The Wendy House Day Nursery

Inspection of The Wendy House Day Nursery 76 Station Lane, Hornchurch, Essex RM12 6NA

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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

Leaders and staff at the nursery create a home-from-home environment for children. They form strong and nurturing bonds with children. Staff evolve their practice to meet the changing needs of the families in their communities. For example, staff consider the attachments children have with their carers. This promotes children's emotional security and happiness.

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The provision is good

Staff skilfully support children to develop key-language skills. They teach children to have ambitious back-and-forth conversations. Staff ask questions that extend children's vocabulary in a variety of different contexts. Children gain confidence and fluency as they accurately use increasingly challenging language. They are confident speakers who can express their needs.

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The provision is good

Staff create routines that enable children to feel secure and understand the clear expectations in the nursery. When children struggle with their emotions, staff take intelligent action to support and guide them. Staff adapt their practice to consider the needs of children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Staff make links with other schools and childcare providers to provide consistency. This promotes children's emotional and social skills. All children gain confidence and learn key-life skills. They are well prepared for the next stage of their education.

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need to do better?

n Leaders and staff support children to gain a wide range of knowledge and skills. Staff skilfully support children through interactions in their play. This helps children to make sense of the world around them. Children feel excited to make choices and develop their own interests. All children reach their developmental milestones. n Staff understand that some children need additional support with their learning. They use effective assessment to identify children with SEND. Leaders and staff support children to access external help where required. All children make good progress in their learning. n Staff skilfully support children to develop their communication and language skills. This includes children who speak English as an additional language. Staff identify key words that children need to learn, in order to develop their fluency. They repeat new words and sentence structures in different contexts. Children

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need to do better?

have a range of opportunities to use the new language they have learned. This promotes children's fluency. n Overall, staff plan a curriculum that is ambitious for all children. However, on occasion, the planning of focused activities does not closely consider the emotional needs of all children, and some children feel overwhelmed. This limits

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need to do better?

7 March 2025 the ability of all children to join in. n Staff understand that it is important for children to lead healthy lifestyles. They regularly review their practice, in order to support children to explore new foods. Staff make links with external experts to further develop healthy eating habits among children. This provides children's physical health. n Staff understand that it is important for children to spend regular time outside in the fresh air. They teach children to balance, develop core strength and gain physical stamina. All children are excited and engaged in outdoor play. This promotes children's physical strength. n Leaders and staff understand that it is important for children to learn about people and communities beyond their own. However, the opportunities for children to explore these differences and build respect for other people are sometimes limited. n Parents and carers are happy with the care their children receive at the nursery.

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need to do better?

They report that communication is effective in helping them identify children's next steps in learning. They report that the strong relationships between children and their key workers help children to feel safe. n Leaders demonstrate a strong understanding of safe recruitment. They regularly carry out supervision sessions to ensure that staff's knowledge remains secure. Leaders identify continuous professional development opportunities for all staff. They closely link training to the interests and needs of children. This helps all staff's knowledge and skills to continue to develop over time.

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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 develop further the planning of focused activities to enable all children to join in n build on existing good practice to help all children to develop an understanding and respect for people and communities beyond their own.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 118626 Local authority Havering Inspection number 10380865 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 42 Number of children on roll 57 Name of registered person The Wendy House (Hornchurch) Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01708 437 250 Date of previous inspection 27 June 2019

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Information about this early years setting

The Wendy House Day Nursery registered in 1989. It is situated in Hornchurch in the London Borough of Havering. It is open each weekday, from 7.30am until 5.30pm, for 51 weeks of the year. The nursery provides government funded childcare. There are 13 members of childcare staff. Of whom, seven staff hold early years qualifications at level 3.

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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 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 on children's learning. n The manager and the inspector carried out a joint observation. n Parents shared their views of the setting with the inspector. n The manager showed the inspector documentation to demonstrate the suitability of staff.

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Inspection activities

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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