Dragonfly Day Nursery Ltd

Inspection of Dragonfly Day Nursery Ltd 14 North Hill, Colchester, Essex CO1 1DZ

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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 Inadequate

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The provision is good

Children enjoy their nursery day. They say goodbye to their parents and carers at the main door, where they are greeted by friendly and welcoming staff. Children quickly become engaged in play in one of the well-organised and exciting nursery rooms. Staff are inventive in their presentation of activities, which helps to capture the children's interests. Children form small friendship groups and enjoy the company of their peers. Staff know the children well and chat to them about their home life, siblings or pets to help them to settle when they arrive.

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The provision is good

Staff help children to link their behaviour to the nursery's 'golden rules'. This helps children to understand their feelings and to be kind and caring towards each other. Children show the impact of this as they are often seen offering and giving each other hugs. Staff use clear, polite and positive language around children and when speaking to each other. Children mimic the staff's positive role modelling. This helps to create a culture of respect. Children are provided with good opportunities to learn about each other's cultures and beliefs through discussion and planned activities. Parents are encouraged to visit the nursery at specific times to share stories and celebrations from their home culture.

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need to do better?

n Since the last inspection, the management team has further developed their responsibilities and defined their roles. Swift action was taken following the last inspection to review and improve the procedures for managing children's health and dietary needs. They have sought appropriate training to help staff to improve their teaching, especially in respect of their interactions with children and their questioning skills. n The management team works effectively together to run a consistently good nursery. They value their staff and work hard to give careful consideration to their well-being and contentment. Staff and managers report that they feel well supported and really enjoy working at the nursery. Staff comment that they can input ideas and suggestions about how to further improve the nursery or to tweak practices for the better. They say that they are always listened to. n Parents spoken to comment on how happy their children are at the nursery.

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need to do better?

They praise the kind and caring staff and comment that a real strength of the team is the effective communication they receive about their child's day. Parents are provided with good information about upcoming events and ways in which they can continue to develop their children's learning at home through regular newsletters. The nursery management shares recipes of children's favourite meals with parents and provides a clear menu, so that they know what their children are eating each day. n Staff help to develop children's speech and communication skills from a very

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5 January 2024 early age. They name objects in everyday play and encourage babies to repeat or name things, such as model animals. Staff working with the older children use their planned circle time to encourage children to sing familiar songs and to talk about events that happen at home or things that they have learned in the nursery. They introduce new words, such as 'mechanic', when talking about people who help us. Children recall relevant words, such as 'dissolve', when talking about things that disappear in water. n Children enjoy some outdoor learning when they visit the nursery garden. On occasions, they go for walks in the local community. During the winter months, however, the provision for such experiences is reduced to short, planned outdoor play sessions. Managers and staff are mindful that this does not always enable those children who learn better outdoors to fully benefit. n The nursery management team has procedures in place for working effectively

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need to do better?

with other agencies and other settings that children attend. They prepare a transition report for any children moving from their nursery to another setting or to school. However, procedures for seeking information from other settings when children move from another early years provision to this nursery are not so secure. This means that key persons may lack important information about what children already know.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

There is an open and positive culture around safeguarding that puts children's interests first.

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should:

n build on the provision for outdoor play and experiences to provide more learning opportunities for those children who prefer to learn outdoors n strengthen procedures for obtaining information about children when they first start at the nursery, especially for children who previously attended another early years provision.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2720663 Local authority Essex Inspection number 10309424 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 68 Number of children on roll 40 Name of registered person Dragonfly Day Nursery Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 01206767104 Date of previous inspection 7 August 2023

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Information about this early years setting

Dragonfly Day Nursery Ltd registered in 2023. The nursery employs 14 members of childcare staff. Of these, 10 hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 and two hold a qualification at level 2. The nursery is open from 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, 51 weeks of the year. The nursery provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector viewed all areas of the provision and discussed the safety and suitability of the premises. n The manager led the inspector on a learning walk and talked to the inspector about what they want children to learn. n Children spoke to the inspector during the inspection. 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 manager and the inspector carried out a joint observation together. n Parents shared their views of the setting with the inspector. n The manager showed the inspector documentation to demonstrate the suitability of staff.

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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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