Wallys Day Nursery Limited

Inspection of Wallys Day Nursery Limited 60 Shails Lane, Trowbridge BA14 8LN

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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 Not applicable

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The provision is good

Children arrive happy and keen to learn. They display positive attitudes to learning. Children make choices in their play from a wide range of inclusive activities, resources and opportunities staff plan for them. The staff know children well and ensure the things on offer to them meet the varied needs and ages of the children who attend. Settling-in processes are gradual and unhurried. When children first start, staff take time to get to know them individually so that they can offer a continuity of care from home and build secure relationships with their key person and other staff members.

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The provision is good

Children learn to do things for themselves. For instance, staff teach children how to dress and undress themselves. They offer guidance and encouragement to children and give them plenty of time to practise these skills. This gives children a sense of achievement. Pre-school children gather their own cutlery and crockery, choose their own snacks from the snack cart and clear away their dirty dishes when they have finished eating.

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The provision is good

Children use good manners and interact positively with their peers and staff. They gain valuable social skills for their future lives. Children happily follow the daily routines, such as lining up to go to the bathroom and sitting down with their peers to share a meal. Staff have high expectations of behaviour and focus on teaching children how to play and interact positively.

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need to do better?

n The provider has worked hard to address actions raised at the previous inspections. Leaders know what they do well and where they need to further develop. Consequently, standards have improved. n Leaders have promoted further professional development opportunities for staff and reviewed staffing arrangements. They have implemented higher staff to child ratios. This has enabled them to provide more regular supervision and help for staff to develop their knowledge and skills and improve practice. For example, this has resulted in staff supporting children's learning through play more effectively. n The curriculum is well understood by staff. They plan activities around what they know about children's current level of development and what they have identified that children need to learn next. These next steps are displayed in the rooms to help staff focus on them during children's play. Staff are clear on their

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own key children's next steps in learning and build on these well during play. Children make good progress and are well prepared for the next stage of their education and eventual move on to school. n Parents comment that staff keep them well informed about their children's

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22 January 2025 activities and how they are helping their learning. Parents state that their children are making progress, such as developing their social skills well. Staff lend resources and provide parents with home-learning activity packs targeted at children's next steps. This helps parents to extend their children's learning at home. n Children enjoy listening to stories and singing rhymes. Staff use stories and singing to help embed and extend children's communication and language skills. For example, toddlers enjoy their singing group. They begin to follow the actions of favourite songs, such as holding their hands in the air to represent twinkling stars. Pre-school staff read stories to children throughout the day. They encourage children to join in with the storytelling of familiar books. n Children show enjoyment playing outdoors and excitedly jump in the puddles with their friends. Toddlers begin to develop their hand-eye coordination and fine

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need to do better?

motor skills in play. For example, they like pouring water in and out of saucepans and watch with interest as they squeeze small pipettes and see the water flow out. However, staff do not consistently plan opportunities for all areas of children's learning outdoors, such as to support those children who learn best outdoors as well as possible. n Mathematics is incorporated well into children's play. For example, pre-school children look for numbered fish in the sand area. They count the dots on the fish and then match it to the corresponding number in print. This helps to develop children's counting and number recognition skills. n Children enjoy their interactions with staff and are, generally, supported in extending their thinking. However, at times, staff miss opportunities to encourage the pre-school children to think critically and try to find solutions to problems as they arise. n Staff plan many vast, varied and exciting opportunities for children to go on

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need to do better?

outings throughout the week, such as to woodland and the allotment, to explore the natural environment, learn about safety and widen their knowledge of the world around them.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

There is an open and positive culture of safeguarding that puts children's interests first.

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should:

n enhance the nursery outdoor area to provide all children, particularly those who prefer to learn outdoors, with more varied and stimulating outdoor learning experiences

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should:

22 January 2025 n support staff further in allowing opportunities for children to think critically and find solutions to problems for themselves.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2817494 Local authority Wiltshire Inspection number 10373907 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 67 Number of children on roll 37 Name of registered person Wallys Day Nursery Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01225776799 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

Wallys Day Nursery Limited registered in 2024. It is located in Trowbridge. The nursery is open Monday to Friday, from 7.30pm to 5pm, all year round. The nursery closes for the last two weeks in August and for a week at Christmas. The nursery offers government funded places for children aged one, two, three and four years. The nursery employs nine members of staff who work directly with children. One member of staff holds an early years qualification at level 7, and two members of staff hold a relevant qualification at level 5. Four staff hold relevant qualifications at level 3, and two staff are unqualified.

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Information about this inspection

Inspectors Dominique Allotey Mary Daniel

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Inspection activities

n The inspectors held discussions with leaders at appropriate times during the inspection and in a scheduled meeting. n The lead inspector completed a learning walk with the manager across all areas of the nursery to understand how the curriculum is organised. n The inspectors observed the quality of education and staff teaching during children's activities and assessed the impact this was having on children's learning. n The inspectors carried out two joint observations with leaders. n The inspectors looked at relevant documentation, including staff's suitability to work with children. n The inspectors spoke to parents, staff and children during the inspection and took account of their views.

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Inspection activities

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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