Precious Wings

Inspection of Precious Wings 2-6 George Street, Lozells, Birmingham, West Midlands B19 1NX

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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 Inadequate

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The provision requires improvement

The curriculum is basic. It includes the main elements of the prime areas of learning. It introduces the specific areas of learning for children who are older and beginning to consolidate their learning. However, the curriculum is not yet ambitious enough to challenge most-able children, and children who need additional support well enough. This means that not all children are making the progress they are capable of.

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The provision requires improvement

Staff are welcoming and caring. They offer reassurance where children may be upset. This helps children to feel secure in the care of staff with whom they have a close relationship. Staff teach children simple rules that help some children to begin to regulate their feelings and emotions. However, staff are not always effective in teaching all children the skills they need to manage their own behaviour. This can have an adverse impact on the larger group.

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The provision requires improvement

That said, most children arrive happy and settle quickly at the nursery. Parents drop off and collect their children at the door. This provides time for staff to share information with parents about their children's day. The environment is warm and secure.

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need to do better?

n Leaders have taken steps to address some of the actions raised at the previous inspection. The premises are warm and well maintained. Staff make a daily review of risk assessments to minimise risks to children. Healthy meals are delivered from another site. Staff, who have attained food hygiene qualifications, check and record temperatures before serving. A programme of supervision and training supports staff in their roles. Although some recent training is yet to become embedded into practice to fully support children's learning. n Since the last inspection, additional support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities has been secured. However, in practice, there remains some weaknesses in the implementation of the curriculum and, at times, children are not actively engaged in learning. Sometimes, children are moved between rooms without a learning purpose. Staff do not always consider the

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need to do better?

impact that the environment may have on these children, their learning and behaviour. n Teaching is variable. Staff are yet to fully implement recent training to support children's emotional well-being. That said, some children begin to make friendships and during activities they play collaboratively, helping each other. Although, at times, activities do not differentiate well enough to target the precise learning needs of individual children. n Toddlers and younger children explore their senses as they handle coloured rice.

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7 May 2025 They smile as it trickles through their fingers. Staff introduce new words as they support children to acquire a wider vocabulary, talking about the colour of an apple. Children build their physical skills. They handle small tools to pick up the rice onto a large ladle. They smile at the staff, who praise and reassure the children. Staff follow the children's interest as they place cars into the water. The children giggle as they hold the water in spray bottles and manipulate the trigger with their hands, to spray their friends and staff. n Older children begin to learn about growing seeds as they plant beans into small pots. Staff ask children where they would best grow and they answer, 'by the window'. Children take turns and help each other. Staff encourage children to recall the story about a beanstalk, grown from beans. At group times, children join in and sing a welcome song, recognising each other by name. Children talk

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and learn about the weather. n Outside, children develop their physical skills. They are highly skilled in moving at speed with accuracy, as they manoeuvre two-wheeled scooters with their feet. Children climb up and across the low-level bridge with ease. Their imagination sparks as they make a 'chocolate cake' in the mud kitchen. Children collect water from the tap and add to the mixture. They develop their language skills, talking to each other and become confident using more complex sentences. However, this is not always seized upon by staff during activities so that children can be challenged even further. n Parents say they are happy with the care and education their children receive. They feel that their children's language has improved because of attending nursery. Children are encouraged to eat different foods and staff work with parents on toilet training.

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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

ensure that the curriculum is fully embedded into practice to consistently deliver learning for all children across all the areas of learning 01/08/2025

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Due date

7 May 2025 support staff to improve teaching so that it takes account of children's different learning levels and precisely targets what it is that each child needs to learn next 01/08/2025

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Due date

implement effective ways to help children to gain an understanding of their own feelings and emotions and how these may impact on others. 01/08/2025

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should:

n consider further how the environment can be used effectively to bring about positive changes for children attending.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2579222 Local authority Birmingham Inspection number 10383668 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 55 Number of children on roll 54 Name of registered person Precious Wings Day Nursery Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 07872513232 Date of previous inspection 8 January 2025

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Information about this early years setting

Precious Wings registered in 2020. The nursery employs 12 members of childcare staff, 10 of whom hold appropriate early years qualifications, ranging from level 2 to level 6. Two staff are not yet qualified. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, all year round. Sessions are from 8am until 6pm. The nursery provides funded early education for all children who are eligible.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector viewed all areas of the provision and discussed the safety and suitability of the premises. n The area manager, deputy and inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the nursery and discussed the early years curriculum. n The inspector and area manager carried out a joint observation, which involved a group of pre-school children who took part in an activity to plant seeds. n The inspector observed the quality of the care and education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this was having on children's learning. n The inspector spoke to staff, parents and children at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation and reviewed evidence of the suitability of staff working at 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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