Park Lane Nursery

Inspection of Park Lane Nursery Park Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire PE1 5JW

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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 Not applicable

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The provision is good

This is a warm and welcoming nursery. Staff are kind and caring. They carry out home visits to get to know children before they start. Children settle quickly into the nursery. They arrive and eagerly start playing. Children are confident. Staff get to know children well. They plan engaging activities based on children's interests. Staff ensure all children are included in all learning opportunities. Staff implement a routine that helps children understand what is going to happen next. Staff have created a curriculum for what they want children to learn. They support children to develop the skills they need for the next stage in their education.

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The provision is good

Staff encourage children's independence. Children help to prepare snack. They enjoy peeling and chopping fruit and serving this to their friends at snack time. Staff have high expectations for children's behaviour. They help children remember the golden rules at circle time. Staff are positive role models. Children are kind and caring to each other. Staff identify when children require extra support with their learning and development. They put strategies in place to support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Children make good progress in their development.

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n Staff carry out risk assessments which help keep children safe and secure. Staff work with parents to provide children with healthy meals and snacks. They teach children about the importance of staying healthy and cleaning their teeth. There is a strong focus on supporting children develop their fine motor skills. Children concentrate closely when cutting out shapes with scissors. n Outside, children develop their physical skills as they play football and build obstacle courses. They balance on crates and climb on equipment. Staff play with children and challenge them to extend their skills. Children enjoy imaginative play. They cook with pasta and sand in the outdoor kitchen. Inside, children enjoy pretending to be a hairdresser and painting nails. This develops their confidence and social skills. n Children make good progress with their communication and language skills. Children enjoy singing the welcome song to each other and saying the morning

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prayer. Staff support children who speak English as an additional language. They speak clearly and engage with children who are not yet speaking. Staff encourage children to develop a love of reading. They provide a wide range of books across the nursery. They visit the local library. Parents join in literacy events organised by the nursery. This helps them provide consistent support at home. n Children learn about the world around them. They learn about festivals such as Pancake Day and Diwali. Children enjoy watching duck eggs hatch. They learn

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20 March 2025 how quickly ducks grow. Staff engage with children. However, sometimes staff do not use effective teaching strategies. This means that occasionally the quality of teaching is inconsistent across the nursery. Therefore children do not always consolidate or deepen their learning. n Staff work closely with parents. They arrange trips to the local park for families to attend. They share resources and give books to parents to read to their children at home. Parents are happy with the care and education provided by the nursery. They appreciate the regular communication they receive about their children's learning and development. They comment on the progress their children have made with their language development and how their confidence has grown. n Leaders are caring and supportive. Staff report feeling well supported by leaders. They receive ongoing supervision meetings and attend training to keep their

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knowledge and skills up to date. Leaders reflect on the effectiveness of the nursery. They continually evaluate areas to develop and improve. Staff work effectively with other professionals and schools. They share information so that children can be supported when starting school. Children visit school for story time and staff plan to take children to the school for assemblies in the summer term. This helps children to be ready for the next stage in their education.

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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 continue to develop the already good practice, supporting staff to develop consistently good quality teaching skills.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2717099 Local authority Peterborough Inspection number 10376630 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises Registers Early Years Register Day care type Sessional day care

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inspection

Total number of places 75 Number of children on roll 53 Name of registered person Park Lane Nursery

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reference number

Telephone number 01733569708 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

Park Lane Nursery registered in 2022. It is situated in the grounds of St Thomas More Catholic Primary School and St John Fisher Catholic School. The nursery opens Monday to Friday, from 8.30am until 3pm, term time only. There are 9 staff working directly with the children, two of whom have an appropriate early years qualification at level 4, five at level 3 and two at level 2. The nursery offers government funded early education for all eligible children.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector viewed the provision and discussed the safety and suitability of the premises. n The deputy manager, manager and inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the nursery and discussed the early years curriculum. n Children spoke 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 nursery. n Staff spoke to the inspector about how they support children with SEND. 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 manager and the inspector carried out a joint observation during snack time. n The inspector spoke to several parents during the inspection and took account of their views.

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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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