Bubbly Nursery For Children With Special Needs

Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this early years setting?

The provision is good

The nursery is owned and managed by a trained health visitor who has a special interest in caring for children with special needs. Children are happy to come to nursery and behaviour is good overall. They benefit from plenty of adult attention which meets their needs well.

Children are at the centre of everything they do, and the curriculum is planned to help all children achieve, including those attending with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Parents told the inspector they really appreciate the dedication and support the manager provides for families. The manager offers as much help and guidance as possib...le.

This includes working with other professionals and signposting parents to groups and specialist support. This means the nursery and parents are working together to ensure that children have the best possible start. The nursery motto is 'Rainbow of opportunity'.

Adults plan and provide a range of activities to help individual children make the progress they need to move on to their next stage of learning. They know children well and share every achievement with parents. This holistic approach means the setting is working well with families to really make a difference to children who attend.

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

The quality of education is good because the activities are planned to meet the individual needs of children. The manager carefully monitors children's progress and plans for the skills she would like them to acquire.Children are often encouraged to learn through their senses by, for example, using different textures and shapes, as well as using bubbles to help develop their speech and language.

Adults focus on developing the skills of concentration for all children, including those attending with SEND, using regular individual activities such as threading and posting games.Children enjoy the outdoor area for running, balancing with hoops and playing on the slide. This helps children who may be behind to catch up with their physical skills.

Adults talk and listen to children during imaginative play in the toy kitchen. They carefully extend children's speech and encourage them to use longer words as they play.Children who do not have speech learn to communicate using pictures and toys at nursery.

This helps them make their needs known to their parents when at home.Most-able children are learning new skills, including how to work with shape and number, mark making and using a range of words to support their early reading.Adults are very caring towards children and help them to manage their emotions.

An adult is always on hand to comfort and talk to a child if needed.This helps children feel happy and secure.Partnerships with parents are good.

Parents receive a warm welcome when they arrive with their child and are offered daily feedback at the end of each session. Parents have confidence in the setting and the staff.The manager has appropriate experience, knowledge and skills to run her setting well.

She has recruited suitably qualified staff since the previous inspection. She provides appropriate support to enhance their skills.The manager has worked well with the local early years team to meet the actions since the last inspection.

This includes improvements to record-keeping, safety and staff supervision to enhance practice.Adults working with children provide sensitive care which helps children feel confident. However, some children are not settled at mealtimes when they sit down to eat together.

The manager reflects on her practice and plans for improvements. This will ensure children's experiences at nursery continue to help them develop future skills.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

The provision has improved safeguarding arrangements since the previous inspection and safeguarding is effective. Newly recruited staff are carefully checked to ensure they are suitable. All staff are expected to undertake training in the setting's safeguarding policies and procedures.

This means they understand how to identify and report concerns. Children are kept safe in the nursery through good procedures for risk assessment and fire safety.

What does the setting need to do to improve?

To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: nimprove the arrangements for children's mealtimes to help all children settle and enjoy being with their friends.