Little Treasure Day Nursery

Inspection of Little Treasure Day Nursery Donnington Doorstep, Townsend Square, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX4 4BB

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Overall effectiveness Requires improvement

The quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Overall effectiveness at previous inspection Inadequate

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The provision requires improvement

The provider has made some improvements since the last inspection. However, the quality of education and the overall provision is not consistently good. Nevertheless, staff are kind and caring towards children, which helps them to feel safe and secure. Staff know their key children and get to know new key children well. For example, they gain some key words to use at the nursery in languages children hear and use at home. Staff positively encourage children's participation at activities, such as babies exploring the sand. However, at times, the quality of staff's teaching and interactions is variable. Staff do not use what they know about children's development well enough to provide well-planned activities and interactions. As a result, they do not consistently meet children's learning at a good level.

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The provision requires improvement

Staff promote children's awareness of the expectations for their behaviour appropriately. They generally manage children's behaviour with a suitable approach. At times, staff do not give children further guidance to help develop their understanding about how to keep themselves and others safe. Staff praise and encourage children positively. This helps to promote children's self-esteem and confidence. Staff encourage children's appropriate independence and understanding of how to care for themselves. However, sometimes, staff do not fully extend children's skills and understanding, to support them to make further progress.

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need to do better?

n The provider has taken some steps to develop staff's awareness and understanding of their roles and responsibilities. For example, staff have completed training in safeguarding and managing children's behaviour. The provider has some gaps in their knowledge about some recent early years changes. They plan to address these, such as updating paperwork. This does not have a significant impact on children. n The provider's current monitoring and support for staff is not having enough impact on developing their practice and the provision to a consistently good level. Staff do not consistently consider how to teach children in an age and developmentally appropriate way. For instance, babies and young toddlers enjoy singing songs and rhymes with staff. However, staff then try to teach children to recognise colours using a laminated card with different colours on it. This does not promote young children's learning effectively. Despite some weaknesses,

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staff show an awareness of children's next steps in learning, such as supporting their emotional well-being. n Staff engage with children with enthusiasm and talk to them as they explore different resources, such as dough. However, not all staff model language to

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8 September 2025 children well enough. For example, some staff speak to children in a hurried manner and others do not offer explanations. Some activities do not consider children's prior knowledge and understanding accurately enough. This means that children sometimes do not understand the concept of the activity and staff complete it for them, such as artwork. This does not fully promote children's knowledge, understanding, skills and motivation to learn. n Staff respond warmly to children. This helps to build children's confidence and self-esteem well. Staff provide reminders to children about their expectations, such as to walk indoors. They generally manage minor disagreements between children appropriately by promoting being kind and sharing. However, sometimes, staff do not build on children's understanding of safe behaviours. For example, they stop children from climbing up the slide, although do not explain

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why it is safer to use the steps. n Staff encourage children to develop their independence, such as feeding themselves. They promote older children's sense of responsibility, such as asking them to help tidy away resources they have used. Staff provide some appropriate information about healthy practices, including reminding children to drink their water. Children follow suitable hygiene routines, such as washing their hands. Staff complete care routines, including nappy changes with a warm and caring approach. For example, babies and toddlers enjoy individual time and attention where staff sing to them. n Staff work closely with parents and carers. They provide regular updates to parents about their children through daily handovers and the online app.

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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 gain a good understanding of areas to address, develop and improve, to help build on the overall quality of the provision and ensure that all requirements are met successfully n build on the monitoring and support to staff to help develop their skills and knowledge to provide consistently good-quality practice and provision for children n provide and plan activities based on what children know and can do already and what they need to learn next n develop staff's teaching skills to help them to engage with children effectively, including offering explanations and interactions which are age and stage

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should:

8 September 2025 appropriate, to promote children's learning and progress at a good level.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2614218 Local authority Oxfordshire Inspection number 10406747 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 33 Number of children on roll 5 Name of registered person Mohammed, Marian Nsune-Kuo

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reference number

Telephone number 07982932565 Date of previous inspection 15 May 2025

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Information about this early years setting

Little Treasure Day Nursery registered in 2020. The nursery is located at Donnington Doorstep in Oxford. It is open all year round, from 8.30am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays and a week at Christmas. There are six staff, including the provider, who work with children. Of these, five staff hold relevant qualifications ranging from level 2 to level 7.

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Inspection activities

n The provider and inspector completed a learning walk together of the nursery and discussed the early years curriculum. n The inspector spoke with the provider about the leadership and management of the nursery. n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact on children's learning. n An activity was jointly observed and evaluated by the provider and the inspector. n Some parents who were available on the day of the inspection shared their views about the nursery with the inspector. n Children chatted to the inspector and interacted with her during the inspection. n Discussions were held with staff about their roles and responsibilities at appropriate times during the inspection. n A sample of documentation was reviewed as part of the inspection process.

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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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