Church Street Day Nursery

Inspection of Church Street Day Nursery 49 Church Street, Telford TF1 1DA

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Overall effectiveness Requires improvement

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

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The provision requires improvement

There are inconsistencies in the quality of education that children receive. Staff plan and provide some activities for children to take part in throughout their day. Younger children search through shredded paper that represents foliage to find models of bugs. They are provided with tweezers to use to pick these up. Staff sit alongside children during this activity. Older children help staff to mix ingredients together to make play dough. They know how much of each ingredient is needed. However, staff are not always clear about what they want children to learn during activities. Consequently, teaching does not consistently build on what children already know and can do.

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The provision requires improvement

When children finish with activities, there are not enough resources of interest to them to encourage them to move on to something else. This results in some children wandering or losing focus. They stand around with little stimulation. Older children spend prolonged periods of time watching downloaded educational programmes on a large screen. This is an activity to settle children before lunch. They sing along to familiar songs about letter sounds. However, staff do not help children to develop their understanding of the letter sounds to assist their learning.

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The provision requires improvement

Children are mostly happy and settled in this nursery. They form warm relationships with the kind and caring staff. Children confidently explore their safe and nurturing environment and play alongside their peers. They are confident to approach new people, showing their sense of security.

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need to do better?

n Managers show some understanding of what they want children to learn. However, the curriculum for children is not yet well established. Staff provide activities to occupy children, but they do not consistently understand the intent for children's learning. This means that children are not supported to make good enough progress in their learning. n Children behave well in the nursery. They are kind and courteous towards each other and staff. Staff support children to follow instructions. They offer clear explanations when children are asked to wait. Staff use visual aids, such as a clock, to help children understand when it is their turn to play with something. n Staff know about children's individual interests and stages of development. They use their knowledge of children to identify what each child needs to learn next in order to sequence their learning. However, activities and experiences that staff

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need to do better?

provide are not always closely matched to this information to help children achieve the next steps in their learning. n Managers provide staff with regular opportunities for training and supervision. Staff have opportunities to talk about their work and they access regular training

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need to do better?

17 April 2024 to help keep their knowledge of safeguarding issues up to date. However, managers do not yet monitor the quality of staff's teaching and practice closely enough. Some weaknesses in staff's performance are not addressed swiftly enough to provide children with consistently good-quality education. n Parents are happy with the care that their children receive. They welcome the information that they receive about their child's care through daily handovers with staff and through an online app. Parents praise staff and managers and the support they provide to children and their families. n Managers are committed to supporting children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). There is a named coordinator who supports staff to implement tailored plans with children. The nursery works in partnership with other professionals to ensure that children with SEND receive any additional help

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they may need to fully benefit from their time at the nursery. n Staff regularly speak to children and model different words. Two-year-old children happily sing songs to greet their friends. Older children answer questions that staff ask at the end of activities. However, staff do not always allow children enough opportunities to build on their language skills. At times, they ask questions in quick succession of each other without giving children time to respond. Some children, who do not yet speak, do not receive the encouragement or opportunities they need to become fluent communicators. n Staff are attentive to children's care needs. They are alert to children who may need help wiping their nose or changing their clothes. Children's nappies are regularly checked and changed. This promotes children's welfare. n Children are eager to play and have a thirst for getting involved in day-to-day nursery life. They understand the routine and what happens next. However, at

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times, children spend long periods waiting between activities or routines. Snack time is not organised effectively, which means that some children wait for a very long time. During these times, some children naturally become bored, which impacts on their positive attitudes towards 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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Due date

17 April 2024 implement an ambitious curriculum that provides children with a breadth of opportunities to support them to make good progress across all areas of learning and development 28/06/2024

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Due date

ensure that staff plan and provide suitably interesting and challenging activities and experiences that take account of children's individual interests and stages of development 28/06/2024

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Due date

monitor staff's teaching and practice to identify and address weaknesses to ensure that children receive consistently good-quality education. 28/06/2024

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should:

n review transitional periods during routines to minimise waiting times for children and help them to sustain their positive attitude towards learning n improve the support for children's communication and language development to help them to become fluent communicators.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY472458 Local authority Telford & Wrekin Inspection number 10339085 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 110 Number of children on roll 112 Name of registered person Church Street Day Nursery Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 01952250358 Date of previous inspection 23 June 2021

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Information about this early years setting

Church Street Day Nursery registered in 2013 and is based in Wellington, Telford. The nursery is open from Monday to Friday, all year round. Sessions are from 7.30am to 6pm. The nursery employs 24 members of staff. Of these, one holds qualified teacher status, one holds a relevant qualification at level 6, five hold qualifications at level 4, eight hold qualifications at level 3, and three hold qualifications at level 2. The nursery provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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Inspection activities

n The inspectors discussed any continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic with the provider and have taken that into account in their evaluation of the nursery. n The manager and one inspector had a learning walk to understand how the nursery and curriculum are organised. n The manager and one inspector carried out a joint observation to evaluate the effectiveness of teaching. n The inspectors spoke to staff at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. n Parents and children spoke to the inspectors and gave their views of the nursery. n The inspectors observed the quality of teaching to assess the impact this has on children's learning. n One inspector held a meeting with the provider, manager and deputy manager and looked at relevant documentation and evidence of staff suitability.

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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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