Churchfields Day Nursery

Inspection of Churchfields Day Nursery Recreation Road, Bromsgrove B61 8DT

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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 are happy and settled in this friendly and nurturing nursery. They are greeted warmly by the kind and caring staff. Staff make themselves readily available to give cuddles and comfort to children who find it more difficult to separate from their parents. This helps children to quickly settle in and develop their confidence to go and play with their peers.

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The provision is good

Children benefit from a broad range of activities and experiences in their vibrant and well-planned learning environment. Babies enthusiastically explore splashing in gloop. They listen to sounds they make when banging different tools together. Two- year-old children delight in playing outdoors. They carefully climb up onto boxes and balance to walk across a beam. Staff remain nearby to offer support and ensure their safety. Older children skilfully use scissors to cut around pictures from a magazine. They develop an understanding of their feelings and emotions as they are encouraged to choose pictures of things that make them happy.

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The provision is good

Older children develop a sound understanding of the high expectations staff have for their behaviour and conduct. They are kind and respectful towards each other, and adults. Children say 'please' and 'thank you' without prompting. They are eager to gain recognition for their positive behaviours by collecting stars in their visual jar. Children understand that this results in rewards, such as being the leader when they need to line up.

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need to do better?

n Leaders and managers are passionate about fulfilling their roles. They strive to provide every child with the best possible early education experience. The nursery curriculum is highly ambitious and focusses on preparing children to gain a breadth of knowledge and skills to become ready for the next stage in their learning. Staff share this vision. They plan and provide interesting activities that support children to make progress in their learning. However, due to some recent staff changes, some aspects of the curriculum are not yet fully embedded to stretch and extend children's learning further. n Children's physical development is given high regard by staff. Children have ample opportunities to practice using different tools. Children confidently use spades and scoops to transport sand between different sized containers. Older children carefully place pins into a board to create letters and numbers they are

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familiar with. At mealtimes, children use ladles to serve their own food, which strengthens their coordination. n Leaders and managers are committed to providing an inclusive service. Several members of staff have completed additional training to enable them to better support children who have special educational needs and/or disabilities. Staff

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need to do better?

7 October 2024 work closely with children, their parents, and other professionals to implement targeted support plans that meets children's individual needs. This helps each child to succeed. n Staff frequently speak to children throughout their day. They sing songs to children and introduce new words during activities. Children chant familiar phrases as staff read stories they know, such as one about going on a bear hunt. However, staff do not consistently give children opportunities to use the language they hear to build on their communication and language skills further. n Children are supported to develop their understanding of how to behave appropriately from a young age. When younger children struggle to share a toy car, staff calmly suggest ideas to help them do so. They heavily praise children when they begin to roll the car back and forth between themselves. Consequently, older children become exceptionally well behaved. They play

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need to do better?

cooperatively with their peers and know how to take turns during activities. n Staff value children as individuals and give them choices throughout their day. Staff gently approach younger children to ask them to have their nappy changed. For those who are toilet training, staff give children choices about whether they want to use the potty or toilet. They support children to wash their hands afterwards, embedding good hygiene practices. Older children use coloured cards to vote for which story they would like to read after lunch time. n Staff report that they receive high levels of support in their role. They feel that leaders and managers are always approachable. Leaders and managers regularly observe staff's teaching and practice. They provide constructive feedback and training opportunities to help staff continually develop their teaching skills.

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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 embed the curriculum and provide children with consistently high levels of challenge to stretch and extend their learning further n build on the support for children's communication and language development.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY481187 Local authority Worcestershire Inspection number 10362188 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 54 Number of children on roll 56 Name of registered person Blue Giraffe Childcare (Bromsgrove) Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01527578909 Date of previous inspection 10 May 2019

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Information about this early years setting

Churchfields Day Nursery registered in 2014. It is situated in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. The nursery opens Monday to Friday, all year round. Sessions are from 7.30am until 6pm. There are 12 members of staff employed. Of these, the manager holds a qualified teacher status, two hold qualifications at level 6, six hold qualifications at level 3 and two hold qualifications at level 2. The nursery is in receipt of funding for children aged between nine-months to four-years-old.

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Inspection activities

n The deputy manager, third in charge and inspector completed a learning walk to gather information about how the provision and curriculum are organised. n The inspector talked to staff at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. n Parents spoke to the inspector and provided their written views of the setting. n The inspector observed the quality of teaching indoors and outdoors to assess the impact of this on children's learning. n The deputy manager and inspector completed a joint observation to evaluate to effectiveness of teaching. n The inspector held a meeting with the manager, nursery coordinator, deputy manager and third in charge and looked at relevant documentation and evidence of staff suitability.

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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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