St Peter's Day Nursery

Inspection of St Peter's Day Nursery Pinkerton Road, South Ham, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG22 6RH

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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 warmly greeted by the caring staff, who are attentive to them. This allows them to confidently separate from their parents or carers. Children demonstrate that they are happy and feel safe in the nursery. Children behave well. Staff develop children's awareness of their emotional well-being effectively. For example, they ask children how they are feeling during group times, and they use positive reward strategies to help children learn. Staff offer a rich language environment for the children, which supports their communication and speaking skills. Staff recite stories that thrill and captivate children of all ages.

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The provision is good

Staff provide a clean, welcoming and safe environment for the children to play. Children have access to a good variety of toys and resources. They benefit from a curriculum that is designed to give children the knowledge they need to succeed in life. For example, staff support children to develop their independence. Babies and young children are encouraged to feed themselves and progress from a highchair to a chair, whereas older children are supported to put on their own coats and fasten them. Staff know the children well and they support them as unique individuals. All children, including those in receipt of additional funding, demonstrate that they are making good progress.

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need to do better?

n The management team and staff work well together, and they reflect regularly on their practice and skills. All staff receive regular training and supervision. They confirm that they are well supported by a kind, compassionate and supportive management team. The adult-to-child ratio is well maintained and staff are suitability deployed to meet the needs of the children. n Overall, staff support children's learning well, providing a good range of activities and experiences to help them to learn. Through discussions, staff know how activities can be used to support children's development. However, at times, some staff do not deliver the intended teaching outcomes they have planned for, which means that some teaching is not as effective in extending children's knowledge and skills. Nevertheless, children have opportunities to be engaged in activities that they enjoy. n Staff are kind and respectful to the children. They are calm and caring and are

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good role models. They use positive strategies to manage children's behaviour. Children are kind and considerate to their friends. For example, they take turns well and show friendly behaviour to others as they help them to manage tasks. Children have fun playing together. For instance, children can be heard laughing together as they explore happily in the play kitchen and dress up. n Children's health and well-being are well maintained. The staff provide balanced meals for the children, which they enjoy. Staff are suitably trained to cook for

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4 November 2024 the children and good hygiene routines are maintained. Staff provide daily opportunities for all children to play outside. Children are seen to have fun as they explore on the balancing beams, create pictures using chalks and paints, and play imaginatively as they take a ride on a boat to Spain. n Staff understand the importance of supporting children's language skills. They model speech effectively and take time to enhance children's communication skills through effective activities. Staff teach children new words and meanings to help them build their vocabulary. For example, as older children explore the ramps with the cars, they learn words to describe the surfaces and the movements the vehicles make. n Parents and carers speak highly of the staff and how they provide their children with a happy and nurturing environment where they can play and learn. They comment that staff are kind and management go above and beyond to be

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supportive. Parents receive regular updates about their children's progress. This, along with the lending resources provided by the nursery, helps them to support learning at home. n The management team has appropriate policies and procedures in place to ensure children's health is maintained. For example, suitable sickness procedures are followed to minimise the risk of infection. Medication, accident records and risk assessments are in place and are used accordingly to protect 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 strengthen the implementation of the curriculum and tailor teaching more precisely to ensure intended learning is supported to help extend children's knowledge and skills further.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY563168 Local authority Hampshire Inspection number 10366844 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 46 Number of children on roll 63 Name of registered person Timbers & Lychpit Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 01256 242100 Date of previous inspection 16 November 2021

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Information about this early years setting

St Peter's Day Nursery registered in 2018. It is operated by a limited company called Timbers and Lychpit Ltd. The nursery is located in the area of South Ham, Basingstoke, Hampshire. It is open Monday to Friday, from 8am to 6pm, all year round, except for bank holidays and a week at Christmas. The provider receives funding to provide free early education for children aged two, three and four years. There are 16 staff employed to work with the children. Of these, 14 hold an early years qualification at level 2 or above.

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Inspection activities

n The management team joined the inspector on a learning walk and talked to the inspector about their curriculum and what they want the children to learn. 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 a joint observation of a planned small-group activity. n The inspector talked to staff and children at appropriate times during the inspection. n Parents shared their views of the setting with the inspector. n The manager showed the inspector relevant documentation, including evidence of paediatric first-aid training. The inspector had a discussion with leaders about the evaluation of the setting and plans for the future.

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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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