Springboard Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this early years setting?

The provision is good

Leaders show they value staff, and this is reflected in staff feedback. Staff value the emotional support and well-being checks that are conducted.

Leaders recognise that staff strive to provide high levels of care and education and consider ways of rewarding their commitment. They enable staff to access a wide range of training opportunities to contribute to the good standard of teaching, which builds on children's learning and skills.Children are greeted warmly by staff.

They excitedly enter the welcoming and enticing environment. A strong key-worker system ensures that staff know their children well. Staff understan...d the role of the key worker in liaising with parents and other professionals, ensuring that their key children are progressing to their maximum potential.

Staff know the next steps in children's development to focus on and this contributes to the progress they make. Staff have a clear understanding of the curriculum and what they want children to learn. This knowledge ensures that children can transition from room to room with the required skills and learning.

Staff support children who have additional needs very well. This enables them to assist children when they have difficulty expressing themselves or dealing with the environment. Staff support all children to manage their feelings and interact with their peers.

They remind children about sharing and using kind hands.

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

Staff use observations to ensure that children are developing well. Staff learn about children's starting points and monitor their progress in their learning.

They obtain the required information to support children's care in the setting and extend their learning at home.The SENCO understands how to support children who require additional help and intervention from external agencies. She ensures that strategies are used within the setting to continue to promote children's development while awaiting external support.

Staff try hard to seek solutions to support children and promote their development to the best of their abilities.Staff enable children to develop their communication and language skills as they skilfully guide conversations. Staff model good language use, correctly pronouncing and sounding words.

This enables children to hear, copy and develop their own language. Staff introduce new vocabulary. For example, children learn about 'predicting' as they guess the outcome of the weighing activity.

Children's mathematical development is progressing well. Staff introduce mathematical language as they talk about standing up and lying down and being above or below. Staff use counting in routine situations.

For example, at lunchtime children count the number of plates they will need for the children on the table.Staff encourage children to problem-solve. When children ask questions of staff, the staff turn this around and ask the children to think about what the answer may be.

This contributes to children's critical thinking and enables children to resolve problems. For example, they think about how they can remove the excess paint from their pictures and consider how the paint will affect the drying time.Staff promote children's independence skills well.

They enable children to serve their own food and pour their water. Staff support children to wash their hands following the painting activities and encourage them to dress and undress the dolls. This prepares them for the next stage in the learning journey.

Children learn about healthy food choices as they play in the sand. Staff talk to them about treats and healthy food as the children make pretend food. Children know what is considered a healthy option.

Staff are aware of handwashing and germs; however, it is not consistently considered. Health awareness is not always promoted through ensuring that runny noses are dealt with swiftly or mouths covered when coughing.Parents report great satisfaction with the care and education provided for their children.

They explain how the key-worker system ensures that their children settle following the sharing of information about their child's routine, needs and development. They appreciate the online means of communication, which ensures that they know about the progress their children are making.Leaders have a clear vision of ways to continue to improve and build on the provision.

They seek feedback from parents and staff to contribute to these improvements.Staff ensure that the environment is safe for children generally, through visual checks and risk assessments. However, at times, they do not always act quickly when slip hazards occur.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.Staff demonstrate a good awareness of how to keep children safe. They know the areas which can impact on children's well-being such as alcohol abuse, domestic abuse, harm and neglect.

Staff know the action they would take should they have concerns. Staff undertake fire drills to ensure that children know about fire safety and how to exit the building safely.

What does the setting need to do to improve?

To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: support staff to consistently follow and teach robust hygiene practices at all times, to promote children's good health and their understanding of how to keep healthy support staff to revisit risk assessments throughout the day to minimise any slip hazards.