Bright Beginnings (Twickenham) Ltd

Inspection of Riverside Nursery Schools - Grosvenor House Grosvenor House, Grosvenor Road, TWICKENHAM TW1 4AD

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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 Requires improvement

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The provision is good

The provider has high expectations of children. The curriculum supports children's emotional and social development, physical development and their language and communication skills. Staff plan rich and varied activities and experiences to help children make good progress. Children have positive attitudes to learning and relish seeing the effects of their actions. For example, they capably use tools to hammer away at blocks of ice or create replica volcanoes, adding ingredients delighting when they erupt.

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The provision is good

Children's beaming smiles show they are happy, content and feel safe in this warm and welcoming setting. Enthusiastic leaders and staff meet parents and children at the door. They greet children affectionately with kind words and cuddles. This contributes towards children's high levels of emotional security. Children truly belong and excitedly enter each day, seamlessly separating from parents.

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The provision is good

Staff support children to settle, right from their first day or during the move to the next room. The key-person system is effective in helping children to develop close bonds with caring staff who get to know them well. Wonderful relationships between staff, children and their friends are evident and children show high levels of confidence and self-esteem. For example, staff praise children and provide positive assurances as children admire their reflection in the mirror when wiping their faces.

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need to do better?

n There is a strong leadership team who have made a number of well-considered changes and improvements since the last inspection. Additional policies and procedures have been implemented which contribute towards the smooth running of the setting. Leaders reflect on the positive changes made and invite parents to meetings to provide them with information. However, some of the methods used to gather and share feedback with parents are less successful, in order to gain a wider view of the setting and support continuous improvement. n Children are well cared for and show they are comfortable. They readily reach their arms out wide for cuddles. Children laugh and giggle during meaningful interactions with staff. Children are helped to become independent. They develop confidence and the resilience to have a go. For example, children move across large climbing equipment. Younger children fall down and jump straight

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back up for another attempt, eager to conquer the challenge. n Leaders encourage staff to gain higher qualifications and develop their knowledge by accessing a wealth of training. However, at times some staff fail to implement the curriculum that leaders intend, and provide activities that do not fully focus on the key skills that children need to learn right now.

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need to do better?

8 August 2025 n The special educational needs coordinator is an advocate for ensuring that all children are valued, included and receive the help they need. Staff work closely with professionals and use effective methods, such as visual prompts to indicate a change in routine. All children are provided with the education that they quite rightly deserve. Additional funding is utilised well, for example, to provide mobility equipment to improve accessibility and enable children to participate fully in the learning opportunities on offer. This strong focus helps children to make the progress they are capable of. n Children's behaviour is excellent. Staff model positive language when communicating with children. They use effective strategies to help children to recognise feelings and regulate their behaviour. For example, staff use colour recognition and carefully chosen books to generate conversation about how

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children are feelings and why. Staff encourage children to sit nicely at the table and develop awareness of expected behaviours. Children readily clean and put away plates after eating a healthy and nutritious lunch. This helps to prepare them for future learning and school routines. n Staff provide a number of additional activities to widen children's experiences which supports them in preparation for life in modern Britain. Yoga and music sessions contribute towards children's physical health and well-being. In addition, children are becoming aware of the similarities and differences between themselves and others. For example, staff teach them about physical differences and why their friends hair is curly and why they eat food that is different to what their friends are eating. n Partnership with parents is well established. This has been a real focus for the provider. Parents are kept updated with children's good progress. A number of

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need to do better?

events are planned to help to encourage parents to become involved in what is happening in the setting. Methods, such as sharing activity bags are helping to support parents to be involved in children's learning.

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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 monitor practice more precisely and provide incisive feedback to help all staff to consistently deliver the intended curriculum n enhance self-evaluation processes and include the views of parents to continue to drive forward with identified improvements.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY479787 Local authority Richmond Upon Thames Inspection number 10369695 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 44 Number of children on roll 55 Name of registered person Bright Beginnings (Twickenham) Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 02085389999 Date of previous inspection 22 August 2024

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Information about this early years setting

Riverside Nursery Schools - Grosvenor House first registered in 2009 and re- registered in 2014 as a limited company. The nursery operates from premises in Twickenham, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. The nursery is open from Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm, for 51 weeks of the year. The nursery closes for a week at Christmas and for public bank holidays. There are 15 staff working directly with the children. Of these, 11 staff have appropriate early years qualifications. The nursery provides funded early years education for children aged two years.

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Inspection activities

n The manager joined the inspector on a learning walk and talked to the inspector about their curriculum and what they want their children to learn. n Children communicated with the inspector during the inspection. n The inspector talked to staff at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. n The inspector spoke with leaders about the leadership and management of the setting. n The special educational needs coordinator 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 observed the interactions between staff/the childminder and children. n The inspector spoke to several parents during the inspection and took account of their views. n Leaders and staff shared relevant documentation and the inspector reviewed

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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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