Little Lions Nursery Ltd

Inspection of Little Lions Nursery Ltd Tunnard Street, Boston, Lincolnshire PE21 6PL

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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's emotional needs are met well. If very young children become upset, they receive cuddles and a calm voice from staff to help them settle. When children move rooms in the nursery, staff provide them with familiar toys to help them settle into their new environment. Older children show that they enjoy looking at photos of themselves and their peers. Staff ask them questions to identify who they can see in the photos. This helps children to have a sense of belonging in the nursery.

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The provision is good

Children who speak English as an additional language are supported to understand routines of the day and behaviour expectations. For instance, staff show children images and use gestures to support their understanding. This helps children to understand what is expected of them, such as to walk indoors and follow routines.

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The provision is good

Younger children learn about different occupations. They copy staff when they are shown how to use a hammer to bang on bricks, showing good hand-eye coordination. Very young children are curious in their play. Staff give them experiences to explore different objects. This includes very young children using spatulas and their hands to bang on tin bowls, investigating how to make sounds. Additional funding that some children receive is used effectively to increase staff to promote children's behaviour and safety.

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need to do better?

n The provider has made changes to the nursery that impacts positively on children's experiences. For example, she has divided the garden to provide very young children with their own enclosed play space that includes soft matting on the floor. This helps to promote their safety. n Staff offer children nutritious snacks and drinks to promote their good health. They support children to learn about oral health. Children use brushes and large pretend teeth to practise brushing teeth. Staff talk to children to help them understand foods that are healthy for their teeth. n Older children engage in team games to support their social skills and cooperation with others. This includes staff asking them to hold onto the edges of a parachute and to work together to lift the parachute up and down so a ball falls off. Children laugh and show excitement when the ball falls and the parachute blows in the wind. n Parents are kept informed about their children's learning. For example, they

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need to do better?

have access to an online application where they can see photos of their children engaged in activities, along with how this links to different areas of learning. Children are supported to make links between home and the nursery. For instance, older children borrow a soft toy lion to take home. They bring this back into the nursery with photos of the toy lions time in their home, to share with

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15 September 2025 their peers. n Routines during the day are embedded in practice. Older children show that they understand these. They listen to staff's instructions, such as when they ask them to line up at the door in preparation to go outdoors and to wash their hands. This helps to promote positive behaviour. n Overall, staff support children's communication skills well. They introduce repetitive stories and rhymes to support children's communication skills. This is particularly effective for children who speak English as an additional language to understand English. However, staff do not support some children to build on their early speaking skills. For example, they do not help all children to hear the correct words for objects or remove barriers to communication, such as dummies, to enable children to copy words they hear. n Staff plan activities to secure children's understanding of the stories they hear.

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need to do better?

For instance, they provide children with craft activities to make images of a gingerbread figure when they hear stories about this. This helps children to make connections in their learning and to be creative. n The curriculum to support older children's independence is effective. Children select toys and resources to play with. They choose their own bowls, cups and food at snack time and pour their own drinks. However, staff do not fully implement the curriculum outdoors as effectively for all children, to help build on their learning.

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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 children's early speaking skills n support staff to strengthen the implementation of the curriculum outdoors to build on children's learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY550521 Local authority Lincolnshire Inspection number 10407502 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 64 Number of children on roll 22 Name of registered person Little Lions Nursery Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01205 350099 Date of previous inspection 10 January 2020

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Information about this early years setting

Little Lions Nursery Ltd registered in 2017 and is situated in Boston, Lincolnshire. The nursery employs seven members of childcare staff. Of these, three hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 and one has qualified teacher status. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, during term time. Sessions are from 9am until 3pm. The nursery provides funded early education for children.

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Inspection activities

n The 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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