Buzy Bee - An LEYC Nursery

Inspection of Buzy Bee - An LEYC Nursery 145-147 Sutton Avenue, Coventry CV5 7ER

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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 excitement as they attend this nursery. They laugh as they take part in activities that allow them to be creative. Staff build meaningful relationships with children that support their well-being. Children initiate conversation with key adults, showing their familiarity and comfort with staff. Children settle quickly, following a thorough settling-in process that is flexible to suit families' requirements.

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The provision is good

Children demonstrate positive behaviour and can follow instructions. Staff use gestures and visual cues to contribute to the children's understanding of what they expect from them. The staff offer children a compact but well organised outdoor area, with opportunities for physical development. Children engage in a range of learning experiences, including riding on scooters, using large rollers on the wall and balancing on wobble boards. Children throw beanbags with staff, who teach them how to hold their hands correctly to develop their catching skills.

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need to do better?

n Staff implement a curriculum and planning process that sufficiently considers children's next steps in learning. Staff use the gaps they identify to inform weekly experiences they plan. Children are eager to join in with experiences and make appropriate progress through all areas of the curriculum. The process is overseen consistently by senior staff. n There is a particular focus on mathematics at this nursery. Staff deliver learning that is progressive throughout the different age groups. For example, children in the baby room play with shape sorters and different-sized sensory resources. While older children count animals and make shapes out of play dough. Staff encourage children to recognise colours during their play. This helps children to build on their existing mathematical knowledge. n Staff interactions with children are positive. Staff engage children, and consequently, they are excited to join in with stories and singing with actions.

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However, sometimes, staff do not always ask open-ended questions to challenge learning further or give children enough time to respond to questions. This means that there is room for children to develop their communication and language skills even more. n Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) receive support from staff who are knowledgeable about their requirements. For example, adaptations are made to routines so that children's preferences are met, and progress is being made towards individualised targets. Staff work with external agencies to ensure that specific advice is acted on. The curriculum for all children is ambitious. n The staff at this nursery plan learning experiences for children based on their current interests. This ensures that children are building on what they already

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need to do better?

12 December 2024 know and can do while at nursery. Having said this, staff could add to children's experiences even further through providing opportunities for learning in the wider community to enhance children's life experiences even more. n There is an open-plan baby room and toddler room, which allows children to move freely between the two. This means children can access a wide range of resources. However, sometimes, older children are not given enough opportunity to engage in more focused learning. For example, younger children throw the books and pencils over the floor while others are trying to read or mark make. This can be distracting for older children and can sometimes hinder their learning. n Children demonstrate independence skills during the day. They are taught how to put on their own coat, and even the youngest children find their own shoes from the shoe bucket. Children in pre-school serve their own lunch and scrape

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need to do better?

their plates after they have finished. Children require minimal support to wash their hands and go to the toilet independently. n Parents speak positively about the care and support they receive from leaders and staff. They are grateful for advice regarding any additional needs that staff identify and how proactive they are with support for children. They also comment on high levels of communication and how children are ready for their transition to school when they leave the nursery. Information is shared with parents through 'key-person catch-ups'. n Leaders have effective oversight of the nursery and are enthusiastic about improving the impact on children's progress. They can recognise areas for improvement in both practice and quality of provision. Staff have regular supervision meetings with leaders, and their well-being is considered.

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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 consider ways to challenge children's learning further to develop communication and language skills even more n reflect on ways to add to children's wider experiences to ensure that they are equipped with the life skills they need to be ready for their next stages of learning n review the organisation and use of the open-plan baby and toddler room to ensure that all children's learning needs are being met.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY551392 Local authority Coventry Inspection number 10372400 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Day care type Full day care

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inspection

Total number of places 41 Number of children on roll 49 Name of registered person Legacy Early Years & Childcare Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 02476 464 777 Date of previous inspection 16 April 2019

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Information about this early years setting

Buzy Bee - An LEYC Nursery registered in 2016 and is situated in Coventry. The nursery employs 14 members of childcare staff, the majority of whom hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 and above. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, all year round, except for bank holidays and Christmas. Sessions are from 7.30am until 6pm. The nursery provides funded early education for children.

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Inspection activities

n The manager and inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the nursery and discussed the early years curriculum. n The inspector talked to staff at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. n The inspector spoke with the nominated individual and manager about the leadership and management of the setting. n Staff spoke to the inspector about how they support children with SEND. 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 inspector carried out a joint observation of an activity with the manager. n The inspector spoke to several parents during the inspection and took account of their views. n The manager showed the inspector documentation to demonstrate the suitability of staff.

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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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