Banana Moon Day Nursery Baddesley Ensor

Inspection of Banana Moon Day Nursery Baddesley Ensor Banana Moon Nursery, Little Brum, Grendon, Atherstone CV9 2ET

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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 Not applicable

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The provision is good

Children are incredibly happy at the nursery. Staff respond sensitively to children when they become upset or when they are putting them to sleep. For example, staff shower children with lots of care, love and cuddles. This contributes to how well children settle. Staff are consistent in how they manage children's behaviour. They use distraction and positive reinforcement to promote positive behaviours. Staff softly remind children of the rules while they play. Consequently, children behave extremely well.

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The provision is good

Children are provided with an array of rich activities, both indoors and outdoors. This supports them to make good progress across all areas of learning. Babies are provided with lots of space to build on their physical development. As a result, they are beginning to crawl or take their first steps. Babies enjoy exploring the musical instruments. They smile and laugh as they bang and shake the instruments, while staff sing familiar rhymes. Younger children use their imagination. For example, they pretend to feed the dolls and put them to sleep. Older children enjoy messy activities, such as play dough and clay. They use tools to make a range of different objects. Children enjoy their time outside. They play cooperatively together as they ride on the bikes, play on the swings or have races.

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need to do better?

n The manager is ambitious and has clear oversight of the nursery. She has a wealth of experience which shines through. She uses her knowledge, as well as recent research, to make continuous improvements to the overall quality of the nursery. n Staff speak extremely positively about how leaders support their well-being. Leaders use supervisions to help identify further training needs for staff. However, staff do not fully utilise what they have learned from training to help further improve their teaching practice. This does not enable them to raise the quality of teaching children receive to the highest possible level. n Staff find out children's starting points from parents. They then continue to observe and assess the children to help identify any gaps in their learning. Staff use what they know about each child to help plan activities for them. However, at times staff do not set up activities or mealtimes in a way that fully promotes

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children's independence. n The curriculum is centred on each child and covers all areas of learning. Leaders place focus on supporting children's communication and language development. Staff are animated storytellers. They add expression and different voices when reading stories. Children develop a love of books. Even the youngest children independently reach for books. They carefully turn the pages as they look at the pictures in the story. Older children eagerly join in and recall parts of familiar

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9 June 2023 stories. n The nursery's special educational needs coordinator (SENCO) speaks confidently and passionately about her role. She supports staff to observe, assess and plan activities for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. The SENCO promptly makes referrals to other professionals where concerns are raised about a child's development. This ensures that children receive the specialist help they require quickly. n Leaders are keen to support parents to learn how they can keep their child safe, healthy and thriving in their development. Staff use a range of methods to keep parents fully informed about their child's overall progress. This helps to consolidate children's learning. Parents speak very highly of the nursery. They comment their children love to attend and form very close bonds with the staff. n Staff support children to learn about what makes them different and unique.

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need to do better?

Children confidently talk about their family dynamics and draw portraits of their family members. Leaders are keen for children to integrate with and join initiatives that support the area they serve. Staff provide lots of opportunities for children to learn about other cultures as they go out and about in their local community. This supports children to learn about the wider world. n Children have daily access to fresh air and outdoor play. They eat balanced and nutritious meals. Oral health is a priority at the nursery. Leaders provide families with resource packs and information on the importance of keeping teeth clean. This practice helps to embed healthy lifestyles from an early age.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Staff are aware of the different types of child abuse. They have sound knowledge of what may indicate someone is no longer suitable to work with children. Staff understand the action to take if concerned about the welfare of a child. The setting is safe, secure and clean throughout. Staff routinely check on sleeping children to ensure they are safe. They respond quickly to children if they suffer any unavoidable accidents. Staff ensure parents and/or carers are kept informed about any accidents that occur. Leaders have effective systems in place to ensure children are collected by authorised people. This protects children from harm.

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should:

n enhance how activities and mealtimes are set up to support children to become even more independent n support staff to utilise what they have learned from training to further raise the quality of teaching practice to the highest possible level.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2620689 Local authority Warwickshire Inspection number 10285734 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises Registers Early Years Register Day care type Full day care

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inspection

Total number of places 32 Number of children on roll 32 Name of registered person Bearne Child Care Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01827 711742 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

Banana Moon Day Nursery Baddesley Ensor registered in 2021. There are 15 staff employed who work directly with the children. Of these, 12 hold an early years qualification at level 2 or above. The manager is qualified to level 6. The nursery is open all year round, Monday to Friday from 7.30am to 6.30pm. They offer 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 nursery received since the COVID-19 pandemic began. The inspectors discussed the impact of the pandemic with the manager and have taken that into account in their evaluation of the nursery. n The inspectors viewed the nursery and discussed the safety and suitability of it. n The manager joined the inspectors on a learning walk and talked to the inspectors about their curriculum and what they want their children to learn. n The inspectors spoke to staff and children during the inspection and took account of their views. n The special educational needs coordinator spoke to the inspectors about how they support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. n The inspectors observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning. n The inspectors spoke to and viewed feedback from several parents and took

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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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