StaynPlay Day Care

Inspection of StaynPlay Day Care James Watt Close, Great Yarmouth NR31 0NX

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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

Leaders put in place a well-considered and sequenced curriculum. They ensure that staff support children with all areas of learning. Children build a good understanding of the world around them. For example, older children benefit from studying and learning about nature. They relish the opportunity to have their turn to visit the separate pond area under staff's close and careful direct supervision, which helps to maintain their safety. Older children enjoy interacting with staff at routine group times. They join in with the conversation, speaking about their preferences and own experiences, such as those at Halloween. Staff help to develop their learning further by introducing new knowledge to them, such as that owls are 'nocturnal', and explaining to the children what this is.

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The provision is good

Babies enjoy kind and attentive care from staff who know them well. They show their understanding of the simple routines. When older babies communicate their feelings, such as brief moments of impatience, staff offer comfort and understanding. Staff help the babies by calmly acknowledging and naming the feelings that they are expressing. This helps babies to feel safe and secure in staff's care. This sense of security is reflected in how confidently babies join in and explore and how they freely experiment with forming noises and words.

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need to do better?

n The well-qualified leadership team continuously reflects on and plans to make improvements to the nursery provision. All areas of the nursery are carefully designed and maintained. Children access and enjoy using the various available resources to play and learn. For example, children enjoy sitting at tables under a sheltered area in the garden to draw, and they spend lots of time experimenting with different sensory play materials. Staff are alongside them and chat to them about their play. n Staff regularly share purposefully selected books, songs and stories with children. This helps children's communication and language to develop well. Children gather outside in a cosy space with staff to look at books together, and they join in with singing familiar songs with them at group times. n All children make progress in their learning. Where children's development is lower than expected for their age, staff work closely with parents to find ways to

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need to do better?

help them catch up. Staff know children's individual needs and what skills they are working on. They use this knowledge to help engage children in meaningful learning. n Leaders support staff to make progress in their professional development. Staff are well managed, and their views are listened to. Leaders have recently introduced short morning meetings to further improve communication between leaders and managers.

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need to do better?

28 January 2025 n Children's health is well supported as staff diligently carry out the clear policies and procedures that are in place, which support children's safety and well-being. Leaders ensure that these are well understood by staff. Consequently, high standards of health and hygiene are maintained. n Parents report that they are very happy with how their children settle and enjoy their time at the nursery. They feel well informed and involved in children's care and learning. Staff work closely with parents to identify children's individual needs and to deliver plans to support children. n Staff collect information from parents when children first begin, to help with planning for their individual needs. However, they are not always proactive in seeking information from other settings that children attend or have attended. Sometimes, this affects how quickly staff can fully understand and plan to

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need to do better?

support children's individual learning and development. n Children spend lots of time playing and learning outside. This benefits children by giving them lots of space and time to practise their skills, including their larger physical movements, balance and coordination. It also follows other aspects of the curriculum, which are well planned for both indoors and outdoors. n Leaders structure and organise routines so that children can benefit from all the intended aspects of care and the curriculum. At times, staff do not recognise when some children lose focus on engaging in learning as they wait to move between activities. The routines and associated staffing arrangements are not always flexible enough for children to follow their own interests and fascinations.

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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 consider the organisation and structures of routines for children so that they can freely follow their own interests n strengthen partnerships with other settings that children attend to further aid swift identification of and planning for their individual needs.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2793685 Local authority Norfolk Inspection number 10379487 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 130 Number of children on roll 70 Name of registered person StaynPlay Day Care Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 01493 803777 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

StaynPlay Day Care registered in 2024. The nursery employs 10 members of childcare staff. Of whom, all hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 2 or above. The nursery opens all year round. Sessions are from 7am until 7pm, Monday to Friday. The nursery provides funded early education for all eligible children.

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Inspection activities

n The co-owners, the manager and the inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the nursery and discussed the early years foundation stage curriculum. n Children spoke with the inspector during the inspection. n The inspector talked to staff at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. 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 Parents shared their views of the setting 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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