Dean Park Day Nursery

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About Dean Park Day Nursery


Name Dean Park Day Nursery
Inspections
Ofsted Inspections
Address Cooper Dean Pavilion, Dean Park, Cavendish Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH1 1RB
Phase Childcare on Non-Domestic Premises, Full day care
Gender Mixed
Local Authority Bournemouth,ChristchurchandPoole
Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this early years setting?

The provision requires improvement Children build strong attachments with staff who nurture them and respond to their needs. Children are confident to share their ideas.

For example, older children explain how they are 'sprinkling flour to hide the bumps' in the play dough. Children behave well. Staff praise them for following the golden rules, such as using 'kind hands'.

Children enjoy plenty of fresh air and exercise to help keep them fit and healthy. In the forest school, children learn about the world around them and develop an understanding of how to manage risks for themselves. For example, they use tools with adult supervision.

Staff do not... always consider children's prior knowledge when organising activities which are sometimes too challenging. For example, staff ask pre-school children to select the individual letters in their names to make a 'rocket'. Children do not have an understanding of which letters make up their names and instead spend their time sticking on stars.

Children lose interest and become distracted because the activity is too difficult and does not support their learning as well as it could. Some staff do not review their key children's progress frequently enough to ensure they make the best possible progress. For example, they do not identify new next steps for children when they have completed the previous ones.

What does the early years setting do well and what does it need to do better?

Leaders, managers and staff have worked together to make positive improvements to the nursery since the last inspection. As a result, changes to the processes for risk assessment, behaviour management and safeguarding are now embedded and help to ensure that children are safe and secure.Staff plan activities that exceed children's abilities, which impacts on their attitude to learning.

For example, staff work with older children to help them learn the facial expressions and body language that reflect a variety of feelings. They ask older children to 'act out how they are feeling', which is too advanced for them and they lose concentration. Staff working with babies do not ensure children understand simple words before introducing more complex ones, which does not fully support their language development.

Staff do not review children's learning frequently enough to ensure that they identify what children need to learn next. They do not set new goals to continually extend children's learning once they have already met their existing goals, to ensure children can make the progress of which they are capable.Children enjoy being physically active outdoors.

Older children use tricycles and ably climb and balance. Younger children enjoy music and movement to develop their coordination skills. Staff teach children about the benefits of a healthy diet.

For example, they talk to children about what types of food are good for them.Staff working with pre-school children support them to recognise shapes and numbers as they play. Children solve problems to develop their critical thinking as they decide which shapes they require to fill a space.

Children of all ages enjoy listening to stories, which inspires their love of books. Staff use engaging storytelling to hold children's attention. Babies cuddle into staff as they look at pictures in the books.

Pre-school children seek staff out to read their favourite stories.Children demonstrate a sense of belonging. For example, they know where to hang their coats and store their shoes and enjoy talking about photos of their families displayed in the nursery.

However, staff do not support children to recognise their feelings as well as they could to promote children's personal development. For example, staff encourage children to identify how they are feeling as they arrive at the nursery, but children simply nod a response which staff do not follow up to help children learn the language they need to communicate their feelings.The manager has worked hard to make staff well-being a priority and staff morale has improved.

For example, staff enjoy free weekly yoga classes. Staff say they feel well supported by the manager. The manager cares about her staff and provides support when needed, such as organising taxis for them from the train station.

Parents report that they are happy with the care and education that their children receive. Staff work hard to engage parents and organise regular events to help build positive relationships with them. Despite this, some parents say that they are not always informed about the next steps in their children's development to help them to support children's learning at home.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.All staff have a good understanding of their responsibilities in keeping children safe. They know the signs and symptoms that might indicate that a child is at risk of abuse and how to report their concerns.

The designated safeguarding lead works closely with external safeguarding agencies to help protect children's welfare. Leaders and managers follow safer recruitment practices to help ensure all staff are suitable to work with children. Processes are in place to check ongoing staff suitability.

Staff identify and minimise risks to children to help ensure the setting is safe and secure. Staff manage accidents well and inform parents swiftly.

What does the setting need to do to improve?

To meet the requirements of the early years foundation stage, the provider must: Due date improve the curriculum to more sharply focus on children's prior knowledge and what they need to learn next, to ensure they make the best possible progress 11/09/2023 review children's learning more frequently to identify what they need to learn next and share this information with parents.

11/09/2023

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