Bardsey Nursery Group

Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this early years setting?

The provision is good

Staff in the nursery provide a safe and stimulating environment, where all areas of the indoor provision are accessible to the children.

Staff work hard to get to know and understand the children in their care. This is done by providing settling-in visits as well as enabling parents to stay with their children for as long as they feel necessary for their children to feel secure. Staff observe children while playing and then use this information to plan more activities based on the children's interests, taking account of children's next steps for development.

Staff place a strong focus on developing children's independe...nce and this is continually encouraged and supported. For example, children are able to put their own coats on, requiring little or no help. Children show confidence in their learning abilities and share their achievements with staff.

In response, staff offer praise and recognition for children's successes and invite children to celebrate these. Staff also support children's wider knowledge and understanding of people, communities and cultures by encouraging them to learn and speak French. Staff provide consistency with rules and boundaries that support children's understanding and promote positive behaviour.

Children behave well and demonstrate good manners.

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

The nursery considers a balanced curriculum that focuses on developing children's physical, social and communication skills along with a particular emphasis on early mathematics. For example, children are encouraged to count and practise their number recognition skills while making rocket pictures displaying a countdown.

Staff engage well with children and promote conversation skills by talking to them constantly during learning activities. For example, children play with the sand and discuss filling and emptying the containers. This builds on children's knowledge and understanding of concepts and words such as 'half', 'full', empty' and 'heavy'.

Staff also extend this knowledge by explaining what egg timers are and how they are filled with sand.Children are encouraged to be independent. This is done through a series of activities, including being encouraged to make choices and decisions for themselves, dressing themselves, washing their hands and toileting independently as well as placing any work they want to take home in their individually named drawers.

This has an impact on children's personal development, as they understand more of their own capabilities.Children show confidence in exploring their activities and are enthusiastic to be involved. For example, staff present a selection of resources and equipment for children to access at will, and children are keen to engage in them all.

Children's weekly attendance is also considered to ensure that all children have the same opportunities to access these resources.Staff promote children's physical and personal development by accessing the outdoor provision, which is positioned across a small road, away from the nursery. This supports children's understanding of road safety and how to keep themselves safe as well as developing their gross motor skills when running and cycling in the outdoor space.

Parents are very happy with the nursery and the education and care that staff provide for their children. They are informed about their children's individual learning journeys and are provided with opportunities to contribute to these outside of the provision. This helps parents to support their children's learning at home.

Parents are also supported with their children's transitions to the nursery.Leaders and managers are effective in decision-making that provides support for the whole staff team by arranging regular staff meetings and discussions. This ensures that staff are aware of their roles and responsibilities for the setting and how best to support the children and their families.

Leaders and managers also use these meetings to identify appropriate curriculum activities for the children.Children's progress is tracked and monitored so that appropriate next steps are planned to support children's development. However, there are occasions when staff do not share information as swiftly as they could to develop a shared understanding between the staff of where each child is in their learning.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.There is an open and positive culture around safeguarding that puts children's interests first.

What does the setting need to do to improve?

To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: strengthen communication to ensure all staff are fully aware of where children are in their learning to support them more effectively.

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