Sandhurst Nursery School

Inspection of Sandhurst Nursery School 14 The Oaks, Owlsmoor Road, Sandhurst, Berkshire GU47 0SD

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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

Children happily enter the nursery. They talk with staff and play with their friends. Staff make good use of their large indoor environment to provide an engaging curriculum and welcoming area for children to learn in. This learning extends easily into the outdoor environment, where children enjoy building on their physical skills as they climb trees, play in the sand, and ride on bicycles and trikes. Staff encourage children to be curious, experiment, and explore. They use this approach to build on children's interests and help them to develop their skills. For example, children enjoy cutting citrus fruit in half, squeezing out the juice, and seeing how it fizzes when they add bicarbonate of soda. Staff planned this activity to build on children's hand development to support later pencil control.

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The provision is good

Staff implement a curriculum that is ambitious for every child. They adapt the planning and their teaching to support each child's individual level of development. Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) receive good support from staff. Their development is clearly recorded and used, along with information from parents and other professionals, to seek and/or provide the additional support they need. For example, staff are all learning Makaton to support children's communication and language development.

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The provision is good

Children share and take turns well, with staff providing consistent encouragement. When children struggle with this, they receive gentle support and guidance from staff. Children show that they are aware of how to keep themselves and their friends safe. They know to only have one person on the slide at a time, how to dig safely, and why they need to carefully watch for obstacles when they are running around the garden. Children, including those with SEND, are making good progress from their starting points.

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need to do better?

n The owner/manager is a strong leader who has a well-developed curriculum that enables all children to make the best possible progress and be ready for their next stage of education. She prioritises the well-being of her staff, the children, and parents. Management and the staff work well as a team. They work together, each using their own unique skills to provide activities and experiences that effectively build on children's interests and what they can currently do. Staff are ambitious for all children, particularly those with identified gaps in their learning. n Management and staff identify that developing children's communication skills is a priority. They provide a language-rich environment and plan activities and support to address gaps in children's communication and social skills. Staff maintain eye contact, listen carefully to the children, and are learning to use

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21 March 2024 signs as they talk with them. Children are now more actively communicating to staff, and the identified gaps in their language and communication development have significantly closed. n Management and staff place a high priority on promoting children's well-being. After staff identified that children were struggling to express their emotions and self-regulate their feelings, they created an 'emotions area'. Staff discuss how the implementation of this area has positively supported children to learn how to express their feelings in a way that staff can see and talk about. For example, children select the plastic bottle filled with coloured items to reflect the 'Colour Monster' emotion they are feeling. Staff take time to learn about the children and their families. The developing use of 'family books' and photos of those people and animals who are special to children, help staff to reassure children

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and encourage them to share their life experiences outside of nursery. n Children develop a good awareness of healthy lifestyles. They enjoy being outside in the fresh air daily and building their physical skills. Children demonstrate a good awareness of the daily routines and what they need to do to prepare for these. Children wash their hands prior to meals, and display their good manners as they sit and socialise with each other and staff during these times. They share their understanding of why they need to wash germs off their hands before they eat. n Management and staff share a wealth of information with parents about the nursery, what their children have been doing, and their achievements and progress. Parents say that they can see the positive impact that attending the nursery has on their children's learning, particularly in their communication and confidence. n Teaching is consistently good. Staff provide opportunities for children to think

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need to do better?

about and share their ideas and collaborate with adults. However, at times, the quieter children's needs get less-prompt support to help them to engage in games with their friends and fully interact in other available activities.

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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 support staff to become more vigilant of quieter children, to enable them to quickly re-engage children in learning experiences when they are unsure or disengage.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2661228 Local authority Bracknell Forest Inspection number 10332928 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 42 Number of children on roll 52 Name of registered person Sandhurst Nursery School Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01344 761414 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

Sandhurst Nursery School re-registered in 2021. It is located in Sandhurst, Berkshire. The nursery opens five days a week during school term times. Sessions run from 8am to 3pm on Monday, Tuesday and Friday. On Wednesday and Thursday, it is open from 8am to 4pm. It opens during school holidays if there is the demand. The nursery is in receipt of funding for children aged two, three and four years. There are 10 members of staff, of whom four hold relevant qualifications from level 3 to level 5.

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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 inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the nursery and discussed the early years curriculum. n Children spoke with the inspector during the inspection and said what they like doing. n The inspector talked to staff at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. n The manager and special educational needs coordinator spoke to the inspector about how they support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. n The inspector carried out a joint observations of a group activity with the manager. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation and reviewed evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery.

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n Parents shared their views of the nursery with the inspector both in person and through written testimonials.

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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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