Busy Bees (Durham) Ltd

Inspection of Busy Bees (Durham) Ltd Priory Road, DURHAM DH1 5HW

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Overall effectiveness Good

The quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Overall effectiveness at previous inspection Outstanding

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The provision is good

Staff provide a welcoming and nurturing environment for all children. They warmly greet children at the door. There are good settling-in procedures that are flexible to meet the needs of all children. Staff find out the needs of children and their home routines, which they follow in the nursery. Staff are caring and sensitive to children's needs. They provide reassurance and cuddles where needed, supporting children emotionally.

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The provision is good

Staff help children to have high levels of confidence. Staff listen to children, and from a young age, children are confident to speak to visitors to explain what they are doing. For instance, when involved in an activity, children say they are squeezing the dough. The voice of the child is very important to management. They have developed a nursery council. This gives children the opportunity to have a say in what happens in the nursery. For example, staff have shown children the possible risks around the nursery and asked them to see if they can identify any risks. This helps children to stay safe.

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The provision is good

Staff have high expectations for children's behaviour. There is a strong ethos of caring and kindness from staff. They model respectful behaviour and use gentle reminders to help children understand the rules and boundaries. Children understand that when the bell is rung it is tidy-up time. Staff praise children when they do well, which supports children's well-being.

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need to do better?

n Management is passionate about providing high-quality experiences for children and families. They know the children very well. They create a very stimulating environment and curriculum for children's learning. Staff have a clear view of what they want children to learn. They follow the curriculum through activities, and staff understand how to implement it in practice. Learning is appropriate for each child's stage of development. n Staff's practice is closely monitored. Management observe them and conduct supervisions and annual appraisals with them. This is so their training needs and strengths can be identified. Staff's understanding is checked through questioning, such as their understanding of their key children. Any gaps in development are swiftly addressed. n The nursery uses additional funding to support the individual needs of children effectively. For instance, they have bought in toys and resources to support

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need to do better?

children's communication and language development. n There is a strong ethos with regard to staff's professional development. Recent staff training on communication and language has had an impact on how staff use books with children. Stories are read enthusiastically by staff, who fully

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need to do better?

5 November 2024 involve children in what is happening on the page. For example, children talk about different birds on the pages and listen to the sounds that they make. They guess what is in the story bag when staff describe what they are feeling in the bag. Children are highly engaged in these activities. n Self-evaluation helps to identify how practice can be changed for the better. For example, management identified that mathematics could be delivered more effectively to children. Appropriate training has been accessed. Staff are very knowledgeable about the new techniques that they use to help children understand and make sense of the numbers one to five. Children take part in lots of activities to embed this learning. For example, older children roll a dice and recognise how many spots it has up to five. When two dice are used, they learn to add the spots together on both dice. n Overall, staff embed routines of the day well. For example, staff explain to

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need to do better?

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 so that children are served straight away before they become restless. n Overall, the nursery is well organised. Children have easy access to resources and make their own choices about what they want to play with. Furniture is set out to encourage early standing and walking. However, staff do not consider the space available to promote children in gaining and consolidating their first steps.

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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 organisation of lunchtime for older children, so that children do not wait too long to have their food n support staff to review the organisation of the environment for younger children so that they have sufficient space to practise their emerging walking skills.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY548257 Local authority Durham Inspection number 10366973 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 169 Number of children on roll 276 Name of registered person Busy Bees (Durham) Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 0191 3750244 Date of previous inspection 18 June 2019

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Information about this early years setting

Busy Bees (Durham) Limited registered in 2017. The nursery employs 54 members of childcare staff. Of these, 34 hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 or above, including two members of staff with early years teacher status. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday for 51 weeks of the year. Sessions are from 7.30am until 6pm. The nursery offers government funded places for children and receives specific funding for disadvantaged children.

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Inspection activities

n The inspectors viewed the provision and discussed the safety and suitability of the premises. n The manager joined the inspectors on a learning walk and talked to the them about their curriculum and what they want the children to learn. n Staff spoke to the inspectors during the inspection. n The inspectors spoke with management about the leadership and management of the setting. n The inspectors observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning. n The inspectors and manager carried out joint observations of group activities. n Parents shared their views of the setting with the inspectors.

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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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