Three Butterflies Nursery

Inspection of Three Butterflies Nursery Building H7, Royal Gunpowder Mills, Powdermill Lane, Waltham Abbey, Essex EN9 1JY

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Overall effectiveness Requires improvement

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

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The provision requires improvement

The quality of teaching is variable across the nursery. Staff do not consistently challenge children to build on what they already know and can do. Experiences are not planned and implemented successfully to engage and challenge older children. For instance, young babies follow the routine to sit down ready for meals. However, staff do not have the food ready. Older children become excited about taking part in a messy activity and put on their aprons. However, staff do not have the resources sufficiently prepared for the experience. Children wait unnecessarily and become bored and restless. Despite this, staff are calm and help children to understand the expectations of their behaviour during these times.

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The provision requires improvement

Staff know children well and build happy, secure relationships with them. They support children to be sociable and kind to their friends. Children of all ages seek out familiar adults for comfort when they are upset. Staff provide opportunities for children across the nursery to develop their physical skills. Staff praise babies and provide encouragement as they toddle about, learning to walk and climb. Children stretch their bodies up high, and squat down low as they make purposeful marks with chalk on a board.

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need to do better?

n The provider has met a recent notice set by Ofsted. They have reviewed their behaviour management policies and ensured that staff understand and implement them appropriately. n Managers have established a child-led curriculum that builds on children's interests from when they start as young babies to when they go to school. They reflect accurately on staff practice and provide feedback to help improve teaching, such as when staff do not interact well enough with the children. However, this is ineffective and children do not receive a consistently good- quality education. n Staff know the children in their care, and they understand how children develop. However, they do not use the children's interests to sufficiently challenge children's learning. Activities do not stimulate children to inspire positive attitudes to learning. For example, despite staff sitting with older children at a table with construction toys, the children begin licking the resources rather than

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building with them. This is because staff do not interact consistently with children to support their learning. n Staff spend time organising routines and preparing activities. However, these are not arranged in a way that motivates children to continually learn. As a result, older children begin running around or lose interest in the activities. n Staff do not focus well enough on children's communication skills. For example, they pick babies up without indicating what is going to happen first. Staff play

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need to do better?

31 October 2024 regularly with children but sometimes speak quickly and ask many questions in quick succession. This means children do not have frequent opportunities to think and respond during conversations. n The managers recognise when children need individual education plans to help their development. Where there are professionals available, the leaders work with them to support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. However, teaching is not consistently strong to help every child make good progress from their starting points. n Parent partnerships are secure. Parents notice that children are more sociable and confident when they are with other children at home. Staff and managers communicate regularly in a variety of ways, and parents receive regular updates about their children's learning. n Children use their imagination during their play. They pretend to bake cakes in the home corner oven and push dolls in pushchairs. These opportunities help

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children to begin to understand real-life scenarios. n Staff praise children for their efforts and successes. This helps children to build a sense of achievement and feelings of pride. For example, when children complete their pictures, they show them to visitors and smile with pride. n Children are gaining some independence. Babies use their hands and spoons to feed themselves. Staff encourage older children to wash their hands with soap and dry them with towels.

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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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Due date

ensure staff give children language-rich experiences to build on their communication and thinking skills 30/01/2025

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Due date

ensure that staff are clear about the intent of the curriculum and how to implement it effectively so that it provides enough challenge to help all children make good progress. 30/01/2025

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should:

n review the organisation of routines and activities so children are not left waiting unnecessarily.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2524312 Local authority Essex Inspection number 10361545 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 50 Number of children on roll 58 Name of registered person Three Butterflies Nursery / Preschool Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 01992 827109 Date of previous inspection 18 August 2021

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Information about this early years setting

Three Butterflies Nursery registered in 2019. The nursery employs nine members of childcare staff. Of these, four members of staff hold an appropriate early years qualification at level 3 or above. Two members of staff hold an early years degree at level 6. The nursery also employs a cook. It opens from Monday to Friday, for 51 weeks of the year. Opening times are from 7.30am until 6pm. The nursery provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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Inspection activities

n The deputy manager joined the inspector on a learning walk and talked to the inspector about their curriculum and what they want the children to learn. n The inspector talked to staff 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 provider and the inspector carried out a joint observation of a spontaneous activity. n The inspector spoke to several parents during the inspection and considered their views. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation and reviewed evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery. n Children talked with the inspector during the inspection.

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Inspection activities

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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