Sunflower Day Care

Inspection of Sunflower Day Care 87 York Road, Ilford IG1 3AQ

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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

Staff place children and their families at the heart of their work at this welcoming nursery. Children are confident and settle well. They are excited to play with their friends. Children form strong relationships with their key person and the other staff working in the nursery. This helps them to feel safe and secure.

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The provision is good

The curriculum is ambitious and builds on what children already know. Children thoroughly enjoy their time in the nursery. Younger children explore shaving foam and paint as they confidently make marks in the tray. Older children play in the construction area. They put on their high-visibility vests and build models with bricks. They use tape measures to see how high the structure is. All children make good progress.

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The provision is good

Children behave very well. Staff are excellent role models. They constantly model good manners and how to be kind and courteous when speaking with other adults and children. As a result, children treat each other with respect.

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The provision is good

Parents speak highly of this nursery and the staff team. Staff provide them with ideas on how they can support children at home. Staff hold regular parents' workshops. Recently, parents received information about supporting children's emotional regulation.

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need to do better?

n Managers place a strong focus on supporting staff to understand the expectations of their roles and responsibilities. Staff attend a range of training to improve their professional knowledge. Staff value the support they receive from their colleagues and the management. They work well as a team. Managers take time to recognise individual staff's achievements. n Children's literacy skills are well supported. Staff provide children with many opportunities to engage in creative activities. This helps children to develop strength and dexterity in their hand and finger muscles in preparation for their early writing. Older children learn to recognise, read and write their names. Children are developing a love of books and enjoy borrowing books from the home lending library. n Staff encourage children's communication and language development. Children delight as they join in with staff singing familiar action songs. This supports

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children's growing speech and vocabulary. Staff interactions are strong. They help children to express their feelings and name their emotions. Staff support children's growing empathy by explaining how the other child might feel when supporting children to resolve conflict. n Staff with responsibility for supporting children with special educational needs

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23 April 2025 and/or disabilities are committed to collaborating with parents and other professionals to ensure that children receive targeted support. n Staff encourage children to do things for themselves. Children wipe their own noses and put on their coats with support. Staff select children to be the lunchtime 'helpers'. Children delight in having this responsibility, which helps them to feel valued. n Generally, the learning environments support the intended curriculum well. Children experience a range of activities in different areas and explore a wide range of resources. However, on occasion, some activities are not implemented to the highest level, for example due to the resources provided for children to explore in activities to support their understanding of healthy eating. n Staff model and support children's learning well. They encourage children to revisit their prior learning. For example, staff encourage children to think about

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what they have learned about planets. However, at times, particularly during group activities, all children do not benefit from the same positive interactions due to the large size of the groups. n Parents speak highly of this nursery and the staff team. They express how happy and settled their children are and that they feel well informed about their children's learning and development through regular feedback from staff. n Effective systems are in place to ensure that children who speak English as an additional language or are bilingual make good progress in both their home language and in English. n Children have plenty of opportunities to be physically active in the large, well- resourced outdoor area. Children enjoy mixing mud and water to make 'crocodile pie' in the newly developed outdoor kitchen.

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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 extend staff's knowledge and practice so that teaching is consistently highly effective n review large-group activities to maximise all children's learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2808903 Local authority Redbridge Inspection number 10396702 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 87 Number of children on roll 53 Name of registered person AL-FALAH SUNFLOWER DAY CARE LTD

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reference number

Telephone number 0208 553 1524 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

Sunflower Day Care registered in October 2024. It employs 6 members of childcare staff. Of these, four hold early years qualifications at level 3. The setting is open from 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, all year round. The setting provides funded early education for children.

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Inspection activities

n The manager and the inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the nursery and discussed the early years foundation stage curriculum. 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 the children's learning. n The inspector carried out a joint observation of an activity with the manager. n The children spoke to the inspector during the inspection. n The inspector took account of parents' views through discussion and written feedback.

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Inspection activities

23 April 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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