Green Nursery School

Inspection of Green Nursery School Leen Place, St Peters Street, Nottingham NG7 3EN

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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 thoroughly enjoy their time at this welcoming nursery, where they confidently explore the exciting and enticing activities on offer. Pre-school children are motivated to learn. Staff place themselves at key points around the room, enabling them to purposefully interact in children's play and ask thoughtful questions to prompt children's thinking further. As a result, children stay engaged in their play for lengthy periods of time. Staff are positive role models. They support children to use their manners, take turns and help tidy away resources. Staff are vigilant and know which children require additional support to manage their emotions. For example, when children occasionally struggle to share toys, staff swiftly intervene and gently help them to play alongside their friends.

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The provision is good

Children are eager to take part in outdoor play. Toddlers use their arm muscles as they play ball games with staff. They are full of smiles as they successfully throw balls back and forth to each other. Staff present additional challenge by encouraging children to stand further back and throw the balls overarm. Other toddlers watch with interest as staff demonstrate how to hit balls with a bat. This helps develop children's hand-eye coordination. Children persevere, happily running after any balls that roll away.

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n Managers work hard to build positive relationships with parents in the local community. For example, early help strategies are well established to support parents to enhance their children's learning at home. Parents are overwhelmingly positive about the care their children receive. They state their children are treated as individuals and receive consistent care and support to ensure they are ready for school. Parents say their children are developing positive behaviours and communication skills. n Leaders and managers have created a culture where staff are highly valued. There is a strong focus on staff training, development and continuing support. Managers are reflective and constantly strive to improve. For example, managers provide opportunities for staff to network with other settings and organisations, to enhance their practice even further. n Staff provide activities within the daily routine to help children develop their

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early independence skills. Pre-school children are praised for hanging their coats tidily away on coat pegs, serving their own lunch and pouring their own drinking water. Toddlers are supported to wipe their own nose, put their used tissues in the bin, and to place their dirty plates in a pile when they have finished lunch. This helps children learn to do as much for themselves as possible. n Staff provide an abundance of activities for children to develop their small- muscle skills. These activities help children practise the skills that are needed for

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25 February 2025 early writing. During water play, children use their thumbs to squirt water from spray bottles and staff help them use large pipettes to suck up water. Children use small pans to scoop up items under the water and are excited to find stones they can see themselves in. Staff introduce new vocabulary such as 'reflective,' and 'shiny' to describe the stones. n Staff have thoughtfully placed books around the setting for children to freely access. Children chose books and confidently approach staff to read to them. In addition, staff ensure there are dedicated group story times. Pre-school children listen intently as staff read them a story about a police car chasing a thief. Staff provide time for the children to suggest what might happen next. Children actively engage and enjoy making the sound of the police siren, and consider what the police car can do to help it see in the dark. This helps children to

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develop a love of books. n Staff know their key children, including what makes them unique. They determine appropriate next steps and understand how to embed these within children's play. However, there are occasions when staff do not recognise children's emerging interests during activities. As a result, children's questions sometimes go unanswered and their interests are not extended even further.

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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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n strengthen staff's skills in responding to children's emerging interests, in order to capture their curiosity and build on what they already know and can do.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY396010 Local authority Nottingham Inspection number 10390035 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 80 Number of children on roll 78 Name of registered person Green Academy Trust Committee

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reference number

Telephone number 0115 924 9613 Date of previous inspection 4 April 2019

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Information about this early years setting

Green Nursery School registered in 2009 and is situated in Nottingham. The nursery school employs 13 members of childcare staff. Of these, eight hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 and above. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday all year round. Sessions are from 8am until 4pm. The nursery provides funded early education for children aged nine months to four years.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector viewed the provision and discussed the safety and suitability of the premises. n The manager joined the inspector on a learning walk and talked to the inspector about their curriculum and what they want their children to learn. n Children communicated 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 spoke with the nominated individual about the leadership and management of 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 observed the interactions between staff and children. n The inspector carried out a joint observation of a group activity with the manager. n The inspector spoke to several parents during the inspection and took account of

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their views. 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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