The Beeches Day Nursery

Inspection of The Beeches Day Nursery Beechdale Lifelong Learning Centre, Stephenson Square, Walsall, West Midlands WS2 7DX

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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 and form strong relationships with adults and other children at this nursery. Caring, sensitive staff nurture children as they play alongside them. Babies seek cuddles and reassurance from their key person. Toddlers investigate the water-play activity with confidence. They giggle as they splash and pat the water in the large tray. Older children play alongside their friends. They work together to build a tall tower of large bricks. They take it in turns to pass coloured buttons to each other and thread them onto laces.

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The provision is good

Children's early language and literacy development is encouraged. Babies develop a love of books as they snuggle up with staff to look at a favourite picture book. Toddlers join in with favourite nursery rhymes and listen to favourite stories. Older children recognise familiar letters on a poster. They say: 'Sssss is for snake' and practise drawing the shape of the letter 's' at the mark-making table.

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The provision is good

Children explore, investigate and are active learners. They immerse themselves in the wide range of skilfully planned play activities on offer to them, both indoors and outdoors. Children develop their imagination and understanding of the world. They busy themselves using the mud kitchen area to make potions. They mix together leaves, mud and water into little pots and gleefully share them out to their friends. Younger children practise their pouring skills and develop mathematical ideas in water play. They fill jugs to the rim with scented water and laugh as they pour it all out again.

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need to do better?

n Dedicated managers are clearly passionate about their curriculum for children. They work hard to ensure that this is reflected in their provision. As a result, there is a strong ethos that supports children to learn through play. n Parents are very happy with the care and education provided at this nursery. They speak highly of the caring staff team. They say their children are happy and are making good progress. They appreciate the regular updates about their child's ongoing development. They comment that communication between staff and themselves is valuable. n Staff promote diversity and inclusion well. They embed children's traditions, backgrounds and festivals into daily activities. For example, children who celebrate the festival Eid share their traditions with other children. They do this as they listen to music, taste different foods and retell stories while playing with small-world animals.

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n Leaders and staff are very alert to the needs of all children. They know them well and build close relationships with them. They use their knowledge of child development and how children learn well. This helps them to decide what

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26 June 2023 children need to do next. As a result, adults plan play opportunities that focus on specific learning intentions. This helps children make good progress. n Children have some opportunities to be independent. For example, older children wash their cups and dishes after snack. However, most of the time staff, offer too much support. They do not provide enough opportunity for children to build on their independence over time. n The special educational needs coordinator, who is also the manager, works closely with staff and parents to provide additional support for children who may need extra help. Additional funding is used for targeted intervention and specific resources to help children's progress. The manager works alongside other professionals to ensure that children make good progress in their development. Focused action plans highlight achievable targets for progress. n Leaders understand their role in safeguarding. They liaise closely with other

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need to do better?

professionals to ensure prompt action is taken where concerns are raised. For example, when allegations are made against staff, they seek advice quickly and in a professional manner. Leaders fully understand their responsibility to notify Ofsted of concerns raised that question managers' or staff's suitability. Recently, they followed their procedures and made attempts to keep Ofsted informed but failed to complete this in a timely way. However, this has now been rectified and, therefore, there is no impact on children. n Leaders have a clear focus and know what they need to do to improve. They support staff's professional development so that they can develop their teaching skills. Managers and experienced staff model best practice and quality interactions for those staff who are less experienced. However, the quality of teaching is not yet consistent across the staff team to ensure that the less- experienced staff fully understand how to provide more challenge for children

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Leaders make sure that staff keep their safeguarding training up to date. They are diligent in ensuring that staff know the procedures to follow if they have any concerns. Staff recognise signs and symptoms of abuse. They describe what they would be alert to if a child is exposed to extreme views. Leaders follow robust recruitment and induction procedures. This helps to ensure that all staff are suitable to work with children. Staff use risk assessments to help minimise potential hazards and maintain a safe space for children. They are vigilant about safety and maintain correct ratios to keep children safe.

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should:

26 June 2023 n support staff to provide more opportunities for children to build on their independence and to do more things for themselves n support less-experienced staff to fully understand how to extend learning and challenge children as they play.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 254428 Local authority Walsall Inspection number 10289147 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 35 Number of children on roll 63 Name of registered person Beeches Day Nursery Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01922 620524 Date of previous inspection 14 November 2017

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Information about this early years setting

The Beeches Day Nursery registered in 2000 and is located in Walsall. The nursery employs seven members of childcare staff. The manager and five members of staff hold qualifications at level 3 and one member of staff holds a level 2. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday for 51 weeks of the year. Sessions are from 8am 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 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 inspector observed the quality of education during activities and assessed the impact this has on children's learning. n The inspector completed a joint observation with the manager. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery. n Meetings were held between the inspector, the provider and the manager during the inspection. n The inspector spoke to children, staff and parents at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. n The manager and the inspector completed a learning walk together. They observed staff's teaching practice during activities.

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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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