Cliffe House Day Nurseries Ltd

Inspection of Cliffe House Day Nurseries Ltd Technico House, Richardshaw Lane, Stanningley, Pudsey, Yorkshire LS28 6AA

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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 settle quickly into this homely nursery. Even children attending for the first time are secure in their relationships with staff due to effective settling-in processes. The youngest children particularly benefit from the warm nurturing care of the adults. Older children are increasingly independent and play well together. Staff understand children's behaviour and what it is telling them. Those who need additional emotional support are given lots of reassurance until they feel more secure. Children become confident, independent learners.

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The provision is good

Staff create an interesting indoor and outdoor environment. Consequently, children are eager to explore and are deeply engaged in their play and learning. For example, older children are fascinated by the retractable tape measures. They spend time measuring various resources, such as the builders' hats, dinosaurs and even the staff. Babies crawl excitedly to explore the cornflour gloop. Toddlers are motivated to try increasingly difficult jigsaws. They are proud of the praise they receive for their efforts and success.

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The provision is good

Leaders are committed to supporting staff well-being. This creates a positive environment. Staff say they are happy and supported effectively in their roles. Many staff demonstrate a real passion to provide good-quality childcare and education for the children.

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need to do better?

n Children enjoy books, stories and rhymes. Older children join in with well-known phrases as they listen to a story they have chosen. Staff pause skilfully so that children can help to count how many unicorns are left. They help younger children to practise the new words that they are learning. Staff also understand the importance of non-verbal communication, and are very attentive to children's signs and gestures. This means that all children, including those with communication difficulties, become confident and able communicators. n Children confidently follow well-rehearsed and purposeful routines throughout the day. This supports their welfare, behaviour and learning. They know what is going to happen next and what is expected of them. Older children quickly stop and listen when it is time to tidy up, or to settle for a story. They carefully follow procedures for going up and down the stairs. They are very respectful when

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need to do better?

they cross another room to access the garden. Staff make sure that the youngest children follow their own care routines that they are used to at home. This promotes a settled, calm learning environment. n Leaders and staff plan a broad, flexible curriculum that promotes children's good progress in all areas of learning. They know the children and their families very well. Staff speak with knowledge and fondness about the children's development

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need to do better?

10 June 2025 and personalities. This helps all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, to access the curriculum and maximise their learning. n Staff are proactive in helping children to enjoy and understand the purpose of mathematics. For example, older children show that they easily recognise numbers beyond 10 as they use the tape measures. They count how many place settings they need for lunch. Younger children talk about shape, size and capacity as they play with the sand or play dough. n Staff help children to enjoy a healthy lifestyle. Children develop their physical skills outside in the fresh air. They enjoy the home-cooked meals and sleep well after their lunch. Children show how they wash their hands before eating. Older children wipe their own noses and automatically use antibacterial gel after putting the tissue in the bin. n Leaders have responded to staff changes by minimising the impact on children.

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need to do better?

They have mostly kept a good oversight of the quality of the provision and have stepped in to help with the children in various ways. Senior leaders have a wealth of experience. They know their staff well and sensitively support new staff into the workplace. While the quality of teaching is often very good, this is not always as good as it could be. Following the changes, monitoring and coaching is not yet having the full impact on children's learning that it could have.

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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 continue to develop monitoring and coaching processes to have even greater impact on children's learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2574452 Local authority Leeds Inspection number 10404776 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 80 Number of children on roll 100 Name of registered person Cliffe House Day Nurseries Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 0113 345 0094 Date of previous inspection 12 October 2022

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Information about this early years setting

Cliffe House Day Nurseries Ltd registered in 2020 and is located in Pudsey, West Yorkshire. The nursery is open from 7.30am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, all year round. There are 20 staff, the majority of whom hold an appropriate early years qualification at level 3 or above. Two staff hold qualified teacher status. The nursery provides government funded childcare.

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Inspection activities

n Senior leaders and the inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the nursery and discussed the early years curriculum. n The inspector talked to children, parents and staff at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. n Leaders and staff spoke to the inspector about how they support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. 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 inspector carried out joint observations of group activities with the manager. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation and reviewed evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery.

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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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