The Southville Centre Nursery

Inspection of The Southville Centre Nursery Southville Centre, Beauley Road,Southville, Bristol BS3 1QG

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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

Children arrive happy and cheerful. They separate from their parents and carers with ease as the kind and caring staff come to greet them at the door. Children demonstrate feeling safe and secure, they form good relationships with the adults who care for them, and they make nice friendships with their peers. Staff are very respectful towards children especially when they are carrying out care practices. For instance, they explain to children why they need to change their clothes when they are wet.

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The provision is good

Leaders and staff provide a curriculum that is planned to build on what children know and can do, to help them to develop the skills that they need for their future learning. Older children become immersed in their play as they work out how to use funnels and pipes to transport water. Younger children explore how they can use resources to make different sounds. Overall children develop problem-solving skills and a can-do attitude to their learning.

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The provision is good

Staff have high expectations for children's behaviour and children are aware of routines and how they should behave. When children struggle to manage their feelings or if they have been hurt, staff talk to children about how they are feeling or how their actions have made their friends feel.

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need to do better?

n The highly committed leaders and staff team have made the necessary improvements to the provision since the last inspection. Leaders work together to monitor staff practice and to provide consistent support for children with the delivery of their curriculum. Recent changes to the deployment of staff and the organisation of rooms help children to have a calmer learning environment. Leaders aspire to achieve the best opportunities for children and their families. They work with staff to ensure that additional funding is used well to provide support for the children it is intended for. n Staff know the children very well, they observe and assess children's progress closely to enable them to target their teaching and to identify gaps in children's learning. Leaders recognise the importance of early intervention when they identify that children have delays in their development or special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). They have created a team of staff to work with

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the special educational needs coordinator (SENCo) to provide children with more targeted support. The SENCo works closely with staff to put plans in place for children's needs. n Partnerships with parents are well developed. Parents are full of praise about the service that they receive. Parents say that their children enjoy attending and they are well informed about their children's time in the nursery. Leaders work

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need to do better?

16 May 2024 closely with parents to ensure that children can access extra sessions such as, outdoor learning opportunities and music groups. This broadens children's experiences and promotes their learning further. However, these partnerships could be extended further, to involve parents more with supporting children's targeted learning at home. n Leaders and staff provide children with healthy food and a range of opportunities for physical play, both inside and outdoors in the gardens. The youngest children enjoy making marks in the sand and using tools to scoop and pour. Older children enjoy pretending to be monkeys as they balance and climb through the bushes in the garden. Children enjoy working with staff to do gardening where they dig and water their plants. n Staff help children to gain a good understanding of how to keep themselves safe and to recognise when they might be at risk. Staff talk to children about where

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need to do better?

they could hurt themselves and remind them to be cautious as they play. n Overall, staff interactions with children are strong, staff recognise when they can promote children's learning further, and they use children's interests well. Children enjoy stories and songs, even the youngest children join in with actions and signs demonstrating a good understanding. Older children enjoy taking part in sorting, comparing, and measuring as staff promote their mathematical awareness. However, staff do not organise and deliver group times as well, children struggle to be involved, some children continue to fidget and talk as staff struggle to keep them focussed.

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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 make better use of the partnerships with parents to involve them in supporting children's targeted learning at home n develop the organisation of groups times to promote children's focus and maximise learning opportunities.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 106951 Local authority Bristol City of Inspection number 10300171 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 109 Number of children on roll 134 Name of registered person BS3 Community Development

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reference number

Telephone number 0117 9231 039 Date of previous inspection 6 June 2023

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Information about this early years setting

The Southville Centre Nursery registered in 1992 and is located in Bristol. Opening times are Monday to Friday, from 8am to 6pm, all year round. The nursery also offers a separate term time only provision for children aged three four, which is open between 8am to 5pm Monday to Thursday, and 8am to 3pm on Fridays. The nursery is in receipt of funded education for two-, three- and four-year-olds. There are currently 45 members of staff who work directly with children. Of these, 12 hold a qualification at level 6 or above, including four who have qualified teacher status. There are 12 staff who are qualified to level 3, six holds a level 2 qualifications and 15 are unqualified.

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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 manager joined the inspector on a learning walk and talked to the inspector about their curriculum and what they want their children to learn. 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 talked to staff, parents and children 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 special educational needs and/or disabilities. 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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