Twinkle Totz Day Nursery

Inspection of Twinkletotz Day Nursery Ltd St. Georges Community Centre, 8-12 Lancaster Road, SOUTHALL, Middlesex UB1 1NW

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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 Requires improvement

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The provision is good

The leadership team has made improvements since the last inspection. There is a strong focus on the curriculum and teaching, which is having a positive impact on children's learning. All children who currently attend the nursery speak English as an additional language. Staff support children effectively to become confident communicators. During play, the staff model language well. For example, children in the role-play area dress as doctors and nurses. They hear and repeat words such as 'medicine' and 'prescription'. This helps to build children's vocabulary.

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The provision is good

Leaders and staff are ambitious for every child, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, to reach their full potential. The curriculum is planned so that children receive a wide range of learning opportunities, which take into consideration the children's interests. As a result, children engage in play with enthusiasm and a positive approach. Children are supported with warmth and kindness from staff who are responsive to children's needs. Staff encourage children to give things a go and be curious. Children demonstrate kindness towards their friends and are encouraged to share and take turns. This helps to build children's confidence in learning. Staff are positive role models, and they support children to understand and follow routines. Children behave well.

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need to do better?

n Leaders support staff to ensure that the curriculum provides children with positive learning experiences. Leaders evaluate teaching to make sure that there is a consistent approach and that children are all making progress. Training has been increased so that staff have an up-to-date knowledge of child development. n Leaders ensure that there is regular supervision for staff. This helps to identify staff's strengths so that these can be shared and celebrated within the team. In addition, supervision helps to identify areas that need further support through training or discussion. Staff's well-being is important to the leadership team, and staff value this. n Staff create learning opportunities that excite and engage children indoors. Activities are set up with clear learning intentions to capture children's attention. During outside play, children participate in learning about nature and building their physical development, so the learning is less broad and varied.

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need to do better?

n Children are supported in developing their communication and language well. Staff and children sing nursery rhymes, and children are beginning to follow the actions. During storytelling, children listen intently to 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears' and can recall some familiar words of the story. n Children build their physical development through a range of play opportunities. There is a large hall where children have the freedom to stretch, jump and

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need to do better?

25 February 2025 dance. Children use tweezers to capture pom-poms and place them into a bottle. This helps to build children's small finger muscles, preparing them for early writing. n Staff support children in building their independence skills. On arrival, children are encouraged to place their coats on their named peg. When getting ready to play in the garden, they learn the skill of putting on their coats independently. During snack time, children are given choices in what they would like to eat. They learn how to pour water or milk into their cups. This helps to prepare children for school. n Children have opportunities for thinking critically. For example, during sand play, they pour and fill containers. Staff encourage children to experiment and add water to the sand so that they can feel how this changes the texture of their play. Children are given lots of encouragement to give things a go, which helps

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need to do better?

to build their confidence and exploratory skills. n Children are learning to identify numbers and count. They hear mathematical language, such as 'heavy' and 'light' and 'big' and 'small'. However, sometimes during mathematical activities, the expectation is set too high for some children. n Parents share that they feel well supported in the nursery by leaders and staff. Their children are making good progress. They share that they receive daily updates when they collect their child. However, not all parents know what their child is currently learning or why they are being taught a particular skill.

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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 how the curriculum for outdoor learning can be strengthened to broaden children's learning outside n ensure staff's planning for mathematical development considers the stage of learning for every child n strengthen parent partnership further by ensuring that parents have a full awareness of what children are currently learning, so they can support children's learning at home.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY424025 Local authority Ealing Inspection number 10365335 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 Sessional day care

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inspection

Total number of places 52 Number of children on roll 18 Name of registered person Twinkle Totz Day Nursery Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 0208 574 3330 Date of previous inspection 24 June 2024

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Information about this early years setting

Twinkletotz Day Nursery Ltd registered in 2005. It is located in Southall, in the London Borough of Ealing. The nursery operates each weekday, from 9am to 4pm, during term-time only. It provides government funded childcare. The provider employs four members of childcare staff, who all hold appropriate early years qualifications from level 2 to level 5.

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Inspection activities

n The manager and the inspector completed a learning walk together and discussed the early years foundation stage curriculum. n The inspector spoke to parents and took account of their views. n The inspector observed interactions between children and staff. n The manager and the inspector completed a joint observation of a focused activity. n The inspector spoke to staff and took account of 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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