Little Angels At The Campus

Inspection of Little Angels At The Campus Apollo Buckingham Health Science Campus Ltd, Crewe Campus, Crewe Green Road, Crewe CW1 5DU

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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 obviously delighted when they see the familiar staff waiting to greet them. They show that they feel safe and happy as they enter the nursery. Children are eager to see what the day has in store for them. Children of all ages are confident explorers. Older children work together to develop role play games. They learn to listen to other people's ideas. Younger children roam busily around the spacious indoor area. This promotes their physical development and independence. Staff watch and join in with the children's self-chosen play. They encourage children to have ideas and follow their own interests.

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The provision is good

Children generally behave well and demonstrate a positive attitude to learning. At circle time, older children willingly join in with counting how many children are here today. An outcome of this daily routine is that children begin to understand the purpose of numbers and counting. During the COVID-19 pandemic, staff made effective use of an online learning journal to communicate with parents and carers. This has continued, along with daily face-to-face sharing of information. Parents comment that they feel well informed about their children's progress and well- being. They say that staff help them to continue their children's learning at home.

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need to do better?

n The manager has a clear and ambitious vision for the nursery. She works hard to promote staff's and children's well-being and achievement. A current focus for curriculum development is the outdoor play space. Some newly established water-play equipment helps children to find out about the properties of water. They have fun collecting, pouring and transporting it. n The manager demonstrates a strong commitment to staff's professional development. She works alongside the teams in the childcare rooms and offers in-the-moment coaching. Staff regularly attend online and in-person training events. However, the reasons for staff undertaking the training are sometimes not clear enough. This makes it more difficult to measure the impact on staff's skills and children's progress. n The provision for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) is a strength of the provision. Staff deliver individual care and learning

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need to do better?

programmes that incorporate assessment and advice from specialist professionals. This is particularly the case for children with multiple and complex disabilities. Children with identified SEND make very good progress from their starting points. n Staff make effective use of props and pictures. Younger children learn that pulling the black sheep out of the nursery rhyme bag means that they are going to sing 'Baa Baa Black Sheep'. Older children know that when the little picture of a bed is on the 'now and next' board, it is time to put the toys to bed. The

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5 July 2023 routines teach children that objects, symbols and writing convey meaning. This prepares them well for early literacy. n Overall, children know the behaviour that is expected of them. For example, they know that they are allowed to run outdoors but should walk when they are inside. However, some rules and routines are not implemented consistently enough. Some older children leave the tidying up to others. Some younger children are confused when their play is interrupted and they are carried to group time. This hinders children's progress towards self-regulation. n Staff encourage children to develop self-help skills and independence. Babies self-feed from an early age, closely supervised by attentive staff. Older children wipe their own faces and hands after lunch. They look at themselves in the mirror to make sure that their face is clean. The busy, happy environment fosters meaningful conversation. Children, including those who speak English as

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an additional language, make good progress in learning to talk. n Children's physical development is promoted effectively. Children, including those with SEND, master hand signals that help them to communicate. This helps to promote their small-muscle development. Children bend and stretch as they chalk on the big outdoor blackboards. They confidently ascend the vertical climbing wall. This promotes children's core strength and balance.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The manager checks that staff are knowledgeable and confident about safeguarding matters. Staff understand the nursery's safeguarding policy and know what to do if they have a concern. They know where to find the local child protection procedures if they need to check anything. Staff identify and manage risks to children's safety. They regularly check that sleeping children are safe. Older children begin to think about risks in their play. They learn that stacking the plastic crates haphazardly or too high could be dangerous when they climb on them. Staff follow robust food safety procedures. This helps them to ensure that children with food allergies consume only the food that has been prepared for them.

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should:

n check that training events have a clear intention, so that the impact is measured and the quality of the provision continuously improves n implement rules and routines even more consistently, in order that children learn and understand what they are expected to do.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2614932 Local authority Cheshire East Inspection number 10285869 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 66 Number of children on roll 34 Name of registered person Little Angels (Nantwich) Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 07967904791 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

Little Angels At The Campus registered in 2021. The nursery employs nine members of childcare staff. Of these, one holds a qualification at level 4, four members of staff hold qualifications at level 3 and three at level 2. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, all year round. 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 nursery received since the COVID-19 pandemic began. The inspector discussed the impact of the pandemic with the nursery manager and has taken that into account in their evaluation of the nursery. n The nursery manager and the inspector completed a learning walk of the nursery. They discussed the intentions for the curriculum and carried out a joint observation of an activity. n The inspector observed activities indoors and outdoors. She spoke with children and staff. n Parents and carers spoke with the inspector. The inspector took account of their views. n Examples of relevant documentation were sampled and reviewed by the inspector. She checked 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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