The Paddocks Nursery & Pre-School

Inspection of The Paddocks Nursery & Pre-School Wiveliscombe Children's Centre, Croft Way, Wiveliscombe, Taunton, Somerset TA4 2BF

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Overall effectiveness Good

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

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The provision is good

Staff implement the ambitious curriculum well. They provide a safe, secure, and stimulating environment, where children feel confident to investigate the good range of resources and become independent learners. For example, babies are fascinated as staff demonstrate dropping a shell into a pot and listening to the noise it makes. They then copy, developing their hand-eye coordination, listening and social skills. Toddlers use trial and error to open different locks and older children set up guttering to transport water from one tray to another. Planned activities are often based around children's fascinations, such as dinosaurs, and last as long as the children's interest. This means that children remain excited to learn.

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The provision is good

Staff welcome children with an enthusiastic smile and conversation, so children immediately engage with them and are happy to part from their parents and carers. Their excitement to be at the setting is evident. Children are pleased to see their friends and have excellent relationships with each other and the staff. Children are happy and confident in their play and staff delight in their achievements. This underpins children's highly positive attitude to learning and eagerness to keep trying at new skills. Even late in the day they remain motivated and having fun.

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need to do better?

n The management team ensure staff have an important focus on keeping children safe. All staff have annual child protection training to keep their knowledge up to date. Children gain a good understanding of keeping themselves safe. For example, they learn about road safety on outings and confidently explain they are wearing a helmet, with balance bikes, to stop them bumping their head. Staff provide close supervision for babies, while allowing them to develop new skills, such as learning to walk. n The new planning enables staff in each room to know the knowledge and skills they want children to have. They focus successfully on what children need to be learning next, before moving to their next stage. This has helped staff to quickly highlight any gaps in children's development and seek additional support. Staff work closely with reception teachers to ensure all children are ready for school, including those with any special educational needs and/or disabilities.

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n Recently, the manager has led her staff in behaviour management and emotion coaching. Staff have implemented this highly successfully. For example, babies have mirrors and pictures of facial expressions to see themselves, and staff skilfully support toddlers in explaining how they feel. In pre-school they are embedding children's understanding of their emotions, so they are already using excellent vocabulary to express their feelings and resolve conflict for themselves. n Children are confident communicators. Staff respond well to babies' babbling and narrate what toddlers are doing, adding vocabulary. Staff make effective use

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need to do better?

19 June 2024 of songs, rhymes, and books, to extend children's knowledge and language skills. For example, staff help older children to use books and picture charts to name bugs. Later children use them again to recall the ones they found and excitedly go off in search of the others. n Staff use the local environment well to extend children's experiences, such as inviting farmers to bring in animals and the local band to play. This supports children's understanding of the world effectively. However, on occasions there are inconsistencies in the quality of teaching in children's free play, to help children understand how one thing can cause an effect on another. n There is a strong management team, and the manager is a positive role model. All staff benefit from important links with the school and sharing their expertise. The enthusiastic staff work well as a team. They confirm their good development opportunities, and many have worked at the setting a long time and comment

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need to do better?

on how much they enjoy it. n The management team have a clear vision for providing the highest quality provision. They continuously review their practice, seeking the views of all their users. For example, they have been improving the teaching for children's mathematical development during their free play and by using singing and rhyme. Parents confirm the effective partnerships staff have with them, which ensures consistent care and learning for all children.

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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 support staff in consistently helping older children to understand about cause and effect, to extend their knowledge and understanding of the world further.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY478253 Local authority Somerset Inspection number 10355598 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 45 Number of children on roll 79

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Name of registered person

Wiveliscombe Primary School Governing Body

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reference number

Telephone number 01984622155 Date of previous inspection 12 September 2019

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Information about this early years setting

The Paddocks Nursery and Pre-School operates from Wiveliscombe Children's Centre. It re-registered in 2014 and is run by the governing body of Wiveliscombe Primary School. The nursery opens each weekday from 8am until 6pm, for 50 weeks a year. It receives funding to provide free early education for children aged two, three and four years. The nursery employs 16 staff. Of these, one holds qualified teacher status, and one holds an apporpriate early years qualification at level 5. Ten staff hold a relevant early years qualification at level 3 and one at level 2. They also employ a cook.

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Inspection activities

n This was the first routine inspection the provider 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 provider. n The nursery manager and inspector completed a learning walk together to discuss the early years curriculum. n The inspector spoke to staff at convenient times during the inspection and observed the quality of education being provided indoors and outdoors. n The nursery manager and inspector carried out a joint observation during a planned activity and discussed the quality of teaching and the impact this was having on children's development. n The inspectors spoke with parents and children and took account of their views. n The head teacher, nursery manager and inspector discussed the leadership of the setting and the inspector sampled documentation.

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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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