Beechcroft Day Nursery

Inspection of Beechcroft Day Nursery 83 Beechcroft Road, London SW17 7BN

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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 Inadequate

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The provision is good

Children are happy and settled in this welcoming nursery. Younger children show strong bonds with staff as they enjoy lots of cuddles and support. Toddlers and older children have good relationships with staff. They show strong friendships as they share toys and talk to each other during their play. This creates a relaxed atmosphere, which helps children to feel safe and secure. Staff encourage children to take turns during their play and gently remind them of the nursery rules, such as using 'walking feet' so they remember not to run indoors. Children behave well and actively follow the daily routines.

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The provision is good

Staff have made improvements to the curriculum since the last inspection. Their planning now securely links to children's individual learning needs and interests, with children's key persons now being integral to supporting their learning. Consequently, all children make good progress. Children are keen and interested to learn. Staff engage children well in activities that promote all areas of learning.

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The provision is good

Children develop their senses while playing in the mud kitchen. They become engrossed while using sand, natural materials and pots and pans to play imaginatively. Children smell and look at a range of herbs and spices with staff. They talk about the ones they like and add them to their mixture. This successfully enhances their creative thinking and skills.

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need to do better?

n Leaders and staff have made good progress since the last inspection. They have met all the previous actions raised. This includes reviewing and updating their risk assessments and making safety improvements, including to the chicken coop. New arrangements are in place for separate outside playtimes for older children and babies. This ensures that all children can play safely. n Younger children enjoy group sessions with staff where they talk about the timeline of the daily activities and sequence the matching picture cards. This helps them to understand about what is happening now and next, promoting positive daily routines. Children keenly join in the actions to familiar songs. However, staff do not use opportunities to introduce and demonstrate the key words and actions of the songs to further enhance children's vocabulary. n Older children show good problem-solving skills. For example, they work

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need to do better?

together to fix pipes and make a water cascade. Children complete complex puzzles independently. This promotes their early mathematical skills. Staff enhance children's early literacy skills. For example, they encourage children to draw representational pictures of people and begin to write their names. Children show their love of books as they listen well to stories read by staff. They recite stories to themselves as they look at books independently.

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need to do better?

20 March 2025 n Children enjoy outside play. They develop their hand movements while using chalks to make marks on the ground and then pour on water to wash their drawings away. Children show good coordination as they skilfully use a range of wheeled toys and confidently use the low-level climbing frame and slide. However, the activities for older children do not provide opportunities for them to extend their physical skills further. n Parents and carers explain that their children have made good progress while attending the nursery, especially in their social and language skills. They say their children love the nursery and have good relationships with staff. Many siblings attend the nursery over the years, and parents explain that this makes it feel like a family community. Parents like the app used by staff to share regular information about their children's progress. n Leaders have improved the arrangements for staff supervision sessions and

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monitoring of staff's practice. Consequently, staff receive targeted support. This enables staff to fully understand their roles and responsibilities, and the quality of the curriculum planning and teaching has improved. n Children enjoy relaxed and sociable mealtimes and talk about the foods that are good for them. They make choices of the foods they like to eat, and older children use the bathroom independently. This promotes their personal independence. n Children understand the expectations of their behaviour. They show a positive attitude to their learning as they engage well in all activities. These skills help to prepare children for the next stage of their learning as they move through the nursery or on to school.

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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 use opportunities during group song times to extend children's understanding of the key words and actions of the song to further enhance their vocabulary n review outside play activities for older children to provide activities that further extend their physical skills.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY476517 Local authority Wandsworth Inspection number 10377324 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises Registers Early Years Register Day care type Full day care

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inspection

Total number of places 51 Number of children on roll 47 Name of registered person SAI Children Centre Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 07985219101 Date of previous inspection 23 October 2024

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Information about this early years setting

Beechcroft Day Nursery registered in 2014. The nursery is located in Tooting, in the London Borough of Wandsworth. It is open each weekday, from 8am to 6pm, for 51 weeks of the year and is closed on public bank holidays. There is a team of 19 staff. Of these, 16 staff work with children and 15 staff hold an appropriate early years qualification. The nursery also employs administration staff, a cook and a cleaner. The nursery offers the government funded places for childcare.

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Inspection activities

n The deputy manager and the inspector completed a learning walk together to discuss the curriculum they offer and how the nursery is organised. n The inspector sampled a range of required documentation, including children's records and staff's suitability checks and qualifications n The manager and the inspector completed a joint observation during an activity and assessed the impact of teaching on children's learning. n The inspector held discussions with staff, parents and the children and took account of their views.

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20 March 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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20 March 2025 regulates and inspects to achieve excellence in the care of children and young people, and in education and skills for learners of all ages. It regulates and inspects childcare and children's social care, and inspects the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass), schools, colleges, initial teacher training, further education and skills, adult and community learning, and education and training in prisons and other secure establishments. It assesses council children's services, and inspects services for looked after children, safeguarding and child protection.

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