Redhill Day Nursery

Inspection of Redhill Day Nursery 200 East Howe Lane, Northbourne, Bournemouth, Dorset BH10 5JQ

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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

Children respond happily to the friendly staff and go easily to them for cuddles. Staff liaise closely with parents to understand their children's individual care routines and needs. They help children settle in at their pace to feel comfortable and secure in the setting. Children learn about being kind and helpful to others. They start to take turns in games, such as when they throw and catch balls together outdoors. Pre-school children are willing to help tidy up their toys. Toddlers interact well together as they fit some colourful cogs onto a rod and then laugh as these topple over.

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The provision is good

Staff provide a broad curriculum overall and are keen to help children achieve through their play. For example, babies start to recognise familiar songs and smile as they follow the actions, 'rowing their boats' together with a friend. Toddlers show fascination as they see the bubbles floating out of a bubble machine, and they try to catch them in their hands. Pre-school children use their imaginations as they fit some colourful bricks together to make a house and learn about size, shape and space. Children develop their creativity, making 'rockets' from cardboard boxes. They like to climb into these and pretend they are flying to the Moon.

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need to do better?

n Leaders support staff well with their professional development. As a team, staff have raised their awareness of behaviour management strategies and the importance of implementing these consistently. This has helped them to support children's understanding of appropriate expectations more effectively. n Parents speak very highly of staff and appreciate the care, reassurance and support they give their children to help them achieve. They say staff provide good communication each day about their children's achievements and how they are supporting them to make progress. They comment that they feel staff support them very well to be involved with their children's learning at nursery. n Staff support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities very well. They liaise well with parents and other professionals involved to provide a consistent approach and ensure that all children get the necessary support to

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help them achieve at their individual levels of ability. n Children develop good personal development skills. They know to wash their hands before eating and learn how this helps to get rid of germs. Staff encourage children's independence skills, such as feeding and dressing themselves from a young age. Children enjoy being physically active, and staff support their developing mobility effectively through their play. For example, pre- school children try swinging their hips to keep a colourful hoop spinning. Toddlers jump and run enthusiastically across different textured mats. Babies start to pull themselves up the shallow ramps of a climbing frame. They smile

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20 August 2025 with delight as staff praise their efforts at walking independently. n Staff plan a range of activities to support children's early mark-making skills. For example, toddlers like the dinosaur toys and use them to make footprints in play dough. Pre-school children become engrossed using chop sticks to create patterns in some flour. Babies make marks using their hands and stampers as they explore paint with interest. However, staff do not always use resources to enhance children's learning and help them make stronger connections in some planned activities, for example to reinforce babies' understanding of their interest in space and the toddlers' favourite rhyming story. n Children behave very well. Staff keep clear daily routines and boundaries that help children feel secure and know what will happen next. Children learn to show kindness to their friends. They help each other climb over tyres outdoors

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or pass spoons to their friends to serve their snack foods. Staff provide a calm, reassuring approach and help children to understand their emotions. n Children enjoy their play, and staff get to know their interests and abilities well. Staff monitor children's achievements and identify what they need to learn next. This contributes to children making good progress. However, staff have not fully considered how to develop the curriculum to help children acquire the essential life skills they need to succeed, for example by providing a wider range of enriching experiences that would help to promote their knowledge and build on their cultural capital. n Staff promote children's communication and language skills effectively. They look at different ways to support all children's communication and understanding, such as using visual resources. Children gain confidence in expressing their ideas and show delight when saying a friend's name. They enjoy singing favourite

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need to do better?

songs, such as 'Zoom, Zoom, Zoom, We're Going to the Moon'. They try different foods, such as olives, and tell staff, 'Our taste buds don't like it.'

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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 make more use of additional resources relating to children's interests within planned activities to support their understanding and enhance their learning consistently well n enhance the curriculum to develop children's knowledge and skills further through a wide a range of enriching experiences and opportunities that build on their cultural capital.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY402156 Local authority Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole Inspection number 10414819 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 44 Number of children on roll 83 Name of registered person Ringwood Day Nursery Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 01202 5777 88 Date of previous inspection 28 October 2022

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Information about this early years setting

Redhill Day Nursery registered in 2010. It is privately owned and is one of three nurseries managed by the same provider. The nursery operates from premises situated in the Northbourne area of Bournemouth. The nursery is open from Monday to Friday for 51 weeks of the year. Sessions are from 7.45am to 6pm. The nursery provides government-funded childcare places. The provider employs 19 members of childcare staff, 12 of whom hold early years qualifications at level 3. One member of staff holds qualified teacher status.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector and the manager undertook a learning walk and discussed their curriculum and what they want the children to learn. n The inspector observed the children's interactions in play, indoors and outdoors, and had discussions with staff about the children's learning and next steps of development. n The inspector viewed a sample of documentation, such as records of the suitability of staff and safeguarding records. n The inspector and the manager completed three joint observations of children's activities and discussed the quality of education provided. n The inspector took into account the spoken and written views of parents.

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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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