Santos Day Nurseries

Inspection of Santos Day Nurseries 100 Birmingham Road, Great Barr, Birmingham B43 7AB

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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 Requires improvement

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The provision is good

The managers focus on providing children with a wide range of learning experiences, including going on outings to enrich their knowledge and skills. For example, staff used a recent visit to the cinema to support children's emotional awareness and understanding of transport in the local community. Pre-school children use the experience in their role play as they pretend to be bus drivers. They understand about behaviour expectations and behave well.

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The provision is good

A prime focus of the curriculum is to support children's communication and language skills. Staff use a wide range of language-based activities to accelerate children's progress. For example, exercising the tongue to support children's mouth muscles for clear pronunciation. Staff speak a variety of languages and use this skill to support children who speak English as an additional language. This helps children to develop a sense of belonging and make connections in their language. The managers recognise the importance of supporting children's listening skills so they can tune into the sounds they can hear.

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The provision is good

An effective key-person system is in place and staff know the children well. Each child has a dedicated key person to build close connections and plan for their learning. However, other staff in the room also have an in-depth knowledge of the children to provide continuity for their learning. Children show they feel happy and secure.

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need to do better?

n The managers have supported staff effectively to make improvements to their practice. They have provided staff with intensive training and coaching to improve their teaching skills and embed good-quality practice across the nursery. The manager has worked closely with the local authority and embraced the local initiatives that reflect the needs of the families and children in the area. n Parent partnership working is a key strength of the nursery. The managers provide a range of opportunities throughout the year for parents to be involved in their child's learning. This includes a recent literacy project with some families. Parents appreciate the communication that staff provide them with about their child. They speak highly about the service provided. n The management team are well focused on the monitoring of staff practice and this has been instrumental in making improvements. However, they do not

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receive consistent support to enable them to embed the changes made and maintain continuous improvement. n Overall, the manager and deputy manager have designed a curriculum that is effectively focused on extending children's knowledge and skills as they progress through the different rooms. The curriculum for communication and language is

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need to do better?

25 July 2024 well sequenced across the nursery. However, they have not precisely identified the knowledge they want children to gain in in their physical development and personal development, especially for the older children. n Staff make good use of their observations of children's achievements to plan the next steps for their learning. They have a good understanding of the learning priorities for each child and implement appropriate daily routines that maintain a focus on children's learning. Although teaching is good, staff do not recognise when they need to adapt their teaching to provide children with consistently high levels of challenge, particularly when children are playing indoors. n Staff successfully support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. The special educational needs coordinator is very knowledgeable about her role and how to liaise with the local authority and other outside

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need to do better?

agencies to engage further professional support. n Staff make good use of children's interests to plan for their learning. They recognise when children are particularly engaged in a topic they have introduced and plan further opportunities to deepen children's interest and their motivation to play and explore. For example, staff working with babies use their favourite books and interest in animals to promote their learning. n Staff place a strong focus on encouraging children to make choices about where they will play and what they will do. This includes opportunities for younger children to play alongside older children. Staff effectively support children to take turns and incorporate this into their planning for their adult-led activities. This helps children to manage their feelings and wait for what they want. n The manager has effective arrangements in place for children's transitions to the next room and staff plan well for this. For example, they help toddlers to

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need to do better?

become familiar with the various resources that are accessible to them, including where to return them. This helps to establish a sense of belonging.

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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 prioritise the monitoring of staff practice and support to management to maintain the good progress made and embed practice further n give further consideration to planning across the key areas of the curriculum to identify further ways to sequence the knowledge and skills that older children need to gain n help staff recognise when to adapt teaching to continually build on what children

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should:

25 July 2024 know, understand and can do to maximise their learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY544159 Local authority Sandwell Inspection number 10320257 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 51 Number of children on roll 72 Name of registered person Kaur, Harpreet

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reference number

Telephone number 01212387987 Date of previous inspection 31 October 2023

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Information about this early years setting

Santos Day Nurseries registered in 2017. It is situated in Great Barr, Sandwell. The nursery opens Monday to Friday, all year round. Sessions are from 7.30am until 6pm. The nursery employs 13 members of staff. Of these, one holds a qualification at level 6, one holds a qualification at level 4 and eleven hold qualifications at level 3. The nursery provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector discussed any continued impact of the pandemic with the provider and has taken that into account in their evaluation of the provider. n The inspector viewed the provision and discussed the safety and suitability of the premises. n The deputy manager, manager and inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the nursery and discussed the early years curriculum. n Children interacted 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 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. n The inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager.

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n The inspector spoke to several parents during the inspection and took account of their views. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation and reviewed evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery.

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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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