Lyndhurst Private Pre-School Day Nursery Limited

Inspection of Lyndhurst Private Pre- School Day Nursery Limited 84 Kilnwick Road, Pocklington, York, North Yorkshire YO42 2JZ

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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 welcomed by the nurturing staff when they arrive at this vibrant and friendly nursery. They wave goodbye to their parents and eagerly explore their environment. Children feel safe and form strong attachments with familiar staff, who know them well. Staff ensure that children feel valued and secure and offer them regular comfort to support their emotional well-being.

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The provision is good

Children are curious learners. Staff plan a curriculum that supports children to continuously develop their learning as they move through the nursery. They use children's interests effectively to create activities and experiences for children. For instance, children learn about Remembrance Day. They use leaves to create their own poppy displays in the outdoor nature area. This enables children to flourish and build on their skills and knowledge ready for their eventual move to school.

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The provision is good

Children behave well. Staff are good role models and have high expectations for children's behaviour. They support all children to share, take turns and cooperate with each other. At the beginning of activities, staff remind children of the rules, such as keeping sticks low during outdoor play and good listening. Children receive regular praise and encouragement for their efforts and demonstrate high levels of confidence and self-esteem.

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need to do better?

n Overall, the new leadership team is strong. They provide staff with regular supervision sessions to discuss and share key information. Staff say that they feel well supported and thoroughly enjoy their work. In addition to mandatory training, staff have access to an online training platform to develop their practice. However, leaders do not consistently focus training opportunities precisely enough for all staff. For example, staff are not always clear about the learning intentions of planned activities, to further extend children's learning. n Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities are supported exceptionally well. Staff provide children with stimulating and engaging experiences to support their needs and development. They work together with other professionals, such as speech and language therapists, to provide tailored support to meet children's individual needs. For example, staff use non-verbal

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forms of communication, such as picture cards and visual timetables. n Staff know the children well and generally engage in high-quality interactions with them as they play. Children are motivated and show a positive attitude to their learning. For example, children enthusiastically make their own play dough together. Staff ask them questions to extend their learning. However, on occasion, staff are involved in routine activities and, therefore, are not consistently available to fully support children's learning.

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8 November 2024 n Staff support children to learn how to take care of themselves and live healthy lifestyles. Children have daily opportunities to play outside and be physically active. For example, they take turns to practise their balancing skills as they walk across planks. Staff offer children praise and encouragement and challenge them to jump off at the end. Children enjoy healthy and well-balanced meals and snacks throughout the day. Staff help children to understand about the importance of maintaining good oral health through planned activities and conversations. n Children are encouraged to be independent from an early age. They make choices about which resources they would like to play with throughout the day. Older children eagerly help to set the table at lunchtime and serve themselves. Staff support children to wash their own hands and go to the toilet independently. This supports children to become increasingly independent and

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ready for their next stage of their learning. n In general, partnership with parents is good. Parents speak highly of the nursery. They say staff are welcoming and supportive of children's interests and needs. Staff provide parents with daily conversations about their child's day, online photos and have recently introduced parent evenings. However, not all parents are aware of their child's next steps to help them support children's learning at home. In addition, links with other settings that children attend are not fully explored to enable regular information sharing. n Staff successfully support children's communication skills. They guide play and learning well with modelling of language and use effective questioning to extend conversations. Staff respond to babies' babble and encourage them to repeat simple words and sounds. Children enjoy listening to rhymes and stories as part of their daily routine. Children become confident communicators and express

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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 focus training more precisely to support staff to be clear about the learning intentions of planned activities for children n improve the organisation of staff deployment to help fully engage children and support their learning n strengthen partnerships with parents and other settings that children attend to share next steps and provide continuity in children's learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY264161 Local authority East Riding of Yorkshire Inspection number 10363726 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 86 Number of children on roll 176

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Name of registered person

Lyndhurst Private Pre-School Day Nursery Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01759 302228 Date of previous inspection 3 January 2019

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Information about this early years setting

Lyndhurst Private Pre-School Day Nursery Limited registered in 2003. It employs 29 members of childcare staff. Of these, 13 hold an appropriate early years qualification at level 3 and one at level 6. The nursery opens Monday to Friday, from 7.30am to 6pm, except for bank holidays and one week at Christmas. The nursery offers the government funded places for childcare and receives specific funding for disadvantaged children.

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Inspection activities

n The manager and inspectors completed a learning walk together of all areas of the nursery and discussed the early years curriculum. n The inspectors talked to staff at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. 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 Parents shared their views of the setting with the inspectors. n Children spoke with the inspectors during the inspection. 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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