Sandhills Day Nursery Wolverhampton

Inspection of Sandhills Day Nursery Wolverhampton Springhill Lane, Lower Penn, WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4TJ

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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 Outstanding

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The provision is good

Children are happy and content in the nursery. They build close relationships with staff, who know them well and are kind and nurturing towards them. This helps children to feel safe and secure in their care. The nursery play environments are spacious, inviting, and well arranged by staff to ensure they meet the needs and interests of the children attending. As a result, children become confident in accessing the resources and equipment and making choices about what they play with and how they play. For example, babies select from a range of musical instruments. Staff demonstrate how to make sounds with the instruments, such as by shaking, and children copy their actions. Staff include new words for babies to hear and understand their meaning.

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The provision is good

Children behave well. This is because staff model respectful behaviours with children and with each other. Staff use gentle reminders which help children to know how to be kind to their peers. The oldest children learn how to resolve minor disputes for themselves. All children routinely use good manners, saying please and thank you. They receive praise and acknowledgement for their positive behaviour. Children gain the skills and knowledge they need to prepare them for their next stages of learning.

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need to do better?

n The nursery curriculum is well designed to sequence the learning that children need to build on what they already know and can do. Staff gather useful information from parents when children first start, to help them to know what children are ready to learn next. That said, teaching does not yet consistently focus on the individual learning for children, to help them to make progress more rapidly. n Communication and language is promoted well. Staff speak clearly and use language appropriately to help all children, including those with special educational needs and or/disabilities, to understand and build further on their vocabulary. Staff model conversation consistently with all children and give ample time for children to respond. Staff enthusiastically use songs, rhymes and stories to support children to engage and use their voices. They use the beat of a drum to help children slow down their speech when they practise saying some

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need to do better?

more difficult words. n Children have lots of fun outdoors. They practise their skills to balance, using a range of wheeled toys. Others work together to design ramps for their jugs of water to flow down. Children show positive attitudes to learning. They keep trying until finally the water flows from one pipe to the other. Children take turns to pour more water to continue their game. n Children are provided with opportunities to lead their play and learning. Staff

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need to do better?

18 September 2024 provide them with natural materials to explore, such as sand, grass cuttings and bark chips. Pre-school children talk about these textures and decide what they would like to add more of. Other children add dinosaurs to the materials and make prints with their feet. Staff talk with children about how the dinosaurs may differ from each other. Children say that some have spikes, and some have longer tails. n Developing independence is high priority in the nursery. Children begin to learn how to complete tasks for themselves, during routine times in the nursery. For example, babies feed themselves and learn to use cutlery, toddlers learn to complete self-care tasks, such as wiping noses, washing hands and using the bathroom. The oldest children competently help to prepare tables for lunch and clear away afterwards. They learn to dress themselves, including tricky zips and other fastenings.

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need to do better?

n The setting provides regular opportunities for staff to reflect on their work practice and to complete the required training. However, there is scope to strengthen the support and guidance given to staff to further embed their knowledge and understanding and raise the quality of practice even higher. n Parents express that they are happy with the nursery. They especially comment on the regular and detailed information they receive about their child's learning progress and about how they can also support their child at home. Parents say their children enjoy attending and how they have built close relationships with staff.

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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 ensure that staff focus the teaching more precisely on what children need to learn next to help them to make more rapid progress n strengthen the support and guidance provided to staff to further embed their knowledge and understanding and keep it current.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2558048 Local authority Staffordshire Inspection number 10364875 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 105 Number of children on roll 132 Name of registered person Sandhills Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01902 844450 Date of previous inspection 28 November 2022

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Information about this early years setting

Sandhills Day Nursery Wolverhampton registered in 2019. The nursery employs 30 members of childcare staff. Of these, two hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 6, fifteen at level 3 and five at level 2. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, all year round. Sessions are from 7.30am until 6pm. The nursery provides funded early education for children in the early years from nine months old to four years.

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Inspection activities

n The manager and the inspector completed a learning walk together to discuss the organisation and intent of the curriculum and how the environment is arranged. n The inspector observed the quality of teaching throughout the inspection and considered the impact this has on children's learning. A joint evaluation of the quality of teaching during an activity took place between the manager and the inspector. n The inspector spoke to parents at appropriate times and took account of their views of the nursery. n The inspector spoke to children and staff at appropriate times during the inspection. n The inspector held a meeting with the leaders and the manager and discussed how the setting was organised. The inspector reviewed relevant documentation, including evidence of the suitability of staff working in the setting.

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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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