Magic Roundabout Nurseries Ltd

Inspection of Magic Roundabout Nurseries Ltd 35 Sutherland House, Sutherland Square, London SE17 3EE

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Overall effectiveness Outstanding

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

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The provision is outstanding

Leaders and staff create a nurturing and home-from-home environment that excites children to attend nursery. They help children to form secure attachments and develop positive attitudes to their learning. Staff model exemplary behaviour. They use core texts to help children to explore their emotions. Children learn to associate colours with feelings, which enables them to articulate their emotions clearly and develop emotional awareness and self-regulation skills. This approach helps children to develop excellent and essential social and personal skills. Children demonstrate exemplary behaviour. Staff demonstrate an exceptional knowledge of each child's interests and next steps in learning. They expertly use this understanding to plan engaging and purposeful learning experiences.

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The provision is outstanding

From the baby room to the pre-school room, children make exceptional progress from their starting points in development. Staff place a focus on building strong foundations for children's future learning. In the baby room, staff prioritise babies' sensory exploration and secure attachments. As children transition to the pre- toddler room, staff encourage children's language development, with expectations for using two-word phrases before moving to the toddler room. Staff provide investigative and exploration activities to help children to enhance their fine motor skills, vocabulary and hand-eye coordination. In the toddler room, staff promote children's growing language with open-ended questions and descriptive language. While in pre-school, children explain cause and effect, expanding on their ideas. Staff provide activities, such as junk modelling, clay carving and working with real vegetables. This encourages children's creativity, risk-taking, problem-solving, and

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excellent language and communication development.

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need to do better?

n The curriculum is carefully designed to develop key knowledge and skills across all areas of learning in a clear, sequential manner. Leaders and staff regularly assess children's progress, using data and feedback from parents and staff to refine and improve the provision. They use this information to make timely adaptations to meet children's evolving needs and enhance their learning outcomes. Additionally, staff's focus in the pre-school room on school readiness builds children's confidence, such as by providing workshops for parents to support smooth transitions on to school for their children. n Leaders and staff skilfully integrate cooking activities into the curriculum to promote children's fine motor skills, problem-solving and mathematical concepts. Younger babies engage in sensory experiences with utensils to aid early motor development, while older babies and pre-toddlers build confidence through tasks

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such as stirring and pouring. As children progress, activities become more complex, incorporating measuring, counting and concepts of size, weight and

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16 December 2024 volume. For toddlers and pre-school children, staff use cooking activities to foster children's independence, risk-taking and key skills, such as sequencing, counting and measuring. n Staff provide exceptional nature-based learning opportunities, which allow children to explore the natural world. For example, children observe and collect leaves for creative activities, helping them connect with their environment and develop creatively. Staff encourage babies to explore nature, which supports their sensory development and curiosity. This approach promotes children's emotional, physical and intellectual growth in an engaging way. n Staff expertly support children's physical skill development, ensuring that they make excellent progress. For instance, younger children and babies benefit from outdoor areas designed to meet their developmental needs. These areas feature rock climbing stations and a variety of bicycles suited to different stages of

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physical growth, including balance bicycles and tricycles. Additionally, staff offer practical experiences, including a woodwork bench with real tools, such as hammers, allowing children to learn safety skills. n Staff build strong partnerships with parents, celebrating their backgrounds and cultures. They offer weekly multicultural events, where parents read stories in their own language. This helps to boost children's self-confidence, pride, and understanding of diversity and respect. n Leaders and staff plan outings that deepen children's understanding of key themes, including healthy choices. Staff use visits to the supermarket and the local market to teach children about healthy eating, for example, as they select fresh produce for cooking activities. They take children on art-focused trips, such as to national galleries, to support the artist of the month study. Children take part in community visits and recycling activities to broaden their awareness of

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their environment and sustainability. n Leaders are dedicated to fostering a supportive culture, prioritising staff's development through high-quality coaching and training. Effective supervision sessions allow leaders to identify staff's strengths. Staff feel valued, well supported and enjoy working at the nursery. n Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are exceptionally well supported. Leaders collaborate with external professionals to provide tailored support. They regularly review children's individual plans, in partnership with parents, and provide ongoing staff development to ensure children with SEND make continuous progress.

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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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Setting details

Unique reference number EY287693 Local authority Southwark Inspection number 10363896 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 105 Number of children on roll 77 Name of registered person Magic Roundabout Nurseries Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 020 7277 3643 Date of previous inspection 15 January 2019

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Information about this early years setting

Magic Roundabout Nurseries Ltd registered in 2004. It is one of five private settings operated by Magic Roundabout Nurseries Limited. The nursery is located in Kennington, in the London Borough of Southwark. It is open 51 weeks a year, from 7.30am to 7pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays. The nursery provides government funded childcare. There are currently 29 members of staff employed to work at the nursery. Of these, 24 staff work with children and they all hold appropriate childcare qualifications, including two staff who hold qualified teacher status.

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Inspection activities

n The 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 Staff spoke to the inspector about how they support children with SEND. n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided and assessed the impact on children's learning. n The manager showed the inspector documentation to demonstrate the suitability of staff. n The inspector and the manager carried out joint observations of group activities. n The inspector spoke to several parents during the inspection and took account of their views.

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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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