Abacus Nursery Parkside

Inspection of Abacus Nursery Parkside 255 Sternhold Avenue, London SW2 4PG

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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 provide an extremely welcoming and nurturing environment for all children. They enthusiastically welcome children when they first arrive and help them to settle. Staff support children to find their labelled coat pegs, and children independently hang up their coats. Staff build positive relationships with children from when they first start. Children have a strong sense of belonging within the nursery, they show that they feel safe and emotionally secure.

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The provision is good

Staff successfully implement a curriculum to meet children's individual learning needs and interests. It is ambitious for all children to help ensure positive outcomes, particularly those children who may not have the same experiences as others. For example, the nursery offers tennis coaching, Spanish lessons, dance and music sessions. Leaders plan many extra-curriculum opportunities to help to enhance children's learning.

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The provision is good

Staff plan daily outings to local parks to help to promote children's sense of self within the local community. Children benefit from lots of fresh air and physical exercise. Staff are good role models and they promote children's positive behaviour. For example, they encourage children to hold hands and follow instructions. Consequently, children listen to, and follow instructions and they behave very well. Staff are deployed effectively so that children are kept safe during outings.

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n Children benefit greatly from exciting and interesting opportunities to help them to focus on their learning. For example, very young children are fascinated by the smell and texture of lemons and fresh herbs. Older children keenly explore soil, leaves and conkers. This helps deepen children's learning, curiosity and understanding about the world around them. Staff skilfully plan experiences based on the curriculum intent. n Staff place a strong emphasis on developing all children's love of books, and to help to support their communication, language and early literacy skills. For example, very young children snuggle up with staff and look at books together. During circle time, older children listen intently to autumn stories read by staff. They recall their favourite parts, and keenly point to trees and leaves outdoors. Children are eager to learn and confident communicators. n Children's physical skills and abilities are supported well through a well-designed

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and sequenced curriculum. For example, staff encourage the youngest children to crawl, toddle and confidently climb small indoor apparatus. Toddlers squeeze and manipulate dough to strengthen small muscles, and staff support pre-school children to practise their physical abilities during tennis sessions. n Overall, staff embed routines of the day well. For example, staff explain to

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30 September 2024 children what is happening next, and children follow the routines for self-care when they wash their hands before mealtimes. However, mealtime routines in some rooms are not as well planned by staff. They are not consistently managed to help older children to understand expectations and engage fully in their learning. n Engagement with parents and external professionals is effective. For example, leaders know to seek specialist and targeted support for children who have gaps in their learning. They organise parent events, such as to celebrate festivals and cultures, to help to value family backgrounds and what makes children unique. n Parents say that they notice children's good progress, particularly social skills and communication and language development. Parents appreciate the planned daily outings, and acknowledge that staff support children's strong sense of community very well.

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need to do better?

n Staff successfully plan many opportunities to meet all children's individual needs, and they know what they want children to learn next. Although staff know children well and communicate this well, overall, to parents, some information shared is not of a high quality. For example, although arrangements for the progress check at age two requirements, information shared is less informative and does not build further on what staff share verbally with parents about their children. n Leaders have a clear and very ambitious vision for providing high-quality, inclusive care and education for all children. They focus on improving staff's knowledge and skills, to help to enhance their teaching skills and the quality of education. For example, following recent training staff say that this has helped them to support children to regulate their behaviour, and to recognise their feelings and emotions. This helps staff to have high expectations for all

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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 review the organisation of mealtime routines to help older children to understand what is expected of them and engage well with the experience n support staff who work with younger children to provide more detailed information to parents, particularly when completing the progress check for children aged between two and three years old.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2690696 Local authority Lambeth Inspection number 10360166 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises Registers Early Years Register Day care type Full day care

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inspection

Total number of places 80 Number of children on roll 75 Name of registered person Abacus Kindergarten Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 07957404435 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

Abacus Nursery Parkside registered in 2022. The nursery is located in Streatham Hill in the London Borough of Lambeth. It is open Monday to Friday from 8am until 6pm, throughout the year. There are 18 members of staff employed. Of whom, two members of staff hold qualifications at level 6, and five members of staff hold qualifications between levels 2 and 3. The nursery offers the government funded places for childcare and receives specific funding for disadvantaged children.

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Inspection activities

n Leaders joined the inspector on a learning walk and talked to the inspector about their curriculum and what they want their children to learn. n Leaders and the inspector completed a joint observation of an activity and evaluated the observation together. n The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities and assessed the impact that this has on children's learning. n The inspector took account of the views of parents spoken to on the day of the inspection. n The inspector spoke with leaders, staff and the children at appropriate times throughout the inspection. n Leaders provided the inspector with relevant documentation, including the evidence of the suitability records of staff. n The inspector accompanied staff and children to a local park and assessed the impact that this has on children's learning and safety.

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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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