Shining Stars Nursery & Preschool

Inspection of Shining Stars Nursery & Preschool At Sunshine Childrens Centre, Bluebell Close, MALVERN, Worcestershire WR14 3SW

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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 happily enter the setting, showing they feel safe and secure. They confidently access a range of activities that staff have carefully planned. These match children's interests and support the next steps in their development. Animated staff make learning exciting. Babies eagerly join in with activities. They squeal with joy when they see the paints, and they copy the words modelled by staff. Toddlers gleefully explore sensory play. They delight in making new colours with shaving foam, create patterns with collage materials and build castles in sandpits. Pre-school children learn about healthy lifestyles. They talk about, and sort, healthy and unhealthy food and learn how to look after their teeth.

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The provision is good

Behaviour and attitudes are good. Children happily engage in both child-initiated and adult-led activities. They focus on tasks that are appropriate for their age for extended periods of time. Staff encourage children to follow the rules of the setting. Children use good manners and respect the different needs and abilities of their peers. Pre-school children listen carefully and join in with whole-group sessions. They talk about what makes a good listener, describing how they do 'good sitting', use 'looking eyes' and listen to all the words. This helps to prepare them for school.

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The provision is good

Staff encourage a love of books. They share interactive story-time sessions, and children join in with enthusiasm. Leaders supply all children with free book bags and encourage them to borrow books to share with parents at home. Staff have created story-time sacks with ideas for home learning. These include nature hunts and googly eyes for children to create their own stick men from a familiar story. This all helps to support children's communication and language skills.

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need to do better?

n Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities make good progress. The special educational needs coordinator at the setting works in close partnership with parents and other agencies to ensure that children receive the timely support they need. Developmental targets are planned, worked towards and reviewed regularly. Funding is used to provide toys and resources to match children's interests. This includes a sensory room that provides a calm, immersive space for children to explore. Furthermore, leaders employ additional staff to ensure that children's needs are met. n Staff have created an exciting and challenging outdoor provision. Children access a woodland area and race tricycles around a racetrack. They have space to run freely in open spaces and enjoy carefully planned activities to support their all- round development. This helps to promote their physical and mental health and well-being. However, younger children do not have as many choices during the

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3 July 2024 day to play outdoors. Even though they are excited and eager to play outside, they are not always able to do this as often or for as long as they would like due to staffing arrangements. n Staff support smooth transitions. Books with family photos help babies to settle when they start. Children who speak English as an additional language have books about their home culture, with key words for staff to learn. Staff plan activities to help children prepare for changes in their lives, from the arrival of a new baby in the family to changing rooms at the setting and moving on to school. This helps to build children's confidence and resilience when coping with change. n Management and staff have developed strong working relationships with parents. A clear two-way flow of information ensures that staff understand and support children's home learning. Early help and advice to support both children

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need to do better?

and families are provided online and during daily discussions. This all helps to improve outcomes for children. n Parents talk positively about the staff and the setting. They describe staff as kind, patient and welcoming. Parents say staff connect with children and genuinely care about them and their child. They talk about being kept fully informed of their children's progress during daily conversations, updates on an online app and during parents' evenings. Parents state their children have come on in leaps and bounds in their progress. n Leaders and managers have a clear and ambitious vision for further improving the provision, although, due to recent staff changes, this is not yet fully embedded into practice. However, management completes regular supervision of staff to ensure their knowledge and skills are up to date and to ensure that staff continue to be suitable for their roles.

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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 review the staffing arrangements for outdoor play to enable younger children to experience and enjoy playing and learning outdoors more frequently and for longer periods of time n embed improvement plans to further build on children's outcomes.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY422213 Local authority Worcestershire Inspection number 10349307 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 80 Number of children on roll 80 Name of registered person Brighter Futures UK Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 01684577518 Date of previous inspection 25 October 2018

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Information about this early years setting

Shining Stars Nursery & Preschool registered under its current name in 2019. The nursery employs 15 members of childcare staff. Of these, two hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 5, one at level 4, four at level 3 and four at level 2. The nursery operates all year round. Sessions are from Monday to Friday, from 8am until 6pm, during term time. The nursery provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children. It also provides a holiday club for children up to 11 years old, during the school holidays.

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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 manager and inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the provision and discussed the early years curriculum. n The inspector spoke to children to find out about their time at the setting. n The inspector talked to staff at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. n The inspector spoke with the nominated individual about the leadership and management of the setting. n The special educational needs coordinator spoke to the inspector about how they support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. 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.

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n The inspector carried out a joint observation of a communication and language activity with the deputy manager. n The inspector spoke to several parents during the inspection and took account of their views. n The manager showed the inspector documentation to demonstrate the suitability of staff.

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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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