Trinity Corner Nursery

Inspection of Trinity Corner Nursery 106 Rawling Road, Bensham, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear NE8 4QR

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Overall effectiveness Requires improvement

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

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The provision requires improvement

Children are very happy and settled in the nursery. They are cared for by compassionate staff who know them well. Children form strong bonds with staff and as a result, new children settle in quickly. In addition, children show that they form good relationships with each other and manage their feelings and behaviour well.

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The provision requires improvement

There have been a number of improvements made since the last inspection in some areas, for example, regarding the appropriate deployment of more experienced staff and how staff manage children's behaviour. However, there is still not rigorous enough oversight of the curriculum to ensure that it is well sequenced and builds on what children know and can already do.

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The provision requires improvement

In the main, staff support children's development in all areas of learning. Staff now benefit from regular supervision meetings. They also receive professional support from external agencies to implement ideas and activities for individual learning, particularly for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. However, some of these targeted activities are not yet fully embedded into practice to support all children to make the best possible progress as quickly as possible.

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need to do better?

n Good steps have been taken since the last inspection to ensure all staff receive ongoing support, coaching and training. However, staff are not always effectively supported to ensure good quality interactions that help children to become enthused and remain engaged in their play. For example, staff do not always support children to focus their attention and complete activities and tasks. n Despite this, children's behaviour and attitudes to learning are good and they want to learn. Some children completing a task quickly, comment that it is 'too easy'. n In addition, recommendations for some children's individual learning are not yet fully embedded or routinely applied. This means that children may not be progressing as quickly as they could be. n Children are well behaved and staff deal well with any minor incidents calmly. For example, by encouraging children to share and take turns and praising them

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when they do that. Good manners are also encouraged and praised. n Children show concern and kindness towards their friends. For example, when a child has fallen over, other children gently stroke them to offer comfort. n Staff ensure that children's personal and care needs are well met. They receive detailed information from parents about each child's routine, development and any specific dietary or other requirements. The information is used as a basis for their individual care.

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17 December 2024 n Staff support children well with toilet and potty training. They also promote independence and encourage children to feed themselves, wash their hands and serve themselves with second helpings of food at lunch time. Children benefit from a healthy menu. n Children also benefit from an outdoor play area, plus an indoor soft play area, to promote their large physical development. They participate in climbing, sliding, throwing activities, as well as negotiating space when using ride-on toys. n Staff also promote babies physical development by engaging them in dancing and music and movement activities, which they thoroughly enjoy. Babies also learn new actions and words during these activities such as, 'wiggle, jump, hop, jog, stomp, tiptoes'. n Staff work well with other professionals and settings to meet children's needs. For example, they work closely with the local authority and Portage teams. They

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also work well with schools that children move onto. In addition, staff implement good procedures within the setting to support children with moving onto the next room and moving onto school. n The setting also works well in partnership with parents and carers, who are kept informed of their child's development and progress. Parents express very positive comments about the caring staff.

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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 that leaders have a good overview of learning and development programmes across the setting and focus improvements on promoting children's progress and skills 17/01/2025

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should:

n embed agreed targeted activities and actions for individual children, to support them to make the best possible progress in their learning n build on current practice to enhance the quality of interactions and encourage

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should:

17 December 2024 children to become enthused and remain engaged in their play and learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 311876 Local authority Gateshead Inspection number 10337066 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 96 Number of children on roll 113 Name of registered person Gerits, Barbara Bryner

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reference number

Telephone number 0191 477 6562 Date of previous inspection 29 January 2024

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Information about this early years setting

Trinity Corner Nursery registered in 1997 and is located in Gateshead. The nursery employs 13 members of childcare staff. Of these, nine hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3, including one who has early years professional status. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, all year round, with sessions from 7.15am until 6pm. The nursery is registered for the Governments Early Years Childcare Funding.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector spoke with the manager about the leadership and management of the nursery. n Staff in each age group discussed the early years curriculum with the inspector. n The inspector talked to staff at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. n Children communicated with the inspector during the inspection. n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, both indoors and outdoors and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning. n The inspector carried out a joint observation of a group activity with the deputy manager. n Parents shared their views of the nursery with the inspector, in person, in writing and over the telephone. 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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