Toybox Day Nursery

Inspection of Toybox Day Nursery Sunnyside Hall, Coombe Hill Road, EAST GRINSTEAD, West Sussex RH19 4LZ

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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 the nursery among inspirational staff who promote their social and thinking skills through a highly ambitious curriculum. Children are immersed in expertly planned activities and spellbinding storytelling. This fuels their imagination and inspires them to be motivated learners. This is evident when they dress up and act out elaborate narratives of their own. From babies to pre-school children, the children display exceptionally high levels of engagement and focus as they excitedly join in with nursery rhymes, stories and activities. These are precisely designed to be sufficiently difficult to encourage children to persevere but not so hard as to make it impossible for them to succeed. As a result, children take great pride in their achievements.

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The provision is outstanding

Children feel thoroughly at home in the nursery. They are fully familiar with the routines, have wonderfully strong bonds with their key persons and know what is expected of them. As the children progress through the nursery, their social skills develop with a focus on turn-taking and receiving information as a group. Children learn to take and manage risks through activities and challenges designed to allow them to test their abilities and develop their self-confidence and awareness. The tremendous support children get to promote their emotional well-being, and the outstanding progress that they make, prepares them as well as possible for the next stage in their education.

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n The tremendous success of this provision lies in the precision of the planning, which reflects children's unique and evolving needs, and in the expert interactions of staff. Leaders and staff have designed an ambitious, highly effective and well-sequenced curriculum that provides all children with an excellent start on their learning journeys. n Communication within the nursery is excellent. Staff work closely together to decide on daily activities with their key children's current needs and next steps in mind. They confidently seek support from each other and leaders and provide thorough handovers when children progress through the nursery. This contributes to children seamlessly moving up through the nursery and prepares them for the next stage in their education. Staff are highly motivated and encouraged to undertake training. This learning is shared among the team and used to enrich and develop the environment.

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n Children's behaviour is exemplary. This is fostered from excellent role models and demonstrated by children's high levels of awareness that their actions have consequences. Children are exceptionally considerate and kind towards each other. For instance, older children are quick to invite new children to join in their play.

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21 May 2025 n Babies and toddlers receive expert care from staff, who nurture and teach them while following their interests and developing their independence, communication and language skills. For example, they learn to take turns when choosing nursery rhymes depicted on wooden spoons and squeal with delight when it is a familiar song. They excitedly join in and remain captivated for an impressive amount of time. For example, staff stop at appropriate times and children promptly fill in the 'quack quack' in a popular song. Mealtimes are highly social occasions, and children receive patient encouragement to feed themselves. n Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are highly included. Through meticulous assessment, staff swiftly identify gaps in children's learning and development. They actively and effectively seek support from specialist staff and design activities to promote their development and

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integration. Specialist staff liaise very effectively with other professionals when required to support children's individual needs. n Staff support children's understanding of the world exceptionally well through the nursery's active engagement with representatives from around the community and visits from family members from different cultural backgrounds. This is enhanced by activities such as creating self-portraits to help the children's understanding that we are all different but equally important and valued. This helps children to gain a thorough understanding of cultures and diversity, preparing them for life in modern Britain. n Leaders and staff develop and make use of very strong relationships with parents to ensure that all children receive fully cohesive care and education. Parents speak very highly of the nursery and staff and praise the support and advice they have received to keep them informed of their child's progress and

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how they can continue this at home. This creates consistency for children, as strategies deployed in the nursery continue at home.

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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 EY398676 Local authority West Sussex Inspection number 10380801 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises Registers Early Years Register Day care type Full day care

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Total number of places 61 Number of children on roll 76 Name of registered person Toybox Day Nursery Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01342 305050 Date of previous inspection 24 June 2019

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Information about this early years setting

Toybox Day Nursery is privately owned. It was established in 1990 and moved to its current premises in 2009. The nursery operates from a building in East Grinstead, West Sussex. The nursery opens Monday to Friday, between 7.15am and 6pm, for 51 weeks of the year. It supports children with SEND and children who learn English as an additional language. A team of 16 staff work with the children. Of these, 15 hold early years qualifications at level 2 or above. The nursery provides funded early years education.

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Inspection activities

n The deputy manager, manager and inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the nursery and discussed the early years curriculum. n Children told the inspector about their friends and what they like to do when they are at pre-school. n The inspector talked to staff at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. n The inspector spoke with the nominated individual/registered individual about the leadership and management of the setting. n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning.

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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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