in the garden. Children wear helmets when they ride on balance bicycles, explaining that this helps to keep their heads safe.

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The provision is good

Children show an interest and enjoyment in looking at books. In the baby room, staff show children images of animals on the pages and ask them to make the sounds that different animals make, supporting their early speaking skills. After staff read a book to children in the toddler room, they ask them to remember what happened in the story, encouraging them to recall from memory. Children in the pre-school room use books to find out information. For example, when they look at images of different insects, staff help them to identify what they are called, such as an ant.

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need to do better?

n The manager and staff implement a curriculum to support children to progress in their development. This includes supporting children's communication and language skills. For example, staff use songs and rhymes during daily routines. When children in the baby room sit in pushchairs waiting to go on a walk, staff sing songs with them. Staff sing nursery rhymes with children in the toddler room when they change their nappies. n Staff encourage children to show positive behaviour. For instance, in the baby room, children listen and follow instructions when staff ask them to carry a box of crayons to a table. Staff praise older children's abilities when they show strength in their bodies to climb on equipment. This helps to raise their self- esteem. n Children in the pre-school and toddler rooms show that they thoroughly enjoy the time they spend in the nursery garden. They show strength and coordination

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in their legs when they use their feet to push themselves along on ride-on toys. However, even though staff in the baby room recognise that children like to play outdoors, they do not provide them with as many opportunities as others to develop their learning outdoors. n The managers use additional funding effectively to support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. For example, children receive one-to-one time with staff who focus on supporting their individual learning needs. This

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19 April 2023 includes providing small-group times to help children to develop their speaking and listening skills. n Staff know the children well. They provide opportunities to help them learn skills for the future, such as when they move to the next room in the nursery. For example, staff encourage children in the baby room to drink from an open cup. They help children in the toddler room to use a knife and fork before they move in to the pre-school room. This helps to promote children's self-care skills. n The managers support staff in their practice. This includes helping them to develop their knowledge of how to plan activities to encourage children's imagination when they play with loose parts and natural objects. For example, in the baby room, staff introduce empty boxes for children to explore; children use them as pretend cars. n Children are supported emotionally to be ready for their move on to school. For

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need to do better?

example, staff talk to children about the schools they will move on to and other children they will attend with. The manager invites teachers to visit the children in the nursery. This helps children to become familiar with the adult who will be caring for them. n Staff share information with parents about activities children enjoy. They invite parents to attend meetings to discuss their children's progress. However, staff do not fully support all parents to continue their children's learning at home. This will help to provide a more united approach to supporting children's development.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The staff and cook find out about children's allergies and food intolerances and ensure that the food they offer promotes children's good health. Staff attend training courses to extend their knowledge of how to promote children's safety when they sleep. This helps them to recognise the importance of monitoring children more frequently. The managers and staff understand how to identify if children are at risk of harm, abuse or radicalisation. They know where to report concerns about children's safety. The managers follow a robust recruitment procedure to ensure that new staff are suitable in their roles.

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should:

n help staff to enhance the use of outdoor areas to offer children in the baby room further play and learning opportunities n support staff to offer parents ideas and suggestions about how they can continue to encourage their children's learning at home.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY264343 Local authority Lincolnshire Inspection number 10279833 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 63 Number of children on roll 93 Name of registered person For Under Fives Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01522 787070 Date of previous inspection 2 August 2017

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Information about this early years setting

The Carlton Day Nursery registered in 2003 and is situated in Lincoln, Lincolnshire. The nursery employs 19 members of childcare staff. Of these, 13 hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3, three at level 4 and one at level 6. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, all year round, apart from one week between Christmas and new year. Sessions are from 7.30am until 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 routine inspection the provider has 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 setting. n The managers and the inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the nursery and discussed how they implements the curriculum. n The inspector observed the quality of education during activities, both indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this has on children's learning. n Children spoke to the inspector throughout the inspection. n The inspector spoke with staff at appropriate times throughout the inspection. n The inspector carried out a joint observation with one of the managers. n The inspector held a meeting with the managers. She reviewed relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery. n Parents shared their views of the nursery with the inspector.

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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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