HappyWoods Nursery Limited

Inspection of HappyWoods Nursery Limited 23 -25 Heene Road, London EN2 0QQ

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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 Not applicable

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The provision requires improvement

Staff establish warm attachments with children that attend the nursery. Staff's inclusive approach means that new children who have recently joined, settle quickly, and feel part of the nursery. Staff know the children well through strong relationships with parents. Parents share information regarding their children with staff to support their child's development and learning experience.

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The provision requires improvement

While staff plan an ambitious curriculum for children, this is not fully achieved due to poor staffing arrangements. Staffing arrangements leave established employed staff with additional responsibilities. For example, in the pre-school room this includes high numbers of additional key children and responsibilities to steer and monitor several agency staff. As a result, planned activities are not always managed well and some children lose interest and become distracted.

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The provision requires improvement

Staff are respectful and polite to the children that attend and provide a good role model. Children understand gentle reminders, such as the importance of using their 'listening ears' and 'sharing is caring' towards each other. Children begin to share and take turns from their beginnings in the baby room, through to toddlers and then pre-school. Older children are enthusiastic to learn and eagerly contribute, in preparation for school. They are happy to share their answers to questions, problem solve and make decisions.

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need to do better?

n Leaders and managers are ambitious for children's learning. The curriculum is structured well to help children develop the skills they will need when they move to their next stage of learning. However, this is not supported through effective staffing arrangements to meet ratios at all times of the day, to ensure children are adequately supervised and their individual needs met. Leaders and managers do not give sufficient time, or the careful consideration required, to support decision making that impacts on the children that attend. n Staff provide healthy meals, snacks, and fresh drinking water for children. Staff work closely with parents to manage children's allergies, dietary requirements, and intolerances. There is an established process in place to ensure this information is safely communicated across the nursery. Children enjoy plenty of fresh air and exercise in the outdoor play space. They learn to cooperate,

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negotiate, and work together as a team. Children discuss how they keep their teeth clean. They carefully practise their brushing techniques on the large nursery tooth model and know the importance of using a brush and toothpaste. n Staff help children's growing language and communication skills. Babies enjoy looking at board books, while staff narrate what they see in the pictures. Toddlers use wipe boards and large felt pens to begin to make marks in

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need to do better?

10 June 2024 preparation for early writing skills. Staff introduce numbers and colours, as children count and take away the current buns at song time and the snails in the garden area. Pre-school children identify the letters that make up their name. n The special educational needs and/or disabilities coordinator (SENDCo) works closely with other professionals to implement individual support plans for children who need them. The SENDCo makes timely referrals to outside agencies and ensures that children have specific strategies in place to meet their needs. n Parents say their children are happy and that they can see the progress they are making. Key persons share information about their children's progress and photos of their play via an online app. Parents attend events that support them to continue their children's learning at home. However, parents do not always receive prompt and informative communication from leaders and managers,

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need to do better?

when decisions and changes are made that directly impact on parents and children attending. This does not allow parents the opportunity to fully support their child during these changes. For example, changes to staffing arrangements and the expansion of the setting. n Leaders and managers recording systems for any incident that occurs at the setting are not consistent. This does not demonstrate a clear timeline of action taken to, address any concerns and meet children's needs at all times.

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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

ensure effective organisation of ratios at all times of the day to ensure that children are adequately supervised, and their individual needs are met 25/06/2024

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Due date

support further children's development and learning by recruiting suitable staff that are equipped to fulfil their roles and responsibilities 25/06/2024

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Due date

10 June 2024 provide prompt and sufficient information to fully inform parents and staff regarding any changes or decisions that may impact on children 25/06/2024

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Due date

ensure all records are completed to provide an accurate timeline of what action has been taken to ensure that children's needs are met. 25/06/2024

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2717583 Local authority Enfield Inspection number 10352799 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 73 Number of children on roll 71 Name of registered person HappyWoods Nursery Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 0203 417 2345 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

HappyWoods Nursery Limited registered in 2022. It is situated in the London Borough of Enfield. The nursery operates each weekday from 7.30am to 6pm, for 49 weeks of the year. The nursery receives funding for the provision of free early education for children aged two, three and four years. There are eight members of staff of whom seven hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 2 or above.

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Inspection activities

n We carried out this inspection as a result of a risk assessment, following information we received about the provider. n The manager showed the inspector the premises and discussed how they ensure they are safe and suitable. n The manager and the inspector discussed how the setting organises their early years provision, including the aims and rationale for their early years foundation stage curriculum. n The inspector talked to staff at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. n The SENDCo spoke to the inspector about how they support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. n The inspector carried out joint observations of group activities with the manager. n The inspector spoke to several parents during the inspection and took account of their views.

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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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Inspection activities

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