Bizzy Tots Day Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this early years setting?

The provision is good

Children are happy and content in the nursery.

They form close relationships with staff, who know them well. There are lots of smiles between children and staff and children readily go to them for comfort and cuddles, which they receive in abundance. Children are eager to engage in play with their chosen toys and equipment.

They are keen to share with staff what they have built. For example, pre-school children use their imaginations to build a robot with various shapes and sizes of wooden blocks. They use a wealth of language to explain that their robot can cook the dinner, where to put the food and what happens next....

Staff actively listen and ask open questions to help extend children's thinking. Children go on to explain the cost of the robot and that it can be bought from a high street supermarket.Children show positive behaviours.

They are kind to each other, such as helping their peers to count the objects to match with a numeral. Staff model kind and respectful behaviours, such as helping babies to know when to use their good manners. As a result, toddlers and older children routinely say please and thank you at mealtimes.

Children gain the knowledge and understanding they need to prepare them for the next stages in learning and their move on to school.

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

The nursery curriculum is clear and well thought through to sequence the intended learning that children need, to help them to make progress over time. Staff use the information they gather from parents when children first start.

This helps them to know about children's prior learning and experiences and to decide what to teach children as they move on to their next learning.Independence is promoted exceptionally well. For example, all children competently feed themselves at mealtimes and manage their cutlery well.

Toddlers learn to manage their personal care as early as they are capable. Older children learn to dress themselves and clear away their cutlery and plates after lunch for themselves. Children receive lots of praise for their efforts, which helps to raise their confidence and self-esteem.

Children develop increasing communication and language skills. Babies regularly select books and climb into the laps of staff to listen to stories. They point out and say the words they know in the pictures.

They enjoy singing familiar songs and joining in the words they know. Staff use additional programmes and liaise with parents and other professionals to help children who need support to quickly catch up. Older children use elaborate language, when they recall and share information they know.

They talk with each other and build on their imaginative play while dressing up as well-known story characters.Children develop their understanding of the vocabulary used for size during a story about 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears'. For example, they use wooden structures shaped as large, medium and small houses.

Children think with staff about a range of other words, such as gigantic, big, tiny and little, to put inside these houses alongside different-sized objects of bears, bowls, chairs and beds.Children learn about the similarities and differences between themselves and others in our communities. They enjoy learning about different cultures.

For example, while learning about Chinese New Year, staff helped to deepen their understanding through a range of stories and activities for children to enjoy. As a result, children can recall the story of why the animals represent different years.The quality of teaching throughout the nursery is consistently strong.

That said, staff do not yet engage in activities that help them to reflect on and evaluate their practice and continue their professional development to raise the quality of provision to the highest levels.Managers ensure staff complete the required mandatory training and additional training as needed. However, they do not yet routinely use opportunities to monitor and discuss knowledge with staff, to tailor the professional development that will help strengthen the quality of staff knowledge and skills as much as possible.

Parents speak highly of the nursery. They comment on how friendly and kind the staff are. Parents say they especially value the communication they receive, both online and at collection, about their child's care and 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: provide opportunities for activity that enables staff to reflect on and evaluate their practice and continue to enhance their professional development as far as possible nincrease the monitoring of staff practice to help shape the guidance and support that is needed to further strengthen the quality of the staff's knowledge and skills.