Bright Start Day Nursery

Inspection of Bright Start Day Nursery 69 Plumstead Common Road, London SE18 3AX

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Overall effectiveness Requires improvement

The quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Overall effectiveness at previous inspection Requires improvement

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The provision requires improvement

Children and their families are welcomed in by friendly staff. Children come in happily and settle to play with their friends and familiar staff. Staff are caring, kind and nurturing towards children. Children show that they feel secure, as they form relationships with staff and friendships with their peers from an early age. Children enjoy using the varied range of resources and activities available and can make choices about their play. For example, children enjoy making different sounds with musical instruments as staff join in with a song.

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The provision requires improvement

Children are encouraged to make choices. They enjoy choosing different books to share with staff during story time. Staff promote a love of reading. Children join in, listening to stories. However, at times, children become distracted and lose focus, as there are too many things happening close by. This impacts on their concentration and attitudes to learning. Generally, children behave well. They enjoy the praise they receive as they share and take turns with friends. This supports children to develop positive self-esteem. Staff support children to be independent. Children know the routines of the setting. For example, they get their high-visibility jackets and shoes on ready for garden play and eagerly help to set up for snack and mealtimes. This helps to prepare them for future learning experiences.

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need to do better?

n Staff are not consistently able to adapt their risk assessment knowledge to ensure children's safety. For example, staff regularly make headcounts of the children as they leave the nursery for the short walk to the garden, and they ensure that children are walking with a member of staff. However, they do not recognise the risk to children's safety when using the slide in the hot weather, or the importance of following the rule of only two children using the trampoline at any one time. n The manager is passionate about her role. She implements a curriculum that supports all children to make progress. However, although staff interact well with the children, they are not clear on what they want children to learn during activities. For example, activities are set up but are not specific to what children need to learn next. Therefore, children are not challenged in their learning. This leads to weaknesses in teaching.

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n Staff are good role models and interact well with the children. However, they do not communicate well as a team to support the children to understand what is happening next. For example, children wait for an excessive amount of time to return from the garden, as staff are not working together to ensure that the sessions run smoothly. n A strong focus is placed on children's language development. Staff support children to extend their vocabulary as they introduce new vocabulary, such as

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need to do better?

6 September 2023 wiggly and squashy. Children enjoy singing songs and copying actions. Staff support children to develop a love of books as they share stories and bring these to life with finger puppets. Children who speak English as an additional language are supported well. Staff use a variety of visual cues and gestures, and they learn key words in children's home languages. n Staff provide opportunities for children to develop healthy lifestyles. Children enjoy fresh air and plenty of time in the nursery garden. Children learn to climb, run and jump, and they play with wheeled toys. Staff support children's fine motor skills as they practise and develop their small-hand muscles by squashing sensory balls and rolling play dough. n Parents share positive comments about the nursery and state that children have formed strong bonds with staff. They report that their children enjoy attending and are happy and well cared for. Parents feel well informed about their

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need to do better?

children's development. They engage in daily discussions and, through the parent group, receive weekly updates about what their children are learning. Parents say that their children have made progress in their language development, particularly since starting. They also enjoy sharing books with the nursery to support children's love of reading.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Staff have good knowledge of what to do if they have concerns regarding a child's well-being. They attend regular training to ensure that their safeguarding knowledge is kept up to date. Important safeguarding information is clearly displayed in the setting for staff to access if necessary. Staff understand the procedure to follow should they have concerns regarding a colleague. The manager has a good understanding of safeguarding procedures and knows where to go for further support if necessary. The owner uses effective systems to recruit staff and to ensure their ongoing suitability. Children understand the rules to keep themselves safe as they walk to and from the garden, reminding their friends to keep their high-visibility jackets on.

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Due date

ensure that staff have a secure knowledge of risk assessments to support the safety of children at all times 20/09/2023

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Due date

6 September 2023 strengthen the monitoring of staff's implementation of the curriculum so it is tailored to provide all children with consistently good teaching 20/09/2023

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Due date

support staff to communicate as a team to ensure that they understand the routines and structure of the day. 20/09/2023

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should:

n improve opportunities for children to develop their listening and attention skills to enable them to fully benefit from the learning on offer.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2578981 Local authority Greenwich Inspection number 10266163 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Day care type Full day care

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inspection

Total number of places 100 Number of children on roll 21 Name of registered person Adeleke, Helen

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reference number

Telephone number 07956961439 Date of previous inspection 4 November 2022

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Information about this early years setting

Bright Start Day Nursery registered in 2020 and is located in Plumstead, within the London Borough of Greenwich. The setting is open all year round, from 9am to 6.30pm, Monday to Friday. The provider receives funding to provide free early education for children aged two, three and four years. The nursery employs nine members of staff, six of whom hold relevant early years qualifications at level 3 or above. The managers hold qualifications at degree level.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector discussed any continued impact of the pandemic with the provider and has taken that into account in their evaluation of the provider. n The inspector viewed the provision and discussed the safety and suitability of the premises. n The manager and inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the nursery and discussed the early years curriculum. n Staff talked to the inspector at appropriate times during the inspection, and the inspector took account of their views. n The inspector carried out a joint observation of an activity with the manager. n Several parents sent written feedback of the nursery, and the inspector took account of their views n The inspector looked at relevant documentation and reviewed 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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