Kiveton & Wales Nursery

Inspection of Kiveton & Wales Nursery Kiveton Park Meadows Junior School, Storth Lane, Kiveton Park, Sheffield S26 5QT

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Overall effectiveness Outstanding

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

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The provision is outstanding

Children and babies are fully engaged and highly motivated to learn throughout their time in this inspiring nursery. They make excellent progress in all aspects of their learning and are very well prepared for the next stage in their education, including starting school. The experienced and well-qualified staff team helps children to build strongly and consistently on their vocabulary and language skills through the sharply focused and well-planned curriculum. For example, two-year- old children confidently explain that the water is 'overflowing' in their water play because 'it is too full'. Older children learn to understand words such as 'volume' and 'capacity' as they fill their containers.

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The provision is outstanding

Children are very well behaved, and they feel safe and secure. The staff help children to increasingly recognise their own emotions and respect the needs of others. For example, children develop a deep understanding of the nursery's Golden Rules from using and experiencing 'kind hands' in the baby room to understanding how to use 'kind lips' when speaking and 'choose it, use it and put it away' as they progress through the nursery. Staff are excellent role models. Children achieve high levels of independence. Parents strongly appreciate the warm and caring nature of the staff and the professional guidance and support they consistently receive from them.

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n The staff place the development of children's love of rhymes, songs and books at the centre of much of their learning. They support children to learn a very wide range of songs, to sing with confidence and clarity and to enjoy creating their own imaginative verses. They introduce children to a breadth of fiction, non-fiction and the children's own photo books and stories. This systematically deepens their language skills and enriches their knowledge of the world. n The well-qualified and experienced manager and her deputy manager lead a highly motivated staff team. They have developed very efficient systems to take full advantage of training opportunities and of focused research to develop a rich and well-balanced curriculum. They have worked closely with the schools that the children move onto and with other early years providers to set clear and challenging goals for all their children to achieve.

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n Staff strongly support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities to help prepare them for the next stages in their learning. They work very closely with other professionals, such as speech therapists, medical support and inclusion services, to plan for and promote children's progress. They make very good use of any additional funding to meet the children's learning and emotional needs through, for example, developing their access to an imaginative range of outdoor experiences.

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14 August 2024 n Children's good behaviour and manners are very well supported. Children learn about their emotions and identify their feelings from well-chosen literature and through regular conversations and activities. Staff are very consistent in their interactions with children, and they help them to pause, listen to others and value their opinions. Children are very efficient at tidying away as they go along following the good examples that are set by the staff. n Staff provide focused support to promote children's personal development. They plan carefully to help children who find it difficult to play or work alongside others to build positive relationships and friendships. They work very closely with parents to support their children's toilet training, dental care and other personal concerns. n Staff take every opportunity to develop children's mathematical understanding. For example, children count as they walk along the stepping stones in the

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garden or step higher on the challenging climbing wall. Staff encourage the use of emerging addition and subtraction skills as, for instance, children explain that, 'There are only 12 children in the afternoon not 14 because two have gone home.' n Children's physical development is systematically developed. Staff encourage children to challenge themselves as they make obstacle courses with tyres and natural objects. They plan action rhymes, dance and yoga experiences that encourage children and babies to stretch and balance. n Parents strongly recommend the nursery. They are proud to participate in the effective management committee or join in with many events, such as the Gruffalo Trail or the summer fayre. They feel their views are listened to and valued.

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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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Setting details

Unique reference number EY536331 Local authority Rotherham Inspection number 10346898 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 40 Number of children on roll 65 Name of registered person Kiveton & Wales Nursery Committee

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reference number

Telephone number 01909 774932 Date of previous inspection 30 August 2018

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Information about this early years setting

Kiveton and Wales Nursery registered in 2016 and is situated in Rotherham. The nursery employs 12 members of childcare staff. Of whom, 10 hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 or above, including three at level 6. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, for 50 weeks of the year. Sessions are from 7.45am to 5.45pm.

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Inspection activities

n This was the first routine inspection the nursery 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 nursery. n The manager and the deputy manager joined the inspector on a learning walk and talked to the inspector about their curriculum and what they want the children to learn. n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact on children's learning. n The inspector carried out a joint observation of a communication and language activity with the manager. n The manager and the deputy manager discussed the leadership and management of the nursery with the inspector and shared relevant documents. n The inspector talked to staff at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. n The inspector spoke to children to find out about their time at the nursery.

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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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