Teensy Wonders

Inspection of Teensy Wonders Tottenhall Road, LONDON N13 6DL

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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

Caring staff greet children warmly as they arrive and settle quickly into play. Children share strong attachments to their key person. This helps them feel safe and emotionally secure. Staff have high expectations for children's behaviour and have implemented positive behaviour strategies. This ensures that children understand why the rules are in place and learn how to self-regulate their behaviour. The manager engages regularly with the local authority advisers to gain further advice and support to help meet the individual needs of children. This includes using effective strategies to help children with special educational needs and/or disabilities make progress.

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The provision is good

The manager has a clear vision for their broad and ambitious curriculum. This is thoroughly understood by staff and is delivered very well across the nursery. For example, after reading the book 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar', staff encourage children to look for slugs. Staff extend children's learning by providing paint and stampers for them to create butterfly and ladybird pictures. Staff ensure that children of all ages benefit from spending time in a highly attractive and well- resourced outdoor and forest school area. Children have opportunities to grow vegetables, dig for slugs and cut up real mint and coriander from their herb garden for role play. Staff further extend children's learning of the natural world. For instance, while children plant real vegetables and herbs, staff listen to children's personal experiences and use prior learning to ask questions about plants and seed. They use this information to extend this knowledge further through

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The provision is good

meaningful discussions while planting the vegetables and herbs. Children benefit from learning about the wider world.

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need to do better?

n The manager and staff work together to evaluate the nursery. They hold regular meetings to discuss what is going well and identify areas for improvement, such as ensuring their planning takes account of children's needs, abilities and interests. They actively take into account the views of children, staff and parents. For instance, a lending library service is available for parents to read stories with their children. This helps to promote children's love for books at the nursery and at home. n Children learn how to adopt healthy lifestyles from the outset. They understand the importance of thoroughly washing their hands and eating healthy foods. They serve and feed themselves at mealtimes and build up their independence skills. Additionally, children benefit from exerting themselves physically as they run, climb large equipment and balance on mini two-wheel bikes, with increasing agility. n The curriculum includes several initiatives which expand on children's

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9 May 2024 experiences. For example, young children benefit from communication and language programmes, such as small-group language sessions. Staff make regular assessments of what children know and can do. This helps them to plan what children need to learn next and to close any gaps in their learning. n Staff support children to develop their critical thinking skills. They sit alongside children to encourage them to find their own way of doing things and work out solutions to problems. For example, children work out that the best way to fill bubble water in small containers using pipettes to push the water into narrow bottle necks. Staff engage children in meaningful conversations. They introduce language, such as 'wedge', to describe what they do. n Children learn to explore their feelings, for example, by visiting 'emotion stations' and reading stories. Staff respond to all the children sensitively. For example,

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need to do better?

staff encourage children to talk about or represent what they see or feel, using pictures of various emotions around the nursery. n Staff highly value all children's efforts and interests. Children take part in various celebrations and learn about other cultures and beliefs that reflect the nursery community, such as Eid and Greek Easter celebrations. This supports children to develop a strong sense of identity. n The provider is also the manager of this welcoming nursery. She strives to deliver high-quality care and education to all. The manager works with her staff each day. This helps her to monitor the quality of their teaching and children's learning. The manager is reflective. She knows what the nursery does well and identifies some areas for further development. The manager joins her staff to attend some training to further their knowledge and skills. However, the manager is yet to target individual professional development opportunities to

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need to do better?

raise the quality of their teaching to the highest level. n The parent partnership is strong. The manager keeps parents up to date with children's well-being and learning through daily opportunities to talk and by use of an online tool. The nursery provides various tips and suggestions, for parents to support home learning. Parents speak very highly of the care and support given to their children and their families.

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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 target staff's professional development needs more precisely to support their continuous professional development.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY535733 Local authority Enfield Inspection number 10339314 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 35 Number of children on roll 61 Name of registered person Teensy Wonders Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 07528086757 Date of previous inspection 10 July 2018

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Information about this early years setting

Teensy Wonders registered in 2016. The nursery operates from a sports ground in Palmers Green, in the London Borough of Enfield. It is open Monday to Friday from 9am to 3pm term time only. There are 16 members of staff. Of these, 13 hold relevant early years qualifications from level 2 to level 6. One member of staff has a qualified Early Years Initial Teacher Training (EYITT) qualification. The nursery receives funding for the provision of free early education for children aged two, three and four years.

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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 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 talked to staff at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. n The inspector spoke with the nominated individual, who is also the manager, about the leadership and management of the setting. n The inspector observed the interactions between staff and children. n The inspector spoke to several parents during the inspection and took account of their views. n The manager showed the inspector documentation to demonstrate the suitability of staff.

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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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