Innova Park Nursery

Inspection of Innova Park Nursery Ground Floor, Innova House, 5A Kinetic Crescent, Innova Park, Enfield, London EN3 7XH

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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

The curriculum is varied and enables all children to make good progress from their starting points. Staff provide activities that capture children's imagination and develop a love for books and stories. For example, they re-enact a favourite book, 'Brown Bear', as they wave coloured ribbons in the air pretending to be different animals. Staff provide effective support for children's developing social skills. For example, at circle time, staff help children to learn the names of their friends and the staff.

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The provision is good

Children gain a good understanding of healthy lifestyles. Staff encourage them to follow good hygiene routines, such as regularly washing their hands and encouraging them to make healthy food choices. During snack time, children have discussions with staff about the fruits they are eating and comment how these are good for them. Children are developing good levels of independence. They pour their own drinks and wash up their plates and cups after snack time. Children enjoy physical activities and fresh air when playing outside. Staff offer good support to help children understand their emotions, and how to manage these. Children behave well. They benefit from the frequent praise staff give them and show pride in their achievements.

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n The manager and her small staff team know what they want children to learn. They continually monitor children's progress and identify what they need to achieve next. Children show a positive approach to learning and are extremely eager to explore. This means that they acquire the skills, attitudes and abilities to prepare them for the next stage of their development or school. n Staff work well with other professionals to meet children's individual needs. Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities are well supported. All children make good progress in relation to their starting points. The manager carefully considers how to spend any additional funding that children receive to meet their individual care and learning needs. n Staff's interactions with children are good and they promote children's communication and language development well. However, at times, staff ask children questions and present lots of information in quick succession. Children

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are not always provided with enough time to think and respond. This limits their opportunities to think and share their thoughts and ideas. n Children have many opportunities to develop good physical skills. They run, balance and climb and ride wheeled toys tricycles in the well-equipped outdoor area. Staff provide a variety of activities to develop children's fine motor skills. For example, they use tongs to pick up lemon and lime slices and squeeze them to make juice. Children use paintbrushes to make marks and rollers and cutters

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9 September 2024 with play dough. This helps them to build the muscles they need for early writing. n Children understand familiar routines, and staff have high expectations for all children. This results in happy, active children, who have a positive attitude to learning. Children's good health and hygiene are effectively promoted. For instance, staff successfully enable children to become increasingly independent in self-care and hygiene practices, such as washing their hands after using the toilet. n Children's personal, social and emotional development is well supported, and they form good relationships with staff and their peers. Staff are good role models and have high expectations of children's learning and behaviour. Positive behaviour is encouraged and praised. Children behave very well and are eager to learn. n There are good partnerships with parents. Staff communicate well with parents, providing them with information about their children. Staff provide ways that

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parents can extend children's learning at home and work with them to help children achieve milestones. n The manager leads their small staff team well in a programme of reflective practice and ongoing improvement. Staff benefit from a good range of opportunities to help keep their knowledge and skills up to date. They attend training and participate in regular staff meetings. Staff have a positive attitude towards continuous professional development and have access to ongoing training and development courses, including music and movement training.

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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 support staff to recognise when to give children more time to process their thoughts and ideas when responding to questions.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2669543 Local authority Enfield Inspection number 10354797 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 19 Number of children on roll 8 Name of registered person Awe & Wonder LTD

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reference number

Telephone number 07947421556 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

Innova Park Nursery registered in 2022. It is located in the London Borough of Enfield. It operates Monday to Friday, from 8.30am to 4pm, term time only. The nursery employs four members of staff to work with children. All staff hold relevant early years qualifications from level 2 to level 6. 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 nursery manager and inspector completed a learning walk together to discuss the early years curriculum. n The inspector spoke to staff at convenient times during the inspection and observed the quality of education being provided. n The nursery manager and inspector carried out a joint observation during a planned activity and discussed the quality of teaching and the impact this was having on children's development. n The inspector spoke with parents and children and took account of their views. n The nursery manager and inspector discussed the leadership of the setting, and the inspector sampled documentation.

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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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