Willow Green Day Nursery

Inspection of Willow Green Day Nursery Heanor Avenue, Denton, Manchester M34 7WU

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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

Staff build good relationships with children and are kind and caring towards them. Staff give children cuddles and reassurance as they need it. This helps children to feel happy and safe in the setting. Staff mostly have high expectations of children. They encourage young children to persevere at putting hoops over a stick. This helps children to become confident in their own abilities. Staff support children in managing their behaviour. They work alongside children, helping them to resolve conflicts and supporting them to work together. This helps children to understand what is expected of them.

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The provision is good

Staff promote positive attitudes to learning and create opportunities to develop children's curiosity. Older children take pleasure in chopping up real vegetables and mixing them in a pan. Younger children play with toy animals, exploring the noises they make in different materials, such as when they crunch them in cereals. This helps children to explore and investigate. Staff help children to learn about healthy lifestyles. After playing outdoors, children put their hands on their chests to feel their heart beating fast and staff talk to them about what is happening. This helps children to understand about the effect of exercise on the body.

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need to do better?

n Staff support children to develop their communication and language skills, and sequence the curriculum effectively. Babies enjoy singing nursery rhymes, toddlers engage in stories and older children have conversations about things that interest them. This helps children to use language for a range of different purposes. n Staff have created an effective curriculum for developing children's physical skills. Children squeeze tubes of tomato puree when making pizzas and show control when spreading it out. This helps children to develop strength in their hands and control over their small movements. n Leaders monitor the quality of practice in the nursery to support improvements in the service offered to children and their families. However, this does not always identify inconsistencies in how well the curriculum is implemented. This means that some staff do not always fully extend children's learning.

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need to do better?

n Staff support the development of children's personal, social and emotional skills. They play alongside children, encouraging them to give the dolls a cuddle and teaching them how to care for them. This helps children show care and concern. n Staff have built good relationships with parents. They share information with parents about what children learn while at the setting. This helps parents to continue their child's learning at home and creates consistency in the approach to meeting children's care and education needs. n Staff put in place effective support for children with special educational needs

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need to do better?

16 September 2024 and/or disabilities (SEND). The setting works closely with parents and professionals. This helps to ensure that the individual needs of children with SEND are met. n Staff help children to learn about some similarities and differences. Staff talk to children about the colour of their eyes and help them learn about some festivals. However, staff do not always fully embrace children's cultural backgrounds and heritages. This does not fully enhance children's awareness of differences and expand their understanding of the world around them. n Staff support children to behave well. Staff offer children praise and encouragement, recognising the efforts that children make. Children are self- assured and confident in the setting. n Staff use numerous opportunities to teach children mathematics. They count with older children to see how many spades of sand it takes to fill a bucket and use mathematical language when encouraging children to cut tomatoes in half.

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need to do better?

This supports children to learn about number and measure. n Staff help children to learn about different buildings. Staff talk with children about the different types of houses they live in and look at pictures of buildings. This helps children to understand the features of the community.

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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 refine systems for monitoring staff practice to enable leaders to ensure the curriculum is consistently and effectively implemented across the nursery n explore more ways to further embrace children's home cultures and heritages to strengthen their sense of belonging.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2680666 Local authority Tameside Inspection number 10354729 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Day care type Full day care

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inspection

Total number of places 65 Number of children on roll 48 Name of registered person CBS Nurseries Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 0161 989 5722 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

Willow Green Day Nursery registered in 2022 and is located in Denton. The setting employs 10 members of staff. Of these, eight hold an early years qualification at level 3 and above. The setting is open all year round from 7.30am until 6pm, Monday to Friday, except for public holidays. The setting provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector viewed the provision and discussed the safety and suitability of the premises. 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 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 spoke with the leadership team about the leadership and management of the setting. 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 inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager. n Parents shared their views of the setting with the inspector. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation and reviewed evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery.

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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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