Sunrise Nurseries

Inspection of Sunrise Nurseries The Old Chapel, Royal Standard Place, Nottingham NG1 6FS

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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 Not applicable

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The provision is good

All children, including those who speak English as an additional language, are supported to have a sense of belonging in the nursery. For instance, staff show younger children photos of their families, asking them to recognise familiar people. Children hear staff using their home language when they communicate to children about activities and routines. They have experiences to learn about their own cultures and traditions. Children are supported to understand how they can keep themselves safe. This includes staff talking to them about blowing on pretend hot food and using oven gloves when they use their imagination to play in a kitchen role-play area. Furthermore, when children try to put knives in their mouths at lunchtime, staff explain that they are to be used for cutting and scraping.

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The provision is good

Children are supported to behave well, including listening and following instructions. For instance, staff sing a song to help children understand when it is time to tidy away toys. Staff give younger children direction, such as asking them to tidy away specific toys. This helps them to concentrate. Children build on their understanding of maths concepts that are weaved into discussions and daily routines. For instance, staff show children how to use their fingers to count the numbers for the hours they need to wait before their parents arrive. Furthermore, staff use positional language when asking children where they would like to sit at lunchtime.

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need to do better?

n Staff are supported in their role. They have opportunities to build on their professional development. Recent training helps staff working with older children to promote their literacy skills. For example, they provide experiences for children to draw and make marks in different areas of the playroom. n Children have daily fresh air and exercise. Staff take them for walks in the city and help them to learn and identify different forms of transport, such as busses and police cars. n Staff work in partnership with parents and other professionals to meet children's individual needs. Targets are put in place and implemented to focus on supporting children's development. Staff use the same words and phrases as parents to promote consistency when they support children to learn how to share. n Parents are kept informed about their children's learning and development. For instance, staff share photos of activities children enjoy and discuss with them

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need to do better?

how they intend to support their child's development. Furthermore, staff support parents to continue children's literacy skills at home, such as reading books with older children and using books with props with younger children. n Staff offer children a nutritious range of snacks and meals. They help children to

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need to do better?

1 September 2025 understand the benefits of these foods on their bodies. For instance, staff explain to children that if they eat vegetables, these will help them to grow big and strong. n Children have opportunities to clean their teeth daily, promoting oral health. Staff provide children with their own toothbrushes and support them to clean their teeth. This includes them singing a song while children clean their teeth to help them clean them thoroughly. n Overall, the curriculum to support children's communication and language skills is effective. For instance, staff sing songs during daily routines to support children's speaking skills. However, sometimes, when staff ask children questions, they answer themselves before giving children time to think and respond. n Staff establish children's starting points in learning,. They use their own observations and comments from parents about their children's abilities on entry.

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need to do better?

Staff continue to observe and assess children to identify what they need to learn next. However, the systems in place for sharing this information between a child's key person and other staff is not fully effective. Therefore, when staff move rooms in the nursery, they do not always know how to support children's individual next steps in learning to help them make the best possible progress. n Staff are sensitive and responsive to children's emerging needs. For instance, if very young children become upset, staff give them comfort, reassurance and use distraction to help them settle. When younger children wake from sleeping on mats, staff lay on the floor next to them and talk to them, helping children to wake slowly and not be rushed.

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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 strengthen the support for staff to implement the curriculum to build on children's communication skills, such as to think and respond to questions n develop systems in place to share information with all staff about how they can build on children's individual learning needs.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2745461 Local authority Nottingham Inspection number 10412966 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 60 Number of children on roll 27 Name of registered person Sunrise Nurseries Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 01159589486 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

Sunrise Nurseries registered in 2023 and is situated in Nottingham. The nursery employs five members of childcare staff. Of whom, four hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 and one at level 2. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, all year round, except for one week at Christmas and bank holidays. Sessions are from 7.45am until 6pm. The nursery provides funded early education for children aged from nine months upwards.

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Inspection activities

n The manager, the deputy manager and the inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the nursery and discussed how staff implement the curriculum. n The inspector observed the quality of education during activities, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this has on children's learning. n Children spoke to the inspector throughout the inspection. n The inspector spoke with staff at appropriate times throughout the inspection. n The inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager. n The inspector held a meeting with the manager. She reviewed relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery. n Parents shared their views about the nursery with the inspector.

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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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