Edenberries Day Nursery And Pre-School

Inspection of Edenberries Day Nursery And Pre-School Eden College, 34 Mawney Road, Romford RM7 7HR

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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

Staff provide children with a safe and welcoming learning environment. They greet them warmly on arrival and provide lots of individual attention. This helps children to settle in quickly and build affectionate bonds. Children show that they feel happy and secure as they chat away to the staff and play amongst their friends. Staff have high expectations of children. They are positive role models and ensure that children understand the setting's 'golden rules' for behaviour. Children respond well to the staff's gentle guidance. They use polite language, such as 'please' and 'thank you' and treat others with kindness and respect.

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The provision is good

Leaders and staff provide a broad curriculum and want children to achieve all that they can. They teach children a wide range of skills and knowledge in readiness for their next stages in learning. For example, staff understand the importance of books for children's learning and development. They provide cosy reading areas for children of all ages and set aside time to share books with children each day. This helps children to develop a love of stories and an interest in reading from an early age. Staff consider children's interests when planning the activities. Children are motivated to investigate the stimulating resources, such as sand and wooden blocks. They become highly engaged and demonstrate good imaginations as they build 'houses', using sand as 'cement' to hold the blocks together.

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need to do better?

n Staff monitor children's progress closely and swiftly identify where they need extra help with their learning. They work in partnership with parents to draw up individualised plans and seek support from other professionals when needed. This early intervention helps all children, including those who have special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), to make good progress. n Children benefit from a language-rich environment. Staff sing, read and talk with children throughout the day. They introduce them to new words and use questions effectively to encourage children's speaking. Staff provide additional support for children who speak English as an additional language and children with SEND. This includes using visual prompts such as pictorial timetables, to help them understand the routines and express themselves. n Overall, staff promote children's physical development well. For instance, they

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provide activities such as obstacle courses, to help children build their balance and coordination. However, staff do not ensure that activities to promote children's smaller muscle movements are always appropriate for their stage of development. For example, preschool children are set the task of cutting along wavy and zig-zag lines. This is too difficult for some children and others have not yet mastered how to hold scissors effectively. Therefore, they lack motivation and are keen to move on quickly when another activity is offered.

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12 February 2025 n Children and staff come from a diverse range of cultures and backgrounds, this is respected and celebrated in the setting. Staff ensure that resources and activities reflect children's experiences at home. This supports children's self- esteem well. Staff also teach children about their community and the wider world. For instance, children discuss the types of homes that they live in and go on a walk around their local area to look at the range of buildings. This helps children to learn about their similarities and differences to others. n Staff teach children about good hygiene, such as washing their hands before eating. They help them to learn useful skills, such as how to drink from a cup. However, staff do not always consider how to support children's understanding of healthy lifestyles and personal care even further. For instance, staff do not consistently encourage children to try the fruit available at mealtimes and only

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provide spoons for them to eat with. This means that some children do not benefit from the healthy options available and do not learn to use a range of cutlery. n Leaders and staff form an enthusiastic team. They reflect on the provision together and make positive changes. For instance, they have plans to increase parents' involvement, such as by introducing coffee mornings to help share information on the curriculum. n Parents describe the managers and staff as friendly and approachable. They are well informed about their children's daily experiences and receive regular updates about their progress. Parents appreciate staff's advice on issues such as children's language development. They describe how their children's speech has progressed rapidly since they joined the setting.

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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 support staff to provide an interesting and more precisely sequenced curriculum to promote children's physical development, in particular their fine motor skills n consider how to further support children's self-care skills and understanding of healthy lifestyles.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY555448 Local authority Havering Inspection number 10374074 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 54 Number of children on roll 49

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Name of registered person

Edenberries Day Nursery And Pre - School Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01708 726660 Date of previous inspection 17 April 2019

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Information about this early years setting

Edenberries Day Nursery and Pre-School registered in 2018. The provision is in Romford in the London borough of Havering. The provider employs 12 members of childcare staff, all of whom hold qualifications from level 2 to 5. The provision is open from 7.30am to 6.30pm, Monday to Friday, all year round. The nursery provides government funded early education for children aged from nine months to four years.

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Inspection activities

n The deputy manager showed the inspector around the nursery premises, they discussed the curriculum and how the provision is organised. n The inspector observed a range of learning experiences, to evaluate the quality of education and the impact on children's learning. This includes a joint observation with the deputy manager. n Leaders met with the inspector to discuss issues such as staff recruitment, supervision and training. They ensured that relevant documents were available on request. n The inspector spoke to parents, staff and children during the inspection and considered their views and experiences.

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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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