Newnham Nursery

Inspection of Newnham Nursery Newnham Croft Primary School, Chedworth Street, CAMBRIDGE CB3 9JF

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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 Good

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The provision is good

Children are happy and content, skipping into this friendly and inclusive home- from-home environment. On arrival, new children show confidence and independence when hanging up their belongings on their named peg. Staff know their children incredibly well and have sound knowledge and understanding of the well-established curriculum. The provider and staff are flexible with the implementation of the curriculum to ensure that it is continuously accessible to all children.

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The provision is good

Children welcome visitors by saying 'good morning', and children frequently play harmoniously together. Staff are excellent role models, demonstrating high expectations for children's good behaviour. They give meaningful praise for their kind and sociable interactions towards others. Therefore, children understand the behaviours expected of them.

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The provision is good

Skilful staff successfully support children to build on what they already know and can do. For example, staff offer younger children their hand to hold as they learn to balance on one leg. This attentiveness from staff means children develop trusting and caring attachments to them. The provider and staff ensure collaborative working takes place with parents and outside professionals, such as speech and language therapists. This means all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, continually make good progress in their overall learning and development.

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n Teaching is of good quality and meaningful. Staff ask questions to extend children's learning through their play. They also adapt activities to suitably challenge the learning needs of all children. For example, while children explore the clip chain links activity, staff extend on children's secure understanding of numbers by introducing a tape measure. Children start to develop an understanding of measurement concepts while developing their fine motor skills, as they enthusiastically start to measure their chains. n Children maintain high levels of engagement and concentration when using magnifying glasses to examine bugs and then paint pictures of them. This is because staff plan activities around children's interest. n Mealtimes are sociable events where staff prompt discussions around healthy eating and the importance of drinking lots of water, particularly after physical exercise. However, staff have not established sufficient routines to support

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children to think about how they can dress themselves appropriately for different weather conditions, such as putting on a sun hat before playing outdoors on a sunny day. This reduces opportunities for children to practise becoming

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9 May 2025 increasingly independent in their self-care needs and promoting their own health and safety. n Staff incorporate active and fun learning experiences that help children learn effectively about the importance of physical exercise and resting their bodies. Additionally, this daily routine helps regulate children's behaviour during the day. For example, children relax and take deep breaths as they copy staff who do slow and stretching exercises. Consequently, children who find transitions difficult are able to focus and prepare themselves for a change in activity or routine. n Children demonstrate high levels of independence in preparation for when they progress to school. For example, children stand patiently in a line with their peers to choose a book, before placing it in their bags to read at home. They establish good hygiene routines and independently wash their hands with soap before eating, and they practise pouring their own drinks at snack time.

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n Parents appreciate the daily information staff share with them about their child's day. Posters on the door explain to parents what activities children have been exploring as part of the current topic of minibeasts. However, staff's assessment of children's individual development and next goals to achieve in learning is not shared enough to ensure that parents can consistently support children's further progress at home. n The providers are highly reflective and passionate, continually striving to improve. They have excellent communication with the link school, which supports seamless transitions for children. Staff report that they feel valued and really enjoy their jobs. They are given the support and training they need to ensure that children benefit from consistently positive learning experiences.

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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 focus on increasing children's knowledge and awareness of staying safe in the sun to help them become increasingly independent in managing their self-care needs n review how children's progress and next steps in learning is shared with parents to extend collaborative working and further support their progress at home.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY395187 Local authority Cambridgeshire Inspection number 10388412 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises Registers Early Years Register Day care type Sessional day care

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Total number of places 24 Number of children on roll 20 Name of registered person Newnham Nursery

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reference number

Telephone number 01223 311437 Date of previous inspection 10 July 2019

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Information about this early years setting

Newnham Nursery registered in July 2009 and is privately owned. The nursery employs four members of childcare staff. Of whom, three hold appropriate early years qualifications, one at level 2 and two at level 6. The provider holds early years professional status. The nursery is open each weekday during school term times. Sessions are from 9am to 2.55pm. The nursery provides funded early education for all eligible children.

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Inspection activities

n The pre-school provider and the inspector completed a tour of the pre-school both indoors and outdoors to understand how the early years provision and curriculum are organised. Additionally, the provider showed the inspector the premises and discussed how they ensure that it is safe and suitable. n The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and outdoors and assessed the impact that this had on children's learning. n The inspector carried out a joint observation of group activities with the provider and also discussed self-evaluation. n The special educational needs coordinator spoke to the inspector about how they support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. n Children communicated with the inspector during the inspection. The inspector spoke with parents and carers during the inspection and also took account of their views. n The inspector held a meeting with the providers and also discussed self-

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evaluation. The inspector looked at relevant documentation, such as evidence of the suitability of the staff working in the pre-school and a selection of other records.

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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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