Peter Pan Nursery Gobowen

Inspection of Peter Pan Nursery Gobowen Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt District Orthopaedic Hospital, Gobowen, Oswestry, Shropshire SY10 7AG

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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 Requires improvement

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The provision is good

Staff are incredibly positive role models. They show the children high levels of care and love. This helps children to build lasting relationships with their key person. Children are happy and settled. They enjoy singing and musical activities. Babies smile and laugh as they shake different musical instruments. Older children move their bodies and join in with the words of familiar songs and rhymes. Staff have regular discussions with the children about their feelings and emotions. They support children to self-regulate when they become upset. This works well, and children settle extremely quickly. Children behave well.

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The provision is good

Children are thriving at this setting. They have developed positive relationships with each other. Children use their imagination as they play 'mommies and daddies' together in the home corner. Leaders have developed an ambitious and varied curriculum. Staff use what they know about the children to plan a range of learning experiences for them to engage with. Children maintain high levels of engagement as they play. They enjoy mark-making activities. Staff model to the children how they can make a range of letters and shapes in the sand. Staff share key information with each other and other settings that children are due to attend. This helps to ensure that children receive the consistency they require.

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need to do better?

n Leaders are passionate and knowledgeable. They have taken the setting on a journey of improvement since their last inspection. Leaders have developed an action plan that identifies further ways the setting can improve over time. n The curriculum covers all areas of learning. It is sequenced well to build on what children know and can do in stages. Leaders have developed clear aims for the children as they transition through the setting. They have taken steps to ensure that all staff fully understand the curriculum. n Leaders place a focus on children's communication and language development. Children of all ages take stories home that they can share with their parents or carers. Staff surround children with language as they play. However, there are occasions when staff do not pronounce words correctly when they talk to the children. For example, they call a worm 'wormie' or a bird 'birdie'. This does not

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fully build on children's vocabulary and language development. n Staff find out children's starting points from parents. They then complete their own observations and assessments of the children. This helps them to identify any gaps in the children's learning. Staff use this information well to help identify next steps for children to achieve. n Staff plan an array of stimulating activities for the children based on their next steps and interests. However, at times, the organisation of activities and group times is not well thought out. For example, staff split children into small groups,

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25 March 2024 but they sit in very close proximity to each other. Consequently, this leads to occasions where children become distracted. n The support in place for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) is good. The special educational needs coordinator (SENCo) works well alongside parents, carers, staff and other professionals. Together, they develop a range of plans for the children. This practice helps to ensure that children with SEND receive the timely and specialist support they require. n Staff place a focus on supporting children's physical development. Babies have lots of space to crawl, pull themselves up and take steps. Older children enjoy taking walks around the large outdoor space. Staff give children plenty of opportunities to take rests when needed. Children of all ages also practise their balancing and climbing skills. n Staff speak highly about how leaders support their mental health. Leaders have

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regular review meetings with staff. During these meetings, they talk to staff about their practice, any training needs or concerns they may have. Staff have lots of opportunities to attend training to help develop their knowledge and skills. This has helped to raise the quality of teaching and learning children receive. n Parents and carers speak positively about staff. They state that their children love to attend. Parents add that leaders have an open door, where they can address any concerns they have. Staff keep parents and carers well informed about their child's day and their child's development. They provide lots of ideas and suggestions for how parents can support their child at home.

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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 improve the organisation of activities and key group times with an aim to ensure that all children's learning is maximised n support staff to model language correctly to children as they play in order to build on children's vocabulary and language development.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY433835 Local authority Shropshire Inspection number 10296916 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 76 Number of children on roll 138 Name of registered person Peter Pan Gobowen Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01691404427 Date of previous inspection 11 May 2023

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Information about this early years setting

Peter Pan Nursery Gobowen registered in 2011. The setting employs 25 members of childcare staff, of whom 24 hold relevant early years qualifications at level 3. The setting is open from Monday to Friday, from 7am until 6pm, all year round, except for bank holidays and one week between Christmas and New Year. The setting provides funded early education for 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 inspector viewed the setting and discussed its safety and suitability. n The deputy manager and SENCo completed a learning walk together of all areas of the nursery and discussed the early years curriculum. n Children told the inspector about their friends and what they like to do when they are at the setting. n The inspector spoke to staff, parents and carers and took account of their views. n The SENCo spoke to the inspector about how they support children with SEND. 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 setting.

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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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