Bright Horizons Blackheath Day Nursery and Preschool

Inspection of Bright Horizons Blackheath Day Nursery and Preschool 113 Lee Road, LONDON SE3 9DZ

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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

Staff nurture children well. Children are eager to arrive to start their learning. Staff plan an ambitious curriculum with exciting activities that are based around children's next steps in learning and their interests. For instance, younger children enjoy learning about builders. They learn how to make 'cement' with staff, and use this to build with in their base rooms. Staff also plan fun outings to match the topics, such as trips to the local builders' merchant to see builders' tools up close. This helps children to progress with all areas of their learning.

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The provision is good

Older children develop key skills to prepare them for their move on to school. Staff teach them self-help skills, such as serving their own meals. Children are highly skilled in knowing what coloured plate they need to have for meals, and which children have allergies, helping to keep each other safe.

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The provision is good

Staff teach children of all ages about their feelings. Children show empathy towards their peers and their feelings. This helps children to understand the consequences behind their actions. Children are sympathetic. For example, they apologise when they knock into a friend or interrupt an activity, recalling well what they have been taught. Children behave well.

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need to do better?

n Leaders are ambitious and share their ambition with all staff, who match it by providing high-quality care and learning for all children. Staff have high regard for safety in the nursery. Leaders have worked closely with staff to retrain them on their knowledge of hazardous cleaning fluids and remove all unnecessary products. This allows staff to keep children safe. n Staff are not always aware of their positioning in the playrooms and garden. As a result, staff miss what is happening behind them, which means they do not consistently extend children's learning further. n Recent training has helped staff to look at the root cause of children's behaviour. This has allowed staff to plan individually how to best meet children's needs. Children behave exceptionally well. n Older children's outside play can be, at times, chaotic as children in both rooms play outside together. Leaders have identified that this needs to be changed.

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However, they have not yet had the chance to work out what needs to be changed and implemented. n Staff use children's interests and news events to plan fun and exciting activities. A recent activity saw children 'running for government'. Children wrote their own manifestos with the help of staff, and their peers went to their 'polling station' to vote for their candidate. They then enrolled their new 'prime minister' and 'cabinet'. This helps children to understand what is happening in the world

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need to do better?

19 June 2024 around them. n Parents give highly positive feedback about the nursery, explaining how happy they are with the quality of care and learning their children receive. They feel safe leaving their children in the care of the staff. Parents are fully aware of who their child's key person is and appreciate the feedback they receive on the progress their children make. n Staff take time to teach children about the environment and their impact on it. Children form an environment council with staff to learn about the importance of recycling and caring for the world they live in. Children actively use the recycling bins in the nursery and teach new children which bins to use. This enables all children to care for the environment and to recall what they have been taught. n Staff are kind and considerate to all ages of children. They are close at hand to offer cuddles of reassurance and support. Children cuddle up to staff and, when

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need to do better?

ready, happily go off to explore and play. This supports children's self-esteem and confidence well. n Support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) is a key strength in the nursery. Staff are highly skilled in assessing children's needs and working extremely closely with outside agencies and parents to meet children's individual needs. Staff work well to provide tailored care and adapt routines to support children's needs. This allows staff to work towards closing gaps in children's 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 support staff to deploy themselves more effectively to better support children's learning and development n review the organisation of the outside spaces and how staff plan activities to meet children's learning needs.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY413333 Local authority Greenwich Inspection number 10348560 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 74 Number of children on roll 84 Name of registered person Bright Horizons Family Solutions Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 020 8016 4173 Date of previous inspection 18 October 2018

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Information about this early years setting

Bright Horizons Blackheath Day Nursery and Preschool registered in 2011 and is located in the London Borough of Greenwich. The nursery is open each weekday from 7.45am to 6.30pm throughout the year, except for bank holidays and five days over the Christmas period. It is in receipt of funding to provide early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children. There are 42 members of staff. Of these, 16 staff hold appropriate childcare qualifications between level 2 and level 6.

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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 inspector viewed the nursery and discussed the safety and suitability of the premises. n The manager and the inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the nursery and discussed the early years curriculum. n Children and staff spoke to the inspector during the inspection. n The inspector spoke with the representatives from head office about the leadership and management of the nursery. n The special educational needs coordinator spoke to the inspector about how they support children with SEND. n The inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager. n The inspector spoke to several parents during the inspection and took account of their views.

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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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