Honey Pot Nursery Huyton

Inspection of Honey Pot Nursery Huyton 10 Huyton Church Road, Liverpool L36 5SJ

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Inspection date: 2 May 2025 - 4 June 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

Children enjoy and are engaged in the activities. They are all keen to be involved in what is going on in this well-maintained nursery. Interactions between children and their key person are effective. Staff promote communication and language, model two-way conversations and introduce new vocabulary. For example, they encourage babies to practise making animal sounds and support them to develop two-word phrases, such as clip-clop, when playing with the horse. Older babies enjoy singing and listening to stories, where they join in with familiar words and actions. Toddlers enjoy making dough, which they model with to practise their developing fine motor skills. Pre-school children plant vegetable seeds and enjoy talking about what plants need to grow.

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The provision is good

Staff have high expectations for children's behaviour, with routines and boundaries in place. They promote positive behaviour and attitudes by teaching children about feelings and emotions, and helping them to learn how to regulate their behaviours. Staff encourage children to be respectful of others and to develop manners and politeness. They teach children to share and take turns through games and play. Children develop independence through well-sequenced activities across the setting, including meal and snack times. For example, staff encourage older children to serve their own food and to pour their own drinks. Children are well supported to be ready for the next stage in their learning.

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need to do better?

n Leaders and staff implement a bespoke, well-sequenced and ambitious curriculum, which builds on children's strengths. Staff take note of what children can do and provide a variety of opportunities for them to practise and build on these. This helps children to achieve the next steps in their learning. n Leaders and staff arrange opportunities for children to learn new skills. Children learn to ride balance-bikes, take part in cooking sessions and develop physical skills through sports clubs. This enables children to broaden their knowledge. n Children learn about the impact of society on the wider world through their 'Eco School' activities. They learn about recycling, and support local charities and learn about people who are not as fortunate as themselves. The children use funds from their own 'Preschool Committee' to contribute to the causes they have chosen. This helps children to learn about the community and the world

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need to do better?

around them. n Children have routines to help them to know what is coming next. However, transition times, such as mealtimes or when moving from the outdoors to indoors or from room to room, can sometimes be rushed and disorganised. As a result, learning can be disturbed. n Hygiene is promoted for the children, with staff encouraging them to wash their

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2 May 2025 hands before eating lunch. However, hygiene practices are not always modelled and encouraged by staff. As a result, children do not always get consistent messages about hygiene and care practices. n Leaders offer an in-depth programme of supervisions, appraisals and coaching to ensure staff receive a high level of support in their roles. This helps leaders to identify strengths and areas for improvement to ensure ongoing training and high levels of quality. n Leaders use funding effectively for disadvantaged children to support their individual needs. For example, they use funding for training staff in speech and language programmes to support children with delays in communication. In addition, leaders buy in external providers, such as sports clubs, or implement their own activities such as 'Beach Club' and 'Forest School'. This helps to enhance the provision and give children very good opportunities for learning.

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need to do better?

n Provision for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities is exceptional. Staff go above and beyond to ensure children are included in the setting and do not miss out on any activities because of their needs. They work closely with other agencies and parents to provide vast amounts of support and advice to ensure a seamless transition between services, particularly in preparation for children moving to school. n Parents are happy with the care their children receive. They feel communication is prompt and effective. Parents feel they are provided with information about where their child is up to and the next steps in their learning. This ensures they are involved in their child's learning and how to support learning at home. n Leaders recently notified Ofsted of an incident where a child was able to leave the pre-school building unsupervised. They took prompt and appropriate action to make changes to the environment and staff practice. This heightened staff's

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need to do better?

awareness and minimised the chances of a similar incident happening again.

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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 review hygiene practices and ensure they are fully understood and implemented by all staff to promote cleanliness and children's good health n improve the organisation of transition times to help minimise disruption to children's learning and play.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2712107 Local authority Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council Inspection number 10400038 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises

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Registers

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

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inspection

Total number of places 73 Number of children on roll 180 Name of registered person Honey Pot Nursery Huyton LTD

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reference number

Telephone number 07515971276 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

Honeypot Nursery Huyton registered in 2022 and is located in Huyton, Knowsley. The nursery opens Monday to Friday, from 8am to 6pm, all year round, with the exception of one week at Christmas and bank holidays. There are 30 members of staff who work directly with the children. Of these, 21 members of staff hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 2 or above. In addition, one member of staff holds early years teacher status, and one holds qualified teacher status. The setting provides free early education funding for children.

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Information about this inspection

Inspectors Michelle Highcock Sarah Rhodes

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Inspection activities

n The inspection started on 2 May 2025. Inspectors gathered additional evidence by telephone on 4 June 2025, in line with Ofsted inspection and visits: Deferring, pausing and gathering additional evidence policy. n The nominated individual, area manager and inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the nursery and discussed the early years curriculum. 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 Parents shared their views of the setting with the inspector. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation and reviewed evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery. n The inspector talked to staff at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. n We carried out this inspection as a result of a risk assessment, following information we received about the provider.

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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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