The Riverside Day Nursery

Inspection of The Riverside Day Nursery Windsor Leisure Centre, Stovell Road, Windsor SL4 5JB

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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 Outstanding

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The provision is good

Children show immense excitement when they spot their friends entering the nursery. They settle quickly into the appealing learning opportunities that the dedicated staff provide for them. Relationships between children and staff are strong and very positive. Children love to explore independently, with others and staff. They happily invite their peers into their play and exploration. Children enjoy affectionate hugs from staff, knowing that they care and respond attentively to their care needs. This shows that children feel emotionally safe and secure.

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The provision is good

Staff create a varied curriculum that builds on children's natural curiosity and resilience. As part of their evaluations, the provider has highlighted a priority for improving the mathematics curriculum for children. Staff's training in this area has contributed to better outcomes for children. In practice, staff identify opportunities to teach early mathematical concepts, such as length and height. They use appropriate language, such as 'taller than' and 'shorter than', when comparing children's heights. Children begin to apply these words correctly in their own play.

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The provision is good

Children's behaviour is very good. They are quick to follow the acceptable rules, such as walking inside. Staff offer generous praise, particularly when they follow the set boundaries. They skilfully provide targeted interventions for those who need additional support to improve their social and learning skills, such as turn taking and sustained concentration. This is proving highly successful as these children soon learn to boost their conduct positively.

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need to do better?

n There is a clear focus on supporting children's competency in communication and language. Staff create a language-rich environment, where children's babble, talk and singing are greatly valued. They encourage children to acquire language through stories and during meaningful interactions with children. Staff introduce a range of new words and interesting vocabulary. The youngest children point to pictures in books and learn to name what they can see. Children remain captivated when staff use puppets to animate stories and songs that children love. Older children answer questions about the story events, including predicting what may happen at the end. This helps to develop children's understanding of the story characters and plot, as well as providing them with ideas to make up their own stories. n Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are progressing as well as other children. Staff swiftly identify gaps in children's

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learning through their secure assessment processes. Leaders have a clear overview of how well children with SEND are performing. They have extremely good working relationships with external professionals, such as speech and

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need to do better?

18 October 2024 language therapists. Staff use the experts' advice to build individual plans to help address these children's needs with considerable success. n The staff team have high expectations of what they want children to be able to do by the time they leave the setting. They prioritise children's development to feel confident to do things for themselves and provide them with several opportunities to have a go. For example, at mealtimes children pour their own drinks from a jug and feed themselves with cutlery appropriate to their age and stage of development. This gives them a true sense of responsibility and helps them learn important life-skills for the next stage in their education. n Overall, daily routines of the day run smoothly across the setting and children know what to expect. However, there are minor inconsistencies in the way routines are structured from room to room. This is evident when children's play

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need to do better?

is sometimes interrupted without warning. This impacts on children's enjoyment, ability to become deeply engaged and follow a task through to the end. n The provider strives to offer the highest quality of education and care. They demonstrate a strong commitment to drive continuous improvement. For example, staff are taking part in an early years specialist programme to enhance their knowledge and skills. Regular meetings as a team and individuals, enable staff to consider their professional development and progression. In general, teaching is good across the nursery. Leaders observe staff's practice and provide feedback on the areas requiring further development. However, leaders do not monitor the ongoing impact of all staff's practice robustly enough. This means that children's learning is not always fully maximised. n Leaders and staff work remarkably well with parents. Their partnership effectively helps children settle quickly. Staff share children's ongoing progress

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need to do better?

with parents through an online application and detailed daily verbal feedback. They exchange ideas with parents to support children's continual learning at home. Parents appreciate the community feel, enhanced by organised family events, including the preschool children's graduation ceremony.

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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 and strengthen daily routines to ensure children continue to explore and expand their learning for longer periods of time without interruptions n monitor individual staff's practice even more closely to enable all children to fully benefit from the highest quality of teaching.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY485275 Local authority Windsor and Maidenhead Inspection number 10367859 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 130 Number of children on roll 172 Name of registered person The Riverside Day Nursery Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 07734406851 Date of previous inspection 27 February 2019

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Information about this early years setting

The Riverside Day Nursery registered in 2015. It is based in Windsor Leisure Centre, in Windsor, Berkshire. The nursery is open from 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, all year round. It is eligible to receive funding to provide free early education for children aged nine months to four years. There are 36 teaching staff in total, 24 of whom hold relevant childcare qualifications from level 2 to level 6.

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Inspection activities

n The provider and inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the nursery and discussed the early years curriculum on offer. n The inspector talked to children, staff and parents 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 and the inspector carried out joint observations of group activities. 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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