Wildflower Barnet Day Nursery and Preschool

Inspection of The Hyde Nursery Barnet Hyde Institute Building, Church Passage, Barnet, Hertfordshire EN5 4QS

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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 Not applicable

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The provision is good

Children quickly settle into the nursery on arrival each day. Staff warmly greet children with a smile and encourage them to use their named pegs to hang their jackets and bags. This helps to build children's independence skills. When starting at the nursery, children settle quickly as staff reassure and comfort children with gestures and words.

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The provision is good

Staff establish children's interests through ongoing conversations with parents and their observations of children in the nursery. They use this information to help children to feel safe and secure, ready to begin their learning. Staff help children to learn routines from a young age within the nursery. This helps children to understand what is happening next and what staff's expectations are. Staff are positive role models. As a result, children have good attitudes to their learning and behave well.

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The provision is good

The manager and the staff are ambitious for every child, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, to make good progress. They plan the curriculum around what children need to know next and what engages them. Overall, staff are skilful in adapting their planning each day so that children's learning can be extended based on the activities set up and their responses. As a result, children demonstrate curiosity and a willingness to try.

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need to do better?

n Leaders want every child to reach their full potential. They provide staff with opportunities to strengthen their teaching practice through regular training and staff meetings. The manager checks in with staff to ensure that their well-being is considered so that teaching standards are maintained. However, occasionally in the baby room, when planning activities, staff do not thoroughly consider how to ensure that children have engaging learning experiences. n Staff support children, including those who speak English as an additional language, to be confident communicators. They speak to children throughout the day. Children demonstrate confidence in offering their thoughts and ideas. Young children enjoy singing nursery rhymes and begin to follow the actions to the songs. During mealtimes, children and staff talk to one another and share their experiences. Staff extend older children's ideas with new vocabulary, which

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need to do better?

ignites children's curiosity. n Children build their independence skills throughout the day. Staff teach children how to remove and put on their clothing. Children sit with their friends at mealtimes and learn how to serve themselves food. Staff give children time to learn this skill through trial and error. Staff encourage children to give things a go. This helps to prepare children for school.

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need to do better?

30 May 2024 n Children learn through their senses with a range of learning opportunities. Staff provide activities, such as sand and water play, so children can explore textures through touch. On outings, staff encourage children to explore the environment through sight, smell and sounds. n Leaders support children to learn about their community around them. Children visit the local park and the local care home. Staff support children to learn respect for older people and understand people who live around them. This helps to support children to understand the world they live in. n Parents speak highly of the nursery. They appreciate the gradual settling-in process, which helps to reassure them that their child is safe and happy. Parents share that the recent introduction of the parent partnership helps them to feel listened to. The manager works with parents to share information, so parents understand their child's learning and care routines.

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need to do better?

n Staff promote children's literacy within the nursery, such as through storytelling and independent access to books, which children can explore. Babies listen to stories and demonstrate their enjoyment by showing attention to staff. This helps children to develop a love of reading. n Staff provide children with opportunities to build on their physical development. Staff provide babies with activities to strengthen their gross motor skills and early walking. Toddlers enjoy using the balance boards in the garden. Staff support pre-school children to confidently learn how to use scissors to create models. However, when children play outside in the garden, the resources in the environment are limited and, occasionally, staff do not think through how to create the best possible learning outcomes.

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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 seek further professional development opportunities to continue to raise the quality of education to higher levels, particular in the baby room n strengthen the planning of outside play to ensure that children have a wide range of learning experiences in the garden.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2687769 Local authority Barnet Inspection number 10350312 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises Registers Early Years Register Day care type Full day care

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inspection

Total number of places 92 Number of children on roll 50 Name of registered person Kid & Play Trading Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 0203 924 9907 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

The Hyde Nursery Barnet registered in 2022 and is located in the London Borough of Barnet. The nursery employs 13 members of childcare staff. Of whom, eight staff hold early years qualifications ranging from level 2 to level 6. The nursery opens all year round, from 7.30am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, excluding bank holidays. 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 nursery 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 nursery. n The manager joined the inspector on a learning walk and talked to the inspector about their curriculum and what they want children to learn. n The inspector spoke to parents and took account of their views. n The inspector observed interactions between children and staff. n The manager and the inspector completed a joint observation. n The inspector spoke to staff and took account of their views. n The inspector looked at a range of documentation, including around the safe recruitment 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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