Wildflower Brentford Day Nursery and Preschool

Inspection of Pump House Day Nursery The Old Pumping Station, Pump Alley, Brentford, Hounslow TW8 0AP

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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 arrive happy as staff greet them with a warm welcome. Staff encourage parents to share information on arrival. This helps staff to gain an understanding of anything that may impact on children's day. Staff help children to feel safe and secure by meeting children's needs. For example, babies display curiosity as they build with blocks. Staff engage babies and extend their learning by counting as they build and by using encouragement. Babies copy what they see and show delight in their achievements. Staff are positive role models and remind children of the rules and routines. Children demonstrate a good understanding of this and follow routines well. This helps to build children's confidence and builds structure to the day. As a result, children have a positive attitude to their learning and behave very well.

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The provision is good

Leaders and staff create a wide and varied curriculum that engages and excites children. They want children to reach their full potential, and they create learning that helps children to be curious, solve problems and have a go. For example, staff encourage children to explore small pipes and use connectors to create shapes of different sizes. Children investigate and solve problems through trial and error, using mathematical language, such as 'long' and 'short'. They happily share resources with their friends as they build and create shapes.

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need to do better?

n Leaders and staff are ambitious for every child. They have a robust settling-in process that helps to identify what children know now and what they need to learn next. Teaching is sequenced so that children learn in stages and build their knowledge over time to create long-term learning. Staff establish what interests children and use this to engage children in learning. n The provider values their staff, who have regular supervision sessions. This helps to identify strengths that can be brought into practice and areas that need further support. Leaders value training and how it can be used to improve staff's practice. They use regular meetings with staff and room visits to support staff and enhance their teaching. However, the monitoring of staff's practice is not targeted consistently to support staff to extend their knowledge to the next level. n Children, including those who speak English as an additional language, learn to

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be effective communicators. Staff talk to children throughout the day and give children time to process information and respond. They introduce a range of vocabulary to extend children's language. Staff ensure that they talk to babies and young children at eye level to capture their attention. Staff give toddlers choices in the nursery rhymes they sing, and toddlers enthusiastically remember the actions to the songs they sing. Older children recall familiar parts of stories

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need to do better?

4 November 2024 they hear and confidently participate in back-and-forth conversations. n Children build their physical skills from the moment they start at nursery. Young children are supported in learning to walk. Staff are patient and provide lots of encouragement as babies develop confidence by holding their hands as they build up their strength. Babies enjoy rolling balls back and forwards with staff as they begin to learn how to coordinate their body movements. Older children enjoy outdoor experiences where they can stretch and move their bodies as well as playing football and having weekly yoga sessions. This helps children to build their core strength and gross motor skills. n Staff teach children from a young age how to be independent. Children are encouraged to tidy up after themselves. Staff use a sand timer to help to prepare children for transitions during the day. Children wash their hands before

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mealtimes and learn the skills to use cutlery when eating. This helps to prepare children for school. n Children learn about the joy of books. Before mealtimes, children excitedly choose a book and listen with intent. For example, when they listen to the story 'When I am Sad', they recall familiar parts of the story and are able to point to parts of their body where sadness can affect them. This helps to teach children about their feelings and emotions. n Parents speak highly of the nursery. They appreciate leaders and staff, who help to settle their children quickly. Parents say that the settling-in process, along with the ongoing communication, helps to reassure them that their children are safe and secure.

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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 monitoring of teaching to ensure that all staff have a shared understanding of the curriculum intent and this is embedded in practice.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2547395 Local authority Hounslow Inspection number 10371494 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises Registers Early Years Register Day care type Full day care

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inspection

Total number of places 92 Number of children on roll 57 Name of registered person Pilgrim Trading Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 0208 0030123 Date of previous inspection 19 May 2022

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Information about this early years setting

Pump House Day Nursery registered in 2019. It is situated in the London Borough of Hounslow. The nursery is open each weekday, throughout the year, from 8am to 6pm. The provider employs 22 members of staff. Of these, 14 staff hold relevant childcare qualifications ranging from level 2 to level 6. The nursery provides government funded childcare.

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Inspection activities

n The manager joined the inspector on a learning walk and talked to the inspector about the curriculum and what they want the children to learn. n The inspector spoke to parents and took their views into account. n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, and assessed the impact on children's learning. n The manager and the inspector carried out a joint observation of a focused group activity. n The inspector spoke to staff and took their views into account. 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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