Daisy Fays St Ives

Inspection of Daisy Fays Nursery St Ives St Ives Children's Centre, Trenwith Burrows, St Ives TR26 1DJ

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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

Children settle well and thoroughly enjoy their time at nursery. Key workers greet children warmly as they arrive, and regularly consult with parents to ensure that there is an ongoing exchange of information between nursery and home. Children form strong bonds with staff from the outset. Children are eager to get involved in the activities on offer to them. They enjoy exploring the stimulating and well- resourced environments, both indoors and outdoors. Staff work closely with parents to get to know children and their wider family. Parents are complimentary about the care and education their children receive.

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The provision is good

Children play together cooperatively and behave well. They build close friendships and learn positive social skills during their time at the nursery. Staff promote positive behaviour well and are good role models for children. They use a range of successful strategies that help children understand and manage their feelings and emotions.

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The provision is good

Children make good progress in their learning and development during their time at the nursery. All children, including those who speak English as an additional language and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), are well supported by staff and progress well in this inclusive nursery. Staff help children develop a good range of self-care skills, which prepares them very well for starting school. The committed and well-established staff team offers a continuity of care for children.

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need to do better?

n Leaders have addressed the actions identified at the last inspection. They self- evaluate effectively and continually reflect on what they do well and what they could improve on further. Staff are supported well in their roles and benefit from a range of training and professional development opportunities that help to continually extend their knowledge and enhance their skills. This helps to continually raise the quality of care and education the children receive. n Leaders work with other agencies and early years professionals to coordinate support for children with SEND, to ensure children receive a continuity of care and that their welfare needs are met. n Staff know children well and capture their interests effectively in the activities they plan for them. Staff observe and assess children's development accurately. They plan next steps for children to minimise gaps in learning and to build on what children can already do and already know. This offers children good

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need to do better?

extension and challenge. n Staff place a high emphasis on promoting children's communication and language skills. Practice has significantly improved in this area since the last

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need to do better?

24 October 2023 inspection. Staff have developed a range of successful teaching strategies that they have embedded into everyday practice. This is helping children to become confident speakers and enhancing their vocabularies. For example, they have created spaces in the environments that encourage more opportunities for children to talk, and they successfully engage children in more conversation as they play. n Staff give parents tips and ideas of things that they can do to extend their children's learning at home. For example, they give children book and rhyme packs to enjoy at home with their families and have a book borrowing system that gives children access to a wider range of literature. This is helping children to develop a love of reading. n On occasion during transition points, such as when coming in from outdoors and preparing for lunch, staff do not always ensure that children's learning and

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need to do better?

engagement is promoted consistently. As a result, at these times children do not have as many opportunities to practise their independence skills and they can become distracted and lose focus. n Staff do not always organise whole-group times as well as they could to enable all children to benefit fully from the experience. This means that, sometimes, group activities do not suit the differing needs of all the children taking part. n Staff boost children's self-esteem well. They celebrate children's individual achievements. Children feel proud when they perfect a skill and persevere at tasks showing determination and a strong sense of belief in what they can do. n Children benefit from spending time outdoors. Toddlers enjoy playing with water, pouring, emptying and transporting it around the garden. Pre-school children play imaginatively in mud kitchens and enjoy planting activities. Babies climb and cruise around outdoors and enjoy exploring sand. Staff set out garden areas

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need to do better?

in a stimulating way with activities that help promote exploration, physical skills and learning about nature.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Leaders and staff have suitable knowledge and understanding for their roles, which helps them to safeguard children effectively. They access regular safeguarding and child protection training to ensure they remain up to date and know what to do if they are concerned about a child in their care. Staff can recognise the possible signs and symptoms that may indicate a child is at risk of harm, and they know how to report their concerns and what action to take in a range of scenarios. First aiders are well deployed in the nursery, which means they are on hand to help in the event of an accident or injury occurring.

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should:

24 October 2023 n review the organisation of transitions throughout the day to ensure that children remain consistently engaged in their play and learning, and have opportunities to fulfil tasks for themselves n improve the planning of group times and adapt these experiences to suit the different abilities and needs of the children, to enable all children to be more involved and benefit fully from the experience.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2684292 Local authority Cornwall Inspection number 10313655 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 52 Number of children on roll 117 Name of registered person Daisy Fays Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01736 794222 Date of previous inspection 5 April 2023

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Information about this early years setting

Daisy Fays Nursery St Ives is situated in St Ives Children's Centre, at the rear of St Ives Leisure Centre in Cornwall. It is run by Daisy Fays Limited. The provision is open weekdays from 7.30am to 6pm for 51 weeks of the year. The nursery is in receipt of funding for the provision of free early years education for children aged two, three and four years. There are 18 staff, 3 of whom have a relevant qualification at level 6, one member of staff has a relevant qualification at level 4, 11 staff have a relevant qualification at level 3. Three members of staff are unqualified.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector discussed any continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic with the provider and has taken that into account in their evaluation of the provision. n The inspector held discussions with the manager at appropriate times during the inspection and in a scheduled meeting. n The inspector and the manager completed a learning walk together across all areas of the setting to understand how the curriculum is organised. n The inspector observed children's activities and staff teaching, inside and outdoors. n The inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation, including staff's suitability to work with children. n The inspector spoke to parents, staff and children 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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