New Life Pre-School Daycare Centre

Inspection of New Life Pre-School Daycare Centre 42 George Street, Wakefield WF1 1DL

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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

Leaders create a bespoke curriculum designed with the Christian ethos weaved throughout. They have created an environment that helps children to feel at home as they learn. Children ask for a cuddle with staff, who create strong bonds with children. Babies snuggle into staff when they feel unsure of visitors. Children confidently explore their environment, showing they feel safe and secure.

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The provision is good

Staff engage with children well and support babies to be independent. They encourage babies to climb the stairs of a slide and manoeuvre their bodies to come down the slide. Older children create loose-part pictures in frames as staff encourage the use of new language. Staff ask children if they want their pictures 'portrait' or 'landscape', while showing the layout to them. This helps children to learn new words and understand how to position their frame.

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The provision is good

There is a mutual respect between staff and children, who listen well and respond to staff. Staff role model manners with babies, who repeat them back. During lunchtime, staff say 'more please', which babies repeat when they want more food. Children follow instructions well and try hard to complete the task, such as putting their coats on their pegs. Children independently look after their belongings and ask each other for help.

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need to do better?

n Leaders are highly passionate about creating opportunities for children to thrive in their learning. For example, they provide children with access to forest school environments when they do not have a garden at home. Leaders want children to experience more to excel in their skills. n There is a focus on children's communication and language in the nursery. Staff use a focus book for older children. They introduce new words and embed children's understanding of new words in a variety of ways. For example, when children cover textures, staff mention 'fuzzy' and 'sparkle'. With babies, staff repeat words to model them and check babies' understanding. For example, during sand play, staff say 'pat' while babies pat the sand down or 'squeeze' when squeezing it in their palms. n Staff use facial expressions and changes in their voices to engage children. They read stories with excitement and sing nursery rhymes, emphasising initial

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sounds. Children have a love of stories and learn new language. n Parents and carers are involved in their child's development, for example, they attend workshops where staff demonstrate activities for children with dough. Children's faces light up as their parents arrive to play with them. Staff encourage parents to share what their children have been doing at home. Parents send pictures in so children can recap what they have done at home.

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18 December 2024 n Children are physically active, creating dough creations with their fingers to develop their fine motor skills. While babies run their fingers through cornflour, staff say words such as 'sticky'. Staff encourage children's gross motor development, such as when they support children to climb on the climbing wall outside. n Leaders evaluate and assess the strengths and areas for improvement in the nursery. However, leaders have not consistently asked parents for their feedback on the strengths and ideas to improve the nursery further. n Children enjoy a wide range of experiences within and outside the nursery. Staff encourage parents to share their home cultures. For instance, they show children how to create Diwali lamps and share traditional food. Staff take children to visit the bus and train station. Children enjoy being able to shop for their own pet fish for the nursery. This helps children to have an understanding

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need to do better?

of the world and learn about different cultures. n Children demonstrate very good independence skills. Staff encourage babies to drink from open-top cups and feed themselves. Older children hang their own coats up and use scissors. Staff facilitate and support children when they find it difficult, helping them to try again. n Leaders are eager to support all staff to develop professionally. Leaders are highly supportive and encouraging to staff. Staff comment on how valued they feel and how they are able to approach leaders, who are responsive to their needs. n Staff adapt their practice for children with limited language or with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). For example, they use bubbles and wait for children to give eye contact before repeating the action. Staff repeat the initial sound of the word 'bubbles' to help children hear the words. Leaders make timely referrals for specialist support to be able to enhance children's

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need to do better?

development. This helps children with SEND to make as good progress as their peers.

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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 strengthen the evaluation process to include parental views more consistently, to inform and support further improvements in the nursery.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 322039 Local authority Wakefield Inspection number 10368073 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 40 Number of children on roll 46 Name of registered person New Life Christian Centre (Wakefield)

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reference number

Telephone number 01924 375060 Date of previous inspection 7 March 2019

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Information about this early years setting

New Life Pre-School Daycare Centre registered in 1976 and is located in Wakefield. The nursery employs 11 members of childcare staff. Of these, one member of staff holds an appropriate early years qualification at level 6 as an early years teacher. The remaining members of staff include four staff with relevant qualifications at level 3 and four staff with qualifications at level 2. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, all year round, with the exception of bank holidays. Sessions are from 7.30am until 6pm. The nursery provides government funded childcare. It follows a Christian ethos and is run by a registered charity.

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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 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 on children's learning. n The inspector observed the interactions between staff and children. n The inspector and the senior person carried out a joint observation of a communication and language activity. n Parents shared their views of the nursery with the inspector. 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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