Twinnie Day Nursery

Inspection of Twinnie Day Nursery Abbey Road, Belvedere, Kent DA17 5DE

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Overall effectiveness Requires improvement

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

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The provision requires improvement

Practitioners warmly welcome children and help them to settle comfortably into the nursery. This enables children to feel secure and adjust quickly. Practitioners give children daily access to an outdoor play area where they can breathe fresh air and build their physical skills.

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The provision requires improvement

Leaders know what they want children to learn during their time in the nursery. They have a curriculum that supports children to reach their developmental milestones across the age groups. However, due to lower numbers of practitioners and children during holiday times, this is not always implemented effectively. Practitioners do not always handover key information to support children during their absence. Additionally, children do not have clear plans in place to support their individual needs. This means that practitioners covering absences cannot support children consistently. Despite these weaknesses, children make progress in their development.

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The provision requires improvement

Children are confident and generally behave well. They interact politely with practitioners and one another, and older children demonstrate the ability to take turns and share. Children learn nursery's rules and include their peers in their play. Although there have been some instances of non-compliance with requirements, leaders have taken measures to ensure that there is no significant impact on children's overall welfare. Leaders have shown that they have the necessary understanding and capabilities to implement the improvements needed to fully meet children's safety and educational requirements.

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need to do better?

n All practitioners receive training to enable them to recognise the potential signs and symptoms of child abuse. The nursery has clear policies and procedures in place for reporting any such concerns. However, during holiday periods, there is a weakness in ensuring that children's medication is readily accessible when children are not in their usual room. However, leaders acknowledge this oversight and rectified this during inspection. n Practitioners' understanding of their own key children allows them to plan and implement tailored activities that address children's interests and developmental needs. However, there is a lack of clear and consistent plans to guide all practitioners in supporting individual children in the absence of their designated key person. For example, they neglect to hand over key information about their designated children. This can hinder the continuity of support and approaches to

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meet children's individual needs. n The curriculum is designed to build on children's existing knowledge and skills. Practitioners use information from parents and carers and their own observations

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9 April 2025 to assess each child's readiness for the next learning stage. They engage children through play-based activities tailored to their interests, incorporating essential learning elements. However, during quieter periods, such as the Easter holidays, reduced staffing can impact on the experiences of children. Older children have limited interactions with practitioners who are unfamiliar with them. At these times, there is a lack sufficient planned activities or experiences to keep children engaged and learning. n Practitioners promote healthy lifestyles. They provide children with fresh drinking water, as well as nutritious meals and snacks. Children spend time outdoors each day. This allows children to develop their physical skills and overall well-being. Children enthusiastically use the available space to move in different ways, for example, they climb and balance on crates. This supports the development of

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children's muscles. n The nursery takes a collaborative approach to supporting children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Leaders and practitioners work closely with parents and other professionals to help these children progress and achieve their goals. Regular observations and assessments further enable practitioners to identify and address any potential gaps in children's learning. n Leaders use funding to meet children's individual needs and expand the educational opportunities. For instance, the nursery provides and creates specialised sensory resources to cater to the unique needs of children. Leaders aim to ensure that children receive the personalised support they require to thrive. n Practitioners provide opportunities to support children's communication skills, including those who speak English as an additional language. They help children to learn rhymes and share books with them. During activities, practitioners

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need to do better?

introduce young children to new words, and repeat words and simple sentences. They also gather key words with the correct pronunciation in children's home languages to help them to settle and communicate.

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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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Due date

9 April 2025 ensure that an effective policy and procedure for administering medication is understood and implemented by practitioners consistently 30/04/2025

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Due date

implement an effective key-person system to ensure that in periods of practitioners' absence, the remaining practitioners know about children to meet their educational needs. 30/04/2025

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should:

n review and improve the arrangements to deploy and support practitioners covering in unfamiliar rooms so that teaching is consistently good.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY455796 Local authority Bexley Inspection number 10383614 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 46 Number of children on roll 78 Name of registered person Twinnie Day Nursery Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 0208 312 2605 Date of previous inspection 17 February 2022

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Information about this early years setting

Twinnie Day Nursery registered in 2013 and is situated in Belvedere, Kent. The nursery operates all year round, from 7am to 6.30pm Monday to Friday. It also has the facility to operate a breakfast club, after-school club and holiday playscheme for school-aged children. A team of 10 practitioners is employed to work with children. Of these, seven practitioners hold relevant childcare qualifications. The nursery provides government funded childcare.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector viewed the provision and discussed the safety and suitability of the premises. n The nominated individual 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 practitioners 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 The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact on children's learning. n The inspector observed the interactions between practitioners and children. n Parents shared their views of the nursery with the inspector. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation and reviewed evidence of the suitability of practitioners 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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