Little Peepul Day Nursery

Inspection of Little Peepul Day Nursery Peepul Enterprise, Orchardson Avenue, Leicester LE4 6DP

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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 Good

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The provision is good

Children arrive happy and confident as they find their key person. They settle well, enjoying their time at the safe and welcoming nursery. Children demonstrate good behaviour as they listen to instructions and learn how to use their 'walking feet' to keep themselves safe inside the nursery. Staff engage children well as they demonstrate yoga positions. Children follow guidance and use their large muscles as they learn to stretch and balance.

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The provision is good

Staff teach children to be independent and encourage their physical skills as they support them to climb and balance on soft play blocks. Children scramble through tunnels with excitement as staff offer warm praise, saying, 'I'm so proud of you'. Staff encourage children to recall and sing songs. Children listen carefully and follow staff's actions as they pretend to be 'sleeping bunnies'. They jump and bounce with enthusiasm, as they join in the words of the song.

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The provision is good

Strong attachments with staff support children's emotional well-being as they safely explore the nursery. Staff continuously build on children's communication and language as they share new words with younger children. Children show an interest in playing with sand outdoors. Staff repeat words as children explore the sand with their hands, such as 'scoop', and 'mixing, mixing'. Staff support older children as they show increasing skills in their mark making. Older children show an interest in forming the letters of their names. Staff encourage them to think about other letters they could write.

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need to do better?

n The management team recognise the importance of creating a curriculum for children that is relevant and interesting. The staff team plan activities to support children's interests and learning. However, less experienced staff do not consistently help children to build on what they already know and can do. n Staff provide well-planned and carefully thought out activities for children to help support their learning based on what children know and can do and their interests. Children show good levels of engagement in their play for sustained periods. For example, staff support children's interests by providing them with fresh fruit and vegetables to chop up with plastic knives. Staff help and encourage children as they practise their small-muscle skills. n Staff training is carefully planned to ensure children are supported in their learning. For example, recent staff training in encouraging children's literacy

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need to do better?

skills has resulted in the staff team reviewing how books are used to extend children's learning further. n Staff provide routines at the nursery. Children are familiar with these routines and anticipate what is happening now and next. However, transitions between

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need to do better?

9 April 2024 activities, such as snacks and mealtimes, do not always support the needs of all children. For example, staff take too long as they organise snack time, and some children become restless and unsettled as they sit for long periods unnecessarily. This impacts children's levels of engagement and continuous learning. n Parents speak warmly of the 'friendly, welcoming and attentive' staff team. They comment that they receive regular updates on their children's progress and ideas on how to support them at home. The management team ensure parents have opportunities to attend 'stay and play' sessions with their children. This helps parents become familiar with the activities offered to children and how these help their children learn. n Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are supported well at the nursery. Swift intervention is provided for those who require additional support. Staff are confident in their role in supporting children with

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SEND. As a result of this, children are making good progress. n Children with English as an additional language are supported well. When children first start at nursery, they are given a key person who supports them in using their home language as well as learning English. This helps to settle children and builds attachments. Staff help children to progress as they build their confidence in using new vocabulary and language skills. n Children behave well and are kind and polite to their friends. Staff are consistent and fair when reminding children of the rules at nursery. They act as good role models as they say 'thank you' when children offer them play dough and other resources. Children politely reply, 'You're welcome'.

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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 individual staff's teaching practice to further challenge children's learning n review the organisation of nursery routines so children are consistently engaged in learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY299166 Local authority Leicester Inspection number 10338342 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 94 Number of children on roll 49 Name of registered person Belgrave Baheno Peepul Centre

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reference number

Telephone number 0116 2616080 Date of previous inspection 27 September 2018

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Information about this early years setting

Little Peepul Day Nursery registered in 2004 and operates from the Peepul Centre, in Leicester. The nursery employs 12 members of childcare staff. All staff hold relevant early years qualifications at level 3. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, all year round, except for bank holidays and the 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 deputy manager, manager and inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the nursery and discussed the early years curriculum. n Children spoke to and communicated with the inspector during the inspection. n The inspector talked to staff at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. n The special educational needs coordinator spoke to the inspector about how they support children with SEND. n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, both indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning. n The inspector carried out a joint observation of a group activity with the

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manager and deputy manager. n The inspector spoke to several parents during the inspection and took account of their views. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation and reviewed evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery.

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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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