Plumstead Day Nursery

Inspection of Plumstead Day Nursery 6 Purrett Road, London SE18 1JW

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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

Leaders have worked hard to improve the curriculum implementation and ensure better outcomes for children's learning. All children, including those who receive additional funding, make good progress across all areas of learning. Children are highly motivated and independent learners.

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The provision is good

Children arrive at the setting feeling happy and ready to and learn. Staff build secure and trusting relationships with children. They create a calm and nurturing environment where children feel relax and content. Staff work well with parents to help identify and meet children's individual needs. As a result, children feel safe and secure, and they settle well into the nursery.

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The provision is good

Leaders have designed a curriculum with a strong focus on helping children to learn to self-regulate and become emotionally secure as they progress in their education. They have introduced different programmes, including breathing techniques to teach children how to relax and calm down when feeling angry or overwhelmed. Staff are gentle towards the children, and they build respectful relationships with them. Children are highly considerate of each other, and they play well together.

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The provision is good

Staff set high expectations for all children's learning, including those identified as having special educational needs and/or disabilities. They organise the learning areas well and plan activities that capture children's interest and imagination. For example, babies maintain a high level of engagement while exploring 'moon sand' and moving objects from one area to another. Pre-school children maintain focus and concentration while mixing herbs and water to paint.

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need to do better?

n Leaders and staff are reflective in their ongoing evaluation of the nursery. They have taken robust steps to meet the recommendations that were raised at the last inspection. Staff are clear about the curriculum aims, and they implement a broad curriculum that meets children's needs. Children of all ages enjoy the learning experiences on offer and make very good progress from their starting point of entry. n Leaders of the nursery ensure that the needs of children and their families are at the heart of the curriculum. They ensure that all children, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds, have access to high-quality and diverse learning experiences to help ensure that they are not left behind. All children acquire essential skills for their next stage of learning, including starting school. n Staff support children's communication and language development well. They engage children in back-and-forth conversations and encourage them to share

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30 May 2024 their ideas. Staff use reading activities well to ask questions to help children remember what they have learned. Babies, toddlers and pre-school children hear and learn new language in their play. Pre-school children use a good range of vocabulary while having a discussion with the inspector about their time at the nursery and what they have learned. n Leaders and staff have made changes to the planning to ensure that activities meet the needs and interests of children. They use observations and assessments effectively to monitor and plan for children's learning. However, there is not a clear balance between child-initiated and adult-led learning to ensure that children build on what they already know and learn new skills. At times, children tend to merely enjoy the activities rather than learning something new. n Staff teach children to become independent. For example, they encourage and

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need to do better?

support babies to wash their hands and feed themselves. In the toddler room, children independently wash their own hands, dispose of their own used tissues and serve their own meals. Pre-school children manage their toileting needs self- sufficiently. Children have high levels of confidence in their own abilities. n Staff set high expectation for children's behaviour. They are highly skilled in supporting children to understand the expected behavioural boundaries. They encourage children to share, take turns and talk about how they feel. Staff form positive relationships with children and offer lots of praise to boost children's self-esteem. This has a positive impact on children's confidence, behaviour and attitudes towards learning. n Staff share information about what children are learning with parents, so they can continue supporting them at home to help provide consistency. Parents are kept informed about who their child's key person is and the progress that their

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need to do better?

child is making. Overall, staff have a good knowledge of what children can and cannot do. However, some staff who have been assigned key responsibilities are not fully aware of the languages that children are exposed to at home to help plan concisely for their learning.

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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 enhance planning and ensure that there is a clear balance of adult-led and child- initiated play, so children are fully supported and challenged in their learning n embed the key-person arrangement to ensure that all staff who have been

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30 May 2024 assigned key responsibilities know the children well, in order to plan and meet their individual learning needs consistently.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY548810 Local authority Greenwich Inspection number 10304261 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 57 Number of children on roll 67 Name of registered person Home-Start Greenwich

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reference number

Telephone number 02083176960 Date of previous inspection 29 June 2023

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Information about this early years setting

Plumstead Day Nursery registered in 2017. The nursery is located within the Plumstead Children's Centre in the London Borough of Greenwich. The nursery employs 15 members of childcare staff. Of whom, all hold relevant childcare qualifications at level 2 and 3. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, for 51 weeks a year. Sessions are 8am to 6pm. The nursery provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector discussed any continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic with the provider and has taken that into account in their evaluation of the provider. n The nursery manager and the nominated individual 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 at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. n The manager and the inspector observed a reading activity together and held discussions about children's learning. n Children told the inspector about their friends and what they like to do and learn when they are at nursery. n Some parents shared their views of the setting with the inspector.

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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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