The Blue Door Nursery

Inspection of The Blue Door Nursery St. Johns Church Hall, Wilmington Road, Seaford, East Sussex BN25 2EH

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Inspection date: 8 September 2025 - 7 November 2025

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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 Outstanding

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The provision is good

Children are happy and engaged, and they benefit from teaching that supports them to make good progress in their development. Staff support children to recognise their names and use a visual timetable to help children understand the routine.

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The provision is good

Overall, children behave well. Staff support them to show kindness to others, such as encouraging children to offer paper towels to their friends after they have washed their hands. Children listen to what staff say to them and respond appropriately. Staff are patient, and they provide children with clear instructions. They give children time to think about how to modify their behaviour, which gives children space to work out what they need to do and how they should behave.

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The provision is good

Children are supported to identify and manage risks for themselves. For example, they help staff to assess the outdoor learning area for risks. Staff encourage them to check that their play area is safe and to look out for potential hazards. Staff enable children to develop an awareness of how to keep themselves safe by giving them opportunities to consider why things might be dangerous. Children eagerly join in these discussions, which helps them to process their thoughts and ideas.

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need to do better?

n Leaders and staff know children well. They track their progress, which enables them to identify any delays in children's development. Leaders take swift action to ensure that children access the support they require. They work with parents and other agencies so that children receive consistent support. n Leaders place a strong emphasis on ensuring that children's learning is sequenced well so that they can confidently move on to the next stage of their development. Leaders design the curriculum to provide children with opportunities to recall what they have previously learned. This enables staff to extend this to further build on children's knowledge and skills. However, on occasion, quieter children are not consistently supported to engage in their learning during group activities and independent play. This does not fully support children to make the progress they are capable of. n Children benefit from opportunities to become independent. For instance, when

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need to do better?

babies show they are ready, staff support them to drink from open cups and feed themselves using spoons. Older children learn to serve their food and pour their drinks. This helps children to begin to do things for themselves. n Staff support children to persevere when they encounter challenges. For instance, staff patiently support children to learn how to use the push bikes. Children show a good attitude to learning as they listen and watch what they need to do. This supports children to overcome difficulties and develop their

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8 September 2025 resilience. n Leaders and staff consider ways to support children to make sense of the world around them. For instance, children have opportunities to take part in forest school sessions and to ride on trains and buses. Leaders also welcome visitors to the nursery to teach children about the lives of others, including hearing different languages and learning about traditions and cultures. n Children are supported well to develop their mathematical skills. For example, staff encourage older children to use different resources to measure how much porridge they have. Children focus their attention on pouring the porridge oats into different measuring containers. Staff support children to think about quantity, size and weight. Children begin to use mathematical language as they talk about what they are doing, which enables them to retain this new information. n Parent partnerships are strong. Parents receive good communication about their

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child, including their daily routines and their progress. Leaders and staff support children in their learning and development, which helps to prepare them for when they start school.

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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 support staff to consistently enable quieter children to engage in their learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY284004 Local authority East Sussex Inspection number 10408331 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 63 Number of children on roll 87 Name of registered person Dellsop Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01323 491821 Date of previous inspection 30 January 2020

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Information about this early years setting

The Blue Door Nursery registered in 2004 and is located in Seaford, East Sussex. The nursery is open Monday to Friday, from 7.30am to 6.30pm, for 51 weeks of the year. The nursery employs 19 members of childcare staff. Of whom, one has an early years qualification at level 7, two at level 5 and 11 at level 3. The nursery provides funded early years education for children from nine months old.

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Inspection activities

n The inspection started on 8 September 2025. Inspectors returned on 7 November 2025 to gather additional evidence in line with Ofsted inspections and visits: Deferring, pausing and gathering additional evidence policy. n The manager and the nominated individual joined the inspector on a learning walk and talked to the inspectors about their curriculum and what they want their children to learn. n Staff spoke to the inspectors during the inspection. n The inspector spoke with the nominated individual and the manager about the leadership and management of the nursery. n The manager spoke to the inspector about how they support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this had on children's learning. n Parents shared their views of 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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