IEDUC8 NURSERY

Inspection of IEDUC8 NURSERY Peterborough Spiritualist Church, Cambridge Avenue, Peterborough PE1 2JA

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Overall effectiveness Requires improvement

The quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Overall effectiveness at previous inspection Inadequate

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The provision requires improvement

Children arrive confidently and demonstrate that they feel safe and secure at the nursery. Staff know children well and ensure the resources and equipment they make available reflect children's individual interests. This helps children to settle, make choices and play independently.

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The provision requires improvement

Although the provider and staff have worked with the local authority and improvements have been made, children do not yet receive consistently good- quality learning experiences. Staff know what they intend children to learn and have identified what children know and can do. They are starting to plan effectively to build on children's emerging interests. However, the curriculum is not fully embedded. Sometimes, staff focus their interactions on individual children, which means other children are left to play alone, and their learning is not extended. Nevertheless, children are making some progress, particularly in communication and language. Staff encourage children to do things for themselves, and this helps them to gain independence in managing their personal care in preparation for the move to school.

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The provision requires improvement

Children behave well and listen to staff, who calmly explain and model how to share and take turns. Staff use a variety of strategies to help children learn about each other's rights to play. Children are beginning to form peer friendships and seek each other out to play and explore together.

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need to do better?

n Staff meet regularly with the provider to discuss training needs and plans to support children's learning. However, the provider is not present when the nursery operates, and the acting manager is continuously working in ratio with children. This means that oversight of staff practice, to provide staff with meaningful feedback and direction that helps them to improve on a day-to-day basis, is weak. Although staff continue to support each other, they still juggle nursery routines, which reduces the time and opportunity to provide children with good-quality learning experiences. n The quality of teaching is variable. Staff understand the curriculum. However, they sometimes ask too many questions in succession that test children's knowledge. They place appropriate focus to support children's communication and language development. However, at times, teaching is over-directed because staff are focused on the intended learning outcome during activities.

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need to do better?

When children play outside with water, sand and toy vehicles, staff tend to direct play, and children have fewer opportunities to explore or speculate and test out their ideas. This narrows the curriculum for children and reduces opportunities to extend their learning more broadly.

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need to do better?

4 March 2024 n Children enjoy playing outside. However, staff do not ensure that all the equipment is clean, to promote children's good health. Staff notice that some of the toy cars for water play are dirty and suggest that children can clean them. However, only cold water is provided, which is not effective to ensure they are cleaned properly. n The provider has a clear vision for the nursery: to provide good-quality early education to the community. He has worked closely with the local authority and staff to bring about improvements. The provider has a realistic view of the progress they have made so far and demonstrates both plans and capacity to improve further. n Staff say that they feel well supported by the provider to fulfil their roles and continue to make improvements. They are very hard-working and committed to providing children with meaningful learning experiences that help to prepare them for the move to school.

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need to do better?

n Staff act as good role models for children. They are polite, kind and patient. Staff provide children with a calm environment in which children are valued. Children build good bonds with staff. They listen to staff and follow instructions. n Staff talk to children as they play. They introduce new words to support children's speech development and understanding, such as 'sticky', 'lumps' and 'dribbling' when the play with gloop. Staff introduce numbers and counting as children play, counting fingers when they make handprints in the gloop. Staff use children's home language effectively to support their understanding of English. n Parents are positive about the nursery and staff. They say that they feel well informed about their child's day and what they need to learn next through verbal daily exchanges and the new online app, which is used to share information securely.

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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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Due date

4 March 2024 improve the arrangements for the supervision of staff so that they all benefit from meaningful coaching and support that improves practice and promotes the interests of children 04/06/2024

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Due date

improve how the curriculum is delivered so that all children receive a challenging and enjoyable experience in all areas of learning that motivates and inspires them to learn. 04/06/2024

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should:

n make sure the outdoor resources children use are kept clean in order to promote children's good health.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2677811 Local authority Peterborough Inspection number 10313163 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 28 Number of children on roll 6 Name of registered person Ieduc8 Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 01733 729405 Date of previous inspection 18 September 2023

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Information about this early years setting

IEDUC8 NURSERY registered in 2022. It employs two members of childcare staff, one of whom holds an appropriate early years qualification at level 3. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, term time only. Sessions are from 9am to midday, each week day. It receives funding to provide free early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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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 provider. n The acting 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 Staff spoke to the inspector during the inspection. n The inspector spoke with the nominated individual about the leadership and management of the setting. 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 inspector looked at relevant documentation and reviewed evidence of the suitability of staff working in 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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