Daisy Day Nursery

Inspection of Daisy Day Nursery Oasis Church, Oxton Road, WALLASEY, Merseyside CH44 4EU

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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

Staff greet children warmly as they arrive. Children are eager to explore the activities available. They are happy and settle quickly into the nursery routines. Staff form positive relationships with children, who excitedly tell them about their home news. Children demonstrate that they feel safe and secure. Staff are positive role models who have high expectations of all the children. They teach children to share the toys and take turns from an early age. Staff listen to children attentively when they are talking, and they treat them with the utmost respect. This helps to build children's self-esteem and self-worth.

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The provision is good

Staff plan interesting activities for children using what they know is of interest to them. This helps to motivate children's learning. Children gain a thirst for knowledge from a young age. They benefit from a range of interesting outings that build on their experiences. For example, staff take children on public transport to visit New Brighton. Children order their own food when staff take them to the café. Staff also take children on walks around the local environment. This helps them to learn more about the world around them.

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n Leaders create an ambitious curriculum for all children. Staff know the children well and have a secure knowledge of their development and progress over time. They plan appropriate activities that help children achieve their next steps in learning. n Communication and language are prioritised by staff. Staff patiently repeat words to babies as they share books together. They join in with older children's imaginative play, such as pretending to be police officers in the outdoor area. Staff introduce children to new vocabulary as they play together. This helps children make progress with their speaking skills. n Staff plan ways to enhance children's growing independence. For example, babies feed themselves at mealtimes using cutlery. Toddlers retrieve their coats from their pegs and try to put them on before going outside. Older children set the table for mealtimes. These opportunities help children feel proud of the

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activities they can complete by themselves. n Children's physical development is promoted well. For example, babies giggle with glee as they push prams around the garden with their peers. Toddlers make marks as they use water to paint the outdoor walls and floor. Children have copious opportunities to climb, balance and run around outside. This helps children to strengthen their large- and small-muscle movements. n Parents praise staff for being welcoming and friendly. The regular updates about where children are up to in their development and ways that parents can support this at home help to provide continuity in children's learning.

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22 August 2023 n The special educational needs coordinator is passionate about supporting children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. She works closely with staff, parents and other professionals to implement interventions and strategies to meet children's individual needs. All children are helped to make good progress in their learning. n Staff use additional funding, such as early years pupil premium, to enrich children's learning experiences. For example, staff recently purchased puppets and books that depict different emotions. This helped to support children's understanding of different feelings. n Leaders place a strong emphasis on well-being and developing staff's skills and knowledge. Supportive supervision sessions, with well-chosen targets, help staff to further improve their practice. Attendance in a range of professional courses, such as in communication and language, helps them to enhance children's

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learning and development. n Staff promote healthy lifestyles for children. The owner provides freshly prepared, nutritious meals that meet children's individual dietary needs. Although the curriculum includes ways for all children to learn about oral hygiene, staff are not implementing this consistently. While babies clean their teeth at nursery every day, the opportunities for older children to learn these skills have waned. n Children's behaviour is good. They respond to staff directions positively and follow their instructions well. Staff remind children of the rules before each activity begins. This helps children to remember the kind and caring behaviour that is expected of them.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Robust recruitment arrangements help leaders check that all staff are suitable to work with children. Staff have a good knowledge of how to identify and follow procedures to protect children from harm. Regular safeguarding training helps leaders to ensure that staff's knowledge is kept up to date, and thorough risk assessments ensure that all areas of the premises are safe and secure. The curriculum helps children to learn about staying safe. For example, staff teach children about road safety when they go on outings, including how to cross roads and use crossings safely.

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n consistently implement the curriculum to help all children learn about the importance of good oral health.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2650351 Local authority Wirral Inspection number 10301466 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 65 Number of children on roll 65 Name of registered person Millennium Training & Education Centre Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 01516371812 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

Daisy Day Nursery registered in 2021. The nursery employs 16 members of childcare staff. Of these, 13 hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 or above. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, all year round, apart from bank holidays and Christmas holidays. 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 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 manager and owner 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 communicated with the inspector during the inspection. n Parents shared their views of the setting with the inspector. n The inspector and the manager completed a joint observation of an activity. n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning. n The inspector held a leadership meeting with the manager and the owner. n The manager provided the inspector with a sample of key documentation on request.

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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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