Treehouse Nursery School

Inspection of Treehouse Nursery School Orchard School, Filton Road, Bristol BS7 0XY

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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 enter the nursery confidently and staff greet them warmly. Children show they feel safe and secure. Staff know the children well and invite them to join in with their favourite activities. Babies roll balls and explore how they move and happily sit and listen to interactive songs using scarves. They know their special adult is there for comfort when needed. Toddlers play alongside one another with staff and build tall towers, then enjoy knocking them down together. They independently select books, hold them correctly and turn the pages to look at the pictures, which supports their early literacy skills. Pre-school children enjoy the challenges staff give them to solve their own problems. When they cannot reach the toy cars on the gate post, staff support them to think of how they may achieve reaching them. Children think carefully, then get some large blocks to stand on. They are very proud of themselves when they reach the cars and choose the ones

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The provision is good

they want to play with. Children show a positive attitude towards their learning.

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The provision is good

The manager has a clear vision for the curriculum and offers a broad range of experiences for the children. She knows the skills and knowledge that children need to gain to move successfully through the nursery and on to school. Staff know the children well, including their interests and abilities. They identify what children need to learn next and monitor their progress carefully. All children, including children with special educational needs and/or disabilities and children who learn English as an additional language make good progress from their starting points.

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need to do better?

n Children have plenty of space to develop their physical skills. Toddlers and pre- school children fill wheelbarrows with foam bricks and push them around, negotiating the space well. They climb up ladders and slide down the slide with confidence. Children use steppingstones to practise their balancing skills and staff support them when needed. Indoors, babies pull themselves up to standing and cruise around the furniture as they start to learn to walk. n Partnerships with parents are very positive. Parents report they are happy with the progress their children are making. They state that communication with staff is good and that they know their children's key person and what their children are learning. Parents say they like the lending library and taking home books to read and games to play with their children. n Children's behaviour is very good. Older children form positive relationships with one another and play together cooperatively, sharing and taking turns. Staff

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support younger children sensitively on how to respect their friends, helping them to think about the consequences of their actions on others. Staff offer children lots of praise and this helps boost their self-esteem.

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need to do better?

8 September 2023 n The manager has identified and addressed some areas for improvement in the nursery. She has worked closely with staff to improve how well they support children's communication and language. Staff report that they feel very supported by the manager, both professionally and personally. The manager has introduced 'grandparent' days so that they can spend time with their grandchildren to see what they are learning in the nursery. Parents report these have been very well received and enjoyed. n Staff promote children's communication and language skills effectively. They reinforce and repeat simple words with the babies and use songs to develop their understanding. Staff animatedly read stories to toddlers and encourage them to join in, to support their developing language skills. Staff ask older children effective questions to encourage their thinking. They introduce new words, such as 'knead' when making dough and explain what it means; this

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need to do better?

broadens children's vocabulary. n Overall, staff support children's early mathematical skills well. They offer babies various sized balls to explore and to see if they fit in different sized tubes. Toddlers learn simple mathematical language such as 'big' and 'small' when reading stories and describe the 'tall' tower they have made. Older children recognise numerals and confidently count. However, some adult-focused mathematical activities do not always captivate the older children's interests and they choose to go and play somewhere else. n Overall, the key-person system is effective in helping young children settle into the nursery. Staff offer flexible settling-in sessions to suit individual children's needs. Staff work closely with parents to find ways to replicate home routines and ensure they know these and children's favourite toys and activities. However, on occasion, they do not consider children's attendance and staff's

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need to do better?

working patterns, to enhance the settling-in process further.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The manager and staff have a thorough knowledge of safeguarding and child protection issues. They attend regular training and have access to updates from the local safeguarding partnership. The manager refers any concerns about children's welfare to the relevant agencies in a timely manner. Staff know who to report any concerns about the conduct of a colleague and know the relevant agency to contact if these are not acted on. Recruitment procedures are robust and help ensure that adults working with children are suitable. Staff implement the nurseries procedures, such as regular headcounts to help ensure that children are always supervised, indoors and outdoors.

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should:

8 September 2023 n help staff understand how to implement the curriculum for mathematics more effectively, based on children's interests and self-chosen play n review the organisation of the key-person system so that it helps all children settle quickly and develop secure attachments with their special adult, so they are ready to play and learn.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2716144 Local authority Bristol City of Inspection number 10309429 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 81 Number of children on roll 108 Name of registered person Storal Nurseries Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 0117 931 4650 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

Treehouse Nursery School re-registered in January 2023. It operates on the site of Orchard School in Horfield, Bristol. It is open all year round, from Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm. Twenty members of staff work with the children. Of these, two are qualified at level 6, one is qualified at level 5, and 13 are qualified at level 3. The nursery is in receipt of funding for the provision of early education for children aged three and four years.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector discussed any continued impact of the pandemic with the manager and has taken that into account in their evaluation of the provider. n The manager joined the inspector on a learning walk and talked to the inspector about their curriculum and what they want their children to learn. n Children told the inspector what they like doing at nursery. n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this was having on children's learning. n The inspector spoke to staff at appropriate times during the inspection. n Parents shared their views of the nursery with the inspector. n The inspector carried out a joint observation of a group activity with the manager. n The manager showed the inspector documentation to demonstrate the suitability of staff.

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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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