The Willow Tree Private Nursery

The Willow Tree Private Nursery

Unique reference number (URN): 2714824 Address: 78 Lake Lock Road, Stanley, Wakefield, WF3 4HP Type: Childcare on non-domestic premises Registered with Ofsted: 21/12/2022 Registers: EYR, CCR, VCR Registered person: THE WILLOW TREE PRIVATE NURSERY LTD

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Safeguarding standards met

The safeguarding standards are met. This means that leaders and/or those responsible for governance and oversight fulfil their specific responsibilities and have established an open culture in which safeguarding is everyone's responsibility and concerns are actively identified, acted upon and managed. As a result, children are made safer and feel safe.

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How we evaluate safeguarding

When we inspect settings for safeguarding, they can have the following outcomes:

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How we evaluate safeguarding

Met: The setting has an open and positive culture of safeguarding. Not met: The setting has not created an open and positive culture of safeguarding. Not all legal requirements are met.

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Achievement Expected standard

Typically, children are eager to learn and make appropriate progress from their starting points across all areas of the curriculum. Babies demonstrate their growing strength, coordination and positional awareness through crawling and play with both objects and adults. Young children know what physical risks they are confident with and are able to take. They climb apparatus unaided and stop if they do not feel safe. Children enjoy books, which establishes a positive start to their literacy development.

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Achievement Expected standard

Pre-school children demonstrate how they can sustain focus in activities and show pride in their achievements. For example, they proudly show off their caterpillar and writing skills. Pre-school children demonstrate their physical development as they make pancakes from play dough and natural materials. Children become increasingly confident.

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Achievement Expected standard

Quiet spaces support all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, to learn to regulate their behaviour and play alongside others. Children behave well and learn to participate and build relationships with their peers. They are prepared for the wider social network of school and movement between rooms when the time comes.

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Behaviour, attitudes and establishing routines Expected standard

Leaders typically support parents to understand the importance of their child's attendance at nursery. There are effective systems in place to follow up on absences and to analyse any patterns and trends, especially for those children known or previously known to children's social care.

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Behaviour, attitudes and establishing routines Expected standard

Leaders and staff have recently moved the pre-school room to offer more space to all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Quiet space within the room has helped staff to support children with SEND further to regulate their own behaviour. Children with SEND show a sense of calm and confidence. Parents of children with SEND also report changes to their children's tolerance of being closer to other children as they play. Children show positive attitudes to their learning as they maintain good levels of engagement and concentration during activities.

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Behaviour, attitudes and establishing routines Expected standard

Children develop personal, social and emotional skills. They behave well and play nicely together. Children learn to wait and share apparatus. For example, young children take turns to use the small climbing frame outdoors. Staff develop children's sense of responsibility and membership of a community. They give young children appropriate tasks to carry out. For example, young children give out cutlery to their friends before lunch. Staff provide verbal praise for a job well done.

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Children's welfare and wellbeing Expected standard

Parents report that previous changes in staffing impacted on the consistency of practice for children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). However, they say that the improved stability of a consistent staff team is having a positive impact on children's wellbeing. Children appear very settled, and parents know who their child's key person is.

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Children's welfare and wellbeing Expected standard

Babies and children typically form secure attachments with staff. Staff offer sensitive relationships with babies and are responsive to their individual needs. Staff let babies know when they are going to change their nappy, offering respectful, intimate care. Care and hygiene routines for all children are implemented appropriately.

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Children's welfare and wellbeing Expected standard

Staff support babies safely as they crawl, climb and explore their environment. Young and pre-school children are encouraged to take appropriate risks to develop their understanding of how to keep themselves safe. Staff teach children about private parts of their body, helping them to understand how to stay protected.

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Children's welfare and wellbeing Expected standard

Children benefit from healthy, well-balanced meals and can access fresh drinking water throughout the day. Babies and young children are sensitively encouraged to sleep and rest when they need to. This ensures that they wake refreshed, ready to engage in further play and learning.

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Curriculum and teaching Expected standard

Leaders and staff implement an educational approach that focuses on child-led learning. Staff know children's starting points and what they need to learn next. This allows them to interact with children and extend their learning.

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Curriculum and teaching Expected standard

However, the planning of the outdoor environment for young children is not as robust as indoors. For instance, young children sit in an empty sand pit. This limits interactions from staff to extend children's sensory exploration in the moment. Staff use specific strategies for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities, such as ready, steady, go games.

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Curriculum and teaching Expected standard

Staff typically promote children's communication and literacy skills. They use signs for babies to copy as they say words such as 'please', 'thank you' and 'more'. Staff promote children's enjoyment and love of books across all age ranges. This includes frequent opportunities for shared reading. However, more consideration needs to be given to support young children who speak English as an additional language, particularly their understanding of words when they play outdoors.

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Curriculum and teaching Expected standard

Staff implement sequential mathematical learning that builds on what children already know and can do. For example, babies hear staff count as they make marks with chalk on the tuff tray. Young children independently count 'one, two, three'. Pre-school children see what happens as they channel water through pieces of guttering and talk about speed.

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Inclusion Expected standard

Leaders use funding, such as early years pupil premium, to support children's individual learning needs. For example, they purchase appropriate resources and enhance staff training to support all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and those known to children's social care. Leaders and staff work in partnership with parents. They provide updates about their child's progress and share ideas for learning at home. Staff typically gather information regarding children's culture and the languages spoken in the home. This inclusive approach helps children and families feel valued.

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Inclusion Expected standard

Staff gather information from parents and use their own observations and assessments to establish children's starting points. Ongoing assessments identify where there may be gaps in a child's development, and staff use this information to plan appropriate support. Staff attend relevant training to support their interactions with all children, including those with SEND and those known to children's social care.

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Leadership and governance Expected standard

Leaders demonstrate their ability to identify the strengths of the setting and any areas for improvement. They collaborate well with schools that children will move on to in order to support children's transition further. For example, leaders are in the process of creating a separate dining space for pre-school children as this will mirror practice in school. Additionally, leaders take advice about food and drink from teachers at specialist schools to support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities further.

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Leadership and governance Expected standard

All staff receive supervision and complete required training. Leaders typically ensure professional development is aligned to identified areas for development. They work with staff to target training to support them to continue to enhance their practice to benefit children. For instance, some staff are completing training on the role of special educational needs co- ordinator. In addition, staff benefit from peer observations and support to build knowledge and share skills. Staff report that they feel well supported and valued.

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Leadership and governance Expected standard

Leaders demonstrate a thorough understanding of the local area and the children and families who use the nursery. They support parental and community engagement.

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Compulsory Childcare Register requirements

This setting has met the requirements of the compulsory part of the Childcare Register.

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Register

When we check if settings meet the Compulsory Childcare Register requirements, they can have the following outcomes:

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Voluntary Childcare Register requirements

This setting has met the requirements of the voluntary part of Childcare Register.

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Register

When we check if settings meet the Voluntary Childcare Register requirements, they can have the following outcomes:

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What it's like to be a child at this setting

Staff teach skills in a step-by-step progression. For instance, some babies drink from open cups in preparation for their move to the next room in the nursery. Babies stack blocks, showing their early hand–eye coordination skills. Staff introduce counting as babies play so they hear this in context. Babies look at books independently and with staff. They develop their small and large muscles. Babies have space to crawl and move in different directions. Staff applaud the physical achievements of babies as they pull themselves to standing and take steps using appropriate walking aids.

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What it's like to be a child at this setting

Children show their enjoyment of learning. For instance, young children scream with delight as they run under a parachute. They hop like bunnies and safely fall to the ground as they engage with songs and rhymes. Young children listen and focus their attention. They name the sounds they hear in the environment, such as an aeroplane. Young children confidently and safely use small climbing apparatus outside, alone and in a group.

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What it's like to be a child at this setting

Pre-school children begin to recognise the first letter of their name. They copy letters, and staff support them to say their name slowly, stretching out each letter sound. Staff link learning to stories that children enjoy. Pre-school children learn about the lifecycle of insects and excitedly show the caterpillars in a tub. Staff encourage visits from community engagement groups. Children plant sunflowers and learn how to care for them. They progress well from their starting points.

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What it's like to be a child at this setting

Staff support children's transition on to school, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities. They work closely with teachers from specialist schools to meet children's individual and emotional needs through times of change.

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Address:

78 Lake Lock Road, Stanley Wakefield WF3 4HP

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Address:

Type: Childcare on non-domestic premises

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Address:

Registered person: THE WILLOW TREE PRIVATE NURSERY LTD

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Address:

Operating hours: Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday,Friday : 07:30 - 18:00 Leaders ensure parents are informed about the importance of their child's attendance and help in any way they can to achieve this.

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Next steps

Leaders should support staff to enhance the planning of the outdoor environment for young children to encourage their sensory exploration in the moment. Leaders should enrich opportunities for children who speak English as an additional language to understand words as they play outdoors.

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About this inspection

The inspector spoke with leaders, staff and parents during the inspection.

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About this inspection

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. Local authority: Wakefield

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Facts and figures used on inspection

This data was available to the inspector at the time of the inspection.

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Exceptional

Practice is exceptional: of the highest standard nationally. Other settings can learn from it.

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Strong standard

The setting reaches a strong standard. Leaders are working above the standard expected of them.

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Expected standard

The setting is fulfilling the expected standard of education and/or care. This means they are following the standard set out in statutory and non ‑ statutory legislation and the professional standards expected of them.

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Needs attention

The expected standards are not met but leaders are likely able to make the necessary improvements.

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Urgent improvement

The setting needs to make urgent improvements to provide the expected standard of education and/or care. services providing education and skills for children and learners of all ages, and inspects and regulates services that care for children and young people.

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Urgent improvement

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Urgent improvement

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