Fledgelings Day Nursery South Hornchurch

Inspection of Fledgelings Day Nursery South Hornchurch Modular Building, Rainham Road, Rainham RM13 7RD

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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 Not applicable

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The provision is good

Children are happy and show a strong sense of belonging at this well-resourced nursery. Staff build good relationships with children and actively encourage their participation during learning activities. Staff settle children well as they move across rooms. They prepare children well for school. For instance, children develop a spirit of friendly cooperation as they willingly help staff with small tasks in their respective rooms.

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The provision is good

Staff have high expectations of children's developing independence. They consistently encourage many aspects of children's self-care skills. This helps children and babies to learn to manage their own respiratory hygiene independently. Children learn to retrieve and put away their personal belongings without help. Leaders ensure that staff organise rooms and the outdoor environment in ways that excite children. Therefore, children are curious, energetic and keen to explore.

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The provision is good

The leader's curriculum is generally planned well and securely understood by staff. Staff consider children's interests when creating the broad range of stimulating activities. Children remain engaged and benefit from various sensory, musical, construction, sand and water play activities. Therefore, children make good progress in their physical, social, early literacy and language development.

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The provision is good

Across the nursery, staff are committed to helping children to communicate their emotions in age-appropriate ways. Therefore, children develop their ability to name different feelings and express how they feel.

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need to do better?

n Staff promote children's skills needed for reading and writing. They sit and support children closely as they look at books. Children of all ages show interest in books and stories. Older children focus well as they practise early letter formation, when they are developmentally ready for this stage. n Leaders ensure that staff routinely communicate their whereabouts via mobile radio devices. This ensures that appropriate staff-to-child ratios are maintained and children remain supervised indoors and outdoors. n Staff promote children's emotional well-being effectively. They cuddle, sensitively reassure, praise and seek babies' permission before offering personal care. Therefore, babies have strong attachments to staff, and children are confident to approach adults. n Staff promote children's physical development very well. For example, they make adaptations to the layout of rooms to encourage babies to move from crawling

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to toddling. Outdoors, staff provide further physical activities for children in the

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29 August 2024 attractive garden. Children energetically pedal trikes, run, climb and jump. They develop their own imaginary play ideas and say, 'I'm making a pie for bugs', in the mud kitchen. n Children behave very well. Staff communicate high expectations while modelling positive interactions. This encourages children's ability to share, take turns and show regard for their peers. n Children learn the difference between words, such as 'squeeze' and 'pinch', as they immerse themselves in tea role play with fruit teabags and various utensils, for example. Staff play games, such as 'What's in the Box?' This helps children learn the names of unfamiliar objects and different animals. Staff refer to visual aids that help children follow transitions in the routine and understand instructions. This helps most children know when it is time to eat, rest and play. Despite this, at times, staff's transition arrangements for older children's

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lunchtimes are not flexible enough to consistently meet all children's needs. n Support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities is good. Leaders ensure additional funding is used appropriately. Staff working with individual children use effective interventions together with advice from external professionals to help children progress towards their targets. n Staff provide opportunities that help children develop a positive sense of self, their individuality and similarities to their peers. They talk to children about their own and others' interests and encourage discussions about children's families. Despite this, the curriculum for understanding of the world is not fully effective. This is because staff provide too few opportunities for children to learn about other people's cultures and communities beyond their own. n Parents are pleased with the progress their children make at the nursery. They

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commend the strong settling-in procedures in place for children. Parents say their children develop their independence and social skills at nursery. They describe the staff team as 'welcoming and supportive'. n Staff report they feel valued by leaders. They feel they have a good work-life balance and commend the leadership team for the strong support for well-being issues. n Leaders provide structured supervision sessions that identify individual staff's strengths and areas for improvement. They adopt robust recruitment and induction procedures and deploy staff to work in areas where their skills are best suited. Hence, staff are happy, motivated and committed to 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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29 August 2024 n revisit the organisation of mealtime transition arrangements with staff working with older children so individual children's needs are consistently met n strengthen the curriculum for understanding of the world so children have richer opportunities to learn about other people, cultures and communities beyond their own.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2680246 Local authority Havering Inspection number 10350672 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises Registers Early Years Register Day care type Full day care

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inspection

Total number of places 65 Number of children on roll 94 Name of registered person Maxvale Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01708 201 400 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

Fledgelings Day Nursery South Hornchurch registered in March 2022. It is located in the London Borough of Havering. The nursery operates from 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, all year round, apart from Christmas and bank holidays. There are 25 staff employed at the nursery, 16 of whom hold childcare qualifications at level 3 and above. The setting provides funding for children aged from nine months up to four years.

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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 communicated 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 inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning. n Parents shared their views of the nursery with the inspector. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation and reviewed evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery. n The inspector carried out joint observations of group activities with the manager.

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Inspection activities

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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