Stars Day Nurseries Ltd t/a Shooting Stars Pre-School Nursery

Inspection of Stars Day Nurseries Ltd t/a Shooting Stars Pre-School Nursery Paston & Gunthorpe Community Centre, Hallfields Lane, PETERBOROUGH PE4 7YH

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Overall effectiveness Outstanding

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

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The provision is outstanding

Staff warmly welcome children into this nurturing and child-centred environment. Children get off to a strong start with a healthy breakfast before they go off to explore the many enticing and exciting activities. Staff's organisation of the indoor and outdoor environment provides a highly stimulating learning space for children. Children confidently mix colours with paints to create their camouflaged frog pictures or use planks of wood to decide if something is 'taller' or 'shorter'.

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The provision is outstanding

Children's learning is an immersive experience at this outstanding setting. Staff plan many activities to reflect the intention of the week. For example, when staff want children to learn the colour green and the star shape, they encourage children to children make wands with green paper stars and decorate them with leaves. Children demonstrate their imaginations as they use tiny scoops to deliver the frog his 'green rice breakfast', counting each scoop carefully as they pour.

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The provision is outstanding

Staff are exceptionally caring and role model kindness to all. They demonstrate the behaviour that is expected. Staff carefully explain the 'golden rules' to children. They place visual examples of these at child height around the setting. As a result, children behave exceptionally well. They demonstrate cooperation in their play, taking turns and sharing. Staff gently remind children of their golden rules when needed. They praise children using the same language as the rules to ensure consistency.

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need to do better?

n Managers have created a highly ambitious and challenging curriculum that is clearly well embedded in the setting. Staff use the curriculum to plan interesting and motivating activities that incorporate children's interests. They centre the learning around a core story, with repetitive refrains that children chant and sing throughout the day. For example, children use binoculars to look around the environment and children's names, asking them what they see. n Staff are highly skilled at using every opportunity to support children's development in all areas of learning, particularly in communication and language. They have conversations with children, sing to them and read them stories. Staff miss out the last words of songs and sentences, so children complete them. They repeat what children have said with extra information. For example, when staff ask what they could see and children say a 'duck', staff

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need to do better?

reply a 'yellow duck'. n Staff use every opportunity to expand children's vocabulary. For example, while making wands, staff sing and introduce new words. Children join in with new phrases, such as 'scrunch the leaves'. n Children have many opportunities to develop their mathematical language and

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29 September 2025 understanding. They count to 10 as they hide from each other and use items to measure size. Staff ask how many more eyes children need now as they decorate their '10-eyed' frogs. They comment that children are 'half' way there as they get to five. n Managers and staff are passionate about expanding the life experiences of the children in their care. They plan opportunities, such as finding pumpkins in the grass next to the setting. Staff take children to the pantomime and on farm visits. They use these experiences to enhance children's understanding of the world around them. n A strength of the setting is the partnership with parents and carers. Managers and staff are dedicated to supporting the families of the children they care for. They go above and beyond. Staff invite parents into the setting to share their children's experiences at least every half term with events for Mother's Day,

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Father's Day, Valentine's Day and a Christmas workshop. Parents speak very highly of the setting and feel fully supported and informed about their children's progress. n Supporting children with special educational needs and/or disabilities is another strength of the setting. Staff work incredibly well to ensure that children make excellent progress. They liaise with parents and outside agencies. Staff support parents to complete the necessary paperwork to ensure a smooth transition into school. They also share specific strategies that work very well in the setting. n Staff's well-being is a priority for managers and staff can access a dedicated 'well-being manager'. They feel very well supported and confident in their roles due to the training opportunities and the encouragement of the leadership team. Staff thoroughly enjoy working in this setting.

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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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Setting details

Unique reference number EY452131 Local authority Peterborough Inspection number 10399597 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 Sessional day care

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inspection

Total number of places 34 Number of children on roll 43 Name of registered person Stars Day Nurseries Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01733-578215 Date of previous inspection 6 December 2019

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Information about this early years setting

Stars Day Nurseries Ltd t/a Shooting Stars Pre-School Nursery registered in 2012 and is located in Peterborough. It is is part of the Stars Day Nurseries Limited chain of nurseries. The setting operates during term time, from 8.30am to 3.30pm, Monday to Friday. It employs five members of staff. Of these, three staff hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 and one of the managers holds a qualification at level 7. The setting provides government funded childcare.

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Inspection activities

n The provider, manager and inspector discussed the early years curriculum and ethos of the setting during a learning walk. n The inspector observed activities indoors and outdoors. She spoke to staff at appropriate times throughout the inspection and took account of their views. n The inspector observed breakfast time and lunchtime. n The inspector and manager observed a planned activity together and discussed what they had observed. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation, including the suitability of staff. n The inspector held a meeting with the manager. n The inspector spoke to children and parents and took account of their views.

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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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