The City Nursery Ltd

Inspection of The City Nursery Ltd 18 Northampton Square, Leicester, Leicestershire LE1 1PA

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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 welcoming nursery. They arrive with beaming smiles and enthusiasm for the day as staff warmly greet them. Staff care for the children attentively, which supports their emotional well-being. They offer warm hugs and speak softly to all children. Children develop strong relationships with staff, which help them to feel safe and secure. The staff display photos of children, giving them a real sense of belonging.

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The provision is good

Staff plan exciting activities and use good intonation and enthusiasm in their spoken voice when singing, reading and speaking, which supports children's communication and language skills. Children are highly engaged as staff pretend to cast a spell using a magic stick, which creates excitement among the children as they mix red and yellow paint in their hands. Staff ask children to close their eyes as they wait for the spell to end. Staff encourage children's thinking as they ask what colour they have made, and children shout 'orange'. Older children are excited to act out their favourite stories and rhymes, supporting their literacy skills. As staff read children's stories, they leave off the end of sentences for children to finish. This helps to keep children engaged, enables them to contribute to the storytelling and develops their early literacy skills.

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n Staff are positive role models and are kind and gentle with the children. As a result, children learn to respect one another and use kind words and hands. Staff teach children about different emotions. During welcome time, children are asked how they are feeling today. This supports children's understanding of their own emotions and the feelings of others, which helps them to develop positive relationships. n Partnerships with parents are highly valued. Staff regularly discuss children's progress with parents and inform them of their children's next steps in learning. Parents state that they feel involved and appreciate the suggestions that staff make about how best to support children at home. The nursery has termly parent meetings and stay-and-play sessions to strengthen parent partnership and help build on children's learning. n Staff know children well and have a clear understanding of what they need to

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learn next. They promptly identify gaps in children's learning and work closely with parents and other professionals to provide targeted support. Leaders ensure that additional funding is used effectively to benefit the children who receive it. This helps children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, to make good progress. n Staff provide a good balance of adult-led and child-initiated activities that are based on children's interests. Overall, children demonstrate high levels of

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28 October 2024 motivation and engagement. However, staff do not consistently support less- confident and quieter children to join in discussions, build confidence and have their voices heard. n Children have lots of opportunities to develop their physical skills. They learn to pedal tricycles and negotiate space as they whizz around obstacle courses, developing their large-muscle skills. Staff encourage them to keep trying, building on their resilience. Children develop the small muscles in their hands as they manipulate play dough and copy staff as they model how to use rolling pins. Staff encourage children to be creative as they use googly eyes, pipe cleaners and wooden sticks to create 'spiders'. Staff praise children for their efforts, which promotes children's confidence and self-esteem. n Staff support some aspects of children's independence. For example, children are encouraged to make choices at snack time. However, staff are often quick to

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complete simple tasks for children that they could try for themselves, such as filling and fetching their drink bottles or using tongs to select their snacks. This does not fully support children to develop independence skills to ensure that they are ready for the next stage of their learning. n Managers have a clear process in place for recruitment, induction and supervision. Staff say that they feel supported in their roles and work well as a team. Managers have a clear vision to ensure that all staff receive training and develop professionally. This ensures that staff can support the needs of the children and help them make good progress.

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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 include quieter children in discussions so they can build confidence and have their voices heard n help children to develop independence skills and complete tasks for themselves.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 226965 Local authority Leicester Inspection number 10369358 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 160 Number of children on roll 38 Name of registered person The City Nursery Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01162470166 01162545441 Date of previous inspection 25 October 2018

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Information about this early years setting

The City Nursery Ltd registered in 1980 and is located in Leicester. The nursery employs seven members of childcare staff. Of these, six hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3. The nursery opens from Monday to Thursday, all year round. Sessions are from 7.45am until 5.45pm. The nursery provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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Inspection activities

n The deputy manager and the inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the nursery and discussed the early years curriculum offered to the children. n The inspector talked to staff and children 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 a joint observation of an adult-led activity. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation and reviewed evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery. n Parents shared their views of the nursery with the inspector.

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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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