Strawberries Nursery

Inspection of Strawberries Nursery Strawberries Private Daycare Nursery, Eaglesfield Drive, Bradford BD6 2PY

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Overall effectiveness Inadequate

The quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Overall effectiveness at previous inspection Not applicable

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The provision is inadequate

There are breaches to the safeguarding and welfare requirements that compromise children's safety. The provider does not ensure that staff working with children have sufficient safeguarding knowledge to recognise and respond to concerns swiftly and effectively. This compromises children's safety.

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The provision is inadequate

Despite these weaknesses, children are warmly welcomed into this nurturing nursery, where they quickly feel happy, secure and engaged. Staff know each child well and form strong, trusting bonds from the outset. They provide comfort and reassurance when needed, showing empathy and sensitivity to children's feelings. As a result, children's emotional well-being and confidence are effectively supported.

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The provision is inadequate

Leaders provide a broad and ambitious curriculum that is well tailored to children's needs, interests and abilities. The environment is calm and purposeful, offering a wide range of opportunities for children to play and learn together. For example, older children use numeral stamps in paint to recognise and count numbers, with staff extending and challenging their learning through skilful questioning. This successfully promotes children's curiosity, deepens their knowledge and prepares them well for the next stage of their education.

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need to do better?

n All staff attend safeguarding training and understand the procedures to follow to report concerns. However, leaders have not identified weaknesses in the staff's safeguarding knowledge. They do not ensure that all staff have a good understanding of 'Prevent' duty, county lines and other aspects of safeguarding that may be present in the local community. These gaps in safeguarding knowledge mean staff are not able to effectively keep children safe at all times. n Children are kind, respectful and consistently demonstrate positive behaviour. Staff are strong role models who set clear and consistent expectations that children understand. For example, children know to sit and listen attentively during group times. Staff use regular praise and encouragement, including rewards such as stickers, to recognise children's efforts. This effectively supports children's confidence and promotes their self-esteem.

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need to do better?

n Leaders have implemented a key-person system, and these staff know children well. They identify gaps in children's learning and plan engaging activities to support children to make progress. However, staff do not always communicate effectively or share information consistently when there is a change of key person or during staff absence. As a result, the system for sharing next steps is not fully effective. This means children's learning is not always supported as well as it could be.

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need to do better?

22 August 2025 n Staff promote children's physical health and well-being well. Children benefit from free access to the outdoors throughout the day, where they enjoy climbing, balancing and riding bikes. They are provided with well-balanced and nutritious home-made meals each day. Staff reinforce key messages about healthy lifestyles through planned themes, such as 'let's get active', where children take part in physical play and notice the changes in their bodies. n Some aspects of partnerships with parents are stronger than others. Parents describe staff as dedicated, warm and genuinely caring, and comment positively on the progress their children make in confidence since starting. They value the monthly newsletters and the daily feedback about their child's care needs and activities. However, information about individual children's next steps for learning is not consistently shared with parents, which limits their opportunities to

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need to do better?

support and extend children's learning at home. n Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are supported well. Staff quickly identify gaps in learning and provide targeted support. They work effectively with parents and other professionals to meet children's individual needs. The nursery is fully inclusive, and children with SEND make good progress from their starting points. n Children's communication and language development is supported well. Staff purposefully model language and praise children's communication efforts. Children are given time to think and respond to questions, which supports their confidence. Those who speak English as an additional language are supported very well, with staff valuing and including home languages within the nursery. As a result, children become confident and effective communicators.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are not effective.

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Safeguarding

There is not an open and positive culture around safeguarding that puts children's interests first.

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Due date

strengthen staff safeguarding knowledge so that all staff can recognise and respond to concerns swiftly and effectively 05/09/2025

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should:

22 August 2025 n share information between key persons and other staff so that children's learning is supported more effectively in the absence of their key person n share children's individual next steps with parents to further support their learning at home.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2797252 Local authority Bradford Inspection number 10417106 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 57 Number of children on roll 51 Name of registered person MC Childcare T/AsStrawberries Nursery Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 01274 691005 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

Strawberries Nursery registered in 2024 and is located in Woodside, Bradford. The nursery employs 15 members of childcare staff, 14 of whom hold appropriate early years qualifications; one is at level 5, eleven at level 3 and two are at level 2. The nursery opens Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and one week at Christmas. Sessions are from 7am until 6pm. The nursery offers the government- funded places for childcare and receives specific funding for disadvantaged children.

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Inspection activities

n The manager and inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the nursery and discussed the early years curriculum. n The inspector talked to staff at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. 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 Children spoke with the inspector during the inspection. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation and reviewed evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery.

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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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