Eljoy Nursery

Inspection of Eljoy Nursery 30-32 Station Road, Chadwell Heath, ROMFORD RM6 4BE

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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

Managers have worked positively with the local authority early years advisers since the last inspection. Due focus on staff training and professional development has ensured that all staff are clear of their safeguarding roles and responsibilities. Staff create an accessible and safe learning environment that supports children's independence. However, children and staff do not have consistent warm running water. This does not ensure the constant safe preparation of food or support staff and children to manage their personal hygiene effectively.

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The provision requires improvement

Children are supported to develop many valuable skills. Planning gives focus to all areas of learning so that children mostly experience a broad curriculum. Most staff are clear of their roles in supporting children's care and learning needs. Children who have been identified with special educational needs and/or disabilities receive the support they need. This is because staff liaise with parents and outside professionals to help children receive the interventions needed to assist their progress. However, the monitoring for all children's development is not consistently accurate. This means that some children do not receive the support they need to assure their progress.

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The provision requires improvement

Staff provide a warm welcome to children in the morning. This supports most children to enter nursery happy and confident to say goodbye to their parents. Children demonstrate positive attitudes towards their learning. They enthusiastically engage in adult-led learning experiences. For example, they enjoy mathematical challenges as they count objects and find the corresponding number card. Their self-esteem is boosted as staff praise their efforts.

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need to do better?

n Managers are confident to talk about their curriculum priorities. They understand the importance of focusing on the prime areas of learning for the youngest children. Managers and staff have welcomed support provided by their advisers. Staff are much more focused on positive interactions with children. Staff say they feel well supported by managers and value the improvements implemented since the last inspection. Nevertheless, planning systems and communication with other professionals when guidance for individual children is needed are yet to be fully embedded, so that all children are supported to make good progress across all areas of learning. n Staff prioritise the development of children's communication skills. They read to children and teach them how to handle books with care. Staff engage positively with younger children as they support them to explore lift-the-flap books. Children's individual next steps in their learning are considered in the choice of

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need to do better?

books. For example, books are used well to help younger children progress from

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15 April 2024 nappies to using a potty. They are confident to express the words they need to help them with this transition, for example using words such as 'potty' and 'toilet'. n Staff understand the importance of planning physical challenges to support children's development. The impact is that children are developing confidence in using climbing equipment. Staff encourage children's mark making, both outside in the garden and inside. Children enjoy drawing pictures of their family as staff facilitate discussions. Older children are learning to recognise letters in their name, with some confident to write their names. n Staff have developed positive relationships with children. They provide them with warm interactions that support children to feel safe and secure. For example, children run to embrace their key person when they arrive to nursery. Staff teach children the importance of working together. Older children

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need to do better?

demonstrate they understand the rules of sharing and taking turns. n Staff listen to children and value what they have to say. For example, when children express they would rather build with construction than engage in an adult-led learning experience, staff respond positively to their wishes and reassure them that they can always join later. This supports children to develop confidence and self-motivation. n Managers and staff express that they value partnerships with parents. They demonstrate an understanding of the importance of working together. However, discussions with parents demonstrate inconsistencies in the level of communications they receive. Some parents express their children are always happy to attend nursery and are making good progress, while others report they do not know how their children are progressing. They express they have not received information about their children's next steps or how they can support

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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

15 April 2024 ensure risk assessments are effective in monitoring the environment, in particular to ensure there is consistent warm running water in the bathrooms and kitchen 03/05/2024

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Due date

ensure that information about children's development is consistently and accurately monitored, and, where appropriate, support and advice from outside professionals is gained to help children make the progress they are capable of. 03/05/2024

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should:

n improve communication arrangements with parents and provide them with support and guidance to help them to support their children's learning at home.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY497759 Local authority Redbridge Inspection number 10319892 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 50 Number of children on roll 42 Name of registered person Eljoy Nursery Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 07506312552 Date of previous inspection 27 October 2023

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Information about this early years setting

Eljoy Nursery registered in 2016. It is located in Chadwell Heath, in the London Borough of Redbridge. The setting operates Monday to Friday, from 7.30am until 6pm, all year round. The setting employs 11 members of staff, which includes the manager, who is also the provider. All staff hold appropriate childcare qualifications at level 2 or above. The nursery provides funded early education for children aged two, three and four years.

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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 Both the manager and deputy manager joined the inspector on a learning walk. They talked to the inspector about the curriculum and what they want their children to learn. n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning. n The deputy manager and the inspector carried out a joint observation during the lunchtime routine. n The inspector talked to staff and children at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. n The inspector spoke with several parents during the inspection and listened to their views. n The inspector viewed the provision and discussed the safety and suitability of the premises. n The manager showed the inspector documentation to demonstrate the suitability

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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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Inspection activities

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