Alverbridge Nursery

Inspection of Alverbridge Nursery 80 South Street, Gosport, Hampshire PO12 1ES

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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 enjoy spending time in this highly stimulating environment, where staff carefully plan exciting opportunities for children to move their learning forward. Staff use the broad and carefully considered curriculum to inspire children and support their curiosity in all areas of their learning. For example, staff teach children how to safely use a range of tools to develop their woodwork skills and create something using a range of different materials. This provides a wonderful opportunity for children to manage risk and develop a range of skills that will support all other areas of learning.

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The provision is outstanding

Staff know every child exceptionally well and use this knowledge to build strong attachments with them. For example, skilled staff spend focused time in the nurture room with children who need extra emotional support. This provides excellent opportunities for children to begin to learn how to regulate their emotions and understand their feelings. Staff have carefully developed a 'support bag' resource library for families to borrow. These assist parents and children to find out more about different themes, including wearing hearing aids, glasses and toileting.

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The provision is outstanding

Behaviour is exemplary and staff praise children regularly to acknowledge this. For example, children are taught to treat resources respectfully and take turns with their friends during a tabletop game. This supports children's independence and builds self esteem and confidence.

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need to do better?

n Children are taught a stimulating and varied curriculum that supports all areas of development. Staff consistently provide excellent learning opportunities that are fun and exciting for every child. For example, pre-school children learn about numbers by rolling toy cars down a wooden ramp and predicting which chalked number they will stop on when they reach the ground. This enables children to learn about number and sequencing and provides a fun way to predict what they think might happen next. n Children make extremely fast progress in their communication and language. Staff skilfully identify children who need extra support in this area of development and engage children with fun activities during a focused session for younger children. Children thoroughly enjoy taking part in singing and using sign language, which has an extremely positive impact on their progress. n Staff superbly support children to be confident and make their own choices, and

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they are involved in many of the decisions throughout the setting. For example, children vote for the snack of the week by posting a token into a pot after choosing which is their favourite. This makes each child feel valued and an important member of the group.

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27 May 2025 n The entire staff team works tirelessly to ensure that all children are given the same opportunity and no child is left behind in their learning, including those children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Staff use their superb knowledge of every child, along with excellent partnerships with parents, to support children to achieve their full potential. For example, staff are aware of local community needs, and where relevant, they have developed supportive groups for children and their families to feel part of and access advice when needed. n The setting has an extremely strong community feel. Leaders have worked exceedingly hard to build and maintain relationships with local services, including the library, barbers and pet shop. For example, children are invited to the dentist to check their teeth and register with their parents. This provides valuable opportunities for children to develop their confidence and supports parents to

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make connections with local services that will benefit their families. n Parents explain how their children are making excellent progress in all areas and how they feel fully informed in what their children are learning and their next steps. Parents value the time staff take to share information and provide support on how they can extend their children's learning at home. This means they feel very much a part of their child's education. n Leaders are highly reflective, and planning in partnership with staff is sharp and focused. Staff feel exceptionally well supported and say how much they love working in the setting. Leaders recognise the individual strengths staff bring to the setting and utilise these to ensure excellent practice is shared across the team in order to provide an outstanding offer for all children.

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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 EY554575 Local authority Hampshire Inspection number 10398689 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Day care type Full day care

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inspection

Total number of places 62 Number of children on roll 93 Name of registered person Alverbridge Nursery

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reference number

Telephone number 02392528808 Date of previous inspection 5 November 2019

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Information about this early years setting

Alverbridge Nursery registered in 2016 and is situated near to Gosport town centre. The nursery opens from 7.30am to 6pm, for 51 weeks of the year. The nursery employs 25 staff. Of these, 21 hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 or above, including one member of staff with level 4, an additional two staff with level 5 and four with level 6. The nursery receives free early education funding for children aged one, two, three and four years.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector viewed the provision and discussed the safety and suitability of the premises. n The manager joined the inspector on a learning walk and talked to the inspector about their curriculum and what they want the children to learn. n Staff spoke to the inspector during the inspection. n Parents shared their views of the setting with the inspector. n Staff spoke to the inspector about how they support children with SEND. n The inspector observed the interactions between staff and children.

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Inspection activities

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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