ABC Day Nursery Ltd Lightmoor

Inspection of ABC Day Nursery Ltd Lightmoor 45 Green Moors, Lightmoor, TELFORD, Shropshire TF4 3TB

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Overall effectiveness Outstanding

The quality of education Outstanding Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Overall effectiveness at previous inspection Outstanding

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The provision is outstanding

Children thrive in this inspiring and nurturing setting. Children arrive extremely happy, and staff welcome them with smiles and warm greetings. They eagerly leave their parents and become engrossed in purposeful play. Staff provide an inspiring environment, both indoors and outdoors. It allows children to be free and independent and follow their curiosities. The use of open-ended resources invites children to explore and be creative, thereby increasing their skills in all areas of the curriculum. For example, babies develop their fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination as they explore items inside baskets. Toddlers listen carefully to the different sounds they make with saucepans and spoons, taking them to different areas to vary the results. Pre-school children use their imagination as they create models from boxes. They proudly talk about their houses, dinosaurs and pumpkins that they have made. Staff support children in developing their independent skills.

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The provision is outstanding

The child-led curriculum enables children to follow their interests and make choices to work things out and solve problems for themselves. This supports children to become confident and have a love for learning.

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The provision is outstanding

Staff have high expectations for children's behaviour. They reinforce rules with gentle reminders when needed. They provide consistent positive praise and encouragement, which fosters excellent behaviour among the children. Staff actively support children in understanding and expressing their feelings, helping them to start to regulate their own emotions.

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n The leadership team and staff are inspirational. They continually evaluate the impact that the environment and staff teaching has on children. Leaders have a clear vision and high expectations of the staff team. They provide coaching and mentoring to staff and ensure that there is continuous improvement in their teaching. Staff undertake extensive professional development and reflect on how training supports the children in the setting. The apprenticeship programme fully supports trainees to become competent practitioners. As a result, morale is high, and staff feel extremely well supported. n The language-rich environment helps support and develop children's communication and language to exceptionally high levels. Staff ask children open-ended questions and give them time to think and respond. Babies are encouraged to repeat words, and staff narrate their play. All staff use stories, songs and rhymes to build children's vocabulary and introduce new words. Staff

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encourage children to recall events to promote conversations. Children who speak English as an additional language are well supported. Staff value their home languages with words and pictures that may be familiar to them. This supports all children to become confident talkers.

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2 April 2025 n Parent partnership is exemplary. Communication is maintained through a secure online system, ensuring parents are informed daily about their child's activities, care needs and ways to support their development at home. A wealth of information is available within the setting, covering topics such as funding, oral health and key dates. Parents highly commend the staff, expressing confidence that their children are safe, well-supported and making significant progress. n Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) receive exceptional support. Staff work closely alongside parents and other professionals to ensure children with SEND benefit from an inclusive and challenging curriculum. Any additional funding is used in a highly effective way to support individual interventions and appropriate resources. Therefore, all children make excellent progress in their learning.

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n Staff across the setting have a strong understanding of the curriculum and deliver it highly effectively. Children are provided with a wealth of opportunities to explore and engage with the wider world. For example, they visit a local care home to sing for the residents, go on trips to nearby shops to buy produce, or post letters. The setting welcomes visitors, such as the police, to talk to the children. These experiences help children develop an understanding of different people, communities and the world around them. n Children develop healthy lifestyles as staff consistently model positive habits. They engage children in discussions about healthy eating, oral health and the importance of daily fresh air and exercise. Nutritious hot meals ensure children enjoy a well-balanced diet. To support physical and mental well-being, children participate in a weekly physical education session at the school, helping to

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develop their coordination, fitness and confidence. Additionally, staff and parents recently took part in a '28 Miles in One Month' walking challenge as part of Mental Health Month, reinforcing the importance of staying active and promoting well-being within the wider community.

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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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Setting details

Unique reference number EY430394 Local authority Telford & Wrekin Inspection number 10392520 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 87 Number of children on roll 165 Name of registered person ABC Day Nursery Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01952 502572 Date of previous inspection 29 August 2019

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Information about this early years setting

ABC Day Nursery Ltd Lightmoor registered in 2012 and is one of four settings owned by ABC Day Nursery Ltd. ABC Day Nursery Ltd Lightmoor employs 22 members of childcare staff. Of these, 20 hold appropriate early years qualifications, including one at level 6. The organisation's area manager, who oversees all the nurseries, holds an appropriate early years qualification at level 5. The setting opens from Monday to Friday, 51 weeks a year. Sessions are from 7.30am until 6pm. The setting provides early education funding for all eligible children. Older children attend the before- and after-school provision offered by the setting.

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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 the children to learn. n The inspector talked to staff at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. n Staff spoke to the inspector about how they support children with SEND. n The inspector spoke to several parents during the inspection and took account of their views.

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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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