Bright Horizons New Eltham Day Nursery and Preschool

Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this early years setting?

The provision is good

Children enjoy their time at this welcoming nursery and behave well. They benefit from warm relationships with their key persons, who know them well.

Staff form close attachments with children and provide nurturing care. This helps children to feel safe and secure. Children are sociable and form friendships.

The manager and the staff team place a key focus on providing high-quality care and learning for all children in the nursery. Staff focus on children's communication and language development, emotions and independence. They work together to embed a well-planned curriculum that supports children to build on their sk...ills and knowledge.

Children are keen to explore their learning environment and enjoy spending time engaging in activities with staff. Babies are encouraged to have a go as they push buttons and squeeze balls to hear sounds. Toddlers race around in toy cars and ask staff to chase them.

Pre-school-age children use their curiosity to investigate the natural garden environment and look for bugs. Leaders and staff are ambitious for children and their families. All children, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), develop good attitudes to learning.

This prepares them well for their next steps in learning.

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

The manager has a good understanding of child development and how children learn. She observes staff daily and assesses their skills and the impact that their practice has on children's learning and development.

Staff feel valued and supported by the manager and leadership team.The manager and leaders think carefully about how they spend any additional funding that children receive. For example, to support children with SEND, they bought resources for their sensory room where children can spend time away from the larger group when they need it.

This helps children to learn and develop strategies for regulating their emotions and feelings, especially children with SEND.Staff plan well-sequenced learning opportunities for children. They plan experiences, such as local outings, to help children to understand what they are learning at nursery.

For example, they visit the train station to learn about modes of transport. Very occasionally, children are less engaged in activities. Staff do not closely consider children's backgrounds and interests when they plan activities.

At times, this has an impact on children's level of interest and engagement in the learning experiences provided for them.Children develop their independence and self-care skills well. Staff consistently assess how they can make daily routines more suitable for children's individual needs.

For example, flexible lunchtimes have been introduced to avoid interruptions to children's play. This also helps children to recognise the changing needs of their bodies. However, staff are sometimes unaware of the impact of changes that they make.

For example, some children forget to wash their hands before lunch until staff remind them.Staff support children's communication and language skills well. Staff sing with babies and use puppets to encourage them to interact and babble.

Babies respond by clapping their hands to acknowledge achievements. Toddlers build on their language skills and use their imagination as they pretend to talk on 'phones'. Staff use this opportunity to extend their vocabulary further.

Older children demonstrate a love for books as they independently choose stories, turn pages, and look closely at illustrations.Parents value the service that the staff team provide. They notice the progress that their children make in their development and comment on children's increased confidence.

They speak highly of the caring staff as well as the lending library and home learning corner. This helps parents to engage with their children's learning at home.Staff share accurate assessments of children's learning with parents.

They use technology to promote a two-way flow of information-sharing about children's personal care and learning. Staff encourage parents to participate in social events and provide sensitive support and advice about children's development. This has a positive impact on children's 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: continue to monitor teaching so that staff in all rooms implement activities that consider the individual learning needs and backgrounds of children strengthen children's understanding of the importance of good hygiene practices.