Charlie Bear's Nursery

Inspection of Charlie Bear's Nursery Mercread Youth Centre, Seaford BN25 1AB

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Overall effectiveness Outstanding

The quality of education Outstanding Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Overall effectiveness at previous inspection Good

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The provision is outstanding

All children make outstanding progress in their learning and development. Staff have a comprehensive understanding of each child's learning needs and high expectations for what they can achieve. Staff expertly plan and provide a range of exciting and stimulating activities and opportunities. These successfully encourage children to engage, be curious and inquisitive in their play, showing extreme motivation to learn. Throughout the nursery, children are engrossed in experiences that fully capture their imaginations. They laugh excitedly with friends as they dance and reach to catch bubbles and as they jump in puddles. Young children marvel at the different sized splashes they create by throwing items into water.

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The provision is outstanding

Staff interact superbly with all children. As a result, children develop wonderful social skills. They eagerly share experiences with others, such as showing their friends when the snail is 'hiding' in its shell. All children learn to be incredibly respectful and show enormous kindness to each other. Staff are extremely supportive to children who become upset or require additional guidance. Children are highly creative, and they express themselves tremendously well. For example, a group of children giggle with excitement during an art activity, during which they confidently share ideas, learn to mix colours and chat about the differences in their artwork from using various sized cars. They enthusiastically extend the activity, relishing with absolute delight in turning the activity into finger and hand painting and painting their own arms and faces. Throughout, the activity, staff use excellent skills and language to extend and enhance children's learning.

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n Staff know all children exceedingly well. They have a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of each and every child's development, and they use meticulous ongoing assessments to precisely identify what children need to learn next. All children make outstanding progress from their starting points. n Staff provide extensive support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and children whose first language is not English. They truly understand how long children will focus on an activity and quickly identify when they need to engage children with SEND in a different way. Staff use clear words and phrases, along with visual prompts, to help children progress very effectively. The special educational needs coordinator (SENCo) works very closely with the children, the parents and the children's key person to put in place precisely tailored and achievable targets for children to work towards.

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need to do better?

They monitor each child's progress extremely closely and make prompt referrals to external agencies and professionals, allowing children to gain any extra support they need. n Staff provide excellent mathematical and literacy opportunities. They include

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16 May 2024 frequent counting and number recognition opportunities as part of the daily routines. For example, children become totally engaged and concentrate for a long period of time while using programmable toys. They readily use mathematical language and demonstrate impressive problem-solving skills as they programme robots to move. Children have exceptional opportunities to 'write', read, share books and sing songs. n Children thrive in the outdoor area. They develop superb independence and physical skills. Staff make superb use of outdoor areas to ignite and fan children's fascination with nature. For example, when they find snails, children show great respect exploring their shell patterns and watching them move before carefully carrying them to a place of safety. Staff use their excellent questioning skills and quality interactions to help children learn about living things. n Staff keep parents fully up to date with their children's learning and give

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excellent support and guidance when appropriate. Parents are extremely complimentary about the 'amazing' staff and the nursery and the knowledge and relationship staff have with their children. n The inspirational manager is dedicated to developing an outstanding staff team and nursery. She strongly encourages all staff to access training and personal development, and she highly motivates all staff. Leaders ensure that staff have access to excellent well-being support, and staff tell the inspector that they feel extremely valued and listened to and that the manager inspires them to try new things and develop their own skills and knowledge. Highly reflective self- evaluation accurately helps target improvements and shape the outstanding service that is provided.

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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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Setting details

Unique reference number EY546275 Local authority East Sussex Inspection number 10335426 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises Registers Early Years Register Day care type Sessional day care

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inspection

Total number of places 32 Number of children on roll 26 Name of registered person Ryciak, Anita Charmaine

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reference number

Telephone number 01323 894436 Date of previous inspection 14 June 2018

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Information about this early years setting

Charlie Bear's Nursery registered in 2017. It operates from Mercread youth centre, in Seaford, East Sussex. The nursery employs six members of childcare staff. Of whom, five hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 and above. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, during term time. Sessions are from 8.30am to 3pm. The nursery provides funded early education for two-, three- and four- year-old children.

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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 registered person/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 Children told the inspector about their friends and what they like to do when they are at nursery. n The inspector talked to staff at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. n The inspector spoke with the registered person/manager about the leadership and management of the nursery. 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.

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n The inspector spoke to several parents during the inspection and took account of their views. n The registered person/manager showed the inspector documentation to demonstrate the suitability of staff.

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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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