Happy Choo Choo Nursery

Inspection of Happy Choo Choo Nursery St Christophers C Of E Church, Bordars Road, London W7 1AG

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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 Good

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The provision is good

Children happily enter this warm, safe and welcoming nursery. They are greeted enthusiastically by staff who tell them all about the activities on offer. Children hang up their coats, put away their water bottles and straight away find something to play with. Leaders design an ambitious curriculum for all children. Children are engaged and focused on their chosen tasks and activities.

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The provision is good

Staff support children to behave well. Children form strong friendships with other children, and they seek them out to play. Older children are caring and help those younger than them. For example, helping younger children to wipe their noses or getting an extra toy when they can see two children both wanting the same resource.

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The provision is good

Leaders and staff have high expectations of children. Children are encouraged to be independent, helping to get themselves ready for the garden by putting on their wellies and coats. At lunchtime, children feed themselves and pack away their lunchboxes, putting them back on the trolley for home time.

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The provision is good

Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and those who speak English as an additional language are well supported. Leaders and staff work in partnership with parents and other agencies to provide consistency in children's care, learning and development.

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need to do better?

n Staff at the nursery know the children well. The development of children is accurately tracked, and children have appropriate next steps in place to ensure they continue to build on what they already know and can do. Children are well prepared for the next stage of their learning. n Children are avid problem solvers. They work together to fit puzzle pieces together, build with magnetic tiles and add or take away counters to ensure the weighing scales balance. Children show perseverance and resilience as they continue to negotiate difficult tasks through trial and error. Staff encourage children with words of praise. Children show pride in accomplishing what they have set out to do building confidence and high self-esteem. n The curriculum for communication and language is a strength of the nursery. Staff speak to children who speak English as an additional language in their home languages, where possible, to help them feel settled and secure. They

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need to do better?

introduce English using simple, clear words and instruction alongside visual aids. Children pick up words quickly and use this to converse with their peers. Initiatives, such as a weekly core book, 'bucket time' and 'box clever' allow staff to provide early intervention and support the communication and language skills

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need to do better?

30 September 2024 of all children. n At the present time, staff do not organise snack time well enough to help children develop a strong understanding of this routine activity. For example, children serve snacks and drinks from one table and then sit at another table. Many children eat standing at the table they are serving at and get confused by the process they are supposed to be following. n Leaders and staff promote healthy lifestyles to children. Children have been learning what is good for their bodies and what is not. As they sit down to lunch children hold up their water bottles saying, 'I have healthy water'. Children become familiar with different vegetables as they use leeks, carrots and broccoli for stamp printing in paint. On a sensory tray, children have a variety of vegetables and water to make their own home-made soup. They discuss together what they like to eat at home. n Partnership with parents is good. Parents feel well supported by the nursery in

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terms of understanding what their children are learning and how this can be supported at home. Parents describe staff at the nursery as kind, loving and always putting the interests of the children at the forefront of the nursery. n Staff at the nursery feel well supported by leaders. There are regular opportunities for further training to continue their professional development. Leaders are reflective in their practice, seeking regular feedback from parents, carers and other professionals regularly. Leaders have clear and ambitious plans to further improve the outside space to enhance the experiences for children.

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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 organise routines, such as snack time, more effectively so children understand what is expected from them.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY536052 Local authority Ealing Inspection number 10354707 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises Registers Early Years Register Day care type Full day care

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Total number of places 27 Number of children on roll 20 Name of registered person Sarzalska, Magdalena

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reference number

Telephone number 07513886135 Date of previous inspection 1 November 2018

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Information about this early years setting

Happy Choo Choo Nursery registered in 2016 and it is located in Ealing. It opens Monday to Friday from 9am to 3pm, during term time only. The provider offers the government funded places for childcare and receives specific funding for disadvantaged children. There are three staff with qualifications ranging from level 2 to level 3.

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Inspection activities

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 The inspector spoke to children, to find out about their time at the nursery. 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 The inspector carried out a joint observation of a communication and language activity with the manager. n The inspector spoke to several parents during the inspection and took account of their views. 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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