Woodend Day Nursery

Inspection of Woodend Day Nursery 136 Main Street, Repton, Derby, Derbyshire DE65 6FB

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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

All children make good progress, including those children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Staff adapt their language to meet the varying needs of children. Staff use actions and words to provide children, who are at an earlier stage in their development, with a voice. Children communicate in a range of ways, such as pointing at a jigsaw to indicate a piece is missing. Staff respond verbally, saying where the piece is, to develop children's knowledge and understanding further.

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The provision is good

Children are becoming confident. Staff encourage children to make choices. For example, younger children choose the next song to sing by selecting a stick puppet matched to the song. Older children develop their problem-solving skills, taking on board comments from staff. For example, when children explore water flowing through a hosepipe, a staff member helps by commenting that water runs downhill. Children consider this information to solve the problem as a team and put the water dispenser higher so water can flow through. Children also develop their resilience throughout, trying different ways to place the water dispenser higher. Children sustain their engagement well.

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The provision is good

Children form positive relationships with staff and children seek staff for comfort when they are upset. Staff nurture children. For example, children settle well after nap times when staff cuddle and sing to them. Staff also support children's emotional development. They name children's feelings. For example, staff state when children are feeling tired and support them to sleep. Children respond positivity to their needs being met.

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need to do better?

n Children develop their communication and language well. Staff comment, question and introduce new vocabulary. For example, staff introduce the word 'city' to older children when looking at a picture. Staff explain a city is made up of houses and buildings. Children understand new words well, supported by staff. n Staff gather relevant information from parents and complete regular observations to monitor children's development. Staff use the information to identify any gaps in children's understanding. Leaders make referrals, with parents, to other professionals to ensure all children get the extra support they need to make good progress, including those children with SEND. n Staff know children well and what they want them to learn. They build on children's knowledge, reflecting on their interests. For example, staff build on children's understanding and interest in aeroplanes. Children learn how aeroplanes fly and who is in charge of flying.

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need to do better?

12 August 2025 n Children follow clear instructions given by staff. For example, children follow a recipe to make play dough. Further to this, staff model good manners, which children copy. However, on occasion, staff do not consistently reinforce rules, such as by helping children to wait their turn when they are playing alongside one another. n Children are becoming more independent through activities, such as watching staff complete day-to-day tasks. For example, staff model how to scrape left over food off their plates and wash their hands at lunchtime. Children copy, and do this by themselves. n Children develop their physical skills well, indoors and outdoors. Staff support children to develop their large muscles, such as helping children to roll a tyre. Children also develop their smaller muscles. Staff model using tools to develop children's early writing skills. For example, they demonstrate painting and

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need to do better?

drawing lines, which children copy. n Children develop their understanding of oral hygiene. They participate in daily teeth brushing and staff talk about the importance of oral hygiene. Additionally, leaders link with the local dentist to help to reinforce these messages. n Leaders and staff maintain open and effective communication with parents. They keep parents fully informed about their children's daily experiences and developmental progress. This enables parents to continue their children's learning at home, if they wish to do so. Additionally, parents attend stay-and- play sessions, where staff share further information about children's learning. n Leaders and staff are reflective. They work as a team to improve the care and education the setting offers. Leaders and managers provide appropriate support to staff based on their needs and experience to help them to continue to build on their practice. Staff use what they have learned from training well, when they

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need to do better?

are interacting with children. For example, staff learned about the benefits of water play for children's development, for example developing children's mathematical language using the language of capacity, such as full and empty, when they are playing in the water tray.

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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 build staff's confidence in helping children to play cooperatively.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 206335 Local authority Derbyshire Inspection number 10407348 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 34 Number of children on roll 71 Name of registered person Woodend Nursery Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 01283 704555 Date of previous inspection 7 January 2020

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Information about this early years setting

Woodend Day Nursery registered in 1995 and is privately owned and located in Repton, Derby. It opens each weekday from 7.30am to 6pm, for 51 weeks of the year. The nursery provides funded early education to two-, three- and four-year- olds. It employs 16 members of childcare staff, all of whom hold appropriate early years qualifications at levels 2, 3, 5 and 6.

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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 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 that this was having on children's learning. n The inspector and the deputy manager and manager carried out a joint observation of a communication and language activity. 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.

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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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