Bright Sparks Private Day Nursery Limited

Inspection of Bright Sparks Private Day Nursery Limited Derby Road, MANSFIELD, Nottinghamshire NG18 5BN

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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 Outstanding

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The provision is good

Children receive a warm welcome when they arrive at the nursery. Babies enjoy close contact with staff as they sit on their knees to share a book. Staff use a calm and nurturing approach to support the babies' emotional development. They smile as staff turn the pages of a book and gaze at the images that staff are pointing to and naming. Staff are helping babies learn that pictures and text have meaning.

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The provision is good

Older children have opportunities to develop their dexterity and strengthen their finger muscles, ready for writing when the time comes. They learn how to move their wrists to pour water from one container to another and develop their pincer grip as they pick up grains of rice. Children learn from staff how to safely use scissors to snip cardboard, remembering to keep the blades away from their fingers.

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The provision is good

Staff play fun games with children to help develop their listening and attention skills. Children listen carefully to sounds that staff play on a recording. With help, they take turns to identify what they hear, prompted by looking at picture cards. Children recognise the sound of a fish gurgling in water. Staff extend children's knowledge of fish by telling them the picture they are looking at is a goldfish.

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need to do better?

n The management team and staff have devised a curriculum influenced by research, their knowledge of what children need to learn, and children's current interests. They gather information from parents about children's lives at home and use this to plan relevant activities to extend children's learning and build on their prior experiences. n Staff accurately assess children's development. They work quickly to determine what children already know and can do when they start at the nursery. Staff use this information to plan individual learning goals for children. Their assessment of children's development is ongoing and includes a focus on progress made every few weeks. Staff work well with specialist services to support children with gaps in their learning and development. They regularly share information with parents, and parents say they feel well informed about their children's learning. n Staff help children learn through a variety of ways. For example, they plan

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focused adult-led activities to teach children new words, such as 'forget', through sharing a favourite children's story. Staff successfully support children's positive behaviour development as they play alongside each other. For instance, staff respond with 'yes please' and 'thank you' as they exchange toys with children, which role models polite manners. n Staff support children to learn about what makes themselves and their families unique. They invite parents and children to fill a 'culture box' with items that

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22 January 2025 represent themselves. Staff use these items to talk about children's lives at home and celebrate what makes them special. For example, talking about the jobs their parents do. Staff explain that these items help to spark discussions with children, which promotes children's communication and language development. n Staff provide children with healthy home-cooked meals and opportunities to exercise. They organise football sessions and running clubs to help children develop their physical skills and understand the benefits of being active. The management team also support the staff in accomplishing their health goals. This creates a culture whereby health and fitness are embedded into children's lifestyle choices. n Staff follow a daily routine that includes opportunities for children to eat, rest and play. For the most part, staff manage these well. That said, staff's organisation and arrangements for some daily activities do not fully support

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children's individual care and learning needs. For example, while staff supervise children while they eat and meet their care needs, staff do not always offer quality social interaction because they need to complete tasks elsewhere. n The management team offers staff relevant coaching, training, and support. For instance, through their role-modelling of techniques to support children's speech development. The management team arranges for outside agencies, such as speech and language therapists, to share their knowledge and skills with staff. This helps to develop staff's practice. However, they do not always monitor staff's practice precisely enough to ensure the staff are consistently using their learning in their roles.

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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 review and adapt the organisation of routine daily activities so that children's individual care and learning needs are fully supported throughout n develop further ways of monitoring staff to ensure the coaching and training they receive is implemented in their practice.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY536436 Local authority Nottinghamshire County Council Inspection number 10380171 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 50 Number of children on roll 90 Name of registered person Bright Sparks Private Day Nursery Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01623 652220 Date of previous inspection 21 February 2019

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Information about this early years setting

Bright Sparks Private Day Nursery Limited registered in 2016 and is located in Mansfield, Nottingham. The nursery employs 15 members of childcare staff. Of these, 13 hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 or above. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday. Sessions are from 7.45am until 6pm. The nursery provides funded early years education.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector viewed the provision and discussed the safety and suitability of the premises. n Some of the management team 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 interacted with children to find out about their time at the nursery. n Staff spoke to the inspector during the inspection. 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 nursery with the inspector. n The inspector confirmed 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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