Nurture Pre-School at Abbotsweld

Inspection of Nurture Pre-School at Abbotsweld Abbotsweld Primary Academy, 278 Partridge Road, Harlow, Essex CM18 6TE

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Overall effectiveness Outstanding

The quality of education Outstanding Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Overall effectiveness at previous inspection Not applicable

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The provision is outstanding

Children attend this unique setting with great joy and enthusiasm. They have a positive and excellent attitude to learning. Children quickly become deeply engrossed in their enriching learning environment. They are extremely sociable and confident and make informed decisions about what they would like to explore and discover.

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The provision is outstanding

Children form strong, warm relationships with their key person. Supportive staff continuously challenge children's learning and promote collaborative play. For example, while out in the garden, children are fascinated to explore a tray set up with various natural resources, such as sand, water, dried leaves, and pinecones. They explore the textures using all their senses to build on their sensory experiences. Furthermore, children engage in meaningful discussions with the staff about what they are doing. Children make lines and circles in the sand using mark- making tools with great control. This helps support communication and language to very high levels, mathematical skills and understanding of the world.

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The provision is outstanding

Children behave extremely well. Nurturing staff have very high expectations of them and children rise to the challenge by following the setting's routine exceptionally well. Children develop the skills needed to become resilient and happy learners. Staff share pride in children's achievements and praise them for their continuous efforts. For example, staff pick a child each day to become 'the leader'. This helps build on their confidence and self-esteem.

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n Children's natural curiosity is fostered when reading books with a member of the staff. Their favourite story is about going on a bear hunt. Children recall events from the story with ease and make predictions. Furthermore, they quickly become immersed in this tale and pretend to be characters. This further develops their imaginative and role-play skills and supports early reading skills. n Younger children have an amazing time exploring small-world resources to build on their understanding of the world. For example, they concentrate intently when operating magnets, being fascinated by the cause and effect. This further develops their problem-solving and critical thinking skills. n Leaders have created a meaningful curriculum that is extremely well sequenced, and all staff have a clear vision about what they want children to learn. Staff are exemplary role models and continuously promote communication and language

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to very high standards. For example, they introduce new vocabulary, such as 'patience, café, smooth', and use all opportunities to ensure children acquire this new knowledge securely. n Staff focus on developing children's independence. For example, while in the

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28 June 2023 garden, children work incredibly well with their peers to create a large structure using crates and beams. They then walk on the beams with great confidence and climb on the crates before jumping back down. They laugh and giggle with excitement, showing high levels of energy. This helps build on children's balance, coordination and stamina and strengthens their social interactions. n Staff have strong relationships with their key children. They have a robust knowledge and understanding of children's learning. They use their assessment of what children can do to plan for next steps in their learning. Staff also support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities and children who speak English as an additional language. As a result, they make remarkable progress and adapt incredibly well to their learning routine. n Partnership working with parents is strong and effective. Parents comment on

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how well staff support children's progress in all areas of learning. In addition, parents feel involved in their children's learning and development, helping to assure the continuity of care and education. n Leadership and management is strong and inclusive. Leaders value the staff, their well-being and professional development. Leaders continuously reflect on their practice and work relentlessly to provide excellent levels of care and education. The vision for the setting is ambitious and focused on positive outcomes for children, who are at the centre of this exquisite setting. Leaders and staff place a great emphasis on children and families who require additional support and make provisions to extend their learning and development. This is shared among the team, who embrace it with passion and determination.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Staff and leaders have a secure knowledge and understanding of safeguarding. This including aspects, such as county lines and the 'Prevent' duty. They also have a deep knowledge and understanding about how to deal with disclosures and make referrals to relevant professionals, to protect children from harm. There is a robust induction process in place to ensure all staff complete regular and relevant training, to keep their safeguarding knowledge current. Policies and procedures are robust, effective and updated regularly. These are implemented accordingly and shared with staff and parents. Risk assessments are robust and completed daily. Furthermore, effective staff deployment means that children are well supervised and cared for. This helps to assure children's safety and welfare.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2639641 Local authority Essex Inspection number 10289512 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 56 Number of children on roll 54 Name of registered person C.L. PRE-SCHOOLS LIMITED

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reference number

Telephone number 07708610097 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

Nurture Pre-School at Abbotsweld registered in 2021. The setting employs eight members of childcare staff. Of these, seven members of staff hold an appropriate early years qualification at level 3 or above. The setting opens Monday to Friday, from 8.50am until 3.50pm, during term time. The setting provides funded early years 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 provider and the inspector completed a learning walk together. They discussed how the curriculum is organised and what they want children to learn. n The inspector observed the quality of teaching and education, outdoors and indoors, and assessed the impact this has on children's learning. n The inspector spoke with the staff at appropriate times throughout the inspection. She also spoke with a number of parents and took account of their views. n Children spoke with the inspector about the activities they were doing. n The inspector carried out a joint observation with the setting's manager. n The inspector held a meeting with the manager. She looked at relevant documentation and reviewed evidence of the suitability of the staff working at

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Inspection activities

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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