Stone Eden Nursery School Limited

Inspection of Stone Eden Nursery School Limited Wheelbarrow Hall, Aglionby, CARLISLE CA4 8AD

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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

Relationships between children and staff are a strength of this nursery. The well- established key-person system helps children to settle quickly and gain confidence. Firmly embedded routines further promote children's feelings of safety and security, as they fully understand what is expected of them. They excitedly make their way to the carpet after snack in anticipation of what is happening next. Children's confidence and trusting relationships with staff impact positively on their behaviour and attitudes to learning. Children are extremely well behaved and are keen, motivated and curious learners.

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The provision is good

Children make good progress. They enjoy opportunities to develop their large muscles as they climb, stretch and run and enjoy using the wheeled toys outside. As children move through the nursery, they develop well in their small-muscle skills, in excellent support of their later writing. Staff promote children's literacy skills well. They encourage younger children to explore the pictures by modelling lifting the flaps in the book. Older children benefit from repeated stories. They demonstrate their increasing comprehension of the storyline as they finish off lines or fill in gaps staff purposefully leave when reading the 'book of the week'. Children join in with songs daily, promoting their communication skills well.

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need to do better?

n The manager is clear on her intent for children's learning from when they first start as babies until they leave the nursery to go on to school. This is well understood by staff working with children and helps to inform the planning for children's learning. n Staff know children well and provide activities, resources and experiences well matched to what children need to learn next. However, the quality of the implementation of the curriculum is not always consistent. There are minor gaps in some aspects of staff practice and the curriculum which occasionally impact on children's learning experiences. n Support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) is excellent. The special educational needs coordinator (SENCo) ensures close oversight of children's needs and supports staff very well. Staff are equally committed and ensure that children with SEND receive as ambitious a curriculum

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as their peers. They work closely with all involved professionals to ensure children's needs are well known and met. n The curriculum for personal, social and emotional development is particularly strong. Staff prioritise key skills, such as sharing and playing cooperatively, from a young age. As a result, children play together harmoniously and are kind and patient with their peers. n Children's good health is well promoted. The nursery cook provides a healthy

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21 November 2023 and nutritious menu for children. Good hygiene routines are consistently followed. For example, children independently access the handwashing facilities after outdoor play and before eating. Children become increasingly independent in understanding and managing their own health and personal needs. n Arrangements for working in partnership with parents and carers are highly effective. Parents are widely supported to contribute to their children's learning, such as through home-learning packs and communication using the nursery's online learning tool. Parents' views are frequently sought and acted upon, further promoting the collaborative working and ongoing improvements within the nursery. n The leadership team comprises of skilled and knowledgeable managers who show a commitment to their roles. Together, they monitor the quality of practice, such as through monthly quality checks. However, this does not provide the

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manager with sufficient insight into the quality across the nursery. As a result, some aspects of implementation of the curriculum are not consistently strong across the nursery. n Overall, staff are supported to develop their knowledge and skills through training opportunities and coaching from the manager. However, due to gaps in the monitoring of the quality of provision, professional development is not well informed and, therefore, not sufficiently targeted on how to raise the quality of staff practice.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

All staff are secure in their knowledge of child protection and the action to take following concerns around a child's welfare. Managers ensure staff remain vigilant through regular training and frequent checks on knowledge. Recruitment and vetting procedures help to ensure that adults caring for and working with children are suitable. Arrangements for keeping children safe while they sleep are secure. All staff show good knowledge of safe sleep guidelines, and these are adhered to in practice. The building is safe and secure and subject to ongoing risk assessment.

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should:

n strengthen the monitoring of the quality of provision to provide more in-depth evaluations of practice that can be used to better inform improvements n embed a sustained programme of professional development that is carefully planned, well informed and regularly reviewed.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2714649 Local authority Cumberland Inspection number 10315350 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 75 Number of children on roll 112 Name of registered person Stone Eden Nursery School Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01228 599400 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

Stone Eden Nursery School Limited registered in 2019. The nursery employs 20 members of childcare staff, 12 of whom hold appropriate early years qualifications from level 2 to level 4. The nursery opens from 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, all year round. 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 nursery 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 inspectors completed a learning walk together of all areas of the nursery and discussed the early years curriculum. n The lead inspector carried out a joint observation of a group activity with the manager. n The inspectors observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning. n The SENCo spoke to the team inspector about how they support children with SEND. n The inspectors talked to staff at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. n The lead inspector spoke with the manager about the leadership and management of the nursery.

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Inspection activities

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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