Oaklea House Day Nursery

Inspection of Oaklea House Day Nursery London Road, HOOK, Hampshire RG27 9LA

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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 develop strong attachments with adults. Young toddlers appear relaxed and happy and show curiosity to explore. Very young children learn to communicate without their dummies. Babies look intently at adults who carefully model the sounds of words. This helps them to develop early speech sounds. Nurturing support from trusted adults supports older children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) to develop their confidence to talk.

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The provision is good

Children are happy and engage well in the interesting and carefully planned activities provided. There are opportunities for children of all ages to develop creative skills through paint, construction, crafts and clay modelling. Staff talk to children about their artwork. Children's work is prominently displayed throughout the nursery. This helps children to celebrate their achievements.

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The provision is good

Children help and support each other. Pre-school staff skilfully support children to show their peers how to use their knife and fork. Children learn to congratulate each other. For example, children positively comment when their peers count correctly or recite the first letters of the alphabet in order. Kind and caring staff help children to see the value in being respectful to others. This supports children to develop good behaviour and social skills.

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need to do better?

n Leaders and staff create a positive environment in which children settle and enthusiastically take part in interesting activities. Staff encourage children to learn and play with their peers. They give warm and responsive encouragement for children who need additional support in social situations. This helps all children contribute to the activities and supports less-confident children to feel part of a group. n Leaders understand how to plan a coherent and well-sequenced curriculum that builds over time on what children know and can do. However, despite correctly identifying some areas for development, leaders do not monitor precisely enough to ensure that all staff understand the learning intention of the planned activities that sit within the curriculum. In addition, leaders do not target support for staff who are less effective at adapting activities to add further challenge. Consequently, although all staff support children to enjoy their learning, some

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staff are less successful at promoting the planned learning intentions and extending children's knowledge. n Staff consistently teach self-help skills to children, appropriate to their stage of development. For example, babies are encouraged to use their fingers to grasp and eat fruit. Young toddlers scoop and pierce food using cutlery. Older toddlers learn to self-register on arrival by clipping a peg to their name and photo.

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13 December 2024 Children in the pre-school fetch their own puddings and clear their own plates. Over time, staff help children to master important independence skills ready for their transition to school. n Parent partnerships are excellent. Staff listen and respond to parents on a daily basis. Staff closely follow parental preferences for sleeping and toileting routines. Leaders have worked hard to understand what parents want. They carefully analyse feedback from parent questionnaires and clearly communicate to parents how they intend to further develop the provision. As a result, families praise the high-quality relationships between staff and parents and say this has played an important part in helping their children progress. n There is strong support for children with SEND and children who speak English as an additional language. Passionate staff work very well with specialist professionals to create resources that develop the communication and language

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need to do better?

of children with SEND. This has helped these children make good progress in their social confidence and communication. Families of children with SEND feel extremely well supported by staff. In addition, funding for individual children with SEND has been spent well to support their physical development. n Key persons have a good understanding of their children's interests. They use this knowledge to creatively plan activities that hold children's attention. For instance, staff motivate children who love cars to paint using tyre tracks. In addition, key persons frequently set next steps for children's development. Staff often ask for input from parents and specialist agencies when reviewing the progress of each child. This helps staff to plan for children's future progress. n Leaders and staff frequently promote healthy eating. Nutritious food is freshly cooked every day on site. Staff review and change menus every six months to

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need to do better?

ensure a range of dishes are offered. Children and parents comment positively on the food that is served. Staff have also created a recipe book for parents who want to cook some of the more popular meals for their children and continue the support for healthy eating at home.

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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 monitor and support the staff team more precisely to promote greater consistency in the implementation of planned activities and interaction with children during their freely chosen play.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY486076 Local authority Hampshire Inspection number 10367500 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 114 Number of children on roll 142 Name of registered person KZAR Childcare Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01256 766980 Date of previous inspection 11 February 2019

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Information about this early years setting

Oaklea House Day Nursery registered in 2015. It is one of four nurseries run by KZAR Childcare Limited. The nursery is based in Hook, Hampshire. The nursery is open from 7.30am until 6.30pm, Monday to Friday, for 51 weeks of the year. There are 39 staff. Of these, 19 hold relevant qualifications from level 3 to level 6. The nursery is in receipt of free early education funding for children from nine months upwards.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector viewed the provision and discussed the safety and suitability of the premises with leaders and staff. n Leaders joined the inspector on a learning walk and talked to the inspector about their curriculum and what they want the children to learn. n Children spoke with the inspector during the inspection. n The inspector talked to staff at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. n Parents and carers shared their views of the setting with the inspector. 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 Leaders provided the inspector with samples of key documentation on request.

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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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