Edgbaston Day Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this early years setting?

The provision is good

Children are happy.

They skip into the setting, enthusiastically greeting staff and their friends. This shows that they feel happy and secure. Staff are kind and caring towards children and act as positive role models.

All children enjoy fresh air outdoors every day. Staff plan daily exercise sessions for the children. They practise their large-muscle skills as they climb up apparatus and slide down.

Children enjoy kicking footballs and playing with their friends. This promotes their physical and mental well-being. Staff lead indoor dance sessions that enable pre-school children to practise hopping and skippin...g as they listen and respond to the music.

Staff support children to understand the importance of good listening. When the fire alarm goes off unexpectedly, children listen to staff who calmly ask them to line up outdoors to be counted. Children hold their friend's hand to support them in following the instructions.

Staff praise the children for doing so well, which builds their self-esteem and reinforces the importance of listening to a trusted adult. Overall, children behave well and have a good attitude to learning.Children are supported by staff to learn about communities and other cultures that are different from their own.

They enjoy learning about Chinese New Year. Young children manipulate play dough to make their own pretend snake. They use tweezers to pinch and transport noodles from a tray to a bowl.

This helps to strengthen the muscles in their fingers to support later pencil control. Children learn how to keep themselves healthy. They follow good hygiene practices after playing outdoors or before eating a healthy snack.

Staff provide advice for parents regarding healthy lunches, portion sizes and oral health.

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

Leaders do not always notify Ofsted of changes, in a timely manner, which is a requirement. For example, changes in the operating hours and telephone numbers have not been conveyed.

There was also a delay in Ofsted receiving information from a notification. That said, there is little impact for children as relevant information affecting them is shared with parents.Leaders regularly observe staff teaching and complete supervision meetings.

This helps to monitor the ongoing suitability of staff. Some staff have completed additional training. However, leaders do not always identify well enough gaps in the knowledge of the staff team, to enable them to provide training that will help staff improve their knowledge and skills.

Communication and language are a key focus area. Staff support children to develop good listening skills. They play alongside toddlers, modelling the language of play and new vocabulary.

Staff encourage pre-school children to explore the textures of natural materials and describe how they feel. Staff share stories and songs with children. They leave gaps for toddlers to fill in the missing words from their favourite books and songs.

Pre-school children act out stories in the garden and confidently join in with familiar songs and rhymes.Staff support children who speak English as an additional language. They use pictures to help children's understanding and communication.

Leaders organise translators to help fully engage parents in their children's learning.Staff support children to develop their early mathematical skills. Toddlers play hide and seek in the garden.

Staff model how to count to five before children run around to find their friends. Pre-school children learn about shapes and represent numbers on their fingers as they sing rhymes with staff. They learn about capacity as they play in the sand, and talk about measurements when they compare who has built the tallest or smallest tower.

Staff ensure that children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) receive the support they need. Once children have settled, staff complete baseline assessments. They identify any gaps in children's learning and development, and liaise with parents and other agencies.

They plan strategies and review targets regularly to support focused transitions for children's next steps in education.Parent partnerships are strong. Parents and staff exchange information about children when they start and during daily discussions.

An online communication system keeps parents fully informed of children's learning and progress. Furthermore, staff hold regular parents' evenings and provide progress reports, including the next steps planned for children's development.Parents describe how excited their children are to attend the setting.

They state that children come home singing songs and repeating words from stories that staff have shared with them. Parents describe staff as cheerful, understanding and caring. They say that staff treat their children like family and provide them with lots of cuddles.

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 more opportunities for professional development to enable staff to improve their knowledge and skills.