Noah's Ark Wrap Around Care

Inspection of Noah's Ark Wrap Around Care Masonic Hall Hebburn, 8 Whickham Road, Hebburn NE31 1QX

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Inspection date: 15 May 2025 - 29 May 2025

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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 Not applicable

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The provision is good

The well-planned learning environment ignites children's curiosity and imagination. They spend much of their day exploring and investigating. They become absorbed in experiences that staff provide, which are planned to encourage awe and wonder and to spark conversations. Staff work alongside children to support their learning and extend their ideas. For instance, a dough activity becomes an opportunity to create 'monsters'. Staff weave intended learning into their interactions with children. A good focus on supporting the most vulnerable children in nursery helps to ensure that they benefit from the curriculum. This contributes to the good progress, overall, that all children make.

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The provision is good

Staff are careful to ensure that children realise how much they are valued. They reassure and encourage children in all that they do, and help them to celebrate the qualities that make them special. Children are happy, confident and eager learners who enjoy their time in nursery. Babies giggle while they play and explore, for example, while squeezing jelly and spaghetti in their hands. Toddlers delight in investigating the scent of lemons and limes, saying they smell 'fizzy'. Older children pretend to make cups of coffee and work out that they need a spoon to mix the sugar in. They are very excited to tell the inspector about their activities and say they love to draw and play with trains.

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need to do better?

n The curriculum is shaped by staff's regular observations of what children can do and need to learn next. Through a mix of independent exploration and carefully planned, adult-led interactions, staff help children to learn and remember more. For example, children make marks using sticks in the garden and various pens indoors, showing enthusiasm for writing words and drawing pictures. This supports their early writing skills, and children make good achievements in literacy. n Staff monitor children's development closely and identify priorities for their learning. This has helped them to identify a number of children who would benefit from more support to develop their language skills. Staff support this generally well, for example, by modelling new words during play. However, leaders acknowledge that staff need further training to refine their teaching to help children to make more swift progress in this area of learning.

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need to do better?

n There is a culture of reflection in this nursery. Staff are very much involved in planning and reviewing the provision, for example during their recent move to new premises. This helps them to feel valued and motivated. Leaders provide consistent support and encouragement, through both formal supervision sessions and practical support. This contributes to ongoing developments to the overall good quality of education.

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need to do better?

15 May 2025 n Overall, partnerships with parents and other professionals to support children's learning are good. Some parents state that they feel confident to make suggestions and know that they are listened to. Strategies, such as a book lending library, help them to support their children's learning at home. However, on occasions, communication with parents is not always effective in providing clarity regarding next steps in children's learning, particularly where additional help may be required. n Overall, staff support children's health well. For example, children learn about dental health during planned play activities. They get plenty of fresh air and exercise during active play outdoors. At times, however, strategies to teach children the reasons for good hygiene habits are not as consistent as possible. Occasionally, children overlook washing their hands after wiping their nose, or continue playing after washing their hands for lunch.

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need to do better?

n Familiar routines and clear expectations from staff encourage children's positive behaviours well. Children learn to be careful and responsible, for example, when they carefully tidy away delicate tea cups and scrape their own plates after lunch. Outdoors, children help staff to identify risks and learn to manage their own safety, such as holding on while climbing steps. They learn to take care of their environment. They remind their friends not to step on the plants they are growing.

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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 knowledge of how to support children's developing language skills n strengthen communication with parents to provide clarity regarding next steps in children's learning, particularly where additional help may be required n teach children more consistently about the reasons for good hygiene habits.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2731086 Local authority South Tyneside Inspection number 10392946 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 85 Number of children on roll 109 Name of registered person Noahs Ark Hebburn Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 07814600329 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

Noah's Ark Wrap Around Care registered in 2023 and is located in Hebburn, Tyne and Wear. The nursery is open 51 weeks of the year, Monday to Friday. Operating hours are from 7.30am to 6.15pm. The nursery employs 24 staff, of whom 16 hold a relevant early years qualification at level 3 or above. It provides government funded early education sessions and receives additional funding for vulnerable children.

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Inspection activities

n The inspection started on 15 May 2025. Inspectors returned on 29 May 2025 to gather additional evidence in line with Ofsted inspections and visits: Deferring, pausing and gathering additional evidence policy. n The provider joined the inspector on a learning walk and talked to the inspector about their curriculum and what they want the children to learn. 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. n The provider and the inspector carried out a joint observation of lunchtime. n The inspector spoke to staff and the children at appropriate times during the inspection. n The provider and the manager met with the inspector to discuss leadership and management of the nursery. The inspector looked at relevant documents, such as evidence of the suitability checks carried out on staff. n Two parents spoke to the inspector and shared their views about the nursery.

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n The inspector viewed the provision and discussed the safety and suitability of the premises.

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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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