Bee Happy Nursery & Pre School

Inspection of Bee Happy Nursery & Pre School Chichester House, Chichester Road, Romiley, Stockport, Cheshire SK6 4BL

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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 Good

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The provision is good

Children smile and laugh as they learn at the nursery. Staff form close relationships with children. For example, staff offer babies cuddles and favourite toys to help them to settle. This helps children to feel happy and secure. Children have positive attitudes towards learning. They eagerly explore their environments, showing curiosity. Indoor and outdoor spaces are tailored for each age group. Staff use the resources and environments well to support the progression of children's skills. Children make friends and work to solve problems together. For example, pre- school children help each other to gather equipment to build tall towers in the garden. Children pretend a tower is a rocket or a lighthouse. Children are enthusiastic and have high levels of engagement in their learning. All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, make good progress in their learning.

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The provision is good

Children explore planting and growing. Staff help them to think about where their food comes from and where waste food goes once they have finished their meals. Children learn about other cultures. For example, staff invite parents into the nursery to share baking and songs from their own heritage with children. This helps all children to feel welcome. Behaviour is good. Staff demonstrate excellent manners, which children copy. Children show consideration and empathy towards each other.

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need to do better?

n Leaders have adopted an ambitious curriculum for all children. This ambition is shared by all staff. Learning is tailored by staff to meet children's individual needs, which helps children to gain a broad range of knowledge and skills. n Pre-school children learn the skills they need before they move on to school. They have a good understanding of emotions and how to empathise with others. Children listen attentively and join in group times. They understand that during group times, they need to put their hands up before answering a question. Children are well prepared for the next step in their education. n Support for children's communication skills is a strength. Staff introduce lots of new vocabulary and continually narrate activities for younger children. Signing is a key part of the nursery's curriculum for communication and language. This helps children to develop their understanding and ability to express themselves.

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Children become expressive and confident communicators. n A strong curriculum for mathematics supports children's learning across all ages. Younger children count with rhymes and songs. Older children are taught to compare quantities and sizes as they engage in water play. This helps children to become young mathematicians. n Children's physical development is well supported from a young age. For

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10 June 2024 example, children balance on beams and climb on towers that they have built for themselves. The curriculum for physical development develops as children grow so that they are challenged as their skills progress. n Staff support children to take manageable risks in their play. They encourage children to test out their own ideas and to have a go. For example, younger children climb challenging apparatus with reassurance from staff. This helps children to develop a good understanding of their own strengths and abilities. n Children persevere when they face challenges. For example, as children move bikes from one area to another, they keep going even when they face barriers. Children practise overcoming difficulties, which helps them to develop resilience. n Staff support children to develop their independence skills. Younger children wash their hands with a little help from staff. Older children put away their chairs

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after lunch. They hang their bags up and put on and take off their own coats. This helps children to develop confidence in doing things for themselves. n Occasionally, activities do not match children's level of development. For example, toddlers lose focus during large-group activities. Children become distracted and stop listening to staff. This means that children do not engage fully in their learning at these times. n Parent partnerships contribute significantly to children's success. Staff regularly talk to parents about children's progress. They share ideas to support children's development at home and at nursery. This promotes a high level of consistency in children's learning. n Staff share information with parents about how to keep children safe online. However, they have not shared these key messages with children. This means that children's learning about online safety is not consistent between nursery

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and home. n Additional funding is used well to support children. For example, resources are used that are known to highly engage children in their learning. This helps to ensure that all children, including the most disadvantaged, can access the curriculum.

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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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n plan activities that closely match children's level of development consistently to build on what they already know n share information with children about how to keep themselves safe online so

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10 June 2024 that this learning is consistent between nursery and home.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY453994 Local authority Stockport Inspection number 10339382 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 89 Number of children on roll 113 Name of registered person Bee Happy Nursery and Preschool Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 01614066463 Date of previous inspection 13 July 2018

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Information about this early years setting

Bee Happy Nursery & Pre School registered in 2012 and is based in Stockport. The nursery employs 20 members of childcare staff. Of whom, one holds qualified teacher status, one holds early years teacher status, two hold appropriate childcare qualifications at level 5, one at level 4 and eight at level 3 and seven members of staff are unqualified. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, all year round, except for bank holidays. Sessions are from 7.30am to 6pm. 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 nursery and has taken that into account in their evaluation of the nursery. n The manager and the inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the nursery and discussed the early years foundation stage curriculum. n Children communicated with the inspector during the inspection. n The inspector talked to staff at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. 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 Parents shared their views with the inspector. n The inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager. n The manager provided the inspector with a sample of key documentation on request.

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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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