Partou Ashmoor Day Nursery & Pre-School

Inspection of Partou Ashmoor Day Nursery & Pre-School 17 Ashfield Road, Shipley BD18 4JX

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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 create a welcoming and friendly environment and show genuine affection towards children and their families as they arrive. Children settle quickly and explore the carefully planned activities. Staff get to know children very well during the extended settling-in sessions that they offer. This helps staff to swiftly recognise when children may need additional support. Children demonstrate that they feel safe and secure as they look towards caring staff before interacting with visitors. These strong bonds show that children's emotional needs are carefully considered.

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The provision is good

Each room has a well-planned and sequenced curriculum that builds on what children already know and can do. The committed team have high expectations for all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Staff work exceptionally well with parents and other professionals to offer all children a consistent approach to their learning. This helps to prepare children as they move through the nursery and as they progress on to school.

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The provision is good

Staff model good manners and expected behaviour. Children sing a 'please and thank you' song before lunchtime to help them remember to use their manners during the self-service meal. They readily make space for their friends during group circle time and praise each other for tasks well done.

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need to do better?

n Stories and singing are used throughout the nursery to promote children's language skills. Staff use puppets to help children remember the order of stories. Children are encouraged to offer opinions on what happens or what could happen next. Older children learn the words and actions to a song that they are learning for their graduation celebration. n Children have lots of opportunities to practise their mark-making skills. For instance, children take ice-cream orders. They carefully make marks to represent the flavour and toppings. Following reading a story, children are encouraged to look at the pictures on each page and to draw images from the story. This helps to prepare children for their future writing skills. n Past activities are used to recall what children have learned. For example, children notice sand and containers on a tray. Staff encourage children to smell the liquid in one of the containers. Children identify the liquid as vinegar and,

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with assistance, remember the other ingredient is baking powder. Children recall how to make a 'volcano' and how mixing the vinegar and baking powder makes the volcano 'erupt'. However, at times, children are not supported to a high enough level to think for themselves to solve problems. For example, while making bracelets, the threaded beads fall off the thread. Staff tie a knot in the

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23 July 2024 thread rather than encouraging children to think why they fall off and to come up with a solution. n Children develop their physical skills in many ways. For instance, in the large and well-equipped outdoor area, children practise hitting balls with bats, kicking footballs and bouncing basketballs. Children enthusiastically play chasing games with their friends and bounce on the floor-level trampoline. Younger children enjoy trying to balance on logs and scooping sand. n Staff constantly encourage children's early independence during daily routines. For example, older children set their own places for lunch, including pouring their own drinks. Babies confidently feed themselves using spoons. All children move around the rooms making their own decisions on what they want to play with. This shows that children are confident and comfortable in the nursery environment. n Children's good health and hygiene routines are promoted. For example, older

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children independently wash their hands after using the toilet and before eating. They recognise when they need to wipe their nose and know to dispose of the used tissue afterwards. Babies learn to wash their hands and faces after eating and all children brush their teeth to encourage good oral health. n Overall, the deployment of staff is good. Children are engaged in both adult-led activities and activities of their own choosing. However, on occasion, less experienced staff or those lacking confidence struggle to manage the demands of groups of children. This means that, at these times, children's needs are not always met.

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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 expand on questioning techniques to support children to think for themselves and develop their problem-solving skills n review staffing arrangements to ensure children always benefit from consistently high-quality practice.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY499500 Local authority Bradford Inspection number 10357575 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Day care type Full day care

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inspection

Total number of places 75 Number of children on roll 108 Name of registered person Just Childcare Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01274 597558 Date of previous inspection 4 December 2018

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Information about this early years setting

Partou Ashmoor Day Nursery and Pre-School registered in 2016 and is based in Shipley. The nursery and pre-school opens Monday to Friday all year round. Sessions are from 7.30am until 6pm. The nursery employs 28 members of childcare staff. Of these, 16 hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 and four at level 2. The manager holds early years professional status. 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 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 joined the inspector on a learning walk and talked to the inspector about their curriculum and what they want their children to learn. n Children spoke to 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 The inspector observed the interactions between staff and children. n The inspector carried out joint observations of group activities with the manager. n The manager showed the inspector documentation to demonstrate the suitability

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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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