Home From Home Nursery & Pre-school

Inspection of Home From Home Nursery & Pre-school Community Hall, Ansell Hall, 14A Oakbank Avenue, Walton On Thames KT12 3QZ

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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 Not applicable

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The provision is good

Children arrive at the setting ready for their day of play and separate with ease from their parents into the care of staff. Children develop strong bonds with their key person and the rest of the staffing team. Children receive the warm care they need from staff. For example, staff console children and give them the time they need to return happily to their play. This enables children to feel safe and secure and to be ready for learning. Children relish being outdoors and have regular opportunities to be out in the local community. They visit the pony to feed it carrots and return to the nursery, excitedly sharing their experiences.

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The provision is good

Children learn skills for the future, such as preparing their own snack and serving themselves at mealtimes. There is a clear sequence to this learning that starts from the youngest age groups. This enables children to practise and embed these skills. Children enjoy looking at books. Babies sit in the cosy area, select a story and turn the pages of the board books with care and skill. This strengthens children's enjoyment of and interest in literacy from an early age. There is a clear plan for the curriculum, which leaders base upon what children know, understand, can do and need to learn next. The planning for learning is ambitious for all children, including those learning another language and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities. This enables children to make the individual progress they are capable of.

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need to do better?

n There is clear and effective leadership, enabling a good-quality provision. Leaders follow safer recruitment processes, which enable the ongoing suitability of staff. There is a clear induction system, and staff have regular opportunities for further training and to gain professional qualifications. Staff comment about the high levels of support they receive to enable them to be effective practitioners. n Staff know their key children well and understand different children's learning needs and styles. This enables them to make the most from their interactions with children during activities and children's chosen play. Staff make observations of children during their play and learning opportunities. They use this information to assess their development and plan effectively for what children need to learn next. n Children learn about kindness and tolerance from a young age through effective support and encouragement from staff. For example, staff explain to children

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need to do better?

about what will happen if they act in certain ways. They also readily praise children for their good decision making. n Children develop good communication and language skills. Staff introduce new words to help describe things. For example, when playing with the pretend

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need to do better?

2 December 2024 snow, staff use words such as 'squishy'. However, sometimes, staff ask too many questions or step in too quickly to answer the questions that they ask children. This does not give children the time they need to think and respond and to understand the flow of a conversation from a young age. n Staff encourage children to develop a good imagination. For example, when exploring different modes of transport, children explain how they come to the nursery. They talk about coming to nursery in an aeroplane, about where they would land it and how many people they can have on board. This enhances children's creativity and speaking skills. n Staff explain the rules for games effectively, enabling children to fully understand and grasp new concepts. For example, they successfully demonstrate how to attach the paper clips to the cardboard shape. Staff extend this by asking children how many clips they will have if they add one more or take one away.

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Older children are able to calculate this correctly, challenging their mathematical knowledge. n Staff plan activities that they base on what children need to learn next and their current interests. For example, staff set out a counting activity for children to build on their number recognition. They use pom-poms on large dominoes and count out how many they need depending on the number on the domino. n Children practise their cutting skills. They persist at using the scissors to cut the ribbons. This teaches children to persevere at a chosen task to enable them to succeed. Staff talk to children about their own safety and that of others while using the scissors, enhancing their knowledge. n Leaders initially exchange information with other staff/carers at other early years settings that children also attend. However, they do not always maintain this relationship to exchange information about children's development on an

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ongoing basis. This does not enhance the sharing of children's learning and what comes next in the sequence for children's development.

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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 working relationships with key persons at other early years settings that children also attend n build on staff's awareness of the importance of giving children time to respond to questions that staff pose.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2763887 Local authority Surrey Inspection number 10370788 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 26 Number of children on roll 38 Name of registered person Home From Home Children's Day Care Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 07795564610 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

Home From Home Nursery & Pre-school registered in 2023. It employs 14 members of childcare staff. Of these, nine hold appropriate early years qualifications. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, all year round, from 7.30am until 6.30pm. The nursery provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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Inspection activities

n The manager and inspector completed a learning walk together and discussed the early years curriculum. n The inspector and manager carried out a joint observation. n The inspector spoke with staff and interacted with children. n Parents shared their views about the setting with the inspector. n The inspector viewed the provision and discussed the safety and suitability of the premises.

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2 December 2024 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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2 December 2024 regulates and inspects to achieve excellence in the care of children and young people, and in education and skills for learners of all ages. It regulates and inspects childcare and children's social care, and inspects the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass), schools, colleges, initial teacher training, further education and skills, adult and community learning, and education and training in prisons and other secure establishments. It assesses council children's services, and inspects services for looked after children, safeguarding and child protection.

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