Brats Day Nursery Corby Ltd

Inspection of Brats Day Nursery Corby Ltd St. Marks Road, St. James Industrial Estate, CORBY, Northamptonshire NN18 8AN

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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 show positive relationships with staff and their peers. For instance, younger children comfort their peers when they become upset. Children receive praise from staff when they do this, rewarding them for showing kindness to others. Older children laugh with staff when they play throwing games. When children who speak English as an additional language arrive, they are welcomed by staff who use their home language to greet them. This contributes to children having a sense of belonging in the nursery. Older children learn how to take turns with their peers. When they want toys that others are playing with, staff ask them to wait until other children have finished playing with the toys. This encourages children to be patient.

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The provision is good

Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are supported well by staff. Other professionals are invited into the nursery to work with staff to identify how to meet children's individual needs. Additional funding that some children receive is used to provide one-to-one time with children to implement targets to help children progress in their development. Children are supported to develop a love of books to support their literacy skills. For instance, when staff read books to younger children, they ask them to lift flaps on the pages. Older children are asked to remember stories that staff read to them. Children recall parts of stories, such as how to recycle objects.

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need to do better?

n Staff support children to understand how to behave positively. For example, they ask them to use their walking feet indoors, helping children to understand the behaviours staff want to see. Children listen and follow staff's instructions. For example, when older children are asked to stand in a line in preparation for lunch, staff ask them to pretend to be aeroplanes, supporting their imagination. Children hold out their arms and pretend to fly to the table at lunchtime. n The management team and staff place a strong focus on supporting children's independence. For example, staff provide hand-over-hand support for younger children to use tongs to serve themselves food at snack time. Older children use tongs on their own and are responsible for scraping any waste food in the bin when they have finished eating and to wash their plates. n Settling-in sessions for children when they first start attending are gradual,

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need to do better?

helping them to become familiar with staff and the nursery. Staff find out from parents about children's routines at home and implement these in the nursery. They ask parents for items of their clothing to give to their children so they can smell familiar adults when they go to sleep. This helps to promote all children's emotional well-being when they first start, including those with SEND. n Staff work in partnership with parents to support children's eating habits.

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27 November 2024 Parents appreciate that staff encourage their children to try a variety of meals. Staff give parents plates that children use at the nursery to encourage their children to eat at home. They share information about meals that their children are offered. n Staff are supported with their practice and well-being. They recognise and display comments about their colleagues positive practice with children. This helps to raise their colleagues self-esteem and confidence. New staff are supported to complete formal childcare qualifications to help develop their knowledge of how to support children's care and learning. n Overall, staff support children's communication and language skills well. For example, staff hold conversations with older children to help them identify different animals and to understand the different climates animals live in. However, staff do not fully implement the management team's expectations to

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support younger children's communication skills during daily routines, such as when staff sit with children at snack time. n Children are keen to join activities staff plan for them. For example, younger children develop the muscles in their hands when they use brushes in paint to make marks on paper. However, occasionally, staff do not adapt their interactions with older children during planned activities to ensure that all children taking part get the most from the learning offered. For instance, sometimes, staff do not focus on engaging quieter children.

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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 help staff to implement the management team's expectations during daily routines to support younger children's communication skills n support staff to adapt their interactions with older children during planned activities to ensure that all children learn the most from the experiences offered.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY541611 Local authority North Northamptonshire Inspection number 10372715 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 47 Number of children on roll 49 Name of registered person Brats Day Nursery Corby Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01536 401881 Date of previous inspection 11 March 2019

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Information about this early years setting

Brats Day Nursery Corby Ltd registered in 2016 and is situated in Corby, Northamptonshire. The nursery employs 15 members of childcare staff. Of these, eight hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 and one at level 4. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, all year round. Sessions are from 7.30am until 6pm. The nursery provides funded early education for children aged nine months upwards.

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Inspection activities

n The manager, deputy manager and inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the nursery and discussed how the staff implement the curriculum. n The inspector observed the quality of education during activities, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this has on children's learning. n Children spoke to the inspector throughout the inspection. n The inspector spoke with staff at appropriate times throughout the inspection. n The inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager and deputy manager. n The inspector held a meeting with the manager and deputy manager. She reviewed relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery. n Parents shared their views about the nursery with the inspector.

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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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