Newlife Nursery and Preschool

Inspection of Newlife Nursery and Preschool Station Road, Plymouth PL7 2AU

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Overall effectiveness Requires improvement

The quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Overall effectiveness at previous inspection Inadequate

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The provision requires improvement

Leaders have made many improvements since the last inspection. They have improved the planning of the curriculum so that it takes account of what each child needs to learn next to help them make better progress. Staff follow children's interests and use these to help them work towards their next steps of development. For example, staff acknowledge that the toddlers and pre-school-age children love dinosaurs. Therefore, staff plan and create an activity tray with leaves, pumpkins, conkers and dinosaurs. The toddlers and pre-school-age children show motivation to investigate the autumnal items using dinosaur toys. Staff describe what happens to trees and leaves during autumn. Accordingly, these children broaden their knowledge of the seasons and the world around them.

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The provision requires improvement

Children do not make as much progress in their communication and language skills. Leaders are working towards improving the curriculum for this area of learning, but it is not fully embedded. For example, at times, staff do not repeat incorrect words back to children so they can hear the correct vocabulary.

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The provision requires improvement

Children have positive relationships with their key persons. As such, all children arrive happy and settled. They wave goodbye to their parents and go to a familiar adult for a cuddle. Children show that they feel safe and secure with staff that know them well. However, staff deployment is not always effective. At times, staff are not on hand to extend children's learning and support them in their personal development.

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need to do better?

n Staff encourage babies to express themselves. They copy babies' facial expressions, and the babies smile back. However, there is not an ambitious curriculum that supports all children's communication and language skills. For example, staff often use long and complex sentences with babies, who are not able to process what staff say or respond appropriately. At other times, staff do not engage in enough back-and-forth conversations with toddlers and pre- school-age children. As a result, some of these children do not develop their listening and attention skills effectively. n Leaders have begun to monitor staff's practice and support their professional development. Following training from leaders, staff are more confident in planning for children's individual needs. Staff work closely with the special educational needs and disabilities coordinator and swiftly identify children who may require additional support. However, leaders do not always deploy staff to

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enhance children's well-being and extend their learning further. For example, staff carry out other jobs at snack or tidy-up time. During these periods, some toddlers and pre-school-age children can become frustrated or upset. In the

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17 October 2024 baby room, babies show an interest in making marks on paper. However, staff are busy carrying out other tasks and are not able to build on babies' developing their finger and thumb dexterity. n Staff widen toddlers' and pre-school-age children's knowledge of mathematical concepts. They draw a pretend road on the playground with chalk. Toddlers and pre-school-age children add traffic lights and houses. Staff and children count how many houses and what shapes they can see. n Babies enjoy being active. They strengthen their upper body muscles as they climb up a small slide. Staff support them to do this and they reach the top. Younger babies gain confidence in walking. Staff offer encouragement by holding their hands. They praise babies when they begin to take their first steps. n Staff help children to develop an understanding of their emotions. For example, toddlers and pre-school-age children listen to a story about monsters. Staff talk

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about how the characters feel. Toddlers and pre-school-age children identify that the characters may be 'scared' or 'happy'. This helps these children to understand how they and others may feel sometimes. n Children are curious. Babies explore sand outside and watch it fall between their fingers. Toddlers race cars down guttering in the garden. They adjust the height of the guttering with staff and watch the cars go faster. Pre-school-age children want to know how things work. They use magnets to pick up items. Staff encourage them to guess which ones may be magnetic and which ones are not. n Parents comment that their children make good progress in their physical development. They notice that their children's mobility and hand-eye coordination skills have improved. However, staff do not routinely inform all parents about their children's next steps to help them make more progress in their learning and development outside the setting.

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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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Due date

improve staff deployment to enhance children's well-being and extend their learning further 21/11/2024

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Due date

17 October 2024 implement an ambitious curriculum that supports all children's communication and language skills. 28/11/2024

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should:

n share children's next steps of learning with all parents to help children make more progress in their learning and development outside of the setting.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY468489 Local authority Plymouth Inspection number 10356714 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 50 Number of children on roll 36 Name of registered person Woodwater Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 01752346399 Date of previous inspection 3 June 2024

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Information about this early years setting

Newlife Nursery and Preschool re-registered in 2013 and is located in Plympton, Devon. It is open from 8am to 6pm, each weekday, throughout the year. The nursery offers government-funded places. There are eight staff employed to work with the children. All staff hold relevant early years qualifications of at least level 3. The manager holds an early years qualification at level 6.

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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 the nominated individual joined the inspector on a learning walk and talked to the inspector about their curriculum and what they want their children to learn. n Children communicated 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 observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning. n The manager, the nominated individual and the inspector carried out a joint observation of a group activity. n Parents shared their views of the setting with the inspector. n The inspector spoke with the nominated individual and the manager about the leadership and management of the setting. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation and reviewed evidence of the

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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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