Scamps Day Nursery

Inspection of Scamps Day Nursery Scamps Day Nursery, Poplar Road, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK11 8AT

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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 Outstanding

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The provision is good

Children arrive happy, eager and ready to explore. Staff are attentive and recognise when children need a little more reassurance. They offer affectionate cuddles and nurturing verbal encouragement when children are unsettled or unsure. Children immediately respond to this warmth and regain their confidence before continuing to play. Nurturing kindness helps to create trusting relationships, which, in turn promote children's sense of confidence. Children are curious and inquisitive. They enthusiastically try new things and demonstrate a sense of accomplishment when they achieve difficult tasks. For instance, children enthusiastically jump and clap when they locate worms in the garden. They play with awe and wonder as they pretend to be bug detectives outside, shouting, 'It's magic' when they find insects. Children's thirst for learning is a great foundation for their progress and development.

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The provision is good

All children make good progress. They benefit from an ambitious and well- sequenced curriculum. Staff have high expectations for children and plan activities with increasing levels of challenge. For example, children are encouraged to dab paint on paper five times. They complete this task with ease. Children are further challenged to add five more paint marks, and they successfully count to ten. They begin to learn about quantity and complete addition and subtraction problems to develop their impressive mathematical skills. Staff help children to learn about living things and nature in fun ways. To illustrate, children remember learning about photosynthesis and impressively recall, 'Plants use the sun to grow.' Children's knowledge of the natural world around them is excellent. Ambitious teaching and a broad curriculum successfully help children to learn new skills.

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need to do better?

n Leaders and managers are motivated, and they aspire to excel. They strive for continual improvements and incorporate the views of parents, staff and children into development plans. This passion helps to drive continual and ongoing progress. n Staff well-being is given high priority. Leaders ensure that staff are well supported and that their workload is manageable. This creates a happy team that is motivated and driven to work hard and do its best for the families it supports. n Staff continually observe children and plan activities that are focused on gaps in children's learning. Staff recognise that their role is to teach children. They make the most of their time and interactions to expand children's knowledge and skills. n There is a lively atmosphere in each room. Children play with purpose, and the environment and equipment are beautifully displayed to enthuse children. Each area has a different task or activity, offering children rich learning opportunities.

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27 May 2025 Children explore with focus and engagement. n Staff are good role models for children. They use calm voices and get down to children's level to speak to them. Children understand what is expected of them because routines are familiar and expectations are made clear through staff instructions and 'golden rules'. Children behave well. n Children's good health is well promoted. They benefit from daily outdoor play in a spacious garden, where they can run and exert themselves. Children are encouraged to brush their teeth, learning about cavities and the importance of dental hygiene from an early age. n Children vote for their favourite meals, and their choices are included in the nutritious menu provided. Incorporating children's favourite foods helps to promote children's positive attitude to healthy eating and their good health. n Partnerships with parents are strong. Staff communicate openly and often with

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parents. This helps to ensure that children benefit from consistent routines and experiences between the nursery and home. n Overall, children make good progress in their communication skills. For instance, staff narrate as children play and sing to them during games to expose them to new words and vocabulary. However, some staff lack skills and confidence to extend children's speech to a higher level. At times, staff do not always allow time or opportunities for children to respond to questions and practise talking.

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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 strengthen staff's skills and confidence to help children make higher levels of progress in their speech and language development.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY433758 Local authority Cheshire East Inspection number 10392126 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 96 Number of children on roll 120 Name of registered person Busy Bees Nurseries Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01625 611 222 Date of previous inspection 5 August 2019

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Information about this early years setting

Scamps Day Nursery registered in 2011 and operates under the ownership of Busy Bees Nurseries Limited. The nursery is located in Macclesfield and employs 26 members of childcare staff. Of these, seven hold an appropriate early years qualification at level 2, nine hold a level 3 qualification, one holds a qualification at level 4 and three hold degrees in a related field. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, from 7.30am to 6pm. It operates for 51 weeks each year and closes for one week over the Christmas period. The nursery provides government funded places for childcare.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector and manager completed a learning walk together. They discussed how the curriculum is designed and what leaders intend for the children to learn. n The inspector observed activities, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact of teaching on the children's learning. n Parents shared their views of the nursery with the inspector. n The inspector and the manager carried out a joint observation of an activity. n Staff and the children spoke to the inspector, and their comments were considered. n The inspector viewed key documentation, including suitability checks for all adults working with children.

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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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