Yellow Brick Road, Bracebridge Heath

Inspection of Yellow Brick Road, Bracebridge Heath 91 Grantham Road, Bracebridge Heath, LINCOLN LN4 2PZ

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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 are superbly well-prepared for school. The provider has created a highly- effective unique curriculum for children's learning. This focuses on connections with the local community and the environment. Leaders rigorously check the progress of all children at the nursery. Children show that they are developing extremely well. Leaders consider how their curriculum can provide the maximum benefit to all children, particularly those who are disadvantaged. They make sure that children who may need extra help gain most from staff support.

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The provision is outstanding

Staff support children's well-being expertly. Before personal care, staff check with babies that they are happy for their nappy to be changed. Staff wait patiently for babies to respond by speaking or through signing. This helps even the youngest children to feel highly respected and their opinions valued.

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The provision is outstanding

All children demonstrate excellent listening skills. Two-year-olds concentrate for extended periods of time. They listen to staff instructions intently as they play instruments softly or loudly. Some children then invite their friends and lead others in a marching band. Children show superb communication and social skills for their age.

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The provision is outstanding

Staff support children to behave exceptionally well. Children are extremely polite and considerate. In the pre-school room, a child said to a member of staff 'excuse me but I'm just borrowing this chair if that's ok.' Children are kind and negotiate how to share toys with each other skilfully.

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n Staff interact with children expertly. Older children are fascinated to broaden what they know about dinosaurs. Staff teach children that dinosaurs are 'closely related' to some animals still alive today. Children are amazed and go on to demonstrate their understanding of how it will take 24 hours on a plane to visit dinosaur fossils in Australia. Children rapidly increase their learning through highly effective communication with staff. n Staff skilfully identify what they need to teach children at each age and how this contributes to their ongoing development. Younger children are supported to eat and drink with increasing independence. As they get older, children show that they have confidently gained a range of self-care skills. Staff help children expertly well to gain important life skills over time. n Parents are highly involved in their child's learning. Staff engage parents extremely effectively from the outset. Parents share their child's routines,

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need to do better?

interests and what they know and can do. Staff then use this information to plan for children's future learning. Parents contribute their thoughts and ideas on an

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28 August 2024 ongoing basis. This helps to create a collaborative partnership between parents and staff which is highly focused on children's care needs and development. n Children show excellent concentration and are highly motivated to learn. For example, younger children were keen to explore the blackberries they had picked on a nature walk to make magic potions. Older children perfect their pencil control as they use technology to help them create skilled drawings of sea creatures. Children are proud of their achievements and marvel at the learning they have gained as they share each other's drawings. Staff help children to develop increasingly mature attention skills as they make learning exciting and fun through a broad range of interesting activities. n Leaders provide highly effective coaching and support for staff. All staff contribute to their own professional development targets and receive regular

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feedback from leaders. Staff are well qualified and committed to increasing their professional knowledge. Staff working with the youngest children show the positive impact of the training they have received in their day-to-day practice. Babies respond brilliantly to the skilful way that staff communicate with them following staff training. Professional development helps staff to further develop their skills superbly well. n Leaders are excellent role models. Staff comment that leaders are approachable and provide superb support if they need help or have any concerns. Staff who have been at the setting for a number of years comment that, 'it is an amazing place to work.' The staff team is highly effective and works incredibly hard to ensure the provision is of the highest quality.

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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 2549677 Local authority Lincolnshire Inspection number 10350065 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 55 Number of children on roll 145 Name of registered person Yellow Brick Road Daycare Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 07944209883 Date of previous inspection 15 March 2022

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Information about this early years setting

Yellow Brick Road, Bracebridge Heath registered in 2019. The nursery employs 26 members of childcare staff. Of these, 23 hold appropriate early years qualifications at levels 2 and 3. One member of staff holds a qualification at level 4. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday all year round, except for bank holidays and a week at Christmas. Sessions are from 7.15am until 6pm. 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 manager and inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the nursery and discussed the early years curriculum. n Children spoke to/communicated with the inspector during the inspection. n Staff spoke to the inspector during the inspection. 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 manager and the inspector carried out a joint observation of a group activity. n Parents shared their views of the setting with the inspector.

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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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