Torpoint Teddies Day Nursery

Inspection of Torpoint Teddies Day Nursery 16 Antony Road, Torpoint PL11 2JW

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Overall effectiveness Requires improvement

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

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The provision requires improvement

The provider does not have an accurate enough oversight of the leaders and staffs' practice. Although leaders have made some improvements since the last inspection, changes have not been significant enough to improve the quality of education to a good standard. Staff deployment in the baby room is not always effective and staff do not meet the learning needs of individual children consistently. For example, staff are not always clear what they want children to learn from adult-led activities, so they do not provide sufficient help to build on what the children know and can do. Children who require additional support do not receive the extra help they need. Consequently, some children do not make good progress in their learning.

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The provision requires improvement

Children arrive confidently and are eager to greet their friends and the staff. Leaders and staff form warm and sensitive relationships with children. Staff use nappy changing times to bond with babies. For example, they maintain good eye contact, are playful and sing nursery rhymes, and the babies giggle and smile happily throughout. Staff working with the two-year-old and pre-school children are enthusiastic and encourage the children to be imaginative and to share their thoughts and ideas when they play together. Children are kind, friendly and play cooperatively.

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need to do better?

n The provider does not monitor the quality of the leaders and staff's practice thoroughly enough, to be able to ensure that support and coaching are targeted and effective. Although the provider arranges some training for the team, this has not been successful in providing every child with a good education. n Leaders and staff assess children accurately and identify appropriate next steps for their learning. However, the planning of the curriculum is not tailored enough to children's learning needs. For example, staff do not consider how to develop babies' physical skills to help them learn to walk, so the babies spend much of the session sitting and crawling. Staff working with the two-year-old and pre- school children plan whole group activities, but do not adapt these appropriately to support and engage every child and extend their learning. n Leaders and staff work well with parents and other professionals to find out

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need to do better?

about the children who require additional support. However, leaders and staff do not provide enough attention and interaction to meet these children's learning needs. For example, when children need extra help with their language development, staff do not encourage them to speak while they play and during adult-led activities. n The provider and leaders have taken some effective action since the last inspection. Leaders and staff teach children the reasons for the rules, to help them to understand staff's expectations for their behaviour and how to keep

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need to do better?

12 February 2025 themselves safe. n At busier periods during the day, staff are not deployed effectively to meet the needs of the babies. For example, staff tend to other tasks, such as cleaning up after mealtimes, putting children to bed for a nap and changing nappies. This leaves too few staff to help and interact with the remaining children. Consequently, some babies and toddlers do not receive the support from staff to engage in play or learning. They sit and watch others around them or crawl around by themselves for prolonged periods. n Staff know the children well. They recognise when babies and toddlers are hungry or tired and take action to address their care needs. Staff are show patience and kindness when using different strategies to support babies when they struggle to manage their feelings. n The provider, leaders and staff understand and implement risk assessment effectively. For example, they have moved the entrance to the nursery since the

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need to do better?

last inspection, to keep children safer during handovers with parents. n Children learn to be independent. Babies use cutlery to feed themselves, and two-year-old and pre-school children pour their own drinks and dress themselves. They proudly show staff when they succeed in putting on their coat to play outside. n Parents talk positively about the relationships that staff and children form. They state that staff share detailed information about their children's care routines and experiences at the nursery.

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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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Due date

provide more frequent and targeted support for children who require additional help, to engage them in their play and learning and meet their individual needs more effectively 07/03/2025

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Due date

12 February 2025 improve the support and coaching for leaders and staff, to develop their knowledge and skills and ensure their planning and delivery of the curriculum helps every child to make good progress 07/03/2025

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Due date

develop the deployment of staff in the baby room during busier times in the day, to ensure that children receive the support and attention required to meet their needs. 07/03/2025

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2694301 Local authority Cornwall Inspection number 10381625 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 40 Number of children on roll 42 Name of registered person Grey, Sally Marie

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reference number

Telephone number 07376173607 Date of previous inspection 9 April 2024

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Information about this early years setting

Torpoint Teddies Day Nursery registered in June 2022. The nursery is in Torpoint, Cornwall and opens all year round from 7.30am to 5.30pm Monday to Thursday and from 7.30am to 5pm on Friday, except for bank holidays and two weeks at Christmas. The nursery employs nine members of staff. Of these, two hold a relevant childcare qualification at level 5 and six staff hold a relevant qualification at level 2 or 3. The nursery receives government-funded places.

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Inspection activities

n A leader joined the inspector on a learning walk and talked to the inspector about their curriculum and what they want their children to learn. n The inspector spoke with children, to find out about their time at the setting. 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 The inspector talked to staff and parents at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. n The inspector spoke with leaders about the management of the setting. n The inspector and a leader carried out two joint observations of staff as they worked with children. n Parents shared their views of the setting with the inspector.

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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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