Bright Horizons Leeds Day Nursery And Preschool

Inspection of Bright Horizons Leeds Day Nursery And Preschool 338-340 Kirkstall Road, Leeds LS4 2DS

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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

Leaders and staff are dedicated to ensuring children's safety and well-being. For example, staff use a mascot to help children to learn about how to keep themselves safe. They share information with parents and carers about online safety. This supports children to learn how to be safe both in and out of the nursery. Staff build positive relationships with the children that they care for. They spend time getting to know children's likes, dislikes and interests. This supports children to become self-assured and happy learners.

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The provision is good

Staff provide learning opportunities for children that promote their curiosity and build on their prior experiences. For instance, staff know that some children have recently visited an aquarium with their families. They support children to name and find out more about the sea creatures that they have previously seen. Staff use herbs and flowers from the garden to enhance children's learning in the play dough area. They support children to explore the inside of fruit. Children use their senses to describe what they can see and smell. Staff encourage children to be creative. Children observe pieces of art by famous artists and make their own versions. Staff offer praise and encouragement to support children to learn new skills, such as using scissors or child-safe knives. The stimulating environment and positive interactions from staff ensure high levels of engagement from all children. This, in turn, supports children to develop positive attitudes to their learning.

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need to do better?

n Each room in the nursery has a written statement outlining their aims for children's different stages of development. For example, there is a strong focus in the baby rooms to support and nurture babies' relationships with their key persons. Staff in the toddler room focus on helping children to build their communication skills. They support children in the pre-school room to learn how to manage their own self-care needs and develop a love of books. Consequently, children leave the nursery confident in their own abilities. They become well prepared for the next stage of their education. n Staff carry out regular assessments of children's progress. They know the next steps in learning that their key children are working towards. Staff use this information to plan suitable learning opportunities for children. This helps children to continue to make progress towards and meet their developmental milestones.

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n Staff consider the vocabulary that they want children to learn when planning the learning environment. They use varied opportunities throughout the day to read stories and sing songs with children. Children join in with repeated words and actions. This supports children to learn new words and helps them to grow their speaking and listening skills

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19 August 2025 n Children who are new to the nursery attend settling-in sessions. This helps them to get to know staff and feel secure in the care of their key person. However, on occasion, several new children attend these sessions at once and need higher levels of support from their key persons. At these times, other staff do not deploy themselves effectively when working with the rest of the children. This has an impact on their ability to consistently meet the learning and care needs of all other children. n Parents comment positively on the nurturing and friendly staff team. Staff make and provide learning packs for parents and children to take home. They tailor these packs to meet children's needs, interests, and recent experiences. This supports parents to work in partnership with staff to build on their children's prior learning. n Leaders use additional funding to provide sensory resources and focused time

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need to do better?

with staff to meet the needs of children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). They work closely with the local authority SEND team. This ensures that children receive swift and appropriate support. Children with SEND make good progress and are happy and settled at the nursery. n The nursery has undergone recent changes to the management and staffing team. During this time, the leadership team has continued to monitor staff practice and ensure oversight of the nursery. They have plans in place to continue to support newer and less-experienced staff. Leaders continually review the nursery provision. For instance, they recently made enhancements to the nursery outdoor space. As a result, the quality of the provision and staff practice continues to develop and improve.

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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 the organisation and deployment of staff during settling-in sessions for new children, to ensure that all children's learning and care needs continue to be met at these times.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY544934 Local authority Leeds Inspection number 10416690 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 69 Number of children on roll 80 Name of registered person Bright Horizons Family Solutions Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 0113 887 7558 Date of previous inspection 12 December 2019

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Information about this early years setting

Bright Horizons Leeds Day Nursery and Preschool registered in 2017 and is located in Kirkstall, Leeds. The nursery employs 27 members of childcare staff. Of these, 19 hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 or above. The nursery opens Monday to Friday for 51 weeks of the year, from 7.30am until 6pm. The nursery offers government-funded childcare for children aged between nine months and four years.

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Inspection activities

n The deputy manager, manager and inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the nursery and discussed the early years curriculum. n Children spoke to and 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 Staff spoke to the inspector about how they support children with SEND. n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact on the children's learning. n The inspector observed the interactions between staff and the children. n The inspector carried out joint observations of a mealtime and a group activity with the manager. n Parents shared their views on the nursery with the inspector. n The inspector spoke with leaders and staff about their safeguarding knowledge and responsibilities. n The inspector spoke with the nursery leaders about the leadership and

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management of the nursery. n The manager showed the inspector documentation to demonstrate the suitability of staff.

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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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