Offerton Farm Day Nursery

Inspection of Offerton Farm Day Nursery Offerton Farm, Hindlip Farm, Worcester, Worcs WR3 8SX

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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 Requires improvement

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The provision is good

The ethos of the nursery is for children to have fun while they learn. Staff provide all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, with a range of activities that are planned to meet their individual needs and interests. As a result, children are eager to join in, and they make good progress in their learning and development. Children persevere with tasks until they achieve their goal. Younger children try hard to climb the steps to the slide. Staff offer lots of encouragement, and praise children when they reach the top. Older children concentrate as they use tweezers to find bugs in 'gloop', or to pick up the conkers they found on an earlier autumn walk.

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The provision is good

Relationships between staff and children are kind and caring. Children demonstrate that they feel safe and secure as they actively seek out staff for a cuddle or to involve them in their play. Children who are upset are quickly soothed. Children's personal care needs are met sensitively. Staff talk and sing to younger children and babies as they change nappies. This helps to build relationships and makes children feel secure during daily routines. Children behave well. Staff teach children to share, take turns and have 'kind hands and kind feet'. They implement different strategies, such as a visual timetable and a 'block' jar to help children to learn to manage their emotions and begin to regulate their own behaviour.

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need to do better?

n The management team have worked hard since the previous inspection to make significant changes to improve the quality of the provision. The manager has a clear vision for the future of the nursery. She has liaised with outside professionals and acted on their advice to help improve staff's knowledge of how to implement the curriculum. This has had a positive impact on the quality of care and learning that children receive. n Staff talk positively about the changes that have been put in place. They say the manager is supportive and they now benefit from regular supervision meetings. In addition, the manager closely monitors staff practice. She has introduced questionnaires to test staff's knowledge, which are individual to each staff's level of need. She provides feedback to help them improve and identifies additional training needs. However, these improvements are not yet embedded fully into practice to ensure that the quality continues to improve and is sustained.

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n Children relish the time they spend outdoors. Babies shout with delight when they see Peppa and George, the nursery pigs. They laugh as they try to imitate the sounds they make. Older children use magnifying glasses as they hunt for bugs under logs and stones. They match the bug to the pictures they have in their books and tick to say they have found them. Children learn to care for the nursery rabbits, who roam freely in the outside play area.

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need to do better?

9 October 2023 n Children have many opportunities to develop their physical skills. Staff provide children who are beginning to walk with interesting, table-height activities to encourage early standing and strengthen their leg muscles. Children ride bicycles with dexterity and climb and balance on the outdoor equipment. They develop their small-muscle skills in preparation for early writing. They squeeze and roll play dough, scoop and pour oats, and make shapes using sand. n Children enjoy listening to stories and looking at books. They name familiar characters and guess what will happen next. Children join in with gusto as they sing songs and rhymes. Even the youngest children know the actions. They choose their favourite, either verbally, through gesture or with the use of a picture song bag. However, at times, staff do not support children's communication and language well enough to help them to make the best

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need to do better?

possible progress in this area. n Staff value children's opinions. Children are given choices about what they want to do and where they want to play. Older children are involved in the children's committee. They meet once a term to talk about what they like and to suggest new ideas. They help staff to plan events to raise money for local charities. This helps children to be involved and understand that their views are important. n Parent partnership is good. Staff share information with parents about their child's day and how they can support children's learning at home. Parents spoken to are happy with the service they receive. They say that they have seen a big improvement since the last inspection.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The management team and staff have a good knowledge of their role in safeguarding children. They know the signs of abuse and the procedure to follow if they have a concern about a child or a member of staff. They attend safeguarding training, and the manager asks staff questions to ensure that their knowledge is up to date. Children learn to manage their own safety. They know that they wear helmets before riding the bicycles and how to walk safely when outdoors.

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should:

n embed fully the changes that have been recently implemented, to ensure practice across the nursery continues to improve and develop n help staff to recognise when to support and extend children's communication and language even further.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 205227 Local authority Worcestershire Inspection number 10313061 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 69 Number of children on roll 63 Name of registered person Weston, Rosemary Sarah

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reference number

Telephone number 01905 757779 Date of previous inspection 24 March 2023

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Information about this early years setting

Offerton Farm Day Nursery registered in 1996 and is located in Worcester. The nursery opens from 7.45am until 6pm, Monday to Friday, all year round. There are 18 members of childcare staff employed. Of these, 12 hold appropriate qualifications between level 2 and level 6. The nursery provides funded early education for three- and four-year-old children.

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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 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 carried out a joint observation of a group activity with the manager. n The inspector spoke with the registered individual and the manager about the leadership and management of the setting. n The inspector spoke to staff and children at appropriate times during the inspection. n The inspector spoke to parents during the inspection and took account of their views.

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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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