Paint Pots Preschool & Nursery

Inspection of Paint Pots Preschool & Nursery 400 Bursledon Road, Southampton, Hampshire SO19 8NG

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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 Outstanding

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The provision is good

Children arrive happily and separate from their parents with ease. Staff plan a broad curriculum that builds on children's interests and developmental needs. For example, when younger children find worms in the garden, staff support them to gently handle them. Staff encourage children's counting skills as they talk about how many worms the children have found.

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The provision is good

Younger toddlers enjoy song-time activities. They wave their ribbons and jiggle their bodies to the music. This helps to encourage their language skills and physical development. Children explore the adjoining outside balcony freely. Toddlers access fresh air and develop their large motor skills as they ride the trikes and push the wheeled toys. Older children have many opportunities to develop their physical skills in the large garden area. They venture up the climbing net and confidently navigate the path on their bikes.

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The provision is good

Children show sensitivity towards their friends, giving them hugs when they look sad. Staff encourage children to talk about their feelings in small focus group activities. This helps to support children's emotional well-being and sense of security.

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The provision is good

Staff have high expectations for children's behaviour. On occasions, when children struggle to share, staff sensitively step in to support them in their play. All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities make good progress from their starting points.

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need to do better?

n The provider has effective oversight of the day to day management and has a clear vision for the nursery. The manager feels supported in their role and nursery staff report their well-being is good. Recent wooden gazebos in the garden have further enhanced this area. They provide shelter for the children throughout the year and cosy areas for story times. n Overall, staff deployment is effective. Staff engage with children during their play, and routine activities build on what they want children to learn next. However, staff deployment within the baby room is not always consistent. Children, on occasion, receive less support from staff who know them well enough to extend their learning. n Staff gain detailed information from parents prior to their children starting. This helps them to create a starting point for the children's developmental next steps. Staff keep parents informed of their children's progress through the online

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need to do better?

learning platform, which they encourage parents to contribute to. Parents report they are happy with the care the staff provide for their children. They comment

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need to do better?

1 May 2024 that they receive good, informative handovers and know what their children are doing at nursery. n Staff promote children's personal hygiene well throughout the nursery. They encourage children to wash their hands before meals and after using the toilet. Staff apply sun cream to the children. They explain the importance of this, to help protect them in the warm weather. Key persons know their children well. They talk about how they support children in their development and the progress they have made since starting at the nursery. n Staff provide a range of activities for the children based on what they know and can do. They are good role models, and demonstrate the action they want the children to do. For example, they encourage children to feel feathers and then to blow them from their hands. However, on occasion, when they ask questions, they do not always allow children sufficient time to respond.

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need to do better?

n Children show perseverance in their play. For example, children sit in a large play truck in the garden. They cannot initially get it to go up the hill, so two children get out and push it until it moves, with the other children inside. Children work collaboratively together to achieve what they want to do. They smile with a sense of achievement once they accomplish the task and then repeat it all over again. n Children enjoy listening to stories and show an interest in the life cycle of a butterfly. They ask questions to find out more and staff answer these, imparting additional knowledge. This encourages communication skills and helps children to learn about the world around them.

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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 the deployment of staff, particularly in the baby room, to provide consistent and purposeful interactions for children n develop staff knowledge of questioning skills to allow children time to answer questions and think for themselves.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY283566 Local authority Southampton Inspection number 10342668 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 54 Number of children on roll 115 Name of registered person Paint Pots Pre-School & Nursery Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 02380 018742 Date of previous inspection 6 January 2020

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Information about this early years setting

Paint Pots Preschool & Nursery registered in 2004 and operates from a detached, converted house in Sholing, Southampton. It is open Monday to Friday from 7.30am until 6pm, for 51 weeks of the year. The setting is in receipt of funding for the provision of early education for children aged two, three and four years. A team of 16 staff work with the children. Of these, 12 hold early years qualifications at level 3 and above.

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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. n The manager and inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the nursery and discussed the early years curriculum. n Children 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 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 observed the interactions between staff and children. n The inspector carried out a joint observation of a communication and language activity with the manager. n Parents shared their views of the nursery with the inspector.

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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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