Spencer's Wood Day Nursery

Inspection of Spencer's Wood Day Nursery Basingstoke Road, Reading RG7 1AA

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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 Inadequate

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The provision is good

Children arrive happy and are well supported by friendly staff to separate from their parents. Children that are new to the setting receive warm interactions and gentle encouragement as they become familiar with their surroundings. Staff console children, stay close and offer support with their kind gestures and compassion towards children's feelings. Additionally, the effective key-person approach means that children receive tailored support when they start to help them feel safe and secure. The children's personal, social, and emotional development is supported well.

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The provision is good

On the whole, children demonstrate positive behaviours towards staff and each other. They play well with and alongside their friends. The staff are good role models and have created a culture of inclusiveness and respect. Children are learning in a stimulating environment. For instance, pre-school children enjoy planting bulbs ready for spring. They place the bulbs in individual pots and cover them with compost. They increase their small-muscle development in their hands as they use water bottles to spray the bulbs and soil. Staff ask children questions to extend their learning even further. Children discuss that the bulbs need lots of sun and water to grow into flowers. They are learning cause and effect and developing a good understanding of the world they live in.

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need to do better?

n Managers, leaders, and staff worked tirelessly to make the improvements necessary following the previous inspection. There are robust systems in place to ensure the setting is safe and secure. Managers ensure that qualification ratios are maintained, and staff understand their responsibility to provide parents with accurate records of accidents and injuries. Staff deploy themselves effectively to ensure children are well supervised at all times. This helps keep children safe and supports their learning and development. n Managers and leaders are dedicated to providing a strong workforce for children and their families. They are focused on ensuring staff are well supported and receive the effective coaching and teaching they need to increase and improve their skills and professionalism. This benefits the care and emotional well-being of the children. Staff share their commitment to developing and to growing

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need to do better?

within the company. n The curriculum in place is well thought out and appropriate for the current needs and abilities of children. Managers have provided staff with training and successfully and clearly shared the intention for children's learning. This supports staff to understand what they are teaching children and why. As a result, staff become confident and skilled when implementing the curriculum in their everyday practice and interactions.

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need to do better?

3 January 2025 n Staff promote children's early literacy skills and interest in books and stories effectively. They sit with children, look at books and read to them in a way that captures their imaginations and interest. Children develop good communication and language skills as they share positive back-and-forth interactions with staff and each other. However, at times, some staff members do not use the correct pronunciation of words when interacting with children. This does not fully support them in learning how to say words correctly as their vocabulary quickly develops. n The staff are kind and respectful to children. For instance, they gently comfort children as they wake from their sleep and talk to them in a caring manner. This contributes to children's positive behaviours, and they develop a strong sense of belonging. However, on occasions the rules and boundaries that are in place are not consistently reinforced by all staff. For example, staff do not always remind

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need to do better?

children not to run indoors. At these times, staff do not fully support children to learn expectations and consequences. n Managers recognise the importance of working in collaboration with parents and other professionals. Parent partnership is of high importance to ensure children receive care and learning that is consistent between the home and the setting. Staff share ideas of how parents can continue their child's learning at home. Additionally, staff offer key milestone bags for parents to take home to support children's developmental stages, such as teething, potty training or helping children and their carers deal with grief. n The provider failed to notify Ofsted of a significant event as required. However, this does not have a serious impact on children's care or learning. Managers and leaders acknowledge this was an oversight, and they are now fully aware of their duty to notify Ofsted going forwards.

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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 enhance staff's awareness of the importance of using the correct pronunciation of spoken words n support all staff to be consistent in reinforcing rules and boundaries so that children fully understand what is expected.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2743576 Local authority Wokingham Inspection number 10366245 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 88 Number of children on roll 97 Name of registered person The Childcare Corporation Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 0800 0284500 Date of previous inspection 28 August 2024

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Information about this early years setting

Spencer's Wood Day Nursery registered in 2023. It is located in Wokingham and is one of many settings operated by Grandir UK. The nursery operates from 7.30am to 6pm each weekday, all year round. The setting provides government funded early years places. The nursery employs 26 staff to work with the children. Of these, 11 hold an appropriate early years qualification at level 2 or 3.

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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 carried out joint observations of a group activity with the manager. n Children spoke with the inspector during the inspection. n The inspector spoke to several parents during the inspection and took account of their views. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation and reviewed evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery.

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Inspection activities

3 January 2025 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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Inspection activities

3 January 2025 regulates and inspects to achieve excellence in the care of children and young people, and in education and skills for learners of all ages. It regulates and inspects childcare and children's social care, and inspects the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass), schools, colleges, initial teacher training, further education and skills, adult and community learning, and education and training in prisons and other secure establishments. It assesses council children's services, and inspects services for looked after children, safeguarding and child protection.

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