Blue Bell Woods Day Nursery

Inspection of Blue Bell Woods Day Nursery Bluebell Woods Day Nursery, Monks Road, Binley Woods, COVENTRY CV3 2BQ

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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 happily enter the nursery with their key persons, who warmly greet them on arrival. This shows children feel safe and secure. Staff provide a range of activities to stimulate children's curiosity and promote development. Babies enjoy sensory play experiences. They delight in playing with play foam and bubbly water as staff sing songs about bubbles popping. Staff encourage toddlers' free expression as they explore paint. Toddlers create their own unique pictures by using handprints, brushes and toy dinosaurs to make footprints. Pre-school children experiment with ice and colour mixing, excitedly announcing the new shades they make.

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The provision is good

Children behave well and are motivated to learn. The rules of the nursery encourage them to listen, share, take turns and be kind. Children learn from and support each other. Babies delight in watching their siblings and older children play. They smile and join in with songs and actions. All children, even the very youngest babies, stop when they hear the tidy up bell ring. They smile and wave their arms and join in with the tidy up song before helping to put their toys away.

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n Staff know children well. They work closely with parents to identify children's starting points and monitor children's progress. This ensures that any gaps in children's learning are identified early and their next developmental steps are planned for. The special educational needs and/or disabilities coordinator (SENCo) works with staff, parents and other specialists to ensure that all children receive the support they need. n Parents describe the nursery as brilliant and homely. They talk about managers and staff being supportive, professional and protective. Leaders actively seek parents' views of the provision. They listen to parents' opinions and adapt the provision accordingly. n Communication and language are key focus areas. There is constant chatter within the nursery as children talk to staff and their friends. Babies enjoy sharing cuddles and books with their key persons. Toddlers listen to animated stories

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under the shade of a tree in the garden. Pre-school children use props to participate in story time sessions, focusing on the language of emotions. However, staff do not always recognise that the organisation of the routine and noise within the environment prevents children from being able to fully listen and concentrate during adult-led group sessions. This does not help to maximise children's learning. n Staff promote children's physical development. Babies explore low-level climbing equipment. They crawl and toddle up and down steps, helping develop their balance and core strength. Toddlers and pre-school children explore the well-

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8 June 2023 equipped outdoor environment. They climb on climbing frames and ride balance bicycles with confidence. A climbing wall provides further challenge. Staff promote children's fine motor development through routine tasks and activities. n Staff encourage children to become increasingly independent. Babies feed themselves while toddlers and pre-school children select their own snacks and serve themselves during snack time. Older children clear away their own plates when finished, helping build further on their independence skills in preparation for moving on to school. n Staff understand the affects of the COVID-19 pandemic on children's personal, social and emotional development. They provide children with individualised settling-in visits and nurturing key-person relationships. Staff carefully plan and support transitions between age groups, other settings and school. Staff from other settings visit and meet children before they move on. This helps children

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to feel emotionally secure. n Leadership and management support staff exceptionally well. Staff have regular supervision sessions with leaders. This ensures that management are kept fully informed about children in the nursery. It also provides an opportunity for staff to discuss any work or personal concerns. Leaders support staff's professional development. They encourage staff's strengths and help them take ownership of areas of the curriculum. n Leaders and managers are reflective. They have plans to further develop children's outdoor learning. This includes growing even more vegetables to provide food for the local food bank. This helps to teach children about the natural environment and to care about the those in the local community.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Leaders and managers have robust policies and procedures in place to ensure that the nursery is safe and secure. They complete thorough recruitment, induction and ongoing suitability checks. This ensures that staff are and continue to be suitable to work with children. Management and staff complete daily and ongoing risk assessments to minimise risk. Staff monitor and check sleeping babies. Children's allergies and medical needs are managed well by all staff. Staff have a shared understanding of their responsibility to keep children safe. They can identify the signs of key indicators of child abuse and know how to monitor and report safeguarding concerns.

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should:

n review the organisation of adult-led group activities to enable all children to fully participate, concentrate and maximise their learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY475659 Local authority Warwickshire Inspection number 10289543 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 37 Number of children on roll 49 Name of registered person Blue Bell Woods Day Nursery Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 02476 543785 Date of previous inspection 28 November 2017

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Information about this early years setting

Blue Bell Woods Day Nursery registered in 2014. The nursery employs 14 members of childcare staff. Of these, 13 hold appropriate early years qualifications. The manager is qualified at level 4, the deputy manager is qualified at level 3, two staff have level 4 qualifications, eight have level 3 qualifications and one has a level 2 qualification. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, all year round. Sessions are from 7.45am 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 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 the evaluation of the provider. n The manager and the inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the provision and discussed the early years foundation stage curriculum. n The inspector spoke to children to find out about their time at the nursery. n The inspector talked to staff at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. n The SENCo spoke to the inspector about how they support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. 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 carried out a joint observation of an activity with the deputy

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manager. n Parents and grandparents shared their views of the nursery with the inspector. 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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