The Shekinah Glory Day Nursery And After School Club

Inspection of The Shekinah Glory Day Nursery And After School Club International Christian Fellowship, Manor Way, Borehamwood WD6 1QY

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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 play happily with friends and welcome staff to join their games. For example, children pour sand into different containers. Staff ask them which pot holds the most sand. Children pause, look at the pots, then point to the largest one. Very young children are delighted when they press down on clear bags containing paint. They watch the colours mix together, listening intently to the words staff introduce, such as 'squash'. This helps children build on their emerging vocabularies.

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The provision is good

Children enjoy listening to stories and taking part in retelling them. They use props to help recall popular stories, such as one about a hungry caterpillar. Children work out the order of events, helping to develop skills for early literacy and mathematics. Children are encouraged to use their own words in their storytelling, helping them to become articulate individuals.

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The provision is good

Children follow their interests. For example, when they find a ladybird, staff encourage them to look at the characteristics, such as counting the spots. Children enthusiastically work out the best place to put the creature, leading them to recall which plants they are growing in a raised bed. This helps children consolidate what they already know and allows them to find solutions to problems, helping them develop their thinking skills.

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need to do better?

n The owner has taken swift action to improve their food hygiene procedures, following instruction from another agency. She now ensures that food is appropriately stored and heated, and the temperature of hot food is checked before serving to children. Staff have completed additional training and show that they understand how to maintain food hygiene safety. This includes recording relevant information about the checks they make, in line with food hygiene guidance. n The owner, who is also the manager, and her staff have a good understanding of children's family backgrounds. This helps them ensure that support offered reflects any specific needs they require. The manager and key persons share ideas with parents to help them support children's learning at home. n Children who speak English as an additional language are very well supported. Staff read stories in both English and the language they speak at home, helping

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children to deepen their understanding of the words they hear. Staff use pictures to help children learn key words, helping them make choices and understand routines. This helps them quickly settle in the nursery. The manager and her staff take time to support parents. Staff help to interpret application forms and printed information. This helps to ensure that the most suitable

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10 August 2023 support and continuing education for children is appropriately accessed. n The well-qualified manager is motivated to make continued improvements in the nursery. She values regular reviews from outside professionals, helping her and her staff identify areas to raise the quality of education even more. The manager supports staff to develop their professional knowledge through relevant training courses, contributing to an even deeper understanding of how children learn. n Children are motivated to learn. They make choices about the activities they join in with and remain engaged. However, at times, children's play and explorations are interrupted by staff so that routines, such as nappy changing, can take place. On these occasions, children are unable to find a natural conclusion in their learning and their spontaneous curiosity is suppressed. n There is a good balance between children's self-chosen play and learning and

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activities planned and supported by staff. However, at times, staff do not tailor group activities to individual children's needs to help them learn in a clear sequential way. As a result, children do not make the best possible progress. n Children behave well. They take turns and share resources. Minor disputes are quickly resolved when staff remind them of the simple rules. On occasions, however, staff do not give explanations to why rules are in place. They do not consistently encourage children to think through how they can begin to keep themselves and others safe. For example, children do not show an understanding as to why sun hats are important in hot, sunny weather.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Staff know when and how to record and report any concerns they have about children's welfare. They know which members of staff have responsibility for overseeing safeguarding in the nursery. Staff can also find the contact details necessary for passing on information to outside agencies themselves. This helps to protect children from harm. Senior staff use questionnaires to assist them in monitoring staff's knowledge about safeguarding. This helps them identify future training needs to strengthen and refresh staff's awareness and understanding.

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should:

n review routines, such as when nappies are changed, to help ensure children's spontaneous learning is not unnecessarily interrupted n support staff to identify when and how to introduce activities to children so that there is a clear focus for the learning that builds on what individual children need to know and understand next n find ways to help children have a deeper understanding of the rules and routines to enable them to learn to keep themselves and others safe.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY553816 Local authority Hertfordshire Inspection number 10305232 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 55 Number of children on roll 59 Name of registered person Nakazwe, Bella

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reference number

Telephone number 07809268791 Date of previous inspection 26 April 2019

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Information about this early years setting

The Shekinah Glory Day Nursery And After School Club registered in 2018. The nursery employs 16 members of childcare staff. Of these, 14 hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 2 or above. This includes the manager, who holds early years professional status. 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 setting 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 setting. n We carried out this inspection as a result of a risk assessment, following information we received about the provider. n The manager and her deputy took the inspector on a learning walk around the nursery. They discussed the early years curriculum. n The inspector observed activities in the group rooms and in the garden. She spoke to children and staff at appropriate times throughout the inspection. n The deputy manager and inspector carried out a joint observation of a science activity. n The inspector viewed a selection of documents. This included the evidence of the suitability of staff, daily records relating to food safety and hygine, risk assessments and planning documents.

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n The inspector spoke to a small number of parents and saw examples of questionnaires completed by parents. She took their views into consideration.

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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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