White House Farm Day Nursery

Inspection of White House Farm Day Nursery White House Farm, Village Street, Sedgebrook, GRANTHAM, Lincolnshire NG32 2EN

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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 Outstanding

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The provision is good

Children in the pre-school room are supported by staff to take and manage controlled risks in their play. For example, when children help staff to start a fire to heat water outdoors, staff ask them to remember what they need to do before they strike a fire starter. Children say they need space, a personal bubble, so they do not get fire on their friends. This shows children's understanding of how to keep themselves and others safe. In the baby room, children are supported by staff to form close attachments with them, helping them to feel emotionally secure. For example, when children hold scarfs to their face, they smile when staff play peekaboo with them. Children in the baby room develop their core strength. For example, staff place very young children on their tummies and put toys to the side of them, encouraging them to roll to reach them. Children in the toddler room develop their small-muscle skills. They copy staff who show them how to take it in

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The provision is good

turns to use tweezers to pick up spaghetti. Children express pride in their achievements, showing visitors how they can use their hands to move the tweezers in and out.

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The provision is good

Additional funding for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) is used effectively. For example, the manager uses the money to enhance adult to child ratios and to provide one-to-one support for children. This enables staff to provide small-group times and focused support to meet children's individual needs.

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need to do better?

n Staff invite children to have a voice in the nursery and to talk about their views and wishes. For example, children in the pre-school room are invited to join a nursery council, where staff support children to share their thoughts about what activities or resources they would like. Children asked for more climbing equipment in the nursery orchard. So, staff made available more planks of wood and cable reels for children, encouraging them to work together as a team to solve problems when they use the equipment. n Staff know the children well and understand what they need to learn next to develop and grow. In the baby room, staff help children to revisit previous learning, such as to secure their knowledge of different animals. For example, after they take children for walks in the community to look at different animals, staff share books with children about farm animals. They provide opportunities

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for children to play with toy animals and help them learn the sounds different animals make to support their developing vocabulary. n Overall, the management team support staff's practice well. For example, they provide training courses for staff to attend. This helps staff to develop their knowledge of how to support parents with their children's learning at home,

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7 February 2024 such as how to use scissors. n Parents and carers comment positively about the nursery. They appreciate the support they receive from staff to put plans in place to help children with SEND in preparation for when they move on to school. n Staff help children in the pre-school room to learn sign language. Children copy staff to make signs for their name and when singing nursery rhymes. This helps children with limited speaking skills to communicate and for other children to learn about similarities and differences and the way other people may communicate. n Children are keen to join group times with staff. However, occasionally, during some of these times in the toddler and pre-school rooms, staff do not support children to remain focused or engaged. Children become distracted by toys around them and are not supported by staff to fully benefit from the learning being offered. n Staff model how to use good manners. This is to encourage children to copy the

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language they use and to be polite. However, occasionally during some group times in the toddler and pre-school rooms, staff do not support children to learn how to take turns in conversations. This results in some children answering staff's questions at the same time and not listening to the views of others. n Children have plenty of opportunities to play outdoors in the nursery's spacious outdoor area. Staff help them to plant and grow vegetables in the nursery orchard. This contributes to children learning about how food grows. Children in the pre-school room join staff for forest sessions, where they have opportunities to explore and investigate nature.

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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 strengthen staff's interactions with children in the toddler and pre-school rooms to help engage and maintain children's focus and attention during planned group times n support staff in the toddler and pre-school rooms to help children learn how to take turns in conversations and to listen to the views of others during group times.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY385857 Local authority Lincolnshire Inspection number 10311942 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 71 Number of children on roll 128 Name of registered person White House Farm Day Nursery Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01949 845451 Date of previous inspection 16 April 2018

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Information about this early years setting

White House Farm Day Nursery registered in 2009 and is situated in Sedgebrook, Lincolnshire. The nursery employs 24 members of childcare staff. Of these, 14 hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3, two at level four and three at level 6. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday all year round, except for bank holidays and one week between Christmas and New Year. Sessions are from 7.45am until 6pm. 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 provider 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 the inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the nursery and discussed how the manager implements the curriculum. n The inspector observed the quality of education during activities, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this has on children's learning. n Children spoke to the inspector throughout the inspection. n The inspector spoke with staff at appropriate times throughout the inspection. n The inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager. n The inspector held meetings with the management team. She reviewed relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery. n Parents shared their views on the nursery with the inspector.

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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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