Rainbow Corner Loseley Fields

Inspection of Rainbow Corner Loseley Fields Loseley Fields Childrens Centre, Green Lane, Godalming GU7 3TB

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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

Friendly staff lovingly greet children as they arrive. Children are delighted to see them and eager to begin their busy day ahead. Staff interact with children in caring, gentle and nurturing ways, which helps foster a calm and supportive atmosphere. Well-established key-person arrangements enable children to form strong, trusting relationships with those staff that know them best. From the outset, staff gather valuable information from parents about care routines and developmental needs. They prioritise children's emotional well-being and confidence to help them feel safe and valued. For example, staff collaborate with parents of children who speak English as an additional language to create home- made books featuring key words in their home language and aspects of their culture. Staff use these words to aid these children's understanding and to help them feel welcomed and included.

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The provision is good

Children consistently demonstrate positive behaviours and attitudes towards learning. They seek reassurance when needed and thoroughly enjoy playing independently, with friends or alongside staff, who are always on hand to support children. Leaders create a well-designed, sequenced curriculum that promotes important values, such as kindness, respect and resilience, in preparation for their eventual move to a new room or school. Staff teach these values in engaging ways. For example, soft toys that represent the different values help children make meaningful connections. Staff also plan an array of enriching sensory experiences, indoors and outdoors, which spark children's interests and curiosities. They encourage exploration and discovery. For instance, staff inspire children to investigate a range of different pumpkins, mixing in crushed leaves and oats to create their own 'pumpkin soup'.

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need to do better?

n Staff skilfully support children to become competent and effective communicators. In the baby room, staff introduce new words in context. With toddlers, staff respond with interest to children's ideas and experiences. Pre- school children confidently share what they know, such as describing a bagpipe performance they enjoyed. For children with special educational needs and/or disabilities, visual cards are used to help them know the next routine of the day. This helps to promote inclusive practice. Across the nursery, staff nurture children's love for books. Children eagerly sit with staff, indoors or outdoors, to listen to and talk about the stories, which helps extend their vocabulary. n Outdoor learning is integral to the provision. Each room has a well-resourced, stimulating garden where children develop coordination and motor skills as they climb, balance and navigate different terrains with their wheeled toys. Children

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happily engage in exciting activities set up by staff, such as when older babies

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need to do better?

26 September 2025 test out different toy cars by rolling them down guttering and helping one another to collect them after. Staff also extend children's understanding of the world by growing fruit and vegetables, including tomatoes and pumpkins. n Knowledgeable leaders are reflective and continually evaluate practice to enhance the service on offer. Staff report high levels of morale and support, such as in managing smoother transitions in the baby room. Leaders oversee teaching, model expectations and provide individual staff with constructive feedback to improve their skills. However, this is not yet fully embedded or sharply focused enough to raise the quality of teaching to a consistently high standard. At times, some staff's intended learning expectations and delivery of the curriculum do not fully match children's developmental stages. That said, staff who are new to the nursery receive suitable induction programmes to help

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equip them for their role. n Staff build positive relationships with parents, and two-way communication is generally effective. For instance, during a 'focus week', key persons share children's progress and suggest activities parents can do at home. However, this is not yet happening on a more regular basis. Leaders recognise there is still more work to do to strengthen the information parents receive about the curriculum on offer. Although in its infancy, there are future plans to invite parents into the setting to see the curriculum in action, to help them further support their children's development. n The provider notified Ofsted of a breach related to managing children's allergies at mealtimes. This demonstrated that the provider met their legal responsibility to report significant events. Leaders have since reviewed and improved their allergy management procedures, which has been shared with all staff. Ofsted is

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need to do better?

satisfied with the actions that leaders have taken to address this breach. As a result, Ofsted will not take any further action in relation to this matter.

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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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n provide more targeted professional development support for all staff to further enhance their knowledge and skills to deliver the curriculum in a more sequenced way that builds progressively on individual children's capabilities n continue to strengthen partnerships with parents and two-way communication of important information to enable them to better support and extend their children's learning at home.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2792212 Local authority Surrey Inspection number 10418273 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Day care type Full day care

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inspection

Total number of places 96 Number of children on roll 93 Name of registered person Rainbow Corner Loseley Fields Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 01483346116 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

Rainbow Corner Loseley Fields registered in 2024. It operates from Loseley Fields Children's Centre in Godalming, Surrey. The nursery is open from 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, all year round. It employs 22 members of staff, of whom 15 hold relevant childcare qualifications from level 2 to level 6. The nursery is eligible to receive funding to provide free early education for children aged from nine months to four years.

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Inspection activities

n Ofsted carried out this inspection as a result of a risk assessment, following information received about the provider. n The inspector carried out a learning walk with the manager and discussed how the curriculum is delivered. n The inspector observed the quality of education during activities and assessed the impact this is having on children's learning. n The inspector spoke with staff and children during the inspection. n The inspector and manager completed a joint observation. n The inspector held a meeting with the nursery manager and provider. She looked at relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery. n The inspector spoke with parents during the inspection 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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