Partou Park Wood Day Nursery & Forest School

Inspection of Partou Park Wood Day Nursery & Forest School Parkwood Nursery, 97 Eleanor Road, Prenton CH43 7QW

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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 arrive at the setting happy and eager to learn. They are welcomed by warm and friendly staff. Staff share close bonds with the children and help them feel secure. For example, they closely follow babies' routines and care needs. Babies approach their key person for cuddles and reassurance, and staff respond affectionately. The curriculum is ambitious for all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities. All children have a positive attitude towards their learning and make good progress. Staff liaise closely with outside agencies and implement consistent and effective strategies to support children. The setting uses additional funding to ensure that disadvantaged children have access to all activities and have any additional help that they need.

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The provision is good

Staff promote children's behaviour well. They set high expectations for children's behaviour and use praise to motivate children in their play. Staff follow effective strategies that help older children to reflect on their behaviour and understand how their behaviour impacts others. Children are kind, helpful and polite. They build close relationships with staff and develop friendships with other children. Staff focus on children developing their independence. Children take off their coats and shoes and put on their wellington boots for outdoor play. Staff help young children to learn tasks such as washing their faces and wiping their noses.

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need to do better?

n Staff use their observations and assessments well to plan an ambitious and exciting curriculum that promotes children's curiosity and exploration. Staff provide children with a range of activities that promote their interests and form part of their next steps in development. Children show increasing independence as they follow their own interests during play. Staff ask parents for information about children's weekend experiences, such as day trips or family events, and incorporate this into activities to extend children's interests and learning. n Overall, children's communication and language skills are supported well. Babies and young children have fun as they join in with action songs and familiar rhymes. Staff introduce new words through conversations and during engaging story time sessions. However, occasionally, staff do not model the correct pronunciation of some words, and the volume of staff's voices does not

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effectively support children to listen and develop the correct use of English. n Children have lots of opportunities to have fresh air and exercise and to develop their physical skills. The designated large indoor soft playroom provides ample opportunities for children to develop their gross motor skills. Staff working with babies use this area to continue to support babies' confidence in crawling and climbing. Staff help children progressively develop their physical skills. For example, providing ample opportunities for children to enhance their running,

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18 February 2025 balancing and coordination skills outdoors. n Children demonstrate that they have a good understanding of the routines of the day. However, the organisation of some routines means that children sometimes spend a long time waiting for daily tasks, such as mealtimes. As a result, some children become restless and are not able to access purposeful learning. n Children are supported to develop their enjoyment of books and to learn more about the world. For example, young children learn about animals and colours as they handle little books and lift flaps. Older children enthusiastically recall physical actions after listening to the story 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt'. They are delighted to go on a pretend bear hunt in the outside area. n Staff provide play dough and other malleable materials for activities to strengthen children's fine motor skills in preparation for future writing. Children

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manipulate tools safely and with increasing control at the play dough bench. Staff encourage the children to smell the herbs and make use of the chopped herbs to add to their play dough pizzas. Younger children concentrate for sustained periods when they explore play dough. n Partnerships with parents are a strength of the nursery. Parents speak highly of the caring staff and the diverse range of learning experiences their children receive. They are extremely appreciative of the care and support they and their children receive. Parents state that their children are happy to attend and have improved their communication skills and confidence since attending. n Leaders and managers regularly observe staff practice and use supervision to discuss training opportunities. Staff have good opportunities to develop their knowledge and skills through a variety of training opportunities. Staff say that the open-door policy in the nursery means that any concerns they have are dealt

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need to do better?

with promptly. Staff well-being is promoted, and morale across the nursery is high.

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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 consistently model the correct pronunciation of words and lower their voice levels to further extend children's communication and language skills n strengthen the organisation during key routines of the day to reduce waiting times for children and maximise their time spent in purposeful play.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY541528 Local authority Wirral Inspection number 10368669 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 82 Number of children on roll 95 Name of registered person Just Childcare Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 0151 653 2653 Date of previous inspection 29 March 2019

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Information about this early years setting

Parkwood Day Nursery registered in 2016 and is located in the Bidston area of the Wirral. The nursery employs 21 members of staff. Of these, 18 hold appropriate childcare qualifications at level 2 or 3. The nursery opens Monday to Friday, from 7.30am until 6pm, all year round, except for a week between Christmas and New Year. The nursery provides government funded early education for all eligible children.

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Inspection activities

n The manager and the inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the nursery and discussed the early years foundation stage curriculum. n Children spoke to 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 took account of the parents' views during the inspection. n The inspector completed joint evaluations of group activities with the manager.

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Inspection activities

18 February 2025 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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