Little Stars Day Nursery

Inspection of Little Stars Day Nursery 748 Hanworth Road, HOUNSLOW TW4 5NT

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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

Leaders and staff provide a welcoming and inclusive environment for children. Staff build strong relationships with parents and work with multi-agency professionals to ensure that children make the best possible progress. They consider advice from specialist professionals to plan for children's learning. This helps staff to support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) through individual learning plans.

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The provision is good

Staff know children well. Children are happy to share their home experiences as they build relationships with their new key person. Staff can identify where children are in their learning and how they can support them to develop. This adds to children's sense of belonging and helps to boost their self-esteem.

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The provision is good

Staff are clear with children on the expected boundaries. During circle time, staff remind older children to use their 'listening ears' and 'quiet voices'. Children confidently demonstrate the actions to show their understanding. They concentrate well and are eager to learn in group activities. Staff give clear instructions to younger children as they take their turn to cut fruit. This supports children to learn how to keep themselves safe.

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need to do better?

n Leaders have designed a well-sequenced curriculum. They adapt this to the current cohort of children to support their learning. Staff ensure that the curriculum suits children individually. Overall, they plan children's learning using their interests and to develop their next steps according to their age and stage of development. n Staff support children's literacy, communication and language. For example, staff help children who speak English as an additional language and children with delays in their speech to build their vocabularies using songs and stories with repetitive phrases. Younger children learn new words as they explore the texture and taste of the fruit. n Staff do not always help children to use a wider range of words to express how they are feeling, to help to support their emotional development. This leads to children being disruptive at times, as they are not able to manage their own

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feelings and behaviour. n Older children develop a positive attitude to their learning, as staff follow their ideas in play. For example, children work together while using their imaginations to create a house. Staff use open-ended questions and supply a range of resources to develop their ideas further. n Staff do not always follow the younger children's lead when they are exploring the world around them. For example, staff restrict children's play in natural

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11 October 2023 areas of the garden and restrict them from moving toys from one area to another. This means that staff do not use all opportunities to ensure that all children make the best possible progress in all areas of their learning. n Staff promote children's healthy lifestyles, such as through daily interactions and focused activities. Staff explain to younger children that fruit is healthy and gives them energy. Older children can identify healthy and unhealthy foods confidently. n In the garden, children practise using their physical skills as they run, jump and climb. For example, children climb the large play equipment and roll small and big hoops down the ramp to staff with excitement. n Staff promote children's good health. For instance, children wash their hands before meals and during food-based activities. However, staff do not help children to understand why they need to wash their hands. This means that

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children do not learn the importance of some personal care routines. n Parents say that they develop positive relationships with leaders and their children's key persons. They receive regular updates through an online application.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Leaders and staff have recently attended training to refresh their safeguarding knowledge, which helps them to be confident of the reporting procedures. Staff are aware of how to respond should they be concerned about a child's welfare. Staff follow the nursery's procedures to ensure that all children's health and well-being are maintained. Staff deploy themselves effectively, indoors and outdoors, to supervise children. Staff carry out ongoing risk assessments. They are confident to recognise hazards and to deal with them efficiently to keep children safe.

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should:

n support staff to help children to understand and express their feelings and behaviour n continue professional development to build all staff's confidence in being able to follow children's individual interests to support learning and development n develop staff's teaching to extend children's understanding of the importance of personal care routines to support their learning and understanding of good health.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY463020 Local authority Richmond Upon Thames Inspection number 10311588 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 50 Number of children on roll 51 Name of registered person Littlestars Day Nursery (UK) Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 0208 894 2590 Date of previous inspection 11 May 2023

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Information about this early years setting

Little Stars Day Nursery registered in 2013 and is located in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. The setting employs 13 members of staff. Of these, one member of staff holds qualified teacher status and the remaining staff hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 2 and 3. The setting is open all year round, from 8am until 6pm, Monday to Friday. It provides funded early education for children aged two, three and four years.

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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 setting. n The inspector viewed the setting and discussed the safety and suitability of the premises. 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 communicated with the inspector during the inspection. n The inspector talked to staff at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. n The special educational needs coordinator spoke to the inspector about how they support children with SEND. n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact on children's learning. n The inspector carried out joint observations of group activities with the manager. n The inspector spoke to several parents during the inspection and took account of

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their views. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation and reviewed evidence of the suitability of staff working in the setting.

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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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