Brambles Childcare Centre

Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this early years setting?

The provision is good

Children thrive at this welcoming and friendly setting. They are confident, resilient and independent learners who show high levels of self-esteem. For instance, they proudly show their art work to others.

They talk about the marks they make when using chalks on the ground outside. Furthermore, they offer ideas and suggestions to find a missing teddy bear in the nursery. Staff use this as an opportunity to remind children of a well-loved 'bear hunt' story.

They use positional language to help children hunt for the missing bear throughout the nursery. Children continue to persevere and encourage their friends to keep lo...oking. They exclaim, 'Come on guys! Let's look in the bathroom!' All children benefit from an ambitious curriculum that helps them to acquire skills and knowledge for future learning.

Staff are attentive and responsive to children's needs and interests. Children show that they feel safe and secure in the care of the nurturing staff team. For instance, they snuggle up to staff and ask for a cuddle if they are feeling tired.

Children laugh as they use a swing rope in the nursery garden and jump into the arms of a staff member. This demonstrates the strong bonds between children and staff.

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

Managers are passionate and highly ambitious.

They are dedicated to ensuring that all children receive high quality care. Managers offer support, coaching and modelling to their staff. Staff benefit from regular training, meetings and supervision sessions.

They comment that they feel supported in their role and offer high praise for managers. This helps to promote staff's well-being.A key strength of the nursery is partnership working with parents.

Parents are highly complimentary of the care that their children receive. Managers and staff offer detailed feedback and share assessment information with parents to help continue their children's learning at home. This is particularly relevant for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).

Parents comment that their children ask to attend on days that they are not booked in, as they love the nursery. Furthermore, managers and staff work closely with external professionals to share information and work on set actions and targets for children.Staff and children's interactions are strong and, on occasions, these interactions are outstanding.

Older children use their social skills to master new challenges, ideas and tasks. They work together to transport buckets of water to a tray in the outside area. They use watering cans and gardening tools to pour and fill and empty containers.

Staff talk to children about the ice that has formed in the water tray. Children laugh as they stomp, smash and break the ice. When staff show children the effects of the sunshine on the ice, children recall previous learning and talk about when the sun is hot the ice begins to melt.

This shows children's good thinking skills.Children benefit from a range of physical activities. Babies use soft play and indoor climbing equipment to help develop their muscles when learning to walk.

Older children use balancing beams and tyres to show their good balancing and coordination skills. Children model how to play with plastic hoops to other children. They offer support to younger children and move the hoop around them.

Children show kindness as they clap and celebrate with others when the hoop spins around.Children show an interest in stories, songs and rhymes. Staff help children to recall their favourite songs and children happily sing familiar, farm-themed songs.

This helps to promote children's communication and language skills. However, staff do not consistently pronounce the correct sounds of words, particularly for children who are learning to develop their speech. For instance, they use informal versions of words, such as 'doggy', when talking to children.

Staff promote healthy lifestyles for children. This includes growing their own vegetables in the nursery garden. Children show good hygiene practices and independence as they help to put the food away after a supermarket delivery at the nursery.

Managers and staff evaluate what works well in the nursery and the areas for development. They praise children and promote sharing and turn-taking skills. However, they have not yet considered ways to review the nursery environment to support children who struggle to regulate their own feelings and behaviour.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.Staff demonstrate an excellent awareness of safeguarding matters. This includes the possible indicators of abuse and signs that a child or family may be exposed to extreme views or behaviours.

Staff complete rigorous safeguarding training and supervise children very well. Staff are aware of the impact of domestic violence on children, as well as the steps to follow to report any concerns that they may have. There are clear policies and procedures in place.

This includes the safe use of mobile phones and cameras in the setting and social media usage. All staff are aware of the setting's whistle-blowing procedure and how to report any allegations made against staff.

What does the setting need to do to improve?

To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: nensure that the correct pronunciation of words is used when talking to children, particularly for children who are learning to develop their speech review the nursery environment to offer further support children who need space to regulate their own feelings and behaviour.