The Spanish Nursery and Children's Centre for Culture and Language

Inspection of The Spanish Nursery and Children's Centre for Culture and Language Ingestre Road Community Centre, Ingestre Road, London NW5 1UX

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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

Children are warmly welcomed in Spanish by their key person as they arrive at the nursery. Parents share important information as they hand over their child. The effective key-person system supports children's emotional development, which helps them to settle quickly. Children respond well to the friendly staff as they eagerly enter the room.

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The provision is good

Staff create a calm environment for children to learn in. Staff are attentive to the needs and wishes of children and form good relationships with them. They reassure children when they are upset and support them to manage their own feelings. Staff regularly praise children for their efforts and achievements, boosting their self-esteem. Babies delight in receiving a 'high five' as they successfully place the ball into the snowman-shaped goal. This supports babies to learn what is expected of them.

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The provision is good

Leaders and staff have high expectations for children's behaviour. Children follow rules and routines independently. Older children help to tidy up the classroom before going outside. They show pride in telling the staff what they have put away by themselves. Staff teach children about ways to say sorry, such as offering a hug or a toy to make their friend happy again.

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need to do better?

n Children enjoy the range of home-cooked and nutritious meals they are given. Staff sit together with children to model good eating habits and engage them in mealtime discussions. This successfully encourages all children to take pleasure in eating a wide range of healthy lunches. Staff teach children how to keep themselves healthy. They promote self-hygiene as they regularly wash their hands and clean their teeth after lunch. Children are given opportunities to be physically active both inside and outside. n Parents and carers are confident that their child is safe and well cared for in this nursery. They comment on the approachable and loving staff that care for their child. Parents appreciate the regular communication between themselves and the nursery. For example, staff share further activities for parents to do at home based on what children have been learning about at nursery. This supports strong parent partnerships. Parents and staff work together to meet the needs

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need to do better?

of the children. n Staff fully promote children's communication and language development. Children learn to communicate well in Spanish and English. Staff model conversation skills that children confidently copy as they engage in effective two- way conversations with their friends and the staff. Key phrases are reinforced through repetition, gestures and songs. Children have regular access to stories

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need to do better?

Language 5 February 2025 and are read to from books in both Spanish and English. n Staff provide a range of activities that offer opportunities for children to develop in all areas of learning. Children are motivated to explore and engage well in their learning. However, leaders and staff are not always confident in how they can put the curriculum intent into action through their teaching. As a result, the aims for some activities are very broad. This means that teaching is not always precisely focused on what individual children need to learn next. n Children of all ages have daily access to the garden, which staff use to support their physical development. Older children kick footballs to each other, build tall towers, climb, balance and slide. Children create fun running games that allow them to exert their energy and exercise their bodies. However, babies do not have the same opportunities as the older children, and they do not benefit from

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well-thought-out outdoor play experiences. n Leaders ensure that all staff have a thorough induction when they start working at the nursery. This ensures that all staff have time to learn their roles with support from senior staff members. Once staff have completed their induction, leaders ensure that they have regular supervision. The supervision sessions enable staff to highlight their professional development needs to ensure continual improvement. Staff share that they feel supported by leaders.

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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 have a clear understanding of the curriculum intent so that their teaching is consistently focused on what they want children to learn n monitor the curriculum for babies' outdoor play more closely to provide a richer range of play experiences to further support babies' learning and development.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY453063 Local authority Camden Inspection number 10368118 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 37 Number of children on roll 37 Name of registered person The Spanish Nursery Ltd.

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reference number

Telephone number 02074823622 Date of previous inspection 8 March 2019

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Information about this early years setting

The Spanish Nursery and Children's Centre for Culture and Language registered in 2012. The setting is privately owned by The Spanish Nursery Limited and operates from the hall within a community centre in Kentish Town, in the London Borough of Camden. The setting is open from 8am to 6pm every weekday for 48 weeks of the year. In addition, there are out-of-school activities for older children. The setting is in receipt of funding for nursery education. There are eight members of staff, including the manager, working with the children. Of these, two hold qualifications at level 6 and have qualified teacher status. The setting teaches children in Spanish and English.

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Inspection activities

n The manager joined the inspector on a learning walk and talked to the inspector about their curriculum and what they want the children to learn. 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 The inspector spoke to several parents during the inspection and took account of their views. n The manager showed the inspector documentation to demonstrate the suitability of staff.

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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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